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A change to federal law created two different rules for ex-spouses who want to apply for Social Security spousal benefits based on their former partner’s earnings record. Which one applies depends on the applicant’s date of birth. The change is the result of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Here is what you need to

In this article NVDA ADBE NKE NET RIOT A silhouette of a woman wearing a protective face shield and a protective face mask is seen near to a Nike logo at a shopping mall. Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana | Reuters Investors made it through another volatile week, as the three major indexes notched gains for the

A value-added tax (VAT) is a consumption tax that is levied on a product repeatedly at every point of sale at which value has been added. That is, the tax is added when a raw materials producer sells a product to a factory, when the factory sells the finished product to a wholesaler, when the

When choosing an online broker, day traders place a premium on speed, reliability, and low cost. Features designed to appeal to long-term, infrequent traders are unnecessary for day traders, who generally start a trading day with no positions in their portfolios, make numerous transactions, and end the day having closed all of those trades. Our top

SeventyFour | iStock | Getty Images Company: SLM Corp. (SLM) Business: SLM originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit accounts, including certificates of deposit, money market deposit accounts, and high-yield savings accounts. In addition, it

It’s time to dust off one of the oldest and most conservative methods of valuing stocks: the dividend discount model (DDM). This is one of the basic applications of financial theory that is taught in any introductory finance class. The theory is easy to grasp. A stock is worth its price if that price is exceeded

The Reporting Requirements of Contingent Liabilities Contingent liabilities are liabilities that depend on the outcome of an uncertain event. These obligations are likely to become liabilities in the future. Contingent liabilities must pass two thresholds before they can be reported in financial statements. First, it must be possible to estimate the value of the contingent liability.

Millennials are a generation of significant income inequality. Wealthy, college educated millennials who have had a chance to pay down their student loan debt or were able to not have student loan debt comprise most of the millennials who now own homes. However, millennials without a college degree have 19% less family wealth than previous

When stocks are soaring and initial public offerings (IPOs) are raking in the money, it can seem like a bull market will never end. Nevertheless, market downturns are inevitable and when the fall from grace occurs—as it has many times in the stock market’s history—textbook conditions for delisting can be created. Here we examine the

In this article BLK Larry Fink David Orrell | CNBC Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could accelerate the adoption of digital currencies by central banks, according to BlackRock’s Larry Fink. The CEO of the $10 trillion-asset money manager called it one of the “less discussed” outcomes of the war, which began one month ago, in his

May 31, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, an event that only recently has come to the wider attention of the American public. Although it was one of the worst race massacres in American history, it took 76 years for it to be investigated by the Oklahoma Legislature. Even many residents

Cash App is a popular peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service owned by Block, Inc. (SQ) (formerly Square Inc.), a leader in the financial technology industry. Cash App is just one part of Block’s business offerings, which also include software and point-of-sale hardware for businesses of all sizes as well as cryptocurrency services. Since going public in

In this article GME NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen just bought another 100,000 shares of the video game retailer on Tuesday, bringing his ownership to 11.9% as the activist investor tries to push the company into e-commerce. The meme stock jumped as high as about 20% in after-hours trading Tuesday

Buying a house can be a complicated process, one that most people are generally unprepared for and don’t really understand. Within the stages of buying and selling a home—from the offer, to the home inspection, and getting that mortgage approval—are other actions that must happen. One of those hard-to-understand elements is the process of being

In this article OXY Wall Street legends Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett have taken different approaches to shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent weeks. Icahn had been selling to exit his long equity position. Buffett’s conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, has been building a position worth billions. In an interview Tuesday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime,” Icahn

In accounting, the cost of an item is allocated to the cost of an asset, as opposed to being an expense, if the company expects to consume that item over a long period of time. Rather than being expensed, the cost of the item or fixed asset is capitalized and amortized or depreciated over its

Retail Banking vs. Corporate Banking: An Overview Retail banking refers to the division of a bank that deals directly with retail customers while corporate banking is the part of the banking industry that deals with corporate customers. Retail banking is the visible face of banking to the general public, with bank branches located in abundance in

The United States, Japan, and the major economic forces of Western Europe are developed countries whose infrastructures and well-established financial markets are conducive to the operation and potential success of multinational corporations (MNCs). Many MNCs are based in the U.S. Many of these companies are among the Fortune Global 500. China, which had one of the world’s fastest-growing

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchangein New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bargains are addictive. During my teenage years in Boston, my friends and I would frequent Filene’s Basement, rummaging through tables piled high with designer clothes, scavenging for amazing items,

Q4—also known as quarter-four or the fourth quarter—is the last quarter of the financial year for both corporations and other organizations. Many companies’ Q4 dates follow the calendar year, starting on Oct. 1 and ending on Dec. 31. Key Takeaways Q4, or the fourth quarter, is the last quarter of the financial year for companies.