Personal Finance

Early Withdrawal: “The $51,000 mistake thousands of retirement savers have made”

“Nearly half (49%) of people with retirement accounts have withdrawn the money early, according to data released Thursday by Bankrate. Other data show a similar pattern: In a survey of more than 1,000 adults released this year by MagnifyMoney, roughly half… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Millennial bets most of his savings on one of the stock market’s riskiest plays — and he’s about to cash in $1.5 million”

“…  he took most of the cash he managed to save from his day job and put it to work in one of the riskiest corners of the market. He claims he purchased about $100,000 worth of Direxion Daily Financial… Continue Reading…

Economy, Personal Finance

“10 U.S. Cities Where You Can Rent a One-Bedroom Apartment for $600 or Less”

“Youngstown, Ohio How Much For A One Bedroom? $600 a month Derby, Kansas How Much For A One Bedroom? $599 a month Amarillo, Texas How Much For A One Bedroom? $597.50 a month Conway, Arkansas How Much For A One Bedroom? $555 a month… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy, Real Estate

“Apple Commits $2.5 Billion to Ease California Housing Crunch”

“Apple on Monday announced a $2.5 billion plan to help address the housing crisis in California, becoming the latest tech giant in the state to address a problem that it helped cause… Apple joins other Big Tech companies based in… Continue Reading…

Economy, Stocks

“Hong Kong Stock Market Retracts Offer to Buy London Exchange”

“Hong Kong’s stock exchange will no longer proceed with its nearly $37 billion offer to buy its London competitor, it announced on Tuesday morning, in a setback for the exchange’s long-running effort to build a closer connection to European markets…” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/business/hong-kong-london-stock-exchange.html

Banking, Economy

“Fed Adds $110.1 Billion to Financial System in Latest Transaction”

“The Federal Reserve Bank of New York added $110.1 billion to the financial system Thursday, using the market for repurchase agreements, or repo, to relieve funding pressure in money markets…” https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-adds-110-1-billion-to-financial-system-in-latest-transaction-11569505632

Banking, Economy

“Dollar hits 2-year high, threatens to reach another major milestone”

“The dollar hit a two-year high Tuesday as slowing global growth and more aggressive monetary easing overseas sent investors into the reserve currency. The U.S. Dollar index rose to a high of 99.37, its highest level since May 2017, when… Continue Reading…

Economy, Stocks

Stock: “Insiders are selling stock like it’s 2007”

“The leaders of Corporate America are cashing in their chips as doubts grow about the sustainability of the longest bull market in American history. Corporate insiders have sold an average of $600 million of stock per day in August, according to TrimTabs… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“California Man Makes $2.8 Million Trading Stocks From Home—How?”

“In 2012, Kyle graduated college with $80,000 in debt and no job offers in sight. He asked his mom to get him a job at the real estate office, and after several months of saving a few hundred dollars a… Continue Reading…

Economy

“50,219,667 Tax Return Filers Paid $0 or Less in Income Taxes”

“Of the 150,272,157 tax returns filed for the 2016 tax year, 50,219,667—or 33.4 percent–were classified by the Internal Revenue Service as “nontaxable returns,” meaning the people who filed them paid $0 or less in income taxes, according to data published… Continue Reading…