By Robert W. Klein | September 12, 2018 Editor’s note: Homeowners generally rely on insurance provided by the federal government to cover the costs of rebuilding their lives after a flood. We asked an insurance expert to explain the government program and its challenges. 1. What is flood insurance? Homeowners’ insurance does not cover damage… Read More »
By Steve Selengut | August 30, 2018 Several years ago, while fielding questions at an AAII (American Association of Individual Investors) meeting in Northeast NJ, a comparison was made between a professionally directed “Market Cycle Investment Management” (MCIM) portfolio and any of several “High Dividend Select” equity ETFs. My response was: what’s better for retirement… Read More »
By Erik Gordon | August 28, 2018 Elon Musk shocked the world – including his own car company’s board – on Aug. 7 when he tweeted that he had the “funding secured” to take Tesla private. A little more than two weeks of uncertainty, confusion and a wildly fluctuating stock price later, the billionaire entrepreneur… Read More »
By Daniel Joelson | August 20, 2018 Emergency financial situations can happen to anybody and any financial arrangement exercise is not ideal without planning for such occasions. The whole idea of having an emergency fund is to offer a cushion against any unexpected expense. This will ensure it does not have any negative impact on… Read More »
(NewsUSA) |8/19/2019 The 2017 Reform Act of 2017 is starting to gain traction as former United States Congressman Mark Schauer (MI-07) suggest that the “Opportunity Zones created under the tax bill incentivize capital flow to businesses in low-income neighborhoods all over the nation. Investment of even a portion of unrealized capital gains will have an… Read More »
By Brian Lucey and Shaen Corbet| August 17, 2018 The rollercoaster of cryptocurrency pricing is on the downward slope again. Bitcoin has fallen by a quarter in the past month, with other large currencies such as Ethereum and Ripple down more than 40%. So where does this latest bout of losses leave cryptocurrencies? Sceptics point to… Read More »
A bartender pours drafts at Harpoon’s beer hall in Boston. Harpoon became partially employee-owned in 2014. AP Photo/Charles Krupa By Joseph Blasi and Douglas L. Kruse | By August 15, 2018 The federal government just made it a lot easier to form an employee-owned business. In an increasingly rare example of bipartisan cooperation, President Donald Trump… Read More »
(NewsUSA) | August 15, 2018 As back-to-school time sets in, personal finance becomes more complicated for many families. Some have students away from home for the first time, others have expenses for tuition, and of course the many purchases associated with the start of school: backpacks, lunch bags, clothes, books, dorm room furnishings, not to mention… Read More »
By Stephanie Leiser | August 8, 2018 It’s a game for the rich. AP Photo/Steven Senne Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan The Trump administration wants to change the way capital gains are taxed to factor in inflation. To many, this may sound like a technical change of little consequence. To others, such as the Tax… Read More »
(NewsUSA) | August 3, 2018 It’s a good thing no one joins the armed forces to get rich, because it turns out a higher percentage of military families are in debt than civilians. And that has one New Jersey company ticked off enough to do something about it. According to a report by the Financial… Read More »