The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote Wednesday on whether to propose new regulations requiring private investment advisers, like private equity and hedge funds, to more frequently report to the government when they suffer large investment losses or redemptions and other adverse events. The vote on the new proposal is the first in what analysts …
Dear Quentin, I’ve been with my boyfriend for 10 years and we now co-own a home together in Tennessee. A lawyer helped us create a “cohabitation agreement” for our house purchase. We’ve never lived in a common-law state and — with the exception of a joint bank account to pay for our mortgage, utilities and …
Verizon Communications Inc. said limits on its 5G expansion haven’t hurt its ability to connect customers, though the wireless company is still waiting for firm government rules on where its signals can reach in the months ahead. Chief Executive Hans Vestberg said Tuesday that the company already covers 95 million people with the high-speed service despite temporary …
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I frequently share my story on general personal finance platforms as an example of what is possible. My wife and I achieved financial independence (defined as having accumulated greater than 25 times our annual spending in invested assets) decades earlier than most people. We accomplished this primarily by saving roughly half of our household income …
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The Internal Revenue Service says it’s looking into reports that some families have received inaccurate figures from the IRS about their child tax credit payments — an important number that determines how big their tax refund will be this year. “We are still looking into some of the information we’ve heard about the information on …
Like the broader stock markets, gig-economy companies staged a comeback of sorts to close out Monday’s volatile session, but not before DoorDash Inc. shares hit an all-time low and Airbnb Inc. flirted with its steepest drop on record. Major U.S. stock markets and indexes, which plunged in early trading due to a combination of factors …
Stock benchmarks on Monday were headed significantly lower near the open, as investors braced for a Federal Reserve gathering early this week that could set the tone for the rest of 2022, amid tensions centered on Russia over the military buildup on the border with Ukraine. On Monday, the S&P 500 index SPX, -2.10% was …
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Dear Quentin, I purchased a home in New Jersey where it’s calm and peaceful. I have a three-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York. The rent is $1,900. I had a verbal rental agreement with relatives (a couple and their three children). They were experiencing some financial hardship, and I wanted to assist in some way. They agreed to …
Peloton Interactive Inc., which has seen its stock battered over the past year, is dealing with another potential PR disaster after a main character on Showtime’s “Billions” was shown suffering a heart attack while using a Peloton machine. The “Billions” scene comes on the heels of a fatal onscreen Peloton heart attack for a major …
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As the stock market has convulsed lower and yields for bonds have surged in recent weeks, culminating in a so-called correction for the Nasdaq Composite Index, average Americans are wondering what’s amiss with Wall Street. Increasingly, Google searches have been focused on the state of the market (and the economy), and for a good reason. …
