Tag: Commentary/Opinion
My father, 49, is marrying his third wife. How do I talk about my inheritance?
My dad recently told me he wants to marry his girlfriend soon and I am concerned he is rushing his estate planning, particularly as it [Read more about this post…]
Opinion: Do what this deal-making CEO does and find ‘AI proof’ industries for your money
“Despite AI’s rapid advances, computers haven’t caught up to us — for now. ” Over the past 44 years, I’ve started seven companies from scratch, [Read more about this post…]
Fed’s Goolsbee: Nothing needs to change in the data to justify rate cuts
The economic data doesn’t have to change in order to justify interest rate cuts, there just has to be more of it, Chicago Fed President [Read more about this post…]
Opinion: Salesforce, AMD, other non-Nvidia Big Tech stocks to watch as AI goes mainstream
In 2023, the AI winners and losers were largely defined by how they found ways to make money from the technology. Nvidia NVDA, +4.97% emerged [Read more about this post…]
Gold and platinum are giving strong clues that stocks could gain 15% this year
A little-known indicator with an impressive record — the gold-to-platinum ratio — is bullish for the U.S. stock market over the coming 12 months. It’s [Read more about this post…]
Opinion: Meta stuns Wall Street with its first dividend. Amazon and Alphabet may be next.
Meta Platforms Inc. surprised Wall Street on Thursday with its first-ever dividend, a move that’s likely Silicon Valley’s most monumental dividend decision since Apple Inc. [Read more about this post…]
Opinion: Bundle up: February often puts investors on ice as stocks go cold
The U.S. stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index SPX, stumbled into the end of January. On the positive side, since January registered [Read more about this post…]
We sold our home to my wife’s son. He’s now selling at a $250K profit. What now?
My wife and I married later in life, at 48. It was the second marriage for both of us. We are both successful and doing [Read more about this post…]
After the Fed’s comments, grab these CD rates while you still can
Higher interest rates have made borrowers scream for the past three years, but they’ve been pretty good for savers. Retirees, and others who need income [Read more about this post…]
Opinion: ‘The cautionary signals are off the charts.’ Ominous warnings point to a market correction – particularly in tech
Investors and traders take warning. The market looks vulnerable to a pullback. That’s the message from corporate insiders’ trading activity. So far this year they’re [Read more about this post…]