Rosley Majid / Eyeem | Eyeem | Getty Images Following recent bank failures and ongoing market volatility, it may be tempting to try to time the market. Of course, buying low can be a good thing. But a continuous mindset of buying and selling in response to market changes may not be. Why? Because time
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Robo-advisor firm Betterment agreed on Tuesday to settle charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for $9 million over alleged failures related to an automated tax service. The sum will be distributed among roughly 25,000 client accounts, which lost about
Sergey Mironov | Moment | Getty Images If you had a surprise tax bill this season or your refund was smaller than expected, it may be a good time to review your paycheck withholdings. The IRS collects taxes throughout the year, typically through paycheck withholdings for W-2 employees or quarterly estimated tax payments for self-employed
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT D3sign | Moment | Getty Images The returns savers stand to get on their money are the highest they’ve been in 15 years, thanks in part to stubborn inflation, which pushed the Federal Reserve into hiking interest rates over the past year. Top-yielding online savings account rates are
The outlook for newly minted graduates doesn’t look as good as it once did. Employers plan to hire about 4% more new college graduates from this year’s class than they hired from the Class of 2022, according to a report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. However, that’s down significantly from earlier projections:
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sdi Productions | E+ | Getty Images As a pandemic-era policy winds down, millions of people on Medicaid may lose their coverage — even though they remain eligible, advocates say. For the last three years, due to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, states have been
Students have just a few weeks to figure out which college they will attend ahead of National College Decision Day on May 1, which is the deadline many schools set. But with a record-breaking increase in applications pushing acceptance rates to all-time lows, some college-bound seniors may have a tough decision to make, or pivot to
Uwe Krejci | Digitalvision | Getty Images The number of new electric vehicles eligible for a $7,500 federal tax credit fell by almost half on Tuesday, as new rules issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury took effect. However, consumers in the market for an electric passenger vehicle can still access a tax break
Getty Images The federal tax deadline for most Americans is April 18, and there’s still time to file for an extension. But the clock is ticking. As of April 7, the IRS received more than 101 million returns, but the agency expects to receive in excess of 168 million through the end of the
The U.S. government wastes billions of taxpayer dollars every year. Improper payments, which refer to payments that are made incorrectly by the government, cost the U.S. $247 billion in 2022, according to the Government Accountability Office. The U.S. government has lost almost $2.4 trillion in simple payment errors over the last two decades, by GAO