President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. has issued new sanctions on Iran’s central bank at the “highest level” while speaking in the Oval Office on September 20, 2019 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s personal and corporate tax returns could give the public an inside look at his finances
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Is it crazy to compare yourself to a large financial institution? No. You both have a key thing in common: assets. The only real difference is that many more people depend on a big bank than on you. One Wall Street winner — Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase — emerged from the financial
Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr., D-N.J., speaks during a House Democrats’ news conference on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images When Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr., D-N.J., visited a senior living center in Englewood, New Jersey, last week, he had one main focus: Social Security reform. Speaking to a room
About 100,000 ex-employees of General Electric will face a choice soon: stay in the company’s pension plan or accept a lump sum and cut ties instead. Whether you count yourself among those former GE workers or are employed by another company with a similar option on the table, advisors say the decision shouldn’t be made
When something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. At odds with this old wisdom is a flood of investment information and recommendations to put your money where it supposedly will keep you safe and make you rich. Mirko Vitali / EyeEm | Getty Images The problem is, when you’re just starting out
Students arriving at school Hero Images | Getty Images Most people remember their first summer or after-school job, which provided cash to help pay for college or a car. Today, vehicles and higher education — among other expenses — cost significantly more. Yet fewer teenagers are working. The share of teens participating in the labor
Retirees will spend a significant amount of money on health care. Still, many older Americans don’t plan properly for it. A healthy male-female couple retiring at age 65 in 2019 can now expect to shell out $285,000 on health-care expenses in retirement, according to Fidelity Investments’ annual analysis. Fidelity’s analysis, which assumes the couple are
wundervisuals | E+ | Getty Images When it comes to the forecast for the markets and your investments, there’s good news and bad news. First, the bad news: The S&P 500 may not climb any higher in the last months of this year, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. That’s as the latest market
When it comes to college financial aid, you can’t win if you sit on the sidelines. Students need to file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, to get in the running for federal and state aid. The average cost of tuition, fees, and room and board reached $21,370 for in-state pupils a
Prospective home buyers arrive to tour a house for sale in Dunlap, Illinois, U.S., on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oliver Ellerbe thought he had found the perfect home for his aging parents. The brick house in Katy, Texas, near Houston, was just a five-minute drive from his own