It’s no secret that today’s markets are uncertain. Between recent triple-digit drops to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and renewed fears of a looming recession, this year’s record run-up on stocks has been put on pause. Whether that’s just a blip or signs of a prolonged downturn is to be determined. In times like these,
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Jeffrey Epstein attends Launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005. Patrick McMullan | Getty Images A long battle lies ahead as Jeffrey Epstein’s estate grapples with legal claims over the distribution of his assets. The 66-year-old financier was facing federal charges of sex trafficking minors and sex trafficking conspiracy. He drew
Brian Guay is a young man with a goal. The 25-year-old from Bedford, Massachusetts, who has autism, works three jobs and saves every paycheck. He is descended from a long line of farmers on his father’s side and says he wants to purchase a farm of his own someday. He’s stashing away more than $1,000
EIR Healthcare How to apply You should fill out the newly available cancer deferment application and send it to your servicer. “A telephone call is not sufficient,” Kantrowitz said. “Keep a copy for your records.” You will need your doctor to confirm that you have cancer. He or she can do this on the cancer
If you’ve been considering a mortgage with an adjustable rate, your reasons for going that route might be disappearing. As recessionary fears cause longer-term interest rates to hover near or below short-term rates, the advantage that typically comes with adjustable rate mortgages has shrunk — or entirely disappeared — at some lenders. ARMs, as they
So-called money diets work about as well as the ordinary kind. That is, they may work for a short time, but you’ll have to stay on the diet to keep the weight off. Pauline Yan, 41, says managing your money starts with scouting your feelings. Source: Pauline Yan There’s plenty of disagreement about whether diets
With fears about a possible recession on the horizon, people are coming up with different ways to get their hands on some cash. Some may even be thinking about taking out a home equity line of credit as an insurance policy in case the economy goes south. Those concerns were renewed on Thursday when a
Experts have a message for anyone thinking about relying on basic Medicare with no extra coverage: Don’t do it. With deductibles, copays, coinsurance and — this is a biggie — no out-of-pocket maximum, the program has a variety of costs that make having no backup insurance a huge financial risk. “All it takes is one
Thursday marks “Equal Pay Day” for black women. It’s the approximate day when their 2018 wages, plus the amount they’ve earned so far this year, catches up to what white men earned just last year alone. While women overall in the U.S. earn about 80 cents for each dollar paid to men, the disparity in
RyanJLane | Getty Images President Donald Trump has considered new payroll tax cuts to let American workers take home bigger pay checks. But such a move could have negative consequences for both individuals and the economy, a number of experts warn. The president told reporters on Tuesday that he is “thinking about” cutting payroll taxes.