There are around 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States. Their average salary is close to $60,000 a year. Training to get your Class A Commercial Driver’s License takes about seven weeks if you go fulltime. You will also need to be 21 if you plan to drive across state lines. Trucking comes in
We generally understand that older people are at greater risk than younger people for becoming ill from COVID-19. But everyone wants to get “back to normal”. That meant a more casual attitude and way of living that was not based on fear of catching a very contagious, potentially deadly disease. For our aging parents, those
In-and-out investors do worse than long-term holders. There are numbers to prove that. Timing is everything Getty Are mutual fund investors impulsive? Do they jump into a fund after a winning streak and then sell out, in despair, after a bad stretch? I tested this hypothesis by going to Morningstar MORN , the securities analysis
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee … [+] on June 10th that it’s too early to discuss another stimulus bill. (Photo credit: Al-Drago) Getty A speedy round of extra stimulus funds, as the economy continues to recoil due to the coronavirus, seems less and less likely every day,
Getty Just when you think it’s safe to go back to the beach, the viral predator returns for a second time. If you’re hoping for a quick rebound in the economy following our initial bout with coronavirus, be prepared for the possibility of more bad news, especially if you’re unlucky enough to work in the
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo addresses the media, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in … [+] Minneapolis. The press conference follows the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in police custody after video shared online by a bystander showed former officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn’t
This article is a part of a series; click here to read Part 1. Another possible behavioral explanation is the feeling of being poorer after annuitization because of the resulting noticeably lower remaining account balance. This confuses total wealth with the spending power available from that wealth, but it can exert a powerful psychological influence
Getty Last week, I wrote about a newly-handed-down Supreme Court ruling that determined that, in a case where pension plan participants were not actually harmed, they could not sue their former employer for mismanaging their pension. As something of a tangent, I observed that participants in multiemployer plans would indeed be harmed, because there is
TOPLINE The stock market rebounded slightly on Friday, attempting to recoup some of its losses from a day earlier when fears over a resurgence of coronavirus cases led to the worst market drop since March. The market attempted to rebound from a massive sell-off on Thursday. Wang Ying/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images KEY FACTS The Dow
Getty (Updated: June 12, 2020) On March 20, 2020, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin extended the tax filing and payment deadline for federal income tax to July 15, 2020. This relief includes estimated payments for the first and second quarters. You can find more information and guidance here. Some states have also extended filing and payment deadlines –