House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaking at her weekly press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Michael Brochstein | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s latest draft of legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices would also apply those discounts to private health plans across the U.S.,
Iran’s petroleum minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Iran is not ready to engage in talks with the United States until sanctions are lifted, an Iranian oil minister told CNBC on Monday. “Iran is not ready to open discussions with United States,” said Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh at the
Traders work the floor of the NYSE. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A truce in the U.S.-China trade war has sparked a relief rally across risk assets, but these stocks are really cheering. The biggest winners from the ceasefire are chipmakers. Semiconductors not only benefited from the agreement between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi
10’000 Hours | DigitalVision | Getty Images Doling out advice on money matters is the stock in trade of the financial advisor. After all, it’s in their job title. So financial advisors, financial planners, wealth managers and the like are used to offering up advice on a daily basis to paying customers. But what about
File photo of an ITT Technical Institute campus in Anaheim, California. Susan Goldman | Bloomberg | Getty Images At a recent financial aid conference, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that every school should help its students graduate with high-quality career prospects and minimal debt. Students should be equipped, DeVos added, with information that allows them
Sandra Payne, owner of Denver Concrete Vibrator. CNBC Sandra Payne said she held out for as long as possible before raising her prices. The owner of Denver Concrete Vibrator, which manufactures equipment that strengthens and settles concrete for infrastructure projects, said tariffs finally took a toll on her business. Raising prices modestly became necessary to
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column addresses how spousal benefits are determined, automatic payments of Medicare premiums after filing, whether to file for and suspend a retirement benefit or file a restricted application for spousal benefits
MIAMI, FLORIDA – JUNE 27: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to the media after the first Democratic presidential debate in Miami. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images) Getty Images Senator and Democratic Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed an ambitious financial transactions tax (FTT) to finance his plan for the federal government
Row houses on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Hard to believe we’re already halfway through 2019. Headed into the year, all eyes were on the housing market as it showed signs of softening for the first time in recent memory. A
An interview and Q&A with billionaire investor and founder of Duquesne Capital, Stanley Druckenmiller. In this interview, Stanley discusses the Macroeconomic factors he is monitoring and the impact of changes in interest rates. Stanley also talks about the US trade war with China and how to structure your portfolio. ???? Books on Stanley Druckenmiller’s investing