An American flag battered by Hurricane Michael continues to fly in the in the rose colored light of sunset at Shell Point Beach on October 10, 2018 in Crawfordville, Florida.The hurricane hit the Florida Panhandle as a category 4 storm. Mark Wallheiser | Getty Images Natural disasters lead to billions of dollars in property losses.
andresr | E+ | Getty Images If you’ve been eyeing a designer handbag or expensive mattress, you may be able to buy it guilt-free. Experts agree there are times when it pays to spend more money on certain items, instead of going for the cheapest option. Sam Dogen, founder of the personal finance website FinancialSamurai.com,
Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images It’s an email every financial advisor should expect to receive at least once. Financial advisor Charles Failla recalls receiving an email from a client asking for about $5,000. She was vacationing in the Caribbean and claimed the hotel where she was staying didn’t accept credit cards. “She needed cash,”
Getty Images If you’ve been racking your brain about where to retire on a budget, it might be time to think outside the U.S. A new report by International Living, which publishes information about living abroad, lists destinations where you can coast on less than $30,000 a year. To be sure, retiring in a new
The name Beyond Meat has been on investors’ lips since the company’s successful May initial public offering. But one investor in Beyond Meat, non-profit financial services firm ImpactAssets, bet on the company six years ago, long before the company became a household name. And that investment has helped boost the firm’s charitable assets. ImpactAssets’ initial
Cancer can take a significant toll on your health, your work, your family – and, increasingly, your wallet. There are currently an estimated 16.9 million people in the U.S. who have received a cancer diagnosis. For them, the disease comes with many disproportionate hardships, from the physical and the emotional to the financial. Not only
JPMorgan Chase is trying to make it harder for its credit card customers to sue the bank in court by requiring them to go into private arbitration to settle disputes. The opportunity for JPMorgan Chase credit cardholders to opt out of binding arbitration expires in a month. The bank notified customers in May that their
© 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP China has upped the game in the South China Sea lately by allegedly testing missile launches from disputed territories. That’s according to a Reuters report, quoting Pentagon sources, saying “a recent Chinese missile launch in the disputed South China Sea was ‘disturbing’ and contrary to Chinese pledges that it would not
Trade wars and easy money are turning major cryptocurrencies into the new “safe havens.” And that could send their prices to new highs. There was a time when gold and US Treasuries serve as “safe havens,” the assets investors parked their cash in during times global uncertainties, fueled by trade wars and other negative events.
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Tesla has cut prices of the Model 3 and its other vehicles several times this year to offset lower tax incentives. © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP I hear talk again that Tesla reducing prices is a sign of weak demand and thus bearish. Yet for more