As tensions with other countries climb, American investors are sticking close to home. While 66% of Americans said they think foreign equities could diversify their portfolios, just 48% of investors hold 1% to 25% allocations to these stocks in their portfolios. And alomst half — 48% — said political tensions between the U.S. and other
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 takes up eligibility for restricted applications, potential effects of early retirement benefits on later spousal benefits, filing before 70 to allow spousal benefits, determining Primary Insurance Amounts (PIA)s and the
The market plunge in May shocked the bulls. By many measures, it was the most severe decline this year and even over the past several years. On April 30, when bullish sentiment in the media was very high right after the eventual top, we wrote, “We would increase exposure on the short side.” The next
When it comes to multifamily properties, some investors stick with Class A properties and see them as the best asset classes in the multifamily sector. After all, they are usually fully leased with top tenants, fetch market-leading rents, require little if any repairs or renovations and have a stable monthly income. Since investors pay a
Stands at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on May 30, 2019 Visual China Group | Getty Images The U.S. is considering a requirement that next-generation 5G cellular technology for domestic use be made outside of China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources. The shift could force
The flags of the U.S. and China. Holger Gogolin | iStock | Getty Images BEIJING — The Chinese government would like the U.S. to cancel “inappropriate” actions against Chinese companies, vice commerce minister Wang Shouwen said Monday. The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added five Chinese technology companies to the so-called entity list that effectively
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard wanted his fellow central bankers to approve an “insurance” rate cut at this week’s meeting as a guard against weaker growth and low inflation. In a statement Friday, Bullard explained his vote against the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged. He was the
If you’re a baby boomer planning your retirement, you face a series of critical decisions that will influence your quality of life for the rest of your life. While these decisions may be hard to make, no one said it would be easy to be retired for 25 to 30 years. No one also said
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 addresses filing a restricted application for spousal benefits only versus filing and suspending a retirement benefit, the earnings test, the possibility of collecting past benefits not filed for and
Scott Hocking “Bone Black” abandoned boats “bone black” paint pigment Natasha Gural Scott Hocking throws wide the doors to a leviathan abandoned building, once used to assemble cranes, exposing his Bone Black art installation to a group of fellow artists and journalists in Detroit for a preview of Cranbrook Art Museum’s Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality, and