Oil prices notched their fourth monthly loss in a row, leading to speculation that major oil producers next week will make a fresh move to set a floor under prices Read more
Month: September 2022
Why LeBron James and other investors say pickleball is a slam dunk
Is pickleball becoming the new national pastime? The sport, often described as a combination of tennis and ping-pong, has been surging in popularity. Nearly 4.2 million Americans played the game Read more
Altria and Juul end noncompete deal: Here’s what that means for e-cigarette sales and marketing
Altria Group Inc. said Friday it has taken a step that extricates it from its noncompete arrangement with vaping company Juul Labs Inc., freeing both companies to pursue their own Read more
Young people shouldn’t save for retirement, new research says
Most financial planners advise young people to start saving early — and often — for retirement so they can take advantage of the so-called eighth wonder of the world – Read more
Forget the 4% retirement spending rule. Would you believe 1.9%?
Retirees and near-retirees have known for some time that the famed 4% rule needs to be revised downwards. But by how much? Would you believe 1.9%? That’s the conclusion of Read more
Opinion: What is direct indexing?
Not everyone is built to be their own money manager, which is why many investors choose a more hands-off approach that we in the financial industry call passive investing. But Read more
Do loss carry-overs end when someone dies?
Q.: I read your article on using losses to reduce taxes with great interest because my father died last year, and my accountant says I can’t use any of the Read more
Lidl must destroy its copycat Lindt chocolate bunnies, Swiss court rules
There can be only one chocolate bunny wrapped in gold foil, wearing a bow and a bell in Switzerland — and that’s the Lindt version. So says a Swiss federal Read more
War between U.S. and China would produce a global ‘devastation’ worse than WWI, Kissinger says
“ ‘One of the overwhelming dangers in the world is that a war between two high-tech countries like the U.S. and China is likely to produce a devastation…which would be Read more
‘Thursday Night Football’ draws record Prime subscriptions for Amazon
Amazon’s AMZN, +0.16% media deal with the NFL is already paying off. Prime Video broadcast its first “Thursday Night Football” game last week as part of an exclusive 11-year deal worth an Read more