More advisors turn to alternative investments to further diversify their clients in volatile market

BySophie Tremblay

Marko Geber | DigitalVision | Getty Images After battling downturns in the stock and bond markets, more financial advisors looking to further diversify their clients are turning to alternative investments, according to a recent survey from Cerulli Associates. Falling outside of traditional asset classes, alternative investments are typically added to portfolios for more diversification, income generation and…

Sources of Personal Income, Tax Year 2019

BySophie Tremblay

Key Findings Taxpayers reported nearly $12.1 trillion of total income on their 2019 tax returns. About 68 percent ($8.3 trillion) of the total income reported on Form 1040 consisted of wages and salaries, and 82 percent of all tax filers reported earning wage income. Retirement accounts such as 401(k)s and pensions are important sources of…

Volkswagen CEO Diess to depart; Porsche boss Blume will lead the German auto giant

BySophie Tremblay

In this article VOW’-IT Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen Sean Gallup | Getty Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess will leave the company at the end of August, the company said Friday. Oliver Blume, currently the CEO of Volkswagen subsidiary Porsche, will succeed Diess as of Sept. 1. The automaker didn’t provide a reason for Diess’ departure….

Verizon shares fall after company cuts full-year forecast

BySophie Tremblay

In this article VZ A Verizon store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Verizon fell Friday after the company reported second-quarter earnings that fell shy of expectations and trimmed its financial forecast for the year. “Although recent performance did not meet our expectations, we remain…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Snap, American Express, Verizon, Seagate and more

BySophie Tremblay

In this article MAT VZ STX SNAP AXP Signage for Snap Inc., parent company of Snapchat, adorns the front of the New York Stock Exchange, March 2, 2017 in New York City. Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. American Express — Shares of the credit card company climbed 2.9% as…

Mark Cuban says this was his worst ‘Shark Tank’ investment ever: ‘Next thing you know, all of the money’s gone’

BySophie Tremblay

Over more than a decade on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” billionaire Mark Cuban has seen his share of good investments — and bad ones. Last week, Cuban told the “Full Send” podcast that after investing nearly $20 million in 85 startups on “Shark Tank,” he’s taken a net loss across all of those deals combined. “I’ve…

Op-ed: Dividend stocks are a smart option for yield-hungry retired investors

BySophie Tremblay

Geber86 | E+ | Getty Images Investors have obviously taken a beating so far in 2022. Technology stocks, cryptocurrencies and nearly everything else that shot up during the free money, zero-interest-rate era has cratered, while other market segments haven’t fared much better. This, of course, isn’t the first time in the recent past that equities…

If you get health insurance through the public marketplace, a mid-year review can help avoid a tax surprise

BySophie Tremblay

Kateryna Onyshchuk | iStock | Getty Images If your income is trending much higher this year than you anticipated, it’s likely a welcome shift. However, for anyone who gets their private health insurance through the public marketplace, that extra cash could mean an unexpected tax bill when they prepare their 2022 return next spring. A…

The 8 best options for small business funding

BySophie Tremblay

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – APRIL 28: Deanna Sison takes a break from preparing preordered lunches to check the status of her federal small business loan application at Little Skillet restaurant in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Most Covid financial relief to small business has now ended, but the need for more funding…

When a Woman’s Retirement Account Becomes the Family Emergency Fund

BySophie Tremblay

Women break into their savings to cover all kinds of expenses: home down payments, repairs, medical bills. That can hurt them years later. Vickie Elisa was already playing catch-up with her retirement fund when she withdrew $17,000 to fix a plumbing disaster in her Atlanta-area home. The bleeding from that Roth individual retirement account had…

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven cuts 880 corporate jobs as part of restructuring

BySophie Tremblay

Peter Parks | AFP | Getty Images Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has cut roughly 880 corporate jobs in the United States, CNBC has learned, roughly a year after it completed its $21 billion acquisition of rival C-store and gas station business Speedway. 7-Eleven is owned by the Japanese retail conglomerate Seven & i Holdings, which…