Introduction The Weekly Breakout Forecast continues my doctoral research analysis on MDA breakout selections over more than 5 years. This subset of the different portfolios I regularly analyze has now reached 141 weeks of public selections as part of this ongoing live forward-testing. In 2017, the sample size began withRead More →
Dear Moneyist, My wife and I married later in life, and we both had separate properties that we have tried to protect with a prenuptial agreement. We both have wills, and our separate properties should be distributed accordingly upon our deaths. Part of my wife’s separate property was acquired throughRead More →
Dear Moneyist, I have what I hope is a simple question. My stepmom and father gave me $16,000 from their joint savings days before my dad passed away. She said it was a gift. Now that he has passed, she wants the money back. I paid $2,000 for the funeral. Also see:Read More →
Introduction The Weekly Breakout Forecast continues my doctoral research analysis on MDA breakout selections over more than 5 years. This subset of the different portfolios I regularly analyze has now reached 139 weeks of public selections as part of this ongoing live forward-testing. In 2017, the sample size began withRead More →
© Reuters. Shoppers make their way through Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, decorated for the holidays, in Arlington, Virginia (Reuters) – U.S. shoppers spent more online than in retail stores during the shortest winter shopping season in the past six years, with online sales hitting a record high, a reportRead More →
Diana Perez, 29, grew up in Paterson, N.J., with a single mother. She began using drugs as a teen, and upon moving to New York at age 21, she partied and used cocaine heavily. After losing her Starbucks SBUX, +0.52% job and falling short on rent, Perez found herself sporadicallyRead More →
Dear Moneyist, My father married a woman this summer and they were together for a year and a half before that. She made him happy and I really appreciate that. My father had a heart attack two weeks after the wedding and ultimately passed away. Also see: Can I leaveRead More →
Introduction The Weekly Breakout Forecast continues my doctoral research analysis on multiple discriminant analysis (MDA) breakout selections over more than five years. This subset of the different portfolios I regularly analyze has now reached 135 weeks of public selections as part of this ongoing live forward-testing. In 2017, the sampleRead More →
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s latest plan could address a trend that’s making some workers’ lives miserable. Warren has released a so-called “Fair Workweek” plan that she says would alleviate issues millions of part-timer workers face with their schedules. Warren’s plan would require employers with 15 or more employeesRead More →
Google GOOGL, +0.39% GOOG, +0.33% is listening to its users’ concerns — and not just literally. The company said Monday it would improve the way it informs customers about how their Google Assistant voice recordings will be used. Part of that effort will include having users re-confirm their preferences forRead More →
(This is the fifth article in a series about dividend stocks in today’s low interest-rate environment based on interviews with professional investors. Links to the previous articles are below.) Investors who want to follow a dividend strategy but are worried about a decline in stock prices may be well-served byRead More →
Introduction The Weekly Breakout Forecast continues my doctoral research analysis on MDA breakout selections over more than five years. This subset of the different portfolios I regularly analyze has now reached 117 weeks of public selections as part of this ongoing live forward-testing. In 2017 the sample size began withRead More →
Many women spring for a baby in March, April or May — and some would even pony up to ensure the timing. U.S. moms who are educated and married are more likely to have tried for a spring birth for their first baby, according to a new study published inRead More →
© Reuters. Puddles are seen in farm fields as heavy rains caused unprecedented delays in U.S. corn planting this spring, near Sheffield By Tom Polansek DEER GROVE, Ill. (Reuters) – The Happy Spot was a little depressed. Dozens of corn farmers and those who sell them seed, chemicals and equipmentRead More →
Getty Images Time to press the panic on the economy? Not yet. The economy looked like it was perking up a few months ago, but now gray clouds are moving in. The latest shadow was cast by a dismal May employment report that showed a meager 75,000 increase in newRead More →
The final episode of “Game of Thrones” on Sunday could have one final twist. The eight-season series is a drama fantasy of epic proportions. So are its ratings. April’s “Game of Thrones” season premiere broke a series record with 17.4 million viewers, counting people who watched it on television andRead More →
Dear Moneyist, My in-laws recently approached my wife and I about giving us our inheritance now, rather than later. They would prefer to see us spend the money now. They are very well-off and, while they haven’t discussed exact numbers, if given a lump sum, I’d anticipate an inheritance ofRead More →
Several years ago, Laura Segal’s husband read a quote that claimed the best gift you could give a working mom is time. He took the advice to heart. “I think he read it around Mother’s Day time period, and that’s when he was like, ‘You know, I will start doingRead More →
The investment business is full of theories and recommendations about how to accumulate wealth. But the field has very little to say about the best ways to decumulate, or spend down wealth. This is an astonishing oversight, considering that the period over which wealth decumulation occurs is often as longRead More →
Amazon.com Inc. expects to improve the delivery times for customers who sign up for its Prime subscription program, cutting free deliveries to one day instead of two, an executive said Thursday afternoon. In a conference call related to Amazon’s AMZN, +0.03% quarterly earnings report, Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky explainedRead More →
Asian markets were mixed in early trading Wednesday, surrendering early gains, after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at all-time highs. Japan’s Nikkei NIK, -0.41% was about flat after initially rising about 0.4%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.85% and the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -0.92% alsoRead More →
Introduction Last week, I celebrated 100 weeks of forward testing of this model here on Seeking Alpha. The Weekly Breakout Forecast continues my doctoral research analysis on MDA breakout selections over more than 5 years. This subset of the different portfolios I regularly analyze has now reached 101 weeks ofRead More →
© Reuters. Ajay Singh, Chairman of Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet, speaks with the media before the landing of an amphibious seaplane from Japan’s Setouchi Holdings in the Arabian Sea as part of a demonstration by SpiceJet in Mumbai (Reuters) – India’s SpiceJet Ltd said on Friday it will prioritize hiringRead More →
The market has left Technicolor SA (OTCQX:TCLRY) (OTCPK:THNRF) for dead. It’s not hard to see why. After divesting its patent licensing business to InterDigital (IDCC), Technicolor has three businesses left. All seem to have significant challenges. Adjusted EBITDA in 2018 declined over 20% year-over-year; free cash flow was negative. NetRead More →
Some people are much better savers than spenders. That can become a problem. Certified financial planner DeDe Jones recalls clients, retired schoolteachers, who loved to travel but kept putting off the trip to China and Southeast Asia they’d always wanted to take. “The husband started having health issues, and theyRead More →
