Traders on floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: New York Stock Exchange With the inauguration — and the risk of disruption — now over, what’s next for markets? The S&P 500 has risen 15% since the election to historic highs on a series of macroeconomic hopes that have driven sentiment, technical levels, and
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Hermione Granger | Moment | Getty Images In the last few weeks, bitcoin has been on a wild ride, surging to record highs and then wiping hundreds of billions of dollars from the cryptocurrency market days later. The volatility shows why curious investors should pause before putting money into the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin had an epic
getty The three-martini lunch has been getting a lot of attention lately, thanks mostly to President Trump. For much of the last year, the president has been urging lawmakers to restore the tax deduction for business meals (and libations) to its former glory. And after months of spirited debate, he’s gotten his way, thanks to the recently enacted
You may have already received your first and second stimulus payments, but did you know there’s a chance you could qualify for even more? That’s right – depending on the life changes you experienced in 2020, you may be owed additional stimulus dollars. In fact, the life changes that occurred for you in 2020 could
In his fiscal year 2022 budget proposal unveiled this week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo includes an excise tax on what could be legalized recreational marijuana. New York is looking to join neighboring New Jersey, where voters approved a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana last November. Gov. Cuomo expects the tax revenue to eventually
Capitalism produces a dizzying array of products and, in the process, generates an enormous amount of wealth. But capitalism creates a problem in that the gains from economic activity have become increasingly concentrated in a sliver of the population. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, half of the population had seen little increase in real wages
Billionaire global investor Barry Sternlicht said Thursday he’s concerned about the long-term viability of current conditions in the stock market, warning that some aspects feel reminiscent of the dot-com bubble back in the 1990s. “I don’t think we’re having a problem in the stock market near term,” Sternlicht said on “Squawk Box.” “The stimulus is
People line up in their cars to receive food assistance in Groveland, Florida, near Orlando, on Dec. 9, 2020. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images ‘Totally egregious’ U.S. Labor Department data issued Thursday provides the first glimpse of how delays from Congress and the president affected benefits. More than 1.7 million people dropped off Pandemic Unemployment
getty Retired IRS economist Kim Bloomquist discusses his findings of geographic — and perhaps race and class — bias in the tax agency’s selection of audits. This post has been edited for length and clarity. William Hoffman: Welcome to Tax Notes Talk, Kim Bloomquist. Kim Bloomquist: Thank you for inviting me. William Hoffman: You worked for the IRS for 20 years
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing in Washington, DC, U.S., September 24, 2020. Drew Angerer | Reuters There likely will be no nasty tweets in the middle of the night excoriating the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. Nor will its officials be
Trevor Williams | DigitalVision | Getty Images As some stocks have climbed to record highs, you may have been tempted to double down on a favorite pick, like Tesla or the latest initial public offering. But at least one money expert is sounding the alarm that some investors may be overexposed to individual stocks. Christine
Word Tax 2021 on calculator. Glasses, pen and the calculator on documents. The concept of financial … [+] stability,Income Statement getty Tomorrow, January 2oth, Joe Biden will be sworn in and for the first time since 2009 the Democrats will control the White House, the House and the Senate (though with Vice President Harris providing
It was fascinating to watch Treasury-secretary designate Janet Yellen and several Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee dance their delicate deficit dance at Yellen’s confirmation hearing yesterday. For her part, Yellen had to pitch President Biden’s willingness to “act big” with substantial new spending programs that would add trillions of dollars to the $20
A Starlink user terminal attached to the roof of a building. SpaceX SpaceX has launched more than 1,000 of its Starlink high-speed internet satellites to date and, as it seeks regulatory approval in other countries, Elon Musk’s company is now offering early public access to the service in Canada and the U.K. “Earlier this month
(L-R) Doug Emhoff, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and President-elect Joe Biden wave as they arrive on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol for the inauguration on January 20, 2021 in Washington. Joe Raedle | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Wednesday is expected to extend the federal ban on evictions through
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 19: Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of the … [+] Treasury, participates remotely in a Senate Finance Committee hearing. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images It was fascinating to watch Treasury-secretary designate Janet Yellen and several Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee dance their delicate deficit
Janet Yellen’s journey to become the first female Treasury secretary in U.S. history moved smoothly through a critical Senate hearing Tuesday, with a vote on her confirmation likely to happen before the end of the week. An audience of mostly friendly legislators questioned Yellen across a variety of topics, from taxation to China to climate
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images The state would raise the top tax rate to 10.86%, up from 8.82%, Cuomo said. That would yield a top rate of 14.7% for the wealthiest New York City residents in combined taxes. “[It] would be the highest income tax in the nation,” Cuomo said. This is a developing
Woman power and leadership in today’s human resources Getty By Doug Sheppard, Tax Notes State commentary editor They say accountants are boring. But when Maureen Pechacek retired from PwC LLP on June 30, her 39-year legacy included helping build a prominent state and local tax practice for a major accounting firm, speaking at numerous tax
Since June 1, 2020, Massachusetts has banned the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. When signing the ban into law, Gov. Charlie Baker (R) argued that the ban, which is the broadest in the country, was enacted to limit youth uptake of nicotine products. While youth uptake is a very real concern which deserves the
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