Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg If you’re in the market for a new credit card, and also use Uber, then this credit card hack may save you money. American Express is offering $200 in annual Uber ride credit for cardholders of The Platinum Card® from American Express. How It Works If you have a Platinum Card, you
France has warned that it will veto any trade deal between the EU and UK unless it meets its requirements as talks intensified in London to try to seal an agreement by the start of next week. Negotiators are racing against the clock to finalise a deal before a European Council meeting in Brussels starting
Have you ever heard coworkers talking around the water cooler about a hot tip on a bond? No, we didn’t think so. Tracking bonds can often be about as thrilling as watching the grass grow, whereas watching stocks can have some investors as excited as NFL fans during the Super Bowl. However, don’t let the
John Williams, left, and his dad Terry, right, both of Salem, carry a large Christmas Tree out of the field together at Tucker Tree Farm in Salem, Oregon, November 29, 2020. Alisha Jucevic | Reuters Tree retailers are having a spirited season this year, as Americans staying closer to home due to the coronavirus pandemic
Fans gather at local Ulta Beauty in Houston to greet Kylie Jenner at the launch of her cosmetics line on November 18, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Rick Kern | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: DocuSign — Shares of DocuSign popped more than 6% after the electronic-documents company posted better-than-expected
Innovative and effective lighting helps to make a home comfortable and functional Courtesy of Teknion Your physical environment plays a major role in your mood and mental well-being. Having a space that reduces anxiety is especially important as we continue to work from home as we approach the end of a turbulent 2020. Now, more than
A house for sale in Sarasota, Florida Scott Mlyn | CNBC Thanksgiving week isn’t usually a popular time for homebuying, but most economic numbers this year are incomparable, especially in the pandemic-spiked housing market. Mortgage applications to purchase a home jumped 9% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally
Municipal yields held steady on AAA benchmarks Thursday amid choppy trading that veered toward sideways as inflows, rich muni/U.S. Treasury ratios and not enough new paper have become status quo in the market. Municipals are decoupled from U.S. Treasuries, which can clearly be seen in rich ratios (the 10-year muni as low as 70% of
Talks on an EU-UK trade deal hit a major obstacle on Thursday evening as British officials accused France of making new demands at the eleventh hour, leaving an agreement hanging in the balance. Emmanuel Macron, French president, wants to preserve a substantial chunk of existing fishing rights for the French fleet in British waters after
Bitcoin prices are up 300% since March, showing a dramatic breakout even as other markets have gone lower. With bitcoin holding 66% of the total crypto market cap, experts point to bitcoin’s maturity as one reason for its strength. Bitcoin has rallied over 75% since early September. During that same time period, both gold and
Travel Rewards Credit Cards Pexels As summer travel heats up, it’s an opportune time to consider a rewards credit card. Here’s what you need to know and how to choose the best rewards credit cards. What Are The Major Types of Rewards Credit Cards? There are several types of rewards credit cards, including cash back
Congress has passed legislation that would force Chinese companies to delist from American exchanges unless they comply with US accounting rules. The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the bill, which could affect companies from China Telecom to Alibaba, following Senate passage in May. Donald Trump is expected to sign the legislation, which has benefited
At the end of the second quarter 2018, the United States’ trade deficit increased to its highest level since 2008. This was due to a steady rise in imports that was, in turn, fueled by strong domestic demand. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. trade deficit reached $63.9 billion in September 2020, down $3.2 billion
The facade of Blue Origin’s new rocket engine factory in Huntsville, Alabama. CNBC | Michael Sheetz The chief operating officer of Jeff Bezos’ private space company Blue Origin is leaving, the company confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday. Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith wrote in an e-mail to the company that COO Terry Benedict’s last day
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Palantir — The tech company slid more than 10% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to underweight. The firm said Palantir now trades at a “significant premium” to its peers following shares’ more than 100% jump since the company went public on Sept. 30. Tesla —
We all have a lot of work to do; through it all, we should remember, as Leonard Bernstein told us … [+] many years ago, that New York is a wonderful town. Getty Images With the Presidential election decided, it’s time for New Yorkers to start thinking about a new Mayor. Since in New York
Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates have been sitting near record lows since the start of the pandemic, and while millions of Americans have already refinanced their home loans this year, very few of them have taken cash out in the process. Cash-out deals made up just 27% of all mortgage
The Federal Reserve is in no hurry to taper its massive bond buying program, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday, though he didn’t signal that the U.S. central bank was ready to ramp it up either. “Our priority remains supporting the economy until we are really well through this,” Powell told the House Financial Services Committee
Chinese state-backed funds are still scouring the US for investments in critical technologies despite stiffer restrictions on such deals, prompting bipartisan concern in Washington over the national security implications. Pixelworks, Black Sesame Technologies and LightIC Technologies, three companies in the sensitive US semiconductor sector, have attracted investment in recent months from some of China’s so-called
With home ownership seemingly out of reach for many young people today, parents may wonder whether they should just give their house to their children at some point? It might be a consideration, for example, if the parents plan to downsize to a new condo or make a former vacation home their full-time residence. However,
The UK has become the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine following large-scale clinical trials and is set to make the shot from BioNTech and Pfizer available from “next week”. Germany’s BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer said doses of the vaccine would be delivered to the UK in the coming days after the
E*TRADE and TD Ameritrade have followed similar paths over the last three decades, all the way up to being acquired in October 2020. Their track records of trustworthiness and efficient order execution date back to the advent of online trading in the early 1990s. These financial powerhouses have grown exponentially in customer base and service
Covid-related growth rates are spiking. And it’s not just the virus. A few months ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that retail-investing volumes had climbed 30% on a year-over-year in the first half of 2020 to nearly 20% of all trades. One young client commented that “everyone and his uncle is trading their accounts constantly.”
CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk reacts following the company’s initial public offering at the NASDAQ market in New York June 29, 2010 Brendan McDermid | Reuters S&P’s action on Tesla showed the growing power of indexers and passive investing. S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced that Tesla will be added to the S&P 500
People wear protective face masks outside Salesforce Tower as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 22, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Salesforce — Shares of the software company dropped
Kevin is the Founder of Marker Real Estate, an innovative firm with a transparent, inclusive, client-focused strategy. getty As we reach the final quarter of the year, few real estate experts are likely looking back on 2020 and boasting about their accurate forecasting abilities. Last year at this time, no one could have predicted the trends
Municipals outperformed Treasuries as yields rose 10 basis points on the UST 10- and 30-year on talk of a potential stimulus deal and equities hit all-time highs. Secondary trading held municipal yields steady while Illinois’ highway deal priced and re-priced five to nine basis points lower and New York City Municipal Water Authority offered bonds
William Barr, the US attorney-general, said on Tuesday he had not seen evidence of voter fraud that would affect the outcome of the presidential election, directly undermining Donald Trump’s claims the vote was stolen from him. The intervention by Mr Barr in an interview with the Associated Press, was a high-profile rebuke of the president’s
After blazing trails for nearly 40 years, E*TRADE has grown into a financial powerhouse with a huge customer base and a broad product lineup. It provides comprehensive trading, investment, and research services aimed at active traders and investors. Morgan Stanley’s acquisition of E*TRADE closed October 2, 2020. Account Minimum: $0 Fees: Maximum $0.005 per share for
Credit Suisse has named António Horta-Osório as its next chairman, picking the outgoing chief executive of Lloyds Bank to help steer the lender through the fallout from the coronavirus crisis. Mr Horta-Osório will start at Credit Suisse at the end of April, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday. Urs Rohner, the Swiss lender’s
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