Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Making a Big Money Move? Why You Should Probably Consult a Financial Adviser
By Beth Pinsker, ReutersPeople hire financial advisers with the very obvious goal of getting advice on how to handle their money. So why do investors often cut advisers out of consequential decisions? Some advisers say...
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Women Are Better Investors Than Men. Here Are 3 Reasons Why
Female investors outperform males on average, and new report attributes the better performance to three traits more common in female investors.
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Here's How Much You Would Have Made If You Invested in Amazon 20 Years Ago
By Akin Oyedele, Business InsiderOn May 15, 1997, Amazon , then an online bookstore, went public. The company's stock has seen a stunning 36% compounded annual gain since then. Amazon closed at $961.35 on Friday, giving the company...
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Intimidated by Investing? Five Simple Rules That Help Newbies Get Started
By Janna HerronWhen speaking with Alice Finn about her new book Smart Women Love Money –a call to action for women to get serious about investing—the conversation inevitably touched on the gender wage gap, a big...
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After This Guy Won a Jet.com Contest, Walmart Made Him a Multimillionaire
By Jillian D'onfro, Business InsiderEric Martin is still processing his big news. The 29-year-old marketer from York, Pennsylvania just became a millionaire thanks to a smart investment in Jet.com, which Walmart is buying for more than...
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Why Raiding Your Kids' 529 College Savings Plan Is a Bad Idea
By Kelli B. Grant, CNBCCringe-worthy as it is to dip into your kid's piggy bank, it's probably the nicer financial move compared to raiding his or her 529 college savings account. Nearly half of parents with college...
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Does Passive Investing Make Sense for Your Portfolio?
By Jeff Spross, TheWeek.comVery quietly, the way that many Americans invest their money is changing. And it's changing in a way that could upend the way Wall Street does business. When you think of investment, you probably...
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Mark Cuban: Here’s What You Need to Do Before You Start Investing
By Libby Kane, Business InsiderBillionaire Mark Cuban doesn't mince words. When Entrepreneur asked him on the set of "Shark Tank" for his best advice to make money investing, he replied: "Don't." "The market could go up for years...
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3 Ways the Brexit Affects You
After years of debate and speculation, last night’s vote confirmed that Brexit is actually happening and the United Kingdom is going to withdrawal from the European Union. The actual process of...
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19 Retirement Mistakes You’re Making Other Than Not Saving Enough
By Janna HerronIt’s conventional wisdom by now that Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement. Recent studies have shown that many Baby Boomers might have to live on a mere $7,000 to $9,000 a year during their...
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A Legendary Bull Explains Why He’s Still Bullish
By Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBCWharton School Professor of Finance Jeremy Siegel has been bullish on the stock market for years now and he's not ready to change his mind yet. But he introduced a caveat Tuesday on CNBC: "We are...
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Why September Is the Most Volatile Month for Stocks
By Patti Domm, CNBCAfter a sluggish late August, September promises to pack a punch—with enough major events to influence the course of markets into the end of the year. A dominant theme will be the diverging policy of...
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How a 15-Year-Old Investor Beat the Market...
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesWhen Alice Finn, a veteran wealth manager, set up small investment accounts to help teach her two children basic investing principles, she never expected that she’d end up picking up some new ideas...
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How Money Stands Between Parents and College Kids
By Chris Taylor, ReutersIt is an American rite of passage. Little Johnny finally grows up, goes off to college, and starts handling money on his own. He probably spends a little too much, and racks up some debt. Does Johnny...
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More Proof That Bitcoin Is on a Roll
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Michael Connor, ReutersBitcoin is catching on at U.S. online merchants including Overstock.com and Expedia, as customers use a digital currency that just a few years ago was virtually unknown but is now showing some...