This fall, four states are asking voters to decide on the legalization and taxation of recreational pot. Here's what you should know about excise taxes and how helpful they are in improving states' bottom lines.
Robinhood led the way for zero commission trading. It helped bring in a new generation of investors to the stock market. The Covid-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders helped the trading app add 3 million users in the first quarter of 2020. "The Robinhood Trader" quickly became synonymous with retail trading. The company has made the stock market more accessible to millions of users but not without complications.
President Donald Trump called off negotiations between the White House and congressional Democrats Tuesday afternoon, dashing hopes of another weekly supplement to unemployment benefits.
The president has urged Congress to approve a second round of one-time $1,200 payments to millions of Americans. While both sides of the aisle want to send more money, there could be some sticking points. Here's why Americans could face a longer wait for that aid.
David Lowe Blog | Dec 23, 2019 I've recently been considering raising outside capital for my startup. My vision is big and I want it to be a global business. With a previous startup exit under my belt, I thought it was the right time to consider a seed round investment. Over the last few
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Stanford Graduate School of Business professor David Dodson explains why getting more financial stimulus from the federal government to Main Street is critical for the national economy in the fourth quarter.
Investors who have a time horizon beyond two or three months should be "overweight risky assets" such as credit and stocks, says JPMorgan Asset Management's Patrik Schowitz.
Stock market analysts in Asia clearly do not agree on who will win the U.S. presidential election. But they're pretty unified on how they plan to play it.
Democrats and Republicans are still debating the contours of another coronavirus relief package, two months after many prior provisions expired. Extra unemployment benefits are a sticking point.
The financial advisory industry is overwhelming White and male. CNBC spoke with Financial Planning Association President Martin Seay about encouraging more diversity in the field as the country grapples with the implications of racial and gender barriers to success.
Finding the right financial advisor to help with your financial needs and goals can be complicated. The CNBC FA 100 celebrates those advisory firms that top the list when it comes to offering comprehensive planning and financial services to help clients navigate their complex financial lives.
Advisory firms have had to find ways to be able to adapt through the use of virtual technologies to keep their meetings going with clients. That newfound comfort will probably change advisory practices well into the future.
In a poll of top-rated advisory firms, there is a near-even split on the election outcome and the market's reaction. However, most see volatility as opportunity.
As disruptive and unsettling as the coronavirus pandemic has been for the U.S. economy, financial markets and virtually every American family, the country's top financial advisors have managed to smoothly adapt to these circumstances.
The Economist | Oct 3, 2020 The credit-card duopoly is crashing the faster-payments party THE GREATEST accolade a payment system can aspire to is to be forgotten about. “People don’t want to make payments,” says Diana Layfield, an executive on Google’s payments team. “They want to do what a payment facilitates.” The industry’s biggest battles
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