For many, saying goodbye to 2020 couldn’t have come soon enough. But that’s not the case for the investment community. Despite the benchmark S&P 500 losing over a third of its value in the first quarter of 2020, it ended the year higher by 16%. That’s nearly double its average […]
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Can you expect a third stimulus check, under Joe Biden?
TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Set for Monster Growth in 2021 We’ve turned a new page on the calendar, Old Man ’20 is out the door, and there’s a feeling ‘21 is gonna be a good year – and so far, so good. The markets closed out 2020 with modest […]
Can you expect a 3rd stimulus check, under Joe Biden?
TipRanks Gilead Sciences or Biogen: Which Biotech Stock is a Better Pick for 2021? An unprecedented pandemic did not stop the US stock market from finishing 2020 on a high note. The S&P 500 ended a highly volatile year at an all time high and overall, was up 16.3%. Meanwhile, […]
Biden VA pick faces ‘steep learning curve’ at massive agency
President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenTrump calls Georgia Senate runoffs ‘both illegal and invalid’ in New Year’s tweets Judge dismisses Gohmert’s election suit against Pence Ex-GOP senator suggests forming new party, calls Trump ‘ringmaster’ of Republicans MORE’s pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs is expected to face a tough time […]
Becerra Is the Right Lawyer for the Biden Health Agenda
Dec. 16, 2020 3:14 pm ET California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in June 2019. Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press Regarding your editorial “Biden’s Identity Health-Care Pick” (Dec. 8): The selection of Xavier Becerra to run the Department of Health and Human Services shows that Joe Biden’s team knows what it wants […]
GOP Congressman: We Need The Senate To Investigate Hunter Biden
DULUTH, Ga. – A congressman who leads the Colorado state GOP told Republican rallygoers here the party needed to win control of the Senate in order to investigate President-elect Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and possibly remove Biden from office. “If we lose the Senate, nobody is going to investigate [Hunter […]
Trump-Era Tax Rule Benefiting Some Multinationals May Get Revised Under Biden
WASHINGTON—A Trump administration regulation that cut the tax bills of companies such as Philip Morris International Inc. and Sealed Air Corp. could be poised for reversal in 2021 as the Biden administration tries to deliver on its campaign promise to raise taxes on corporations. The rule, which gives some corporations […]
Will the Biden administration slow Elon Musk’s SpaceX down?
SpaceX has certainly been on a roll recently. The company’s Falcon 9 has been very busy, launching a probe to measure the rise of the Earth’s oceans, another batch of the Starlink constellation, and a planned cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) in less than two weeks. SpaceX became […]
Jill Biden To Push For Debt-Free Community College As First Lady
WASHINGTON — Dr. Jill Biden has devoted her life to the field of education, and that won’t change when she becomes first lady next month. According to a source close to her, Biden will advocate for debt-free community college. Dr. Martha Kanter, who served as under secretary of education in […]
What if Biden Can’t Cancel Your Student Debt? Here Are 15 Ways to Pay Off Those Loans
Joe Biden former Vice President The moratorium on student loans that came about as a result of the pandemic is set to expire December 31, which means that approximately 42 million Americans saddled with student loan debt will be expected to start making payments again as of January. However, Democrats, […]
Biden Inauguration, COVID-19 Restrictions And QAnon: Views From HuffPost Readers
In a recent poll, one of HuffPost members’ top-requested features was a round-up of reader comments. (Photo: HuffPost Illustration) Every week, HuffPost editors read your comments on our top stories and highlight those that cut through the noise and make us think, help us see things from a different perspective, […]
What Biden May Do for Your Finances and How to Make Money
© NerdWallet Welcome to NerdWallet’s Smart Money podcast, where we answer your real-world money questions. This week’s episode starts with a discussion of how the incoming Biden administration might affect your personal finances. Then we pivot to this week’s question from Billy. They ask, “How do I get my hands […]
The Finance 202: Biden taps diverse economic team with a focus on workers
Several who are set to become top advisers share a focus on putting workers first as they prepare to inherit stewardship of the economic crisis. Those lined up for senior economic posts include: Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget. The chief executive of the left-leaning Center […]
From the coronavirus to the environment, Biden plans to take government in new direction
WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign often focused less on policies than his temperament and character, seeking to make the election a referendum on President Donald Trump’s four years in office. Now attention is turning to how he will govern. A review of Biden’s speeches, campaign website and interviews […]
Kim Jong Un likely to let his missiles do the talking with Biden
Jon Herskovitz, Bloomberg Published 8:00 a.m. ET Nov. 28, 2020 North Korea has greeted the last two U.S. presidents with tests of missiles or nuclear bombs within weeks of taking office. And experts see the same happening with Joe Biden, whom the regime has called “a rabid dog.” Kim Jong […]
Tom Lydon Talks Best ETF Bets on Biden On Fox Business
As the executive branch prepares for a major shift, investors need to know what to look for on an ETF front. During “The Claman Countdown” on Fox Business Network on Wednesday, ETF Trends CEO Tom Lydon discussed the best ETF bets anyone could make under a Biden administration, with host Liz […]
Biden policies: Plans for COVID-19, guns, climate and more
Despite outlining a detailed agenda on his website, President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign often focused less on policies than his temperament and character, seeking to make the election a referendum on President Trump’s four years in office. Now that Biden has been announcing Cabinet appointments before taking office Jan. 20, attention […]
Biden will have the power to give the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau more teeth — and he has President Trump to thank
During the past four years, the Trump administration has significantly scaled back the activities of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis that was meant to shield Americans from potential wrongdoing on the part of the country’s largest financial firms. But […]
Trump administration officially begins transition to Biden after weeks of delay
General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy on Monday told President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is making federal resources available for his transition into office. The letter from Murphy, who had withheld her decision on ascertaining Biden’s electoral victory for weeks after the Nov. 3 election, was revealed minutes […]
Presidential accounts on Twitter, Facebook to transfer to Biden administration in 2021
Tweets and other electronic communications by presidents are considered public property under the 1978 Presidential Records Act. Tweets from President Barack Obama and other officials from his administration were preserved by the National Archive online, and it said it has tracked Trump’s throughout his time in office. Facebook expects a […]