By Liz Weston After the train wreck that was 2020, you may well question whether it’s worth trying to plan anything. But knocking off a few financial tasks early in the year can better prepare you for whatever 2021 has in store. File Your Tax Return ASAP Filing your tax […]
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Side hustles that will put extra money in your pocket this year
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The pandemic drastically changed finances for so many families, with lost jobs or reduced hours forcing people to find new ways to make ends meet. James Irwin, whose greatest passion is cooking, planned to work in a restaurant that was supposed to open in 2020. Those […]
Save money and make perfect coffee at home this year
Save money and make perfect coffee at home this year Brew’s up Although Starbucks and the like may have reopened where you are, why not continue to recreate your favorite coffee at home and save […]
Thieves using online scams to start the new year
Online purchase scams like pet adoptions are gaining steam in 2021. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Online purchase scams make up a third of all scams being reported to the Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio’s Scam Tracker. “80% saying they’ve actually lost money,” says President and C.E.O. Kip Morse. “On average, […]
5 Money Resolutions For The New Year That Can Make You Wealthy
© Provided by BankBazaar.com Photo: Pixabay.com The past year provided us the crucial lesson that nothing is certain in life and we should always be prepared for financial emergencies. So as we enter a new year, let’s acknowledge the importance of money management, and work towards ensuring we are always […]
Car insurance for 19 year olds
How much is car insurance for a 19-year-old? Currently, the national average is $4,133 a year. This is a lot more than the national average, which is $1,738 a year. Because most 19-year-olds don’t make as much as 35-year-olds, it’s imperative that young drivers know every strategy available to them […]
What Do Financial Advisors Do To Move Ahead This Year?
Last year upended the many ways people live their lives and manage their finances. And it’s no different for financial advisors and those who work with them. So, what do financial advisors do, and how did 2020 change the way they conduct business and serve clients? X “A financial advisor […]
12 ways to give yourself a raise in the new year
12 ways to give yourself a raise in the new year As we quickly try to forget 2020, let’s focus on all the thrilling possibilities in 2021. Will this be the year you buy your first home, reward yourself with some new gadgets or —gasp — even travel again? It’s […]
72% of Americans Believe in a Better 2021 After a Year in Financial ‘Survival Mode’
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 […]
Will 2021 be Yankees’ year? What’s D.J. LeMahieu’s deal? Reporters break down issues
The new year is here finally, and about time, right? Too bad we don’t know for sure yet if spring training is right around the corner. Fingers are crossed that the pandemic goes away and baseball in 2021 is closer to what it was in 2019, at least by the […]
Could You Commit To a No-Buy Year? Here’s How It Works
Bloomberg Wrong-Way Bet on Covid Is Changing Oil-Trading Industry Forever (Bloomberg) — In January, as a mysterious illness ripped through the Chinese city of Wuhan, global oil prices plunged. Two thousand miles away in the island state of Singapore, one of the most powerful men in the world of commodities trading, Lim […]
Make these 8 money moves today to get the new year off to a strong start
Make these 8 money moves today to get the new year off to a strong start It’s been a long, strange, tiring year, and many of us are eager to leave 2020 in our rearview mirror. After all, there’s a lot to look forward to in 2021: the vaccine rollout, […]
Dow Stock Had a Remarkably Ordinary Year
Text size The Dow Chemical logo is shown on a building Bill Pugliano/Getty Images With the year almost over, we’re taking a look at all 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, starting with the worst performers— Boeing and Walgreens Boots Alliance —and working our way up to the […]
4 Signs It’s Time for a New Bank in the New Year
Should you switch to a new bank? Your bank is one of the financial institutions you have the most interaction with, as chances are good that most or all of your money passes through it at some point. But despite that fact, many people don’t really take the time to […]
Why Alphabet Is One of Barron’s Top Stock Picks for the New Year
Text size Drew Angerer/Getty Images This article is an excerpt from Barron’s 10 favorite stocks for 2021. To see the full list, click here. Alphabet is recovering nicely from a pandemic-related hit to advertising earlier this year. Revenue was up 15% in the third quarter, and it stands to benefit […]
The COVID-19 pandemic created a rough economic year. Here’s how banks, depositors fared
The contrast with the prior recession is striking — compared with the 157 banks that failed in 2010, just four have gone under so far in 2020. Like other businesses, banks didn’t have a COVID-19 playbook to open up when the pandemic broke out this year. But despite some rough […]
12 Places To Make a Donation in Lieu of Gifts This Year
Every year, 63 million Americans—about 25 percent of the adult population—volunteer to serve their communities through soup kitchens, literacy programs, and by other means. Reports suggest that this commitment to others hasn’t changed despite the garbage fire year that is 2020. In the spirit of the socially-distanced altruism, many folks […]
Investment lessons to remember from a year to forget
Lesson number five: most of the time things stay the same but just occasionally it really is a watershed. Everyone thought that the financial crisis would change everything, but we soon got back to doing things exactly as we had before, with long-term consequences by the time we got to […]
12 ideas for boosting your income before the new year arrives
12 ideas for boosting your income before the new year arrives Pretty soon, we’ll be saying goodbye — and “don’t you ever come back” — to a grueling year. But before you eagerly flip the calendar on 2020, how about starting a new year’s resolution a few weeks early? If […]
COLUMN-Six Social Security fixes that should be on Biden’s agenda next year
(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) By Mark Miller CHICAGO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden will be plenty busy battling the pandemic when he takes office next month, and Social Security will likely not be on top of his agenda. But […]