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U.S.-China Trade Spat: Wall...

05.24.2019

There are specific signals present that indicate Wall Street is not in panic mode sees a trade agreement between the U.S. and China as likely. Reporter Akane Otani explains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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05.24.2019 U.S.-China Trade Spat: Wall Street Senses a Deal There are specific signals present that indicate Wall Street is not in panic mode sees a trade agreement between the U.S. and China as likely. Reporter Akane Otani explains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.23.2019 Should a Financial Adviser Inherit a Client's Assets? A Wall Street Journal report detailing a financial adviser's inheritance of 25% of a client's assets has resulted in Congress getting involved to potentially change the law. Journal reporter Gretchen Morgenson has details.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.22.2019 Savings Account Interest Rates Are Headed Lower Wall Street Journal reporter Allison Prang explains why interest rates on savings and CDs are likely to move lower, and has tips for still finding attractive rates.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.21.2019 SEC Has Only Collected Half of $20 Billion in Fines The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has only been able to collect about half of the $20 billion in fines it has levied in the past five years. Wall Street Journal reporter Dave Michaels explains.Learn more about your ad choices. ...
05.20.2019 Why You Should Consider Investing in a Roth 401(k) Wall Street Journal tax reporter Laura Saunders explains the differences between a traditional 401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement account.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.17.2019 Should You Hand Over Personal Data to the Airlines? Airlines soon will have numerous new ways to track passengers and make note of their preferences. Wall Street Journal 'Middle Seat' columnist Scott McCartney explains how this is likely to raise new concerns about the balance between convenience and data ...
05.16.2019 Class of 2019: Lower Starting Salaries Than 2018 Grads Class of 2019 college graduates will see lower average salary increases this year compared to students who graduated in 2018. Wall Street Journal reporter Kelsey Gee explains the numbers and outlines fields where raises will actually be sizeable.Learn more about ...
05.15.2019 Why Uber and Lyft Shares Are Stuck in the Slow Lane Heard on the Street columnist Dan Gallagher explains why investors have been reluctant to bid Uber and Lyft shares above their IPO prices since going public.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.14.2019 Millennials Renting in Cities Attract a New Crop of Lenders Millennials, who might otherwise be priced out living in U.S. cities, are being targeted by new lenders offering loans similar to those offered payday loan companies in past years. Wall Street Journal reporter Will Parker explains.Learn more about your ad ...
05.13.2019 Tax Law: Gold-Star Families Get Surprise, Steep Tax Bills A change to the so-called Kiddie Tax in the nation's tax law has hit families who have lost active-duty service members hard in their wallet. Wall Street Journal tax reporter Laura Saunders explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
05.10.2019 It's Getting Harder to Secure a Small Mortgage Can a mortgage be too small? Many banks think so, and as a result it's getting harder for low- and middle-income consumers to borrow. Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Eisen explains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.09.2019 Price Wars Drive Coast-to-Coast Nonstop Airfares Lower Wall Street Journal 'Middle Seat' columnist Scott McCartney has details on price wars between airlines that have brought nonstop transcontinental airfares to significantly low levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.08.2019 Tesla Plans to Sell Owners Cheaper Car Insurance Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company will sell its car insurance to its drivers while using safety data from its vehicles in setting rates. Wall Street Journal global investing editor Geoffrey Rogow explains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
05.07.2019 When Stocks Tumble, Where Does Wall Street Invest? Monday's steep selloff at the start of trading in response to a fresh U.S.-China trade spat brought to light safe investment destinations Wall Street puts its money during volatility. Journal reporter Donato Paolo Mancini discusses those less risky products.Learn more ...
05.06.2019 Selling Your Home? Do It in May or June A seven-year survey of the housing industry shows specific dates in May and June are ideal for home-sellers to score a 10% premium above market value. ATTOM Data Solutions' Todd Teta explains the dates and numbers.Learn more about your ad ...
05.03.2019 Class of 2019 Wish List: Work-Life Balance and a Promotion The Class of 2019, part of 'Generation Z', has specific expectations from the real world when they graduate, including a healthy corporate culture at work and a clear plan for being promoted. LaSalle Network CEO Tom Gimbel discusses a recent ...
05.02.2019 Some States Have Stopped Paying Retiree Health Benefits Wall Street Journal reporter Heather Gillers discusses ways that some U.S. states have found solutions to dealing with escalating health-care benefits for retirees, including not paying them at all.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.01.2019 Can WeWork's IPO Raise Enough Cash? Wall Street Journal reporter Eliot Brown explains office-sharing company WeWork's need to raise billions of dollars support its recent and future growth, and avenues the company has taken, including filing for an IPO to secure funds. Learn more about your ...
04.30.2019 Launching a Business: Are Six Heads Better Than One? When starting a business, should entrepreneurs go it alone, or launch a new venture with a group? Wall Street Journal contributor Cheryl Winokur Munk has the results of a seven-year study.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.29.2019 Want to Make Money? Snitch on Your Tax-Cheating Neighbor The IRS's whistleblower program pays out rewards to tipsters, in some cases in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Wall Street Journal tax reporter Laura Saunders explains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.26.2019 Upgrade to First Class? Use $1 Per Minute Formula Wall Street Journal 'Middle Seat' columnist Scott McCartney discusses the economics of coach vs. first-class seating on airplanes. He says passengers might consider a $1 per minute in the air formula when considering whether to purchase an upgrade.Learn more about ...
04.25.2019 Companies Missing Earnings Expectations Punished by Wall Street Companies in the S&P; 500 that have missed earnings expectations this quarter have been punished by Wall Street more severely than usual. Wall Street Journal markets reporter Corrie Driebush explains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.24.2019 Credit Card Companies Spending Millions on Social Media Wall Street Journal reporter AnnaMaria Andriotis explains why some credit card companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to reach potential customers on social media sites.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.23.2019 Retirement Investing: Five Mistakes to Avoid Investing too conservatively is among the biggest mistakes people make when planning for retirement. Wall Street Journal contributor Cheryl Winokur Munk outlines the biggest missteps to avoid to ensure retirees have enough money.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.22.2019 Will Venmo + Plastic = Profits? Mobile payments app Venmo is wildly popular, but still loses money. Venmo hopes that will change, since it's near a deal to offer a new credit card. Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Rudegeair has the details.Learn more about your ad ...
04.19.2019 Consumer Spending Surged in March Retail sales, a key indicator of consumer spending, jumped 1.6 percent in March. The gain was bigger than expected, and the Wall Street Journal's Sharon Nunn says many retail sectors benefited from strong consumer demand.Learn more about your ad choices. ...
04.18.2019 In-Flight Map Gets a Big Makeover The in-flight map in airliners is getting a technological upgrade. You can get loads of new data such as encyclopedic details on Mont Blanc as you fly over it, or when dinner will be served. Wall Street Journal Middle Seat ...
04.17.2019 Why Retirees Should Leave Their 401(k) Alone Wall Street Journal retirement reporter Anne Tergesen explains relatively new policies and methods in place to encourage retirees to let their 401(k) retirement accounts keep working for them, even in their post-career years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
04.16.2019 How Burnout Can Be a Good Thing Burnout, especially from working too much, can deprive us of sleep and proper eating, but there are also key benefits of burnout than can help us better focus ourselves and find success. Author Steve McClatchy explains. Learn more about your ...
04.15.2019 How Did Millionaires Get Rich? Not How You Think Think most millionaires have high-paying jobs, or inherited their money? Think again. Author Chris Hogan surveyed more than 10,000 millionaires and reveals surprising myths about how they amassed their wealth, as well as lessons the rest of us can learn ...
04.12.2019 Got a Side Job? Be Sure You Know Your Tax Benefits Americans with side hustles often let numerous tax benefits and deductions go unused. Tax attorney Mark Kohler outlines some key deductions available, as well as what those with side jobs can learn from workers like Uber and Lyft drivers.Learn more ...
04.11.2019 Earnings Season: Watch for Fed Impact on Big Banks Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Mention explains how quarterly earnings reports from JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo will illustrate the impact of the Federal Reserve's current cautious management of interest rates on the banking sector. Learn more about your ad ...
04.10.2019 House Flipping Is Back to 2006 Levels. Should We Worry? Wall Street Journal housing reporter Laura Kusisto explains why although house flipping is back at pre-recession levels, it may not pose as much of a threat to the overall economy this time around.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.09.2019 Merrill Makes a Play for Younger, Less Affluent Clients Merrill Lynch is lining up assistance from parent Bank of America in wooing younger customers, who ordinarily would not quality for wealth advisory services, to sell digital investing products. Reporter Rachel Louise Ensign has details. Learn more about your ad ...
04.08.2019 A Texas Man Racked Up $26M in Late Tax Penalties A Texas man who did not file taxes for 12 years has accumulated $26 million in penalties. Wall Street Journal reporter Laura Saunders has details, and explains the lessons law-abiding taxpayers can take from the story.Learn more about your ad ...
04.05.2019 Bank Earnings, Fed Minutes On Tap Stocks posted strong gains this week, but how much more upside is there for the markets? The Wall Street Journal's Mike Wursthorn says bank earnings will be in focus this coming week. And could the Fed policy minutes hint at ...
04.05.2019 Berkshire Hathaway: Collaboration and the Post-Buffett Era Wall Street Journal reporter Nicole Friedman explains how Berkshire Hathaway's senior executives are collaborating more than ever, and how it could offer a glimpse at how the company might operate in the post-CEO Warren Buffett era.Learn more about your ad ...
04.04.2019 The Latest on Goldman Sachs's Open-Source Trading Floor Goldman Sachs is allowing developers to access the previously proprietary coding it uses to assess risk and price derivatives. Wall Street Journal reporter Liz Hoffman explains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.03.2019 April Is Typically a Strong Month for Stocks Wall Street Journal markets reporter Jessica Menton explains why April is especially a robust month for stock performance.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.02.2019 Why Gas Prices Could Hit $3 a Gallon by Summer Wall Street Journal energy reporter Dan Molinski explains what's been driving gas prices higher, to the point where $3 a gallon this summer is not out of the question.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.01.2019 Cryptocurrency: Coinbase Offers Interest to Park Cash Wall Street Journal cryptocurrency reporter Paul Vigna explains Coinbase's 'staking' program, which offers interest to customers to keep cash in an account, as long as they own some forms of cryptocurrency.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.29.2019 Q1: Stocks Up More Than 10% Inflation data pushed stocks higher Friday, and the S&P; 500 turned in its best quarterly performance in years. Wall Street Journal markets reporter Akane Otani has analysis.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.29.2019 Time to Refinance? The 4% Mortgage Is Back The 30-year mortgage rate dropped nearly a quarter point this week from a week earlier, its biggest drop in over a decade. Wall Street Journal markets reporter Ben Eisen explains what has driven rates lower and how long they might ...
03.28.2019 Heading Overseas? Grab More Than Your Passport Rules governing which documents are needed to enter foreign countries keep changing. Wall Street Journal 'Middle Seat' columnist Scott McCartney outlines tips for travelers to be sure they don't get stuck at the airport.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
03.27.2019 Citigroup Launches New Digital Payments Unit The consumer payments business has become one of the most lucrative parts of the banking industry, and Citigroup is the latest big bank to jump in and grab a piece of the pie. Wall Street Journal reporter Telis Demos explains.Learn ...
03.26.2019 The Hidden Dangers of Automatic-Payment Apps For younger people, automatic-payment apps have severed the connection between the things we buy and the act of paying for those things. The Wall Street Journal's Kevin McAllister explains how to get that connection back. Learn more about your ad ...
03.25.2019 Credit Cards: Look Beyond the Sign-Up Bonus Most credit card holders are finding value in perks that go well beyond the sign-up bonus that companies offer. CreditCards.com's Ted Rossman explains the importance of researching interest rates as well as routinely considering changing the credit card you use ...
03.22.2019 Stocks, Bond Yields Slide on Weak Economic Data Markets tumbled Friday on weak manufacturing reports in the U.S. and the eurozone. Bond yields tumbled, and the Wall Street Journal's Akane Otani says that's typically a sign investors are losing confidence in future prospects for growth.Learn more about your ...
03.22.2019 How to 'Spring Clean' Your Finances Ally Bank's Emily Shallal outlines some simple ways consumers can take better control of their finances, such as avoiding bank fees and revisiting subscription services, to put more money in their pockets.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.21.2019 Hate Potholes? Would You Pay a Higher Gas Tax to Fix Roads? A proposal to increase the tax on gasoline to fix the nation's infrastructure has received rare bipartisan support. Wall Street Journal Executive Washington Editor Gerald Seib explains the hurdles that remain before it would become reality. Learn more about your ...

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