Pantone’s color of the year 2021 is Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow. These two contrasting colors were chosen mostly because of the pandemic. Gray is grounding, stable, and reserved, while yellow gives that hint of optimism — hence this combination. The great thing about this is it is not that …
Read More »Commodities Corner: Why rhodium has stretched a rally that saw prices for the metal nearly triple last year
There’s one commodity that’s seen a phenomenal gain in prices this year that may have been missed by some investors: rhodium’s value has climbed by more than 50%, extending a rally that saw prices for the metal nearly triple in 2020. Traders haven’t paid more attention to rhodium’s phenomenal rise …
Read More »NewsWatch: April has been bullish for stocks but you shouldn’t bet on a repeat this year
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Wall Street’s calendar trading patterns aren’t worth planning your days around. See full story. We want to retire in a place with a low cost of living, no humidity and no colder than 50 degrees — I freeze easily! Where should we go? The house budget is …
Read More »TaxWatch: ‘It’s survival for people. It’s self-respect’: Why your kids really need you to file a tax return this year
The money from the expanded Child Tax Credit, coupled with other benefits in the $ 1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, might cut child poverty in half according to some estimates — but a family needs to access the cash first. A tax return may be one major way to help …
Read More »2021 Business Tips: 5 Tips Landlords Need This Year
March 26, 2021 2021 Business Tips: 5 Tips Landlords Need This Year The worldwide pandemic affected many industries in and each one in different ways. Possibly, the business plan you used to have is not relevant anymore, right? After facing this unique global scenario, the challenge now is adjusting so …
Read More »Dispatches from a Pandemic: Planning to take a cruise in Pandemic Year 2? You won’t be allowed on board without a COVID-19 vaccination
Erika Behlmer-Rothberg, a 30-year-old Ph.D student from Florida, has finally booked a honeymoon with her husband. She chose a European river-cruise vacation for the week of Christmas as a honeymoon getaway with her husband. She’s in favor of cruise lines requiring vaccines. “We had put a pause on both our …
Read More »The Moneyist: ‘Change can happen without us noticing’: COVID brought us a year of epic uncertainty — but here’s what I know for sure
How are you? It’s been quite a year. It’s one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus public-health emergency a “pandemic.” Looking back, we can see how far we have come, and how we have already begun the return to a kind of normality, a New Normal. In …
Read More »The Big Number: Today’s Big Number reveals where all the money went last year
The Big Number: U.S. households parked a record $ 2.67 trillion in the bank and in money-market funds during 2020, according to the financial accounts of the U.S., released on Thursday by the Federal Reserve. What happened: The COVID-19 pandemic hit the economy hard, but the pain wasn’t felt by …
Read More »TaxWatch: Did you refinance your mortgage last year? Here’s how it could affect your taxes
As interest rates plummeted throughout 2020, mortgage refinancing became a major avenue to saving money in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. But those who took the plunge need to be aware of how opting to refinance could affect their taxes insofar as deductions are concerned. The Mortgage Bankers Association …
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