You can pay for a major home repair like a new roof or a renovation like a kitchen remodel in a number of ways. Among them, a home equity loan allows you to access your home equity and provides generally lower rates than the rates on other loans. Using your home equity has a number
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On this week’s show, it’s not Build Back Better, but the newly-introduced Inflation Reduction Act bill of 2022 has some surprisingly positive developments for clean energy, climate technology, and green banking. We break down what’s in the proposed bill and what the future of green banking may look like—if passed—with Reed Hundt, the co-founder, chairman
[Editor’s note: “4 EV Stocks to Sell Before the Great EV Consolidation Kills Them” was previously published in June 2022. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] Back in June, reports of electric van maker Electric Last Mile Solutions’ (ELMS) bankruptcy filing flew under the market news radar. Electric Last
Macroeconomic headwinds continue to weigh on fintech stocks, and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) is no exception. However, a recent development is helping to renew interest in this digital-first provider of payment solutions and other financial services. Activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management is building a stake in PYPL stock. Per news reports, Elliott’s plan is to push
Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) has been recovering from a sharp decline in recent weeks. To some, this may look like the start of a recovery for shares in the mobile gaming platform operator, but make no mistake. What has played out with SKLZ stock is little more than a dead cat bounce. In other words, what we
Streaming device company Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) recently released its second-quarter 2022 financial results. Immediately after those results were made public, ROKU stock plummeted. The company tried to spin its results as positive, but Wall Street’s clearly not buying it. It’s been a busy earnings season, and there have been some big winners and some huge losers along
Headquartered in San Francisco, Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) is an American ride-share business. Not only is the company reducing its workforce, but Lyft is also shutting down its business segment that rents cars to riders. Plus, an analyst recently provided a warning about LYFT stock as inflation-related headwinds could weigh on the company’s bottom line. Inflation is a concern
Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) is a company that’s based on an interesting concept that once captivated Wall Street. Yet, theory and practice are two different things. BYND stock can’t seem to get off the ground lately, and Beyond Meat’s lack of net earnings will probably continue to cause problems. This is a shame, as this fake
Down more than 70% in the past year, Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) may be starting to look appealing for bottom fishers. Check out commentary on LYFT stock online. You’ll see articles suggesting it’s a bargain after falling to levels well below its IPO price. For instance, a recent piece by Barron’s names it as one of several
FuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) has been moving higher since late last month. As investors start to believe that the Federal Reserve will change course on its rate hike plans next year, speculative growth stocks like FUBO stock have seen a slight boost. I won’t comment further here whether a lowering of rates will happen next year or
Do you want to know the worst stocks to buy in a recession? Read on, and I’ll give you seven names to avoid should we officially enter the fourth recession in the 2000s. In the past 22 years, there have been three official recessions. The first lasted eight months, from March 2001 until November 2001.
As soaring inflation continues to impose a dark cloud over American families, the Federal Reserve seemingly had little choice but to lift the benchmark federal funds rate, which effectively raises borrowing costs. However, this action also sucks the incentivization out of growth-oriented businesses, meaning that some companies will invariably represent stocks to sell. It’s not
Updated: August 25, 2021 As of today, August 25, 2021, the benchmark 30-Year Fixed mortgage rate is 3.04%, FHA 30-Year Fixed is 2.82%, Jumbo 30-Year Fixed is 3.13%; 15-Year Fixed is 2.32%, and 5/1 ARM is 2.17%. These rates are not the teaser rates you may see advertised online and based on our methodology should
Each year, roughly 800,000 couples get divorced in the United States. More often than not, divorce is time-intensive and emotionally draining, and divorce proceedings can last upwards of a year, with the total cost averaging $12,900. While you don’t have to have a lawyer to get divorced, the process is legally complicated, and being without
Part of the rosy picture associated with retirement is the thrill of kissing that monthly mortgage payment good-bye—on the presumption you’ll have paid it off by then. Lately, there has been a shift in thinking that has seen many financial planners suggest that retirees continue to carry a mortgage into and throughout retirement. Reinvest the
Work in Process vs. Work in Progress: An Overview Work in progress describes the costs of unfinished goods that remain in the manufacturing process, while work in process refers to materials that are turned into goods within a short period. The terms work in progress and work in process are used interchangeably to refer to
Wednesday saw mortgage rates jump dramatically higher, after about a week of moving lower. The 30-year average surged more than a half a percentage point by the end of the day. Today’s National Mortgage Rate Averages After dropping more than 40 basis points over the past week, the 30-year average soared 52 points higher on
Asset management giant BlackRock (NASDAQ: BLK) announced on August 4 that it had partnered with Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN). The partnership is limited to bitcoin and will allow the firm’s institutional clients to have access to crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage, and reporting via Coinbase Prime. The clients will also be able to manage their bitcoin
What Is the Difference Between Alphabet’s GOOG vs. GOOGL? GOOG and GOOGL are stock ticker symbols for Alphabet (the company formerly known as Google). The main difference between the GOOG and GOOGL stock ticker symbols is that GOOG shares have no voting rights while GOOGL shares do. The company created a new class of non-voting
What does it mean to “invest” in the Iraqi dinar? In simple terms, it’s the same as investing in any other currency. You purchase a certain amount of Iraqi dinar (IQD) by paying the equivalent amount of U.S. dollars (USD). As with buying stocks, bonds, or other currency, when investing, you purchase dinar at a