President Donald Trump on Jan. 27, 2025 in Doral, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump has repeatedly discussed imposing tariffs, both during the campaign and since taking office, and the first tranche, on goods from Canada, China and Mexico will take effect Feb. 1, the White House confirmed…
Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Equifax $15 million over errors tied to consumer credit reports, alleging the company failed to conduct proper investigations of disputed information, the federal watchdog announced Friday. Equifax is one of three major credit reporting agencies in the U.S., a group that also includes Experian…
An exchange-traded fund provider is helping investors make more bets on Wall Street’s most profitable momentum trades. GraniteShares, which debuted its first installment of single-stock ETFs in 2022, now manages 20 of them. It includes the GraniteShares YieldBoost TSLA ETF (TSYY), which launched last month. The fund gives investors exposure to Tesla. “This is about…
Melkinimages | E+ | Getty Images Target-date funds are a way for 401(k) participants to put their retirement savings on autopilot — and they capture the lion’s share of investor contributions to 401(k) plans. About 29% of assets in the average 401(k) plan were held in TDFs as of 2023, according to the Plan Sponsor…
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Stocks soared in 2024. Congratulations! After taking a victory lap, it may be time to adjust your portfolio — because those heady returns likely threw your investment allocations out of whack. The S&P 500, a stock index of the largest public U.S. companies by market capitalization, gained 23% in…
Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, on a tour of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Virginia, on Jan. 8, 2024. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department has delayed the deadline for millions of small businesses to Jan. 13, 2025, to file a new form, known as a Beneficial Ownership Information…
Sdi Productions | E+ | Getty Images The U.S. job market has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, from one characterized by record levels of employee turnover to one in which there is little churn. In short, the “great resignation” of 2021 and 2022 has morphed into what some labor economists call the “great…
Mariah Carey performs “All I Want for Christmas Is You” at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards. Gilbert Flores | Penske Media | Getty Images “I don’t want a lot for Christmas / There is just one thing I need / An answer to just one question / An estimate of Mariah Carey’s song royalties, please?”…
Student Team Just Right Clothing from Draper Park Middle School answer judges’ questions about their product. Clara Jensen @clarajensnpictures Getting funding from investors for a startup is a major challenge for most founders, including sixth graders from Draper Park Middle School, located in the Draper suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah, who are learning how…
