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Motley FoolDoes Cutting Back on Small Expenses Really Make a Big Difference? Here's What Warren Buffett Says
Ever read those financial blogs that insist that if you give up your $5 daily coffee, you'll retire a millionaire? According to investing giant Warren Buffett, you bet. After all, Buffett has grown his wealth by investing.
- Fortune
Biden administration weighs extraordinary action to make your mortgage cheaper
The Biden administration may trim mortgage costs for new and low-income homebuyers in a move to make homebuying more accessible.
- Business Insider
Elon Musk's Tesla blew past Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in market value during the pandemic. Now it's less than $100 billion ahead.
Tesla surpassed Berkshire in market value for the first time in November 2020, and was worth twice as much a year later, but has now declined sharply.
- MoneyWise
Housing correction is 'dead ahead,' warns Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi — here’s how he sees things playing out over the next several months
He also predicts a ‘more significant pullback’ if this one thing happens.
- Motley Fool
Why I Financed My Last Car Even Though I Could've Paid for It Upfront
Years ago, when I got pregnant with twins, I realized the trusty Toyota Camry I was used to driving wasn't going to cut it. Meanwhile, at the time of our minivan purchase, we had enough money in our savings account to cover its cost outright and still leave ourselves with a nice chunk of cash on hand for unplanned bills, like home repairs.
- TipRanks
Jim Cramer Advises to Recession-Proof Your Portfolio With Packaged Food Stocks; Here Are 2 Names Analysts Like
Now that we’re into the third quarter, we’re stating to see the pundits sound off on what the Q2 economic data will show – and some of them are openly saying that second quarter GDP will record a contraction. Coming on the heels of the 1.6% contraction in Q1, this will put the US in a technical recession. Along with rising inflation and the Fed’s turn to higher rates and monetary tightening, this adds up a darkening economic picture. But Jim Cramer, the well-known host of CNBC’s ‘Mad Money’ prog
- GOBankingRates
9 Bills You Should Never Put on Autopay
We can all use a simpler, more efficient way to manage expenses and save money. Putting your bills on autopay can ensure never forgetting a due date, which minimizes the risk of late fees and...
- Motley Fool
Bitcoin's Down 60% This Year. Here's Why I'm Not Buying the Dip
Just when cryptocurrency investors dared to think it couldn't get any worse, along came June and prices slumped even further. Last month, Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $18,000 -- the lowest it has been in 18 months.
- GOBankingRates
Here’s How Much Cash You Need Stashed If a National Emergency Happens
You've probably heard time and again that it's important to have a rainy day fund set up "just in case" something unexpected were to happen. But we're now at a time when having an emergency fund is...
- Motley Fool
Is It Safer To Pull Your Money Out of the Stock Market or Keep Investing for Now?
Obviously a market crash can erase years of diligent savings and shrewd investing in the course of a few months. On the other hand, pulling out of the stock market now can prevent you from getting big returns when it recovers. Stock valuations were near all-time highs in 2021, so the recent downturn has simply dropped those valuations in line with historically normal levels.
- Motley Fool
How Far Could the Stock Market Fall? 2 Indicators May Hold the Answer
If there's a perfect word to sum up the first six months of 2022 for the investing community, I believe it's "Yuck!" As of the closing bell on June 30, 2022, the U.S. stock market delivered its worst first-half return in 52 years. Since hitting their respective all-time closing highs between mid-November and the first week of January, the widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth-stock-driven Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), respectively plunged by as much as 19%, 24%, and 34%. You'll note these figures firmly entrench the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in a bear market, with the iconic Dow Jones just one bad day away from joining its peers.
- Kiplinger
How to Use Your Estate Plan to Save on Taxes While You’re Still Alive!
Upstream basis planning is a trust strategy that can save wealthy people on their capital gains taxes and income taxes associated with highly appreciated assets.
- MoneyWise
‘There are no loans for retirement’: Suze Orman warns to avoid these blunders so you can live your best retired life
This best-selling author’s advice never goes out of style.
- Motley Fool
2 Warren Buffett Growth Stocks Down 65% and 92% to Buy Right Now
The stock market has gotten off to a brutal start in the first half of 2022. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite index has slid a staggering 29% during that stretch. With a decline of roughly 7% this year, Berkshire Hathaway stock has held up significantly better than the market at large, but Warren Buffett's company has stocks in its portfolio that have recorded dramatic losses amid current market pressures.
- MoneyWise
‘This recession will be the most severe yet’: Peter Schiff called the 2008 financial crash and now says the next downturn will be even worse. Here's what he likes for safety
Schiff publicly predicted the great financial crash of 2008. Will he be right again?
- Business Insider
Investors will have 3 ideal entry points into the stock market over the next few months as bear attack lingers, according to BofA
"Stand your ground means sticking to your underlying investment philosophy, being opportunistic, and taking the long view," Bank of America said.
- Bloomberg
Chinese Developer Shimao Defaults on $1 Billion Dollar Bond
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Market Breadth Indicator Reveals The Next Big Move In S&P 500
The bullish divergence in the stock market breadth and the price volume analysis of S&P 500 suggest a potential big move ahead.
- Motley Fool
3 Monster Growth Stocks That Can Turn $200,000 Into $1 Million by 2030
This has been one of the most challenging years for Wall Street and investors in the past half-century. In terms of peak-to-trough decline, the benchmark S&P 500 and growth-oriented Nasdaq Composite have tumbled as much as 24% and 34%, respectively. While bear markets can, undoubtedly, cause fear and test the resolve of investors, they're also a proven opportunity to buy game-changing businesses at a discount.
- Business Insider
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway plows another $582 million into Occidental Petroleum, boosting its stake in the energy giant to nearly $10 billion
Buffett's company now owns 17.4% of Occidental, along with $10 billion of preferred shares, and warrants to buy 83.9 million shares for $5 billion.