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Prasit Photo | Moment | Getty Images Your investment ego may be costing you big bucks. “Overconfidence bias” is the behavioral principle of overestimating one’s financial acumen. And while confidence isn’t a bad thing, it can have damaging results — if you don’t have the chops to back it up. related investing news Investors can

In this article BBBY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A “Store Closing” banner on a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Farmingdale, New York, on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Johnny Milano | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond has been in discussions with prospective buyers and lenders as it works to keep

The U.S. may be about to hit its debt ceiling. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said last week that the U.S. would likely hit the ceiling Thursday. Absent steps taken by Congress, the event may “cause irreparable harm to the U.S. economy, the livelihoods of all Americans, and global financial stability,” she wrote in a letter

In this article MS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A screen displays the trading information for Morgan Stanley on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), January 19, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Morgan Stanley reported fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday that exceeded Wall Street expectations, boosted by the bank’s record wealth management

A masked family walks past Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Activist investor Nelson Peltz plans to mount a proxy fight for a seat on Disney’s board. Disney offered Peltz, founding partner of Trian Fund Management, a

Peter Cade | Stone | Getty Images Luxury shoppers are getting wealthier and younger, with purchases by some of the newest consumers expected to grow three times faster than older generations over the next decade, according to a new report. Generation Y, also known as millennials, and Generation Z accounted for all of the luxury

In this article MS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Morgan Stanley Chairman and Chief Executive James Gorman speaks during the Institute of International Finance Annual Meeting in Washington, October 10, 2014. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said he’s more confident on the markets than the rest of Wall Street, seeing

Just off the coast of Miami Beach, on ultra-exclusive Fisher Island, there is one crane on one construction site. It is the last plot of land available for development and an unlikely bet on luxury real estate at a time when the housing market appears to be in freefall. Jorge Perez, also known as “the

Given today’s ongoing high inflation, many Americans worry they may not have put away enough money for retirement. They fear that sharp increases in food and energy prices and transportation and medical care costs could significantly affect their retirement savings. Yet there’s another important factor to consider: your life expectancy. A new report from the

In this article JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during the Institute of International Finance (IIF) annual membership meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase on Friday posted fourth-quarter

In this article CHEF ISRG KIDS HIMS GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google outside the company’s office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. Thomas Peter | Reuters Last week, December’s consumer price index reading showed that prices are cooling. The index dropped 0.1% on a monthly basis, but

Every big idea likely has a few detractors at some point. Startups that become multibillion-dollar companies are no exception. Take Broadcast.com, the pioneering audiov streaming company that made Mark Cuban a billionaire. When Cuban and his friend Todd Wagner took over the company in 1995, it was one of the first streaming platforms in existence,

In this article FTT.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Representative French Hill, a Republican from Arkansas, left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 24, 2018. Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Republican lawmakers announced late Thursday the launch of a new subcommittee that will oversee the crypto

In this article HAS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Set of pen, notebook, and dices to play role game like dungeons and dragons. Purple bag to storage the dices. in Barcelona, CT, Spain Cavan Images | Istock | Getty Images Dungeons & Dragons fans were ready to roll for initiative against Hasbro after the

If you haven’t shopped for a car lately, brace for sticker shock. Not only are vehicle prices at an all-time high, but the interest rate to finance a purchase has also jumped dramatically. A record 15% of new car buyers who financed a new car last quarter committed to a monthly payment of more than

In this article WFC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk past a Wells Fargo bank on 14th Street on December 20, 2022 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Wells Fargo reported shrinking profits on Friday, weighed down by a recent settlement and the need to build up reserves amid

As her 40-year central banking career comes to a close, Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George is advising her colleagues to stay tough in their efforts to stamp out runaway inflation. George said Thursday that she thinks the Fed should raise its benchmark borrowing rate above 5% and keep it there until there are

Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images There’s a chance a Mega Millions player is on the verge of joining a very short list: winners who snag a jackpot worth more than $1 billion. The grand prize is an estimated $1.35 billion for Friday night’s drawing. That’s how much you’d win if you were

In this article C Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Citigroup said it had identified the cause of the flash crash and corrected the error “within minutes.” Jim Dyson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Citigroup said fourth-quarter net income decreased by more than 21% from a year ago as the bank set aside

In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bob Iger, chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Co. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Activist investor Nelson Peltz spent about 30 minutes Thursday morning speaking with CNBC’s Jim Cramer and David Faber in a wide-ranging interview about why he wants a

Hobo_018 | E+ | Getty Images New government inflation data shows the measurement used to calculate Social Security annual cost-of-living adjustments was up 6.3% for the past 12 months as of December. That’s as this year’s 8.7% COLA kicks in for more than 65 million Social Security beneficiaries this month. That new data indicates Social

In this article AAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Planes are seen at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on December 28, 2022 in Charlotte, United States. Peter Zay | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images American Airlines shares rose nearly 5% in premarket trading Thursday after the carrier hiked its revenue and profit estimates for the

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Oct. 7, 2022. Source: NYSE (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Despite this year’s market havoc, investors are feeling fairly optimistic going into 2023, according to a new CNBC Delivering Alpha investor survey. Four out of 10 predict that the S&P 500 will rise 6% to

Scott Olson | Getty Images You may face long odds of hitting the Mega Millions jackpot — now worth $1.35 billion — but the taxman is always guaranteed a slice when there’s a winner. The jackpot jumped again after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night to land the grand prize. If won

Former President Donald Trump arrives at his Mar-a-Lago home on Dec. 31, 2022. Joe Raedle | Getty Images When former president Donald Trump’s tax returns were issued publicly Dec. 30, some news reports suggested he didn’t donate his salary in 2020 — thereby breaking a campaign pledge — because the tax returns showed $0 of

In this article BBBY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A “Store Closing” banner on a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Farmingdale, New York, on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Johnny Milano | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond has begun its latest round of layoffs, as it fights to stay in business, according

Ascent/ Pks Media Inc. | Photodisc | Getty Images Current Social Security beneficiaries are poised to receive an 8.7% boost to their benefits for 2023 starting this month, thanks to the highest cost-of-living adjustment in 40 years. If you’re at or near Social Security’s retirement benefit eligibility age of 62, you may wonder if you

In this article BBBY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A man is seen at a Bed Bath & Beyond store in New York, on Jan. 5, 2023. Ziyu Julian Zhu | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond on Tuesday posted wider quarterly losses than expected as its chief executive acknowledged

In this article PERI-IL BMBL BKNG AAPL MSFT META AMZN DV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook poses in front of a new MacBook Airs running M2 chips display during Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, June 6, 2022. Peter Dasilva | Reuters With the brutal 2022 behind

Rolls-Royce sold a record number of cars in 2022 as demand for its $500,000 vehicles remained strong, despite recession fears, according to CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos. “We haven’t seen any slowdown or downturn,” Muller-Otvos told CNBC. “We haven’t seen any negative impact.” Rolls-Royce delivered 6,021 cars last year, up 8% over 2021 and the first time