Key takeaways You may owe capital gains tax on any realized gain on the sale of an asset, but not on unrealized capital gains. Long-term…
Image by PM Images/Getty Images; Illustration by Hunter Newton/Bankrate Mortgage rates ticked up slightly this week, with the 30-year fixed rate averaging 6.10%, up from 6.09% last week, according to Bankrate’s latest lender survey. Current…
Key takeaways A joint bank account is a bank account owned by two or more people, typically couples, family members or business partners. Everyone on the account can deposit money, withdraw money and see all transactions — no matter who put the money in originally. Joint accounts double your FDIC…
Excise taxes and sales taxes both generate government revenue, but they work in fundamentally different ways. Sales taxes apply broadly to most retail purchases at a uniform percentage rate, appearing as a line item at checkout. Excise taxes, by contrast, target specific goods, like gasoline, tobacco and alcohol, and are…
Even as higher-end department stores struggle, off-price retail is thriving, showing that Americans are still spending, just more selectively. TJX Companies – which owns TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods – blew past Wall Street expectations in its fourth quarter earnings report Wednesday morning.Sales surged 9% year-over-year to $17.7 billion in…
kate_sept2004/Getty Images S&P 500 index funds allow you to invest in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, a collection of stocks that includes the largest and most successful companies in the U.S. The S&P 500 index has returned an average of about 10% annually over time. Here are seven of…
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With interest rates somewhat in flux, savers and investors might have to search a little bit harder to find the best returns from relatively safe investments such as money market funds. Money market funds invest…
