What’s going on with the stock market after last week’s ups and downs? It was a bumpy ride last week. On Monday, we watched the market extend a decline it started the week before. On Tuesday, the indices recovered some of the losses, and Wednesday was pretty call. Then on Thursday and Friday, the selloff […]
Is Hov stashing his jewels in the cloud? Or is he just clearing the skies so we can all fly paper planes like him one day?
NEW YORK (AP) — The long, smooth, record-setting ride on Wall Street is over. The stock market pullback that experts had been saying was long overdue has finally come. Investor fears about higher interest rates escalated into rapid, computer-generated selling Monday that wiped out all the market’s gains for the year. At one point, the […]
The stock market has started off 2018 with a bang! Why do we continue to see a strong bull market? There is no question the markets are off to a phenomenal start in the first week of the New Year. We last week, we saw three record closes in three days. A number of factors […]
No one wants to be caught off-guard when it comes to their finances. So The Associated Press asked several experts to share their opinion on what will happen with some key issues in 2018 that will directly impact your personal financial well-being. Here’s a look at their forecasts: Q. What should I expect from gas […]
Deemed ‘hip-hop’s financial advisor,’ Rob Wilson boasts a roster of high-profile athletes and celebrities. The Pittsburgh-based independent financial and investment guru has made a name for himself having appeared on popular news outlets such as CNN, CBS, NBC, Foxbusiness.com and Black Enterprise. 3 WAYS TO MASTER YOUR MONEY IN 2018 One of the most common New Year’s resolutions […]
You are here this morning to talk about open enrollment season for health insurance. Why is this important? Open enrollment is the annual period when you can enroll in or change your health insurance coverage for the upcoming year. Additionally, for those who receive other benefits through their employers—such as life and unemployment insurance, or […]
Memphis, Tennessee displaces Atlanta as the top city for Black entrepreneurship, BlackTech reports.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising big tax cuts and a booming economy, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans unveiled the first major revamp of the nation’s tax code in a generation Wednesday — a sweeping, nearly $6 trillion tax cut that would deeply reduce levies for corporations, simplify everyone’s brackets and nearly double the standard deduction […]
The recent Equifax breach has some consumers worried about how that my impact your financial future. Jini Thornton, our money expert, has all the information you need to know about how to protect yourself. Jini also reveals that a million plus cars from the hurricane impacted areas are likely to enter the market for sale. […]
Why are we talking about student loans right now? An interesting analysis shows that shopping around is a good thing for student loan holders willing to do their homework. I did some research to get the full story for our listeners and to provide some tips for those who may be able to benefit from […]
What do we know so far about the Equifax data breach? Equifax says it discovered a massive exposure of information that occurred between the middle of May through July, compromising personal information of as many as 143 million Americans and thousands of Canadian and British consumers. The fraudsters gained access to a wide array of […]
