If you want to own a home, but the down payment required is currently out of reach, you may think buying a house will never happen. But it’s time to think again and consider other less common ways to come up with the money. From down payment assistance programs to downsizing your current living situation […]

Some investors may find it tempting to keep all of their portfolio in high-growth tech stocks so early in their development that they’re putting all their cash back into the business. But ignoring the value of stocks that pay a dividend is a rookie mistake. Here are three dividend stocks worth a look. The world

Victoria Carroll began doing voiceover work by chance. The 33-year-old started her career as an actor and, after performing in a play in the Czech Republic in 2015, an audience member asked if she’d audition to voice a character in a video game called “Kingdom Come: Deliverance.” Carroll agreed, got the gig, and realized voiceover

Goldman Sachs’ that the S&P 500 will deliver 3% annualized nominal total returns over the next 10 years has gotten a lot of attention. (Read TKer’s view and .) I think Ben Carlson of Ritholtz Wealth Management it best: “It’s rare to see such low returns over a 10 year stretch but it can happen.

Generous dividend yields can be dangerous. Double-digit dividend yields often show a company is in deep trouble, where a stalwart series of boosted payouts couldn’t drive stock prices higher. At the same time, cash-machine businesses can power their payouts from excessive cash flows, resulting in a strong yield that can last for many years. Fortunately,

Are you considering a Roth IRA conversion? If so, your timing can significantly reduce the tax bite. A conversion involves transferring retirement funds from a retirement account, such as a traditional individual retirement account (IRA), which is funded with pretax dollars, to a Roth IRA, which is funded with after-tax dollars. This means that you’ll

It was a wild week, with the bond market in the driver’s seat. Rising yields early on gave way to some moderation, and the Nasdaq hit an all-time high on Friday. The Nasdaq did not finish above its July record-high close of 18,647 but ended less than a half-percent away. The tech-heavy index also eked

Sam Altman-backed nuclear power company Oklo (OKLO) has boomed on the stock market over the past month as investors look to nuclear energy as the next big AI trade. Shares in the company, which is designing so-called small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), have surged nearly 140% over the past month on Big Tech’s growing interest

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. The 2008 financial crisis exposed numerous flaws in America’s financial system, such as the inherent danger of America’s largest banks being overleveraged. Significant dangers remain despite a slate of reforms designed to keep banks on sound financial footing