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'I told him that wouldn't fly': My 90-year-old mother's adviser pushed her to change her beneficiaries. What is going on?

My mother and her attorney changed it so that I am the sole POA holder with our accountant as backup. I presented the recorded, attorney-executed POA to her financial adviser so I can make long-term ...

MicroStrategy just posted a huge profit. It's the second time riding on an accounting rule change.

MicroStrategy Inc., the enterprise-software company that calls itself the largest corporate holder of cryptocurrency, posted a massive quarterly profit late Thursday, thanks to a recent accounting ...

How Figma's soaring stock made for a historic IPO - and what may come next

Figma's stock opened at $85.00 a share, or 157.6% above the $33 IPO price, at 1:58 p.m. Eastern. It has rallied even further since then, and traded as high as $124.63 intraday - 277.7% above the IPO ...

Bovespa Index Ends the Month 4.17% Lower at 133071.05 — Data Talk

The Bovespa Index is down 5783.55 points or 4.17% this month to 133071.05 --Largest one-month point decline since Jan. 2024 ...

IPC Indice de Precios Y Cotizaciones Ends the Month 0.09% Lower at 57397.93 — Data Talk

The IPC Indice de Precios Y Cotizaciones is down 52.95 points or 0.09% this month to 57397.93 --Down 443.76 points or 0.77% over the last two months ...

Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 5 PM ET: U.S. Stocks Mixed as Trump Extends Mexico Tariff Deadline | U.S.-Canada ...

Major Wall Street banks have modestly lifted their oil-price forecasts for this year and next, but lingering uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and rising OPEC+ output continue to cloud the outlook. The ...

Microsoft and Meta are pushing the stock market into even more overbought territory

Meta Platforms (META) also reported earnings after Wednesday's close. Coming into the earnings, the option market had priced the straddle at 42 points, or 6% of the stock price. That straddle price ...
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Trump's tariffs are a no-win for Americans. Here's what needs to happen now.

President Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs - part 2 - are slated to become effective on Aug. 1. Meanwhile, Trump is getting trade deals from Europe, Japan and the U.K., marked by promises of ...

Will your spouse automatically inherit your 401(k)?

Your first spouse will inherit the 401 (k) if they remain the beneficiary. The reason is that these accounts become part of your marital property, along with your family home, automobiles, bank and ...

Coinbase Global Misses on 2Q Revenue, Outlook

Coinbase Global missed revenue expectations in the second quarter and offered a guidance range that also fell below Wall Street's estimates. The cryptocurrency exchange on Thursday posted a profit of ...

4 ways the SEC's new crypto agenda could shake up digital assets and U.S. financial markets

The SEC's new policy agenda could accelerate this transition across U.S. capital markets, a shift that crypto advocates believe would boost market efficiency by enabling increased liquidity, faster ...

Coinbase misses the mark on quarterly sales, including this all-important revenue stream

Coinbase beat FactSet consensus regarding its GAAP earnings by a wide margin, reporting profit of $5.14 a share versus expectations of GAAP earnings of $1.25 a share on sales. In the year-ago quarter, ...