Israel Sebastian | Moment | Getty Images Investors who hold exchange-traded funds can often escape a tax bill incurred by those with mutual funds, which are generally less tax efficient, according to investment experts. ETFs and mutual funds are baskets of stocks, bonds and other financial assets overseen by professional money managers. But they have…
A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden, New Jersey. Kena Betancur | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Natural gas futures prices surged Monday, hitting a new 52-week high following reports of a colder-than-usual temperature outlook for January. Natural gas February futures rose nearly 19% during the session after…
A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 taking off from Osaka Kansai airport. Fabrizio Gandolfo | Lightrocket | Getty Images Accident investigators are trying to figure out what caused a Jeju Air flight to belly land without its landing gear down at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two of the 181 people on…
The New York Stock Exchange will close trading on Thursday, January 9, to honor a national day of mourning for the death of former President Jimmy Carter. It is customary for the NYSE to close trading to honor the passing of the president. The last such occasion was in December 2018 for the death of…
U.S. Treasury yields were slightly lower on Monday as the final trading days of the year got underway. At 6:17 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury was down by more than 2 basis points at 4.599%, trading just below multimonth highs recorded last week. The 2-year Treasury yield was last trading at 4.304%…
South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok has ordered the transport ministry to carry out an emergency safety inspection of the country’s airline operation system, local news agency Yonhap reported Monday. Choi was speaking at a disaster control meeting in Seoul, after a Jeju Air flight crashed at the country’s Muan International Airport on Sunday, leading…
Life is challenging, but there are ways you can lighten your load and take control of some outcomes. Shunmyo Masuno, a Zen Buddhist monk devotes an entire section of his book, “How to Let Things Go,” to how you can avoid making things more difficult for yourself. Here are his four tips for using your energy…
Having a healthy serving of fruits and vegetables in your daily diet is vital if you want to have a long and healthy life. People who ate five servings of fruits and vegetables per day had a 12% lower risk of death from heart disease than those who ate only two servings a day, according…
After signing a multiyear deal — reportedly worth more than $100 million — with SiriusXM earlier this year, “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper spread the wealth by buying her parents a house. In a Christmas episode of “Call Her Daddy,” Cooper revealed that her parents were moving from their home state of Pennsylvania to Los…
Even with high mortgage rates discouraging buyers, home prices climbed in most major U.S. cities in 2024. In the 50 largest U.S. cities, median home prices are up 5.8% through November, compared with all of 2023, according to Redfin data shared with CNBC Make It. Anaheim, California, saw the most growth, with home prices up…
