1 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 2 Reasons Piling On Mortgage Debt May Be a Bad Idea
2 Reasons Piling On Mortgage Debt May Be a Bad Idea
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The reality for most Americans is that buying a home means taking on a pile of debt. Current mortgage rates are still at multi-decade lows and financing costs are historically low, allowing homeowners to take on less debt, compared with recent decades, for the same value home or refinance to save money each month.
1 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hamptons Cheat Sheet: Giant house forced to go topless, pool planned for Warhol estate … & more
Hamptons Cheat Sheet: Giant house forced to go topless, pool planned for Warhol estate … & more
Developer who raised the roof now must raze the roof Peter Cardel really blew off his top with this one. The luxury homebuilder was forced to strip off the roof and upper level of his latest project on Meeting House Lane in Amagansett because it’s taller than what building code allows. During its construction, the foundation was allegedly so high that water flooded into the homes next door, neighbors say.
1 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Monster Beverage Powers Up to Finish 2016 Strong
Monster Beverage Powers Up to Finish 2016 Strong
Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) has navigated a host of challenges over the years to become a dominant player in the energy drink industry, and investors who’ve stuck with the company through thick and thin have reaped impressive rewards. Yet in recent quarters, the company has seen things slow down a bit, and coming into Wednesday’s fourth-quarter financial report, Monster Beverage investors were fairly conservative in their expectations for sales and earnings growth.
1 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bridgewater’s Dalio Stepping Down From Co-CEO Position
Bridgewater’s Dalio Stepping Down From Co-CEO Position
Ray Dalio will step down as co-CEO of the largest hedge fund manager in the world this April, part of another management shakeup at Bridgewater that will also see former Apple executive Jon Rubinstein shift to an advisory role after ten months as co-CEO and president David McCormick, recently under consideration to join President Trump’s administration, promoted to co-CEO alongside Eileen Murray. For his part, Dalio will remain co-CIO and co-chairman of the company.
1 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why TASER International Stock Sank 5% on Wednesday
Why TASER International Stock Sank 5% on Wednesday
Shares of TASER International (NASDAQ: TASR) sank as much as 10% on Wednesday, before recovering to close the day down only 5.2%.
The crazy thing is, TASER actually had good news to report today. Earnings for the fiscal fourth and final quarter of 2016 came in ahead of estimates at $0.12 per share, and revenue exceeded expectations as well — $82.1 million, where Wall Street had been looking for only $71.9 million .
1 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 5 Things Women Can Teach Men About Investing
5 Things Women Can Teach Men About Investing
It’s hard to argue the fact that women face certain challenges when it comes to investing, the greatest of which is the ever-present wage gap. Women earn 5% less on average than men who are in the same positions — and in some professions, they earn up to 28% less than their male counterparts. Throw in the fact that women are more likely than men to take a break from the workforce (typically to care for children or other family members), and it’s no wonder so many women struggle to keep up with men financially.
1 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on You might want to consider switching parties
You might want to consider switching parties
If your political views are pretty much the same as back in 2014, it might be time to switch parties. CNBC recently reported some interesting poll results. In 2014, Democrats were against free trade by a margin of 13 percentage points. Today they favor free trade by 41 points. A 54 point swing in just 3 years. In 2014, Republicans were against free trade by 3 points, today they oppose free trade by 26 points. (This is from memory, I can’t find the link.)
Other polls show the parties switching positions on whether Putin is a threat to the US.