Author: Money Mechanics

If you’ve ever felt like your business is growing but your wealth isn’t, you’re not alone. I see it all the time.On paper, the numbers look strong — revenue is up, profits are respectable — but when tax season rolls around, it’s like the wind gets knocked out of your sails. The success you’ve built suddenly feels diluted.And that’s the problem with how most business owners approach taxes. They treat them like a season instead of a strategy. From just $107.88 $24.99 for Kiplinger Personal Finance Be a smarter, better informed investor. CLICK FOR FREE ISSUE Sign up for Kiplinger’s…

KEY TAKEAWAYS President Donald Trump said that Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch, as well as Dell CEO Michael Dell, may be involved in the group buying Chinese-owned TikTok’s U.S operations.Speaking on Fox News on Sunday, Trump also said Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison was part of the same group, as widely reported previously. Trump last week extended to mid-December the deadline under which TikTok parent ByteDance would have to sell the social media platform to a U.S.-based owner or be banned in the country over national security concerns. President Donald Trump said that Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch,…

U.S. stock futures pointed lower early Monday after major indexes ended last week at record highs. Futures associated with the Nasdaq were down 0.4%, while  Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 futures were 0.3% lower. After the Federal Reserve last week elected to cut interest rates for the first time this year, market watchers will be eager for clues about whether more cuts are in store in the coming months. Several data points slated for this week should offer insight, including Friday’s scheduled release of the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures index. Weighing on markets to begin the week is a potential…

When it comes to retirement, women face an unpleasant reality.Studies show that women, on average, are expected to live nearly six years longer than their male spouses.With this comes a significant wealth transfer — Empower.com projects that roughly $34 trillion in assets will move to women in the next decade, much of it due to the loss of a spouse. From just $107.88 $24.99 for Kiplinger Personal Finance Be a smarter, better informed investor. CLICK FOR FREE ISSUE Sign up for Kiplinger’s Free Newsletters Profit and prosper with the best of expert advice on investing, taxes, retirement, personal finance and…

The crypto industry’s long had an obsession with mass adoption — and right now, there’s a huge opportunity to win round millions of consumers. In major economies, interest rates are beginning to tumble. The European Central Bank has slashed theirs four times so far this year, with the Bank of England opting for three. And the Federal Reserve has just unveiled its first cut so far in 2025. While this is great news for those borrowing money — as it reduces the cost of mortgages, car loans and credit cards — it puts savers at a disadvantage, as their cash…

With U.S. stock futures trading lower this morning on Monday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows: Wall Street expects Firefly Aerospace Inc. FLY to report a quarterly loss of 46 cents per share on revenue of $17.25 million before the opening bell, according to data from Benzinga Pro. Firefly Aerospace shares slipped 0.04% to close at $45.20 on Friday. PRA Group Inc. PRAA announced a proposed offering of €300.0 million of senior notes due 2032. PRA Group shares fell 4.1% to close at $16.58 on Friday. Genfit SA GNFT is projected to release…

’s latest surge reflects more than short-term volatility. Citi Research’s three-month target of $3,800/oz positions bullion as both a cyclical beneficiary of a weakening US labor market and a structural hedge against doubts over Federal Reserve independence With spot trading near $3,704, investors face a critical choice: treat gold’s advance as a tactical trade or recognize its deeper role as a portfolio anchor in an era of political and policy uncertainty. Cyclical Tailwinds: Labor Market Weakness Recent labor data show mounting evidence of cooling conditions in the U.S. economy. growth is slowing, are edging higher, and wage pressures are moderating.…

Based on our extensive data on the catastrophe bond market it’s clear another record is coming into view. We have already tracked and listed 95 individual catastrophe bond issuances in the Artemis Deal Directory so far in 2025, which equals the full-year record set for number of deals issued and tracked by us in 2023.With the market currently anticipated to continue setting a strong pace for new catastrophe bond issuances through the rest of this year, 2025 is likely to meaningfully eclipse the previous annual high for the number of deals we’ve analysed and listed in the Deal Directory. Impressively,…

Data tracking the sales volume of large trucks in the U.S. is flashing a warning sign about the state of the economy. Heavy trucks sales — or those exceeding 14,000 pounds in gross vehicle weight — have dropped to levels not seen in four years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The volume is down more than 15% in August compared with a year ago and 21% compared with the same month in 2023. Economists and investors have historically tracked how much of these vehicles — think tractor-trailers — are being sold in the U.S. as a leading…

U.K.-based fintech Tide has entered the unicorn club with a fresh funding of $120 million led by TPG, as the startup now serves over 1.6 million micro and small enterprises globally — with more than half of them based in India, the company’s largest and fastest-growing market. The new round — a mix of primary and secondary investment, though the startup declined to confirm the exact split — values the eight-year-old startup at $1.5 billion. It includes share sales by employees, early angels, and a few minority investors. TPG backed the round through its multi-sector impact vehicle, The Rise Fund,…