Investors ‘doomscrolling’ on the brink, surveys find

Cieplinski was the government's eighth witness in the trial for John Trasacco, a contractor who is alleged to have received $431,982 from West Haven through two companies he controls for goods and services he did not provide to the city. Michael DiMassa has pleaded guilty, admitting to submitting and signing the payment vouchers for fraudulent invoices to…

Tighter Federal Reserve policy is raising households' interest-rate burden, leading to a rapid decline in excess savings and underscoring the likelihood hawkishness has peaked. A combination of a collapse in demand and huge government transfers led to an estimated peak of $2.3 trillion in excess savings being accumulated by the middle of 2021..

Stock markets in the United States and around the world have seen losses of 20% to 30% or more so far this year. The Federal Reserve Bank has been aggressively raising interest rates and tightening monetary policy, inflation has reached 40- year highs and geopolitical risks are elevated. Most bond asset classes have performed negatively this year, as well, as…

NEW ALBANY, Ohio– A New Albany investment manager was arrested and accused of taking part in a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme. Rathnakishore Giri, 27, of is accused of promising investors that he would "generate lucrative returns with no risk to their principal investment amount, which he guaranteed to return," according to a release by the Department of…

Bloomberg News says the brokerage, which was exposed to FTX, warned investors it could file for bankruptcy if it can't raise fresh cash. Bloomberg News reports that the firm has warned investors that it might file for bankruptcy if it does not quickly find fresh cash. But a spokesperson for Genesis tells TheStreet that the Bloomberg News article is not accurate…

As cryptocurrency exchange FTX falls into bankruptcy and its principals seem likely to face various criminal charges over the activities leading to that bankruptcy, it's time for another round of crowing from opponents of cryptocurrency. That is, older investors in FTX and related enterprises such as trading firm Alameda Research seem to have been paid…

If you receive Social Security, you've probably already heard that your checks in 2023 will be bigger– considerably bigger, in fact. Here's what's happening: For 2023, there's an 8.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits– the largest increase in 40 years. Also, the monthly Medicare Part B premiums are declining next year, to $164.90/…

That’ s because tax rates on Social Security benefits are not changing with inflation. Taxing Social Security benefits began in 1984 as part of a sweeping reform of the system. You are hitting the middle earner, even people with modest incomes,” said Mary Johnson, Social Security and Medicare policy analyst at the nonpartisan Senior Citizens League.“ It’ s really…

Editor's note: This is part of an ongoing series of stories on the impacts of Amazon's rapid growth in Florida, covering effects on real estate, small businesses, the job market, politics and more. The Washington, D.C.- based nonprofit organization Good Jobs First has tracked those economic development subsidies over the years. It found that government subsidies…

Personal loan rates from banks, credit unions and online lenders are up after repeated interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve this year, the latest of which came last week. Personal loan rates are somewhat tied to supply and demand, which is why they don't follow the Federal Funds rate as closely as other financial products like mortgages do, says Werner…

Victims' losses totaled about $5 million, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona. On Nov. 15, Michael Feinberg, 73, and Betsy Feinberg, 80, were sentenced by U.S. The couple operated Catharon in Tucson after their home in Sedona was foreclosed on in 2013, the indictment states.

When it was revealed that the FTX "exchange" was backed by capital denominated in crypto tokens created by its founder Sam Bankman-Fried with no intrinsic value, the "Ponzi scheme" collapsed into a $32 billion loss of value in one day. And the major financial players who invested in FTX- including some big Wall Street venture firms- have lost billions.

Mr. Giri promoted himself to investors as an expert in trading Bitcoin derivatives, a claim authorities allege was both fraudulent and misleading. According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which filed a civil enforcement action against Mr. Giri in August, his alleged scheme lasted from March 2019 to at least August 2022. Instead, authorities…

Women are at even greater risk than men of not achieving a financially secure retirement due to societal headwinds including the persistency of the gender pay gap, time out of the workforce for parenting and caregiving, and less access to employer and government benefits.

Today, Lincoln Financial Group announced its latest annuity innovation to help offer financial confidence for consumers as they plan for retirement and other financial needs. Beginning Nov. 21, Lincoln ProtectedPay SM lifetime income suite, available for an additional cost with Lincoln annuities, features six protected lifetime income options which…

Since the rapid departure of FTX's former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, halting his career as a would-be philanthropist, political donor, and Washington policy adviser, the New York and Wilmington, Del., lawyers handling the crypto firm's reorganization proposals have so far told the court little about what went wrong. The FTX collapse, with the fall in crypto prices,…