In trading on Thursday, shares of Equity Residential were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.65), with the stock changing hands as low as $65.65 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable…

As millions of fathers celebrate Father’s day throughout America on June 18th, the duty of one’s nation will preclude Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, a father of two, from celebrating at home as he arrived in Beijing to manage bilateral relations between the two most important economies of the world.…

One of my favorite financial planning clients represents a story that is part success, part sadness. Betty, we’ll call her, married young and became a widow not long after. She never remarried, worked as a legal secretary, and lived in a neighborhood in Baltimore that could only be described as…

Annuities are setting sales records, thanks to higher interest rates, lower stock prices, and aging Baby Boomers. It’s been years since annuities were able to offer payouts comparable to today’s, and the annuities protect your principal and guarantee lifetime income. Since many people have significant portions of their retirement savings…

Stephen R. Covey’s best-selling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was first published in 1989 and has gone on to sell over 40 million copies worldwide since, and continues to sell today for the simple reason that its content is built around timeless principles rather than trends. Designed…

DETROIT – Toyota Motor stock sealed its best week since 2009 on Friday, as the automaker laid out a robust plan for future all-electric vehicles and company scion Akio Toyoda became leader of the Japanese company’s board.Shares of Toyota on the New York Stock Exchange closed Friday at $164.35 per…

An attorney who quit the team defending Donald Trump in the criminal classified documents case said Friday he would no longer represent the former president in a separate defamation lawsuit against CNN.The lawyer, Jim Trusty, said in a court filing that his request to withdraw from the $475 million civil…

Lawmakers’ calls to investigate the proposed partnership between the US-based PGA Tour and Saudi Public Investment Fund–backed LIV Golf are escalating. On Friday, Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and the chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Sen. Sherrod Brown,…

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Binance.US and the US Securities and Exchange Commission have agreed on a compromise that avoids the freezing of the exchange’s assets.On Saturday, US Judge Amy Berman Jackson approved an agreement between the two, dismissing a previous temporary restraining order (TRO) that would freeze all Binance.US assets. Under the agreement, Binance Holdings, BAM Management US, BAM Trading Services, and founder Changpeng “CZ”…