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How to Avoid Investment Tax Shock 07/22/2018 08:00pm • Tax time is a day of reckoning for investors, when Uncle Sam demands his slice of interest, dividends and capital gains. In most cases the calculations are straightforward. But some types of assets throw curve balls -- tax bills that defy logic. In some cases, offbeat tax issues are the price for w Why Investors Are Increasingly Opting for Bitcoin Futures 07/15/2018 08:00pm • The volume in trading bitcoin futures has been steadily rising since both the CME Group and Cboe Global Markets launched their futures contracts in December and as prices in physical trades of the digital asset stabilized. Volume at the CME rose exponentially to 6,739 contracts on July 5 for the Ju How Working Out Can Help You Invest 07/15/2018 08:00pm • Working out is good for your health, but it can also be good for your portfolio if you want to invest in the fitness industry. Warren Buffett's famed advice to invest in what you know has alternately inspired and haunted do-it-yourself investors for decades. Like most words of wisdom, it's been bot 13 Health Superstitions to Reconsider 07/12/2018 08:00pm • Medical myths, folk remedies and prevention misconceptionsIt was actually bacteria, not "bad air," behind the plague and Black Death. If your child developed seizures, you'd turn to a neurologist, but others might seek out a shaman. And although male circumcision has long been a mainstream medical p 7 Tips for Couples That Invest 07/11/2018 08:00pm • Though Eric Bowlin invests full-time, getting his start in real estate but since in silver, stocks and more, he and his wife still have different ideas of how to invest in a way that's best for the family. "My wife is far more conservative than I am when it comes to investing. The way I like to desc How to Invest While in College: 4 Easy Steps 07/04/2018 08:00pm • It no longer takes money to make money. Thanks to the rise of investing apps like Stash and Acorns and low-cost robo advisors like Betterment and Wealthsimple, you can start investing with pocket change. Just $5 a day invested over 35 years at a 6 percent return could become more than $200,000. Inv A Fourth of July Debate: Which English Is Better -- American or British? 07/02/2018 08:00pm • LONDON -- Harriet Clarke says that during the first of two years she spent in the U.S. , she became inured with the near-daily routine of people telling the then-University of Nottingham student that they loved her accent. But even Clarke, 25, was a bit stunned when a woman in an elevator in Daytona 6 Things You Don't Know About Trading Bitcoin 07/01/2018 08:00pm • Retail investors who want to dip their toes into cryptocurrencies to diversify their portfolios are facing an extremely volatile market -- virtual currencies have lost $350 billion in value year-to-date due to orders from regulators and hacking. The cryptocurrency market, which consists of bitcoin Column: What is cryptojacking? 06/29/2018 06:50am • Q: What is “Cryptojacking”? Cybercriminals are constantly exploring methods to exploit users for profit, and with the popularity of cryptocurrencies on the rise, so is the malware that allows for cryptojacking. Cryptojacking is the hijacking of internet-connected devices to secretly make use 5 questions a financial adviser should ask you 06/27/2018 04:33am • WASHINGTON — "The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the right answer." I think we can all agree with Thomas J. Watson, the former CEO of IBM, who coined this phrase. It occurs to me that this advice may apply when someone is choosing a financial adviser. Wh Your Money-Do List: 4 Things to Do Before You Start Investing 06/17/2018 08:00pm • Managing your money can feel like trying to find that second sock in the laundry. You look and look until ultimately relenting and wearing one white and one green just to get through the day. No one will see your socks anyway. But then tomorrow arrives and you find yourself holding one white sock a Gigantic vending machine for cars just opened in Gaithersburg 06/05/2018 11:19am • WASHINGTON — If you're an I-270 commuter who's been curious about the tall glass structure that dominates the skyline at Shady Grove Road, here's your answer. Online used car selling site Carvana has opened a bona fide car vending machine in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The eight-story, all-glass t How to include valuable art and collectibles in your estate plan 05/30/2018 05:59am • WASHINGTON — An interesting situation arose recently with a colleague of mine. Acting as the executor of a longtime client’s estate, she discovered an original statue of a famous 19th century artist in the recently deceased client’s closet. If no pre-emptive planning was done, this statue c Building a Strong Bond to Help Your Child Weather Storms 05/24/2018 08:00pm • According to my daughter, the dumbest rule ever made for a board game is the one that only allows you to leave "home," when you're playing Trouble, by rolling a six. If none of your other pieces are in play and you don't roll a six, your turn is over. When my daughter was 3, she sat as patiently as Pros and Cons to Buying CVS Health Corp Stock 05/24/2018 08:00pm • CVS Health Corp. (NYSE: CVS) received a big vote of confidence from two key executives this month, when company chairman David Dorman and director C. David Brown II purchased $2.1 million worth of CVS shares, at $62 per share. The insider stock purchase comes at a time when CVS is at something of a