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Russ Cohen

My Home Office Is My Favorite Tax Write-Off

There’s a very specific kind of magic that happens when you’re doing your taxes and the number in red suddenly flips to green. You know the one I mean. One second, the screen is telling you that you owe the IRS $500. The next? You’re staring at a refund. A real, actual refund. Something we ...

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How to Protect Against A 1987-Style S&P 500 Crash Scenario

You Just Survived The 16th-Worst 2-Day Period For Stocks According to Michael McDonough, Thursday and Friday were the 16th worst 2-day period for the S&P 500 in history.  If my math is right, we just had the 16th worst 2‑day performance in the S&P 500 in history: Top 25 Largest 2‑Day Declines: 1987‑10‑19: -24.57%1929‑10‑29: -21.78%1933‑07‑21: ...

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5 Top Stocks to Buy in April

The stock market sell-off is intensifying, with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) down 4.8% in the first three months of the year compared to an over 10% tumble in the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC). Even quality growth stocks like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) are falling. Meanwhile, Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET), Dominion Energy ...

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Interesting F Call Options For May 23rd

Investors in Ford Motor Co. (Symbol: F) saw new options become available today, for the May 23rd expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the F options chain for the new May 23rd contracts and identified the following call contract of particular interest. The call contract at the $10.00 ...

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Open Lending Corporation (LPRO) Investors Who Lost Money – Contact Law Offices of Howard G. Smith About Securities Fraud Investigation

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith continues its investigation on behalf of Open Lending Corporation (“Open Lending” or the “Company”) LPRO investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of federal securities laws. IF YOU ARE AN INVESTOR WHO SUFFERED A LOSS IN OPEN LENDING CORPORATION (LPRO), CONTACT THE LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD G. SMITH ABOUT POTENTIALLY ...

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Why Timing The Market Is A Terrible Idea…

Timing the market can be a terrible idea, and the only way to lose is if you don’t invest, says financial influencer Gav Blaxberg. Without realizing it, you’re trying to time the market, and losing. Afraid to invest because you think the markets are going down? You’re subconsciously trying to time the market. Here’s why ...

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Benzinga's 'Stock Whisper' Index: 5 Stocks Investors Secretly Monitor But Don't Talk About Yet

Each week, Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve attention. Investors are constantly on the hunt for undervalued, under-followed and emerging stocks. With countless methods available to retail traders, the challenge often lies in sifting through the abundance of information ...