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‘Bear down’ and ‘be as frugal as you can’: Baby-boomer financial experts speak from experience on ways to ride out a recession It was a time of big hair, shoulder pads and the Cold War. But something often less thought of when feeling nostalgic about the ‘80s, was the interest rates that were high enough to make you dizzy. “The interest rates started the decade around 20%,” says Brad Lyons, a certified financial planner and an investment manager at Wiser Wealth Management based… Source link

The standoff between China and Taiwan (and the U.S.) has heightened tensions to their highest level in decades but — so far at least — economic observers haven’t seen a worst-case scenario. The island’s crucial semiconductor industry has dodged a direct hit and, while China currently has Taiwan effectively blockaded, that is expected to end this weekend. But White House officials and other observers say that doesn’t mean Taiwan’s economy and world markets are getting off scot free…. Source link

Many speculated Russell Westbrook would find a new team after a disastrous first season with the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, he’s finding a new agent. The Lakers point guard and his longtime agent, Thad Foucher of Wasserman, have parted ways amid a contentious offseason, Foucher told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. Foucher had represented Westbrook since the beginning of his NBA career, starting with his fourth overall selection in the 2008 NBA draft and through his MVP-winning Thunder… Source link

For me, there’s a certain irony in creating content for a living, but absolutely dreading the look of a blank word processing document. As a writer, the less time I spend inside a word processor, the better. So I’ll take any opportunity I can to minimize typing and formatting. These three Google Docs features speed up my process exponentially. Best of all, they’re really easy to use. Voice typing If you can talk, you can type—and much faster than actually typing. Google Docs has a great… Source link

Google Analytics is a marketer’s lifeline in understanding performance and making decisions based on website or app usage data. In my decade-plus of working with clients, around half of the new clients I work with don’t have GA (Google Analytics) configured properly. Typical issues stem from duplicate tag implementation, tag manager setup, cross-domain tracking and so much more. Whether you are launching a new site, redesigning an old one, or merging multiple websites, here are five ways… Source link

‘Recession is inevitable’: Elon Musk now thinks there’s a greater than 50-50 chance that the economy will decline. Here are 3 simple ways to protect your money The U.S. economy made a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. But according to Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk, the good times might be over pretty soon. “I think a recession is inevitable at some point,” he said at the Qatar Economic Forum earlier this month. “As to whether there is a recession in the near term,… Source link

Many things have changed in SEO since Google first came online in 1998. The one thing that hasn’t changed is this: Your organic traffic is directly related to your search engine ranking positions. If you have a prolific number of keywords in the Google index and they appear at or near the top of the search results, boundless traffic will follow. Conversely, if you have a great website, but no visibility in the SERPs, you are destined to have little if any organic search traffic. In this… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Stanley Druckenmiller has a warning for Wall Street: The sharp decline in the stock market isn’t over just yet. Most Read from Bloomberg Story continues “My best guess is that we’re six months into a bear market,” Druckenmiller, who runs Duquesne Family Office, said Thursday at the 2022 Sohn Investment Conference. “For those tactically trading, it’s possible the first leg of that has ended. But I think it’s highly, highly probable that the bear market has a ways to… Source link

Whether hot inflation persists or we’re heading towards a bear market, Suze Orman, personal finance expert, says you should still lean on stocks for the long haul. “Over the long-term stocks have produced the best gains after factoring in inflation,” writes Orman in a blog post. “Bonds and cash struggle to keep pace with inflation; only stocks have a track record of earning more than inflation.” Orman’s advice is sound. But some areas of the stock market perform better than others… Source link

Vladimir Putin has launched a war on just one nation, Ukraine, but the Russian president’s vicious military campaign is punishing people in many countries, including some of the world’s most vulnerable. With no end in sight, the war’s economic toll could become devastating in some parts of the world by the middle and end of 2022. The economic shock waves from Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine will radiate wider and deeper as Ukraine’s economy teeters and sanctions choke off… Source link