GET.com: Amazon Celebrates Biggest Holiday Sales Season Ever

GET.com Financial News & Opinions View this email in your browser Amazon Celebrates Biggest Holiday Sales Season Ever Amazon celebrated a record-breaking holiday season that saw more than 3 million new members join its Prime program during Christmas week. Amazon shipped more than 200 million items to its Prime members over the holidays this year. This holiday season was also the best-ever for shipments of Amazon... Read in browser » Health Trumps Money In New Year's Resolution Survey Health and wellness tops financial well-being as Americans' chief concern heading into 2016, according to the 7th annual New Year's Resolution Survey released by Allianz. 44% of respondents to Allianz' end-of-the-year survey say their main goal in 2016 will be improving their physical health,... Read in browser » Initial Jobless Claims Rise In Christmas Week The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced this morning that seasonally adjusted initial weekly claims for unemployment insurance rose in the week ending December 26 by 20,000 to 287,000 people from the prior week's unrevised reading of 267,000. The 4-week moving average of initial claims... Read in browser » IRS Issues Tips For Protecting Your Financial Accounts The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a new tax tip this week alerting taxpayers to ways of protecting personal financial accounts by enlisting the help of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, the major U.S. credit bureaus. If you feel you've been victimized by identity theft, the IRS tax tip... Read in browser » Happy New Year From The GET.com Team As the world prepares for the midnight countdown, we at GET.com wish you a slam bang finish to 2015 and a lot of laughs as you greet the new year! May 2016 bring you good times, financial success and more bang for your buck! Happy New Year from all of us at GET.com! Read in browser » New Single Family Home Purchases Robust In The Face Of Real Estate Slowdown Around 490,000 new single family homes were sold in November, beating October sales in this category by 20,000 homes. Compared to statistics for the same month last year, single family home sales performed well in 2015. Only an estimated 449,000 single family type homes were sold in November 2014.... Read in browser »   Recent Articles: 2015: Year Of The Unsatisfied Consumer Home Sales Struggling Amidst Shortage Of Affordable Properties Fidelity Issues 2016 Investment Forecasts How To Use Checks - A Guide By GET.com Copyright © 2015 GET.com, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed on GET.com (previously known as DailyMarkets.com). Our mailing address is: GET.com 14 Wall St 20 Fl New York, NY 10005 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

GET.com: New Single Family Home Purchases Robust In The Face Of Real Estate Slowdown

GET.com Financial News & Opinions View this email in your browser New Single Family Home Purchases Robust In The Face Of Real Estate Slowdown Around 490,000 new single family homes were sold in November, beating October sales in this category by 20,000 homes. Compared to statistics for the same month last year, single family home sales performed well in 2015. Only an estimated 449,000 single family type homes were sold in November 2014.... Read in browser » 2015: Year Of The Unsatisfied Consumer 2015 was a year plagued by lower customer satisfaction across a wide range of industries, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index released on Tuesday. Over the course of 2015, only 5 industries saw an improvement in reported levels of customer satisfaction, while 30 witnessed a... Read in browser » Home Sales Struggling Amidst Shortage Of Affordable Properties The National Association of Realtors (NAR) issued a downbeat pending homes sales report this morning, indicating that November sales were off from those of a month early. This is the third time in four months that home sales fell. The blame goes to the continued rise in home prices and the limited... Read in browser » Fidelity Issues 2016 Investment Forecasts Fidelity Investments, the giant mutual fund/brokerage company, today issued its 2016 investment forecast for stocks, bonds and industry sectors. The forecasts contain actionable advice that you might want to factor into your personal investment plans for the upcoming year. 2016 commences in an... Read in browser » How To Use Checks - A Guide By GET.com Believe it or not, some small businesses and state or local government bodies either don't accept debit or credit cards or will charge a fee to defray costs for accepting and processing them. Why? Because card payment processing companies like Visa and MasterCard charge them hefty fees when you pay... Read in browser » Millennials And Financial Insecurity According to Union Bank of Switzerland's (UBS AG) "Investor Watch" report, greater than half of the millennial generation, born between the early 1980s through early 2000s, suffer from some level of financial insecurity. Many of the generation's influencers and financial icons, such as billionaire... Read in browser »   Recent Articles: Americans Gained The Gift Of Confidence Over The Holiday Season Home Prices Jump 5.5 Percent No Space For Robotic Lawyers? Automated Debt Collection Lawsuits Under Legal Attack By Consumer Protection Watchdog Time For Change: 1 In 5 Workers Plans To Switch Jobs In 2016 Copyright © 2015 GET.com, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed on GET.com (previously known as DailyMarkets.com). Our mailing address is: GET.com 14 Wall St 20 Fl New York, NY 10005 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

GET.com: Home Prices Jump 5.5 Percent

GET.com Financial News & Opinions View this email in your browser Home Prices Jump 5.5 Percent Standard & Poor's announced this morning that the Case-Shiller 20-city home price index is up 5.5 percent year-over year for October, up from 5.4 percent y-o-y in September. The accelerating strength in housing prices is attributed to strong job growth, lean inventories and low mortgage... Read in browser » No Space For Robotic Lawyers? Automated Debt Collection Lawsuits Under Legal Attack By Consumer Protection Watchdog The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a consent order in federal court yesterday that would close the books on a year-old legal action against a Georgia-based debt collection lawsuit mill. The CFPB started legal proceedings against Frederick J. Hanna & Associates in July 2014,... Read in browser » Time For Change: 1 In 5 Workers Plans To Switch Jobs In 2016 In a sign of confidence in the job market, 21% of employees say they are planning to ditch their current employers sometime in 2016, according to a new survey by the job website CareerBuilder. That represents a 5% increase over a year ago when just 16% of workers said they planned to find a better... Read in browser » CFPB Finds Consumers Have A Lot To Complain About The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its monthly consumer complaint snapshot last week, which put the spotlight on consumer complaints about money transfer services. The CFPB finalized rules for international money transfers in 2013 which provided new protections for consumers such as... Read in browser » 6 Types Of Insurance All Business Owners Should Have Running a business can be risky. You never know when an accident or problem will come up and damage your store, put you in legal trouble, and leave you in a really tough spot financially. Restaurants, for example, are particularly prone to damage by fire or liability claims over food poisoning. A... Read in browser »   Recent Articles: Could SEC Comment Letters Be The Key To Smarter Investment Decisions? Gone Spear-Phishing: Targeted Attacks Increased In 2015 Problematic Money Transfers Made Consumers Frown In 2015 5 Smart Ways To Invest $10,000 In 2016 The Perfect Hack? Payment Network Protocol Flaw Puts POS Terminal Users At Risk Copyright © 2015 GET.com, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed on GET.com (previously known as DailyMarkets.com). Our mailing address is: GET.com 14 Wall St 20 Fl New York, NY 10005 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list