Month: September 2019

As the local partner of a global co-living community, I spend a portion of my day scanning the news for headlines related to the topic of co-living, analyzing how it affects the communities we live in and what it means for people today and in the future. Without a doubt, the rise of co-living is
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People walk past a Nike store in New York. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Nike hit an all-time high, surging more than 5.5% during extended trade, following strong first-quarter earnings. CEO Mark Parker credited the earnings beat to product innovation and stronger e-commerce business. The footwear
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) interact on stage during the Democratic Presidential Debate at Texas Southern University’s Health and PE Center on September 12, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Win McNamee | Getty Images When it comes to changes to Social Security, Sen. Elizabeth
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CENTERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 2019/09/01: Beach house, Cape Cod. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images The wealth tax is having a moment. At least two current Democratic presidential hopefuls have proposed some form of the tax, and just today Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) rolled out his own more detailed version of the
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modern businesswoman replaces several people at once Getty We’ve discussed the topic of real estate-as-a-service in this column enough that all readers will by now know what I’m talking about. Providing the right services to end users of real estate (be they residential tenants, office workers, or shoppers) has two very positive outcomes: greater customer satisfaction which
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U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward journalists as he departs the White House for a campaign rally in Pennsylvania May 20, 2019 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images One of Wall Street’s top brokerages on Tuesday announced that its base case for President Donald Trump is impeachment. Cowen Washington policy strategist Chris Krueger
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Phil Ashley | Stone | Getty Images Chances are, your savings are getting eaten up by inflation. That is because the average interest rate on a traditional savings account is 0.1% annual percentage yield. Meanwhile, the U.S. inflation rate is currently 1.7%. To help combat that problem, more companies are providing high-interest accounts to help
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