Pimco founder and bond industry legend Bill Gross is done with his previous life running huge investment bonds and making market headlines. But that doesn’t mean he’s done as an investor. Instead, the one-time “bond king” is putting money to work for his own sake rather than running what was once the world’s largest bond
Month: October 2019
Kenneth Fisher, chief executive officer of Fisher Investments, speaks at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Gillianne Tedder | Bloomberg | Getty Images It remains to be seen how long other clients will stick with billionaire money manager Ken Fisher in the wake of off-color and sexist comments
Kenneth Fisher, chief executive officer of Fisher Investments, speaks at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Gillianne Tedder | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Iowa Public Employees Retirement System is terminating its relationship with Fisher Investments, pulling $386 million from the asset manager. The Iowa plan, which holds
View of Peoria’s river front Getty Last week Thursday, the Illinois Pension Consolidation Feasibility Task Force released its report recommending the consolidation of the investment funds for the 650-odd local police and fire pension plans, but declining to propose consolidation of the administration of these plans, merely suggesting that this might be a topic for
Getty The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that a new payment option has been added to the private debt collection program. The payment option is intended to make it easier for those who owe to pay their tax debts, although some practitioners, like me, fear that it could lead to abuse. Taxpayers can now
A mortgage denial deprives potential homeowners of one of the pillars of the American dream. Getty A new study that analyzes where and why mortgage shoppers get denied provides a revealing snapshot of the high rate of denials in Florida. Four cities in the Sunshine State — Miami, Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville — took the
The labor marker is tight. Unemployment hit a 50-year low in September, and human resource departments across the country are scrambling for ways to attract new workers. Walmart‘s plan involves courting teenagers. The company has 2.2 million employees globally. In the U.S., it has 1.4 million workers but fewer than 25,000 are in high school.
Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images Credit card issuer American Express reported a higher-than-expected rise in third-quarter profit on Friday, as more people used cards to shop, pay bills and make big ticket purchases. AmEx cards, for long the preferred choice of affluent Americans, is now battling competition from JPMorgan Chase‘s Sapphire Reserve and
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: American Express – The financial services giant earned $2.08 per share for the third quarter, 5 cents a share above estimates. Revenue also came in above analysts’ forecast. American Express also forecast current-quarter revenue growth of 8% to 10%, compared to a consensus estimate of 8.9%.
Real estate mogul Barry Sternlicht told CNBC on Friday that while WeWork has had its failures, there’s still a real business to be found at its core. “This company got a little off of the rails,” said Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of investment firm Starwood Capital, which has about $60 billion in assets under management.
Social Security is a central pillar in retirement security for current retirees and baby boomers. Younger generations are predicting a different outcome. More than 60% of current retirees say their monthly Social Security checks are the primary way they cover their expenses, while just 13% of millennials expect that to be their situation, according to
By Jessica Thiefels, Next Avenue Contributor Nina Bandoni, founder of the Sharing a Journey blog Nina Bandoni Retirement is the perfect time for things like travel and exploring old passions. It can also be a great time to start a business. That was the case for Paul A. Dillon, of the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. area. He
People drink beer on a patio before the arrival of Tropical Storm Dorian in Boqueron, Puerto Rico, … [+] Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) ASSOCIATED PRESS For most people in the U.S., it’s easy to forget Puerto Rico outside of the occasional still-in-trouble-after-hurricanes story you’ll see. But the picture is much worse than
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin This 1200 square foot house, designed by Craig Race Architecture suits a young family well in … [+] Toronto, Canada, built very energy efficiently and sustainably. Photo courtesy of Robert Watson Photography for the upcoming Downsize: Living Large In a Small House published by Taunton Press
A Chinese flag is seen in front of containers at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port, an automated cargo wharf, in Shanghai on April 9, 2018. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images China released third-quarter GDP figures on Friday showing the economy grew 6.0% from a year ago. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected China’s third-quarter
James Gorman, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, fixes his jacket during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Morgan Stanley China Summit in Beijing, China, on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley is set to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell on Thursday. Here’s
Pigs raised by farmers are seen at Linquan county on December 5, 2018 in Fuyang, Anhui Province of China. Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China needs more pork imports than ever as the country grapples with an outbreak of a swine disease — and that could become a business opportunity for U.S.
David Solomon of Goldman Sachs & Co. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says the bank’s stake in WeWork is still profitable, even after the company suffered a number of valuation cuts and now faces a bailout crisis. “That was an investment we made a number of years ago
John Lund | Getty Images Despite the red flags flapping for the economy, many Americans say they’re not financially prepared for the next recession. Two in 5 people say they’re not ready for an economic downturn in the next year, according to a new Bankrate poll. (Some 2,600 people were interviewed at the end of
Expanding Social Security is wise policy. Voting to expand Social Security is winning politics. Indeed, generations of Democrats won election after election by running on Social Security, a program that improves the financial security of working families across America. For decades after Social Security’s enactment, Congress improved and expanded the program, always increasing revenue to
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