Month: November 2019

Jack Ma, CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, speaks during his visit at the Vivatech startups and innovation fair, in Paris on May 16, 2019. Philippe Lopez | AFP | Getty Images Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, topped the Forbes China Rich List for the second year running in 2019. Ma, who stepped
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The Humana headquarters office stands in Louisville, Kentucky. Ty Wright | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. health insurer Humana reported a third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday on higher sales of its government-backed Medicare Advantage health plans and raised its full-year earnings forecast. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall
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Netflix has built itself into a $125 billion company by accumulating global subscribers — a number that hit 164 million when the company announced third-quarter results last month. But CEO Reed Hastings said Wednesday that subscriber counts aren’t the right metric to track who’s winning the streaming wars — what’s really important is how viewers
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Businessman looking tired while working at his office desk Getty Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are on fire—and we need to be very careful not to get burned. Here’s the twist: there’s plenty more upside ahead—and you can thank the Fed for that. Its latest rate cuts will keep powering REITs higher, for two reasons:
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses the possibility of suspending a retirement benefit to then get spousal benefits, when spousal benefits can be paid, suspending a benefit after receiving disability, potential merits of early filing and voluntarily paying into Social Security. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder
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Ray Dalio, billionaire and founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during the Institute of International Finance (IIF) annual membership meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Central banks have been giving cheap money to investors who have been injecting it into companies that are often
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Getty Everyone’s heard the stories of celebrities who died without a proper estate plan in place. It’s been a hot topic in the last few years with Prince and Aretha Franklin serving as unfortunate faces of the phenomenon. But it’s not just freewheeling entertainers. Abraham Lincoln – a lawyer by trade – didn’t have one either, which leads
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Papa John’s International Inc. signage is displayed on top of a delivery vehicle outside of the company’s restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Papa John’s stock jumped 5% in premarket trading after announcing an executive reshuffle and quarterly revenue that topped Wall Street’s estimates. Same-store sales in North America turned
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