When Jacynthe Riviere graduated from college with an accounting degree, “there were plenty of jobs,” she said — and “the big firms paid well.” The year was 1984. Riviere, now 61 and living in Puerto Rico, made roughly $18,000 in her first position as a staff auditor — the equivalent of more than $53,000 today
Month: September 2023
In this article NKE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A shopper leaves a Nike store along the Magnificent Mile shopping district with a purchase in Chicago, Dec. 21, 2022. Scott Olson | Getty Images Nike reported revenue Thursday that fell short of Wall Street’s sales expectations for the first time in two years, but
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman believes long-term Treasury yields can shoot even higher in the short run on the back of stubborn inflation. “I would not be shocked to see 30-year rates through the 5% barrier, and you could see the 10-year approach 5%,” he told CNBC’s Scott Wapner at the CNBC Delivering Alpha Investor Summit on
In this article NVDA MSFT META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Founder & CEO, speaking at the Delivering Alpha conference in NYC on Sept. 28th, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Altimeter Capital Chair and CEO Brad Gerstner is massively bullish on artificial intelligence, saying the power of the advanced technology could
Retirees who rely significantly on their IRAs and 401k accounts to pay for their living expenses face a serious challenge: How do they carefully invest and draw down their retirement savings to spend on living expenses, with the goal that they don’t outlive their money and recognizing that they might live a long time? Here’s
It looks as if a government shutdown is imminent—and federal agencies are taking steps to get ready, including the IRS. According to the Washington Post, the government started notifying federal workers on Thursday, Sept. 28, that a shutdown was likely. The Department of Treasury followed suit. I previously reported that Treasury’s Contingency Plan was noticeably
Affordable housing accounted for approximately 43% of New York City’s $3.91 billion in multifamily sales in 2Q 2023, according to Ariel Property Advisors’ Q2 2023 Multifamily Quarter in Review report. Major mission-driven investors including Nuveen, The Vistria Group, Tredway and Asland Capital Partners in association with Goldman Sachs made sizable affordable housing acquisitions across the
In this article GME Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen. Source: CNBC GameStop said Thursday morning that billionaire activist investor Ryan Cohen would take over as the video game retailer’s chief executive. Shares of the company jumped nearly 10% in premarket trading following the announcement. GameStop said Cohen wouldn’t receive any
Twenty/20 For many Americans, October is a time for seasonal decorating and pumpkin spice lattes. This year, it also marks the resumption of student loan payments at a point when U.S. households are already struggling to make ends meet amid high inflation and higher interest rates. And yet, just as millions of borrowers face their
In this article MU GME KMX LULU PTON Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A CarMax dealership on April 11, 2023 in Santa Rosa, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Micron — The chipmaker’s shares fell 3.4% Thursday before the bell on the back of a
Martin Barraud | Caiaimage | Getty Images PHOENIX — Retirement security is a concern for many older Americans and outliving savings is often their biggest fear. To that point, some 58% of savers and retirees worry about running out of money, according to recent research from Cerulli Associates. But “retirement spending is not pass-fail,” said
A recession is all but inevitable for the U.S. and investors should be playing defense in that kind of environment, according to the head of the TCW Group. “We are going to have a recession, because that’s the way the world works,” Katie Koch, CEO of the firm with $210 billion under management, said Thursday
Where we live shapes most every aspect of our lives. Many of us simply grew where we were planted. That is to say, home was where your parents made it, and likely their parents before them. But as travel options expanded and opportunity-rich destinations beckoned, many young people flocked to cities in search of their
On Friday, September 22, 2023, a federal jury convicted Jack Fisher and James Sinnot of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aiding and assisting the filing of false tax returns, and subscribing to false tax returns. His original indictment brought increased scrutiny to the industry as a whole. His conviction
Our phones, computers, watches and other devices prompt us to download updates to the operating system as often as there is a bug to fix or a new feature to roll out. Bernd Oswald, co-founder and head of business development at the German-Austrian proptech company Gropyus, is on a mission to update housing’s operating system,
In this article LULU PTON Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jen Van Santvoord rides her Peloton exercise bike at her home in San Anselmo, California. Ezra Shaw | Getty Images Peloton and Lululemon are joining forces. The two companies announced a five-year partnership Wednesday that will bring Peloton’s content to Lululemon’s exercise app. Lululemon
President Joe Biden walks with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh before an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sept. 15, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images A Biden administration ESG rule for workplace retirement plans survived a recent court challenge by 26 red states. But the most significant
With the S&P 500 on pace for its worst monthly performance since December of last year, investors are increasingly turning to alternative assets outside of equities and bonds to generate returns. One of those strategies is private credit. Despite the changing macro backdrop, the industry has posted annual gains for the last 13 years and
If you have been following my posts on required minimum distributions from retirement accounts over the last few years, I have an important update to share with you. RMDs are mandated IRA distributions that start at a certain age (currently age 73) – or any age for those who inherited IRAs or other tax-deferred retirement
Remember that huge IRS backlog? It’s easy to think back and assume that the problems began with the pandemic, but they had started well before that. The last government shutdown started the IRS on its path to a massive paper logjam. Here’s a look at what happened. Could it happen again? 2018 Shutdown In 2018,
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