Wealth

When I started paying off my student loans, I wanted to do everything I could to hold myself accountable. So I started a blog called Conscious Coins about my plan to pay off my debt, sharing my struggles and my triumphs along the way. Over time I built a community of people who understood what

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban learned many key lessons in his 20s that led to his success – one of them was to be a better listener, and he’s used a specific technique to do for decades. “I like to talk, and I’m an interrupter,” Cuban said on a recent episode of the “Wild Ride! with

New Orleans Saints safety and two-time Super Bowl champion Malcolm Jenkins says despite making more than $70 million in salary and bonuses throughout his 12-year NFL career, he’s pretty thrifty. “I’m usually a frugal person,” Jenkins tells CNBC Make It. “I don’t blow my money too much. I’m probably more of a saver.” Jenkins, 33,

As millennials begin to turn 40 in 2021, CNBC Make It has launched Middle-Aged Millennials, a series exploring how the oldest members of this generation have grown into adulthood amid the backdrop of the Great Recession and the Covid-19 pandemic, student loans, stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Five years ago, older millennials were 40%

As the IRS sends out the last of the third round of stimulus checks and tops off payments for millions of other Americans, some lawmakers are already pushing for a fourth check. The third stimulus payments — worth up to $1,400 per individual and each of his or her dependents — currently being delivered by

In anticipation of the market debut of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, bitcoin hit a record high of over $64,000 Wednesday morning, according to data from Coin Metrics, although it settled at around $62,000 by 4:45 p.m. EST. But billionaire investor Mark Cuban doesn’t think this surge will be the peak for bitcoin. “It’s not inconceivable that the number

In his final letter to shareholders on Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos felt “compelled” to leave readers with a last piece of advice: Keep your “distinctiveness.” “We all know that distinctiveness – originality – is valuable,” Bezos wrote. “We are all taught to ‘be yourself.’ What I’m really asking you to do is to embrace and be

Bernard Madoff leaves federal court in New York on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bernard Madoff, mastermind of the biggest investment fraud in U.S. history, ripping off tens of thousands of clients of as much as $65 billion, has died, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. He was 82. The

24K-Production | iStock Editorial | Getty Images Tax evasion using cryptocurrencies is “replicating” with nonfungible tokens and other new crypto-related products, according to the IRS Commissioner. In testimony before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said the U.S. fails to collect as much as $1 trillion in taxes owed each year —

Billionaire bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz said Wednesday that the cryptocurrency industry remains in its early days, as he predicted the wealth it generates will continue to proliferate in the years ahead. “Right now, total crypto wealth is roughly $2 trillion, so that’s one half of 1% of all wealth,” Novogratz said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

Traveling abroad is getting less complicated for vaccinated travelers.   A growing list of countries is reducing or eliminating quarantine and Covid-19 testing requirements for those who have been fully vaccinated, while keeping restrictions in place for those who haven’t. Where vaccines are easing travel restrictions Barbados announced this week that quarantine requirements for vaccinated

Longtime crypto bull Meltem Demirors said Tuesday that bitcoin‘s ascent has built wealth for a different kind of investor. The comments on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” came one day before a major milestone for the crypto world is scheduled to take place: Coinbase’s Nasdaq debut. “Here’s what’s great about it for me: Bitcoin has created a

“Even when we’re 6’5″ and visibly intoxicated [and] asleep in our car, they’ll make sure we can call our friends to get us home safely.” That was Alexis Ohanian’s response on Tuesday to a Twitter user’s call for transparency after Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer while fleeing a traffic stop in

Asia continues to be the most expensive place in the world to be rich, according to a new report, which saw the region’s resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic hold high prices steady. The world’s most populous continent remained the most costly for high-and ultra-high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in Bank Julius Baer’s Global Wealth and

So you found a job you’re actually excited about, nailed the interview process, and received a callback with an offer. The bad news? It’s a lowball salary. I’ve seen this happen to so many job seekers, and while it’s unfortunate, I can tell you that a lowball salary doesn’t necessarily mean a lost cause. In

When Bill Gates started learning about nuclear power innovation, “I was skeptical, but also intrigued,” he wrote on his Gates Notes blog in 2019. Like many people, Gates’ opinion of nuclear power had been tinged by past disastrous accidents such as Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. But Gates was also interested in the potential of

Since Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes won his first Super Bowl in 2020 and signed a record-breaking 10-year NFL contract worth nearly $500 million in July, he has been making investment deals. And while Mahomes has a financial team to help him make business decisions, the 25-year-old says he most admires billionaire Mark

In this article FB Chris Cox Asa Mathat | Re/code Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox got paid approximately $69 million to rejoin the social media company in 2020. Cox rejoined Facebook in June 2020 after a more than one year hiatus away from the company. Cox is a key moral leader at Facebook and

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past the Macy’s Inc. flagship store in the Herald Square area of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images On any given day, the line outside the Gucci boutique at the Mall at Short Hills in N.J. winds around

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 2015. Matt Dunham | WPA Pool | Getty Images LONDON — Prince Philip, the Greece-born royal who as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving consort to a British sovereign, died Friday. He was 99. “His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle,” the