Joanna is CEO of Quartz Properties, a residential real estate development firm working to make the home buying process simple and enjoyable. getty Change is hard. Even the smallest shifts in routine can lead to altered consumer behavior. As significant swaths of the country face the triple threat of a global pandemic, increasing economic insecurity and
Breeders feed piglets at a pig farm on May 12, 2020 in Bijie, Guizhou Province of China. Deng Gang | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Prices of pork in China fell for the first time in more than a year, after months of surging prices for the country’s most popular meat. Pork
Getty Images If you’re an investor wondering which sectors may do well in 2021, keep an eye on those that would benefit from a dose of pre-Covid normalcy. With Monday’s news that results from a coronavirus vaccine trial were better than expected, the major stock indexes jumped. By mid-day, both the S&P 500 index and
Ethan Brown, founder, president and CEO of Beyond Meat. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Shares of Beyond Meat cratered as much as 28% Monday in after-hours trading following the release of disappointing third-quarter results, capping off a frenzied day of trading for the volatile stock. McDonald’s announcement of a plant-based line called “McPlant” sparked confusion among
Josh Brown Adam Jeffery | CNBC Josh Brown‘s latest book on investment strategy is due out later this month, featuring 25 different financial experts who share their approach to markets. While the investors featured in the book own different assets, Brown said Monday on CNBC that there is a unifying thread connecting them. “Nobody has
Two eight crews getty Stable value funds differ from total-return-driven fixed income products. They generally put capital preservation ahead of aggressive yield generation. In that respect, they tend to build portfolios of “laddered” fixed income securities, positioning them to manage the ebbs and flows of liquidity needs when used as a cash alternative in a
United States Tax Court building in Washington DC Getty Judge Robert Goeke of the United States Tax Court approved a $17.5 million 2012 charitable deduction disallowance in the case of Glade Creek Limited Partnership. He went a little easier on the penalties than the IRS had proposed. Rather than a 40% penalty on the deficiency attributable to
Getty Better Mortgage, an online lending startup, has closed a Series D round that values the company at roughly $4 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. The $200 million round was led by L Catterton—a private equity firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut—according to Bloomberg, which first reported the news. Ally Financial ALLY ,
Florida, Port of Miami, Row of cruise ships docked, non-essential business due to Coronavirus. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, travel executives have been pinning their hopes on a Covid-19 vaccine saving their industry, which has suffered from the fallout of the health crisis. Following news Monday of
Beyond Meat “Beyond Burger” patties made from plant-based substitutes for meat products sit on a shelf for sale on November 15, 2019 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Beyond Meat on Monday said it swung to a loss in the third quarter after the coronavirus pandemic weakened restaurant demand for
The suspension of Ant Group’s initial public offering (IPO) is a sign of the times, according to veteran investor Mark Mobius, who is the founder of Mobius Capital Partners. Ant, an affiliate of Jack Ma’s Alibaba, was all set for a $34.4 billion dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong last Thursday. Ant operates Alipay,
Eric Schmidt speaks during a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence conference November 5, 2019, in Washington Alex Wong | Getty Images Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been approved to become a citizen of Cyprus, according to a report Monday from Recode. An October notice in Alithia, a Cypriot publication, apparently announced Schmidt and
Stanley Druckenmiller Anjali Sundaram Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller advised investors against being short the stock market as positive news on the coronavirus front has jolted a big rotation out of growth and into value names. “It’s nuanced, but there are a lot of companies that will be direct beneficiaries [from a coronavirus vaccine], and they
Labor leaders, workers and activists attend a rally for a $15 minimum hourly wage on July 22, 2015 in New York. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The federal minimum wage which is currently $7.25 per hour, has not been updated since 2009 and is an unlivable income in most of the U.S. It may soon
With so many people working at home during the pandemic, it seems natural that some new to investing might be drawn to the stock market. About one-half of Robinhood.com’s 13 million customers are “first time investors.” How do these new investors learn about stocks? Some learn by trial and error. Others do their research, which
A former Microsoft MSFT engineer, Volodymyr Kvashuk, was sentenced today for nine years for defrauding Microsoft for more than $10 million, using a bitcoin mixer to hide taxable income and filing fraudulent tax returns. This is the nation’s first Bitcoin case that has a tax component to it according to the IRS. Kvashuk is a
The Mercedes-Bemz Superdome after if was recently renovated. Photo courtesy of Trahan Architects/ASM Global This recent flooding in New Orleans reminds us that all buildings need to be built to higher, with more resilient standards. Famously the Mercedes-Benz Superdome was badly damaged during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 although it had to shelter about 16,000 residents whose homes
McDonald’s incoming U.S. President Chris Kempczinski speaks during a press conference in New York November 17, 2016. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters McDonald’s said Monday it’s expecting mid-single digit sales growth in 2021 and 2022 as the fast-food giant plots its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Its strategy to drive sales growth includes more collaborations with
McDonalds restaurant in Londons Oxford Street. Restaurants are only allowed to open for takeaway orders during the Englands second lockdown. Dave Rushen | LightRocket | Getty Images McDonald’s is expected to report its third-quarter earnings on Monday before the bell. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Earnings
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Pfizer, BioNTech – In an interim analysis of a phase 3 study, the drug makers said their Covid-19 vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in participants who were not previously infected. Stock futures surged following the announcement, and both companies saw shares