Month: April 2019

Since New York City required residential buildings to set smoking policies, real estate agents and landlords say they have seen no impact on sales. Getty Since last summer, all New York City multi-family properties have been required by city law to create smoking policies for their buildings, leaving landlords, co-op boards and property managers debating
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A presentation by professor of corporate finance and equity valuation, Aswath Damodaran. In this interview, Aswath discusses the life cycles of a company and how this affects its valuation. Aswatch also talks about the difference in life cycles between tech and non-tech companies.? Books by Aswath Damodaran are located at the bottom of the description❗
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Nearly three dozen men and women filed a federal class-action lawsuit alleging Florida authorities unlawfully videotaped them as they received legal massages at a parlour where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft allegedly paid for sex. The lawsuit by 31 John and Jane Does alleges that prosecutors and the Jupiter Police Department violated their rights
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The first round of Lyft analyst notes is bullish on the newly public ride-hailing company as brokerages across Wall Street clamor to recommend what one described as “the future of human transportation.” Though each analyst presented a unique interpretation of Lyft’s business, most emphasized a large, global marketplace, a short list of competitors and a
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Donald Trump’s surprising ascent to president of the United States has brought many unexpected effects to the financial markets. Ironically, one has been a rapid increase in interest and adoption of impact investing and other types of values-based investing. Impact investing, or values-based investing, is a type of investing that helps people and/or organizations align
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As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Congress enacted two companion provisions designed to encourage investment and economic growth in certain low-income communities. First, Sec. 1400Z-1 paved the way for nearly 9,000 such low-income communities to be designated as “qualified opportunity zones” (QOZs). In turn, Sec. 1400Z-2 offers three federal income tax incentives
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A presentation by billionaire co-founder of private equity firm TPG Capital, James Coulter. In this presentation, Jim analyses four markets that he sees investment potential in and breaks down what he looks for in each industry before he invests. Jim also talks about the history of multiple sectors and reaching punctuated equilibrium. Like if you
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Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Whirlpool soared as much as 9% in extended trading Monday following the release of the home appliance company’s mixed first-quarter earnings. Whirlpool posted earnings per share of $3.11 on revenue of $4.76 billion. Wall Street estimated earnings per share of $2.86 on revenue of
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Mirabella, under construction at Arizona State University, represents among the latest in the growing popularity of “University Based Retirement Communities” or “UBRCs” Pacific Retirement Services The U.S. population continues aging towards a “Silver Tsunami,” with the first of nearly 80 million Boomers now entering their early 70s, and nearly 10,000 of their subsequent cohort turning
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Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column addresses whether to file and suspend before filing for spousal benefits, when divorced spousal benefits can be available, when spousal benefits become available, the calculation of divorced spousal benefits and
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I recently interviewed Ryan Simonetti co-founder and CEO of Convene. What I loved about the Convene model is that it displays the core element to transformation – taking one industry model and transplanting it into a related but different industry … in this case incorporating hotel concierge services into commercial real estate. Convene has quickly
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