Westend61 | Getty Images Digitization has an important role to play when it comes to how small and medium enterprises operate, the CEO of Spanish firm Cyberclick said Wednesday. During a panel discussion at Innovation Summit Barcelona chaired by CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick, David Tomas was asked whether digitization created happiness. “I think it can, it
Month: October 2019
Family at fjord, Aure, More og Romsdal, Norway Getty What do I mean by “Goldilocks-level fertility rates”? Simply put, a stable, replacement-level (or thereabouts) fertility rate that ensures a sustainable balance between workers and retirees. Earlier this week I wrote about the inexplicable decade-long drop in fertility rates in Finland. Back in August, I profiled
Nashville, considered a leading 18-hour city, moved up to number three overall in real estate prospects from fifth place a year ago, although it slipped from first to fourth place in the home building outlook. Adobe Stock The Urban Land Institute and PwC have just released the real estate industry’s widely anticipated industry forecast, Emerging
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 when the earnings test comes into effect, restricting an application to spousal benefits only online, what to do if a payee withheld benefits from the beneficiary, filing retroactively and
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday urged investors to wait for the market to sell-off more before scooping up stocks. The “Mad Money” host did, however, offer a few stocks that are safe to build position in, such as Frank’s Red Hot-parent McCormick. Later in the show, he checks in with payroll provider Paychex CEO Marty
Tesla cars are seen at a shopping mall showroom in Los Angeles. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Tesla shares dipped as much as 5% during extended trade after the electric-car maker reported lower-than-expected vehicle deliveries for its third quarter. The company delivered 97,000 vehicles,
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 14, 2019 Spencer Platt | Getty Images One of the market’s most important players is losing its mojo. Corporate America’s share buybacks, which hit a record of over $1 trillion in 2018 on the back of a tax overhaul, have begun to
Tyler Huck, his wife Claire and daughter Camryn. Source: Tyler Huck When Tyler Huck graduated from college in 2008, it was smack in the middle of the financial crisis. That shaped his views on money and investing. “I saw friends, family lose heavy money on real estate,” Huck said. “I saw parents lose heavy money
Source: Stock.Adobe.com How to invest as the economy cracks Impeachment talk is flying around social media. Polls are being taken, and so are sides in the battle. But I am here to tell you that as an investor, it is not what matters right now. Because whatever happens in the accelerating impeachment saga, the immediate
In this Tuesday, April 16, 2019, photo, an apartment building under construction nears completion in downtown Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ASSOCIATED PRESS Apartment construction was expected to peak in 2016/2017 according to many industry watchers and participants, but evidently the market didn’t get the memo. It seemed like the boom in rental apartment buildings
Getty If you made a purchase on the internet yesterday, you might have noticed something different: sales tax. Changes in sales tax compliance laws for remote sellers and marketplace in more than a dozen states kicked in beginning October 1, 2019. More than 40 states have tweaked their sales tax laws since a 2018 Supreme Court
Delta unveils it’s first Airbus A350. Leslie Josephs | CNBC The U.S. on Wednesday announced tariffs on Airbus planes after winning a World Trade Organization dispute over subsidies received by the aircraft manufacturer, and travelers may end up paying higher airfare as a result. The tariffs stem from a 15-year-old dispute between the U.S. and Europe
Stitch Fix‘s active client base grew 18% year over year, reaching 3.2 million people, the online styling service said when it reported earnings after the bell on Tuesday. That’s about in-line with the 3.23 million analysts were expecting, according to FactSet. This number tracks the total number of users who’ve received a box of clothing
The Federal Reserve will likely cut interest rates again this year, but the move won’t have much of an impact on the U.S. economy, closely followed economist Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC on Wednesday. “I suspect they will cut because the risk of not doing so is high, but we shouldn’t expect that to materially change
Elizabeth Holmes leaves a federal courthouse in San Jose. Meghan Mariani Defense attorneys for former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny “Ramesh” Balwani criticized prosecutors Wednesday for stalling to turn over what they call key documents that would clear their clients. “The evidence produced so far confirms our belief that certain documents directly contradict allegations
Pedestrians walk outside an E*Trade Financial office in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Retail brokerage firm E-Trade announced Wednesday it will drop commission fees on online U.S. stock, ETF and options trades. The move comes within a week of Interactive Brokers, Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade all dropping their commission fees.
Sean Murphy | Stone | Getty Images If you’re taking a hefty check from your 401(k) plan as you leave your employer, you might be making a big mistake. Just over 9 out of 10 employers give their employees multiple options to take a distribution from their retirement plan, according to a new survey from
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Historical data shows October isn’t always a bad month. AFP/Getty Images Topline: The stock market’s rough beginning to the month has some investors recalling other awful Octobers in the past—but history suggests there may not be a reason to panic yet. October is known for huge
In a strong market it’s possible to sell almost anything. Great properties are snapped up quickly in bidding wars. Less than perfect properties can move fairly easily when there’s high demand too. When the market is strong you’re closing deals nearly every day, and life is great! But when there’s a shift, all of this
Where are we to turn for high, safe dividends these days? Certainly not 10-Year Treasuries, unless you think you can scrape by on their 1.7% yields. I’ll save you the calculation: you can’t, because that yield matches the inflation rate to the decimal point. Your “true” income? $0. The S&P 500 isn’t much better: for