Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Disrupt Equity. Learn more about investment opportunities by visiting our website. getty “Buy land; they’re not making any more of it.” This famous quote attributed to Mark Twain evinces a very simple yet profound idea regarding real estate investing. Since time immemorial, land has been an irreplaceable asset. Land cannot be
Month: August 2020
China’s dollar-denominated exports rose 7.2% while imports fell 1.4% from a year ago, data from the country’s General Administration of Customs showed on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected China’s dollar-denominated exports to fall by 0.2% from a year ago, while imports were predicted to have risen 1% from a year ago. In June, China’s dollar-denominated
Anne Boden, CEO of Starling Bank, speaking at Web Summit 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images British digital challenger bank Starling said Thursday that its losses doubled in 2019, but that it now expects to break even by year-end amid a rebound in activity from the coronavirus
A shopper wearing a protective face mask browses luxury handbags inside a Louis Vuitton boutique in Moscow, Russia. Bloomberg | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has put many industries into crisis mode, and luxury retail is one of them. With fewer places to see and be seen, shoppers are slowing their spending, with an estimate
This fall will be anything but normal for parents and children across the country. Many Americans are grappling with decisions about school, money and fears about the coronavirus. For Jordana Horn Gordon, a 47-year-old mother of six, the situation has her feeling like she’s “walking on the razor edge of a cliff.” “It’s really tough
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Managing Editor getty Life transitions can be jarring at any age, but they often pile on top of each other in your 50s and 60s. Transitioning to retirement…to empty-nesterhood…perhaps to a single life…living through a health trauma. Heck, it’s partly why our site is called Next Avenue. Bruce Feiler, author
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about possibly filing early to Avoid potential future rate cuts, determining which income years SSA is using to calculate your benefits and potential effects of part time work while receiving disability benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
FHFA, which oversees the two mortgage-buying enterprises Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, is now … [+] mandating that multifamily property owners with government-backed loans in forbearance inform renters about the eviction protections the policy extends to them. getty After Congress let the CARES Act eviction moratorium lapse late last month, the Federal Housing Finance Agency
Cadillac Lyriq show car GM General Motors unveiled the Cadillac Lyriq crossover Thursday night as the “next chapter” for the American luxury brand and a “technology spearhead” for the automaker. The Lyriq is the first to debut with the automaker’s next-generation batteries and EV architecture. GM executives believe the technologies will rival, if not outperform,
2021 Toyota Sienna models Toyota Toyota Motor eked out its smallest quarterly profit in nine years as the coronavirus pandemic halved its car sales and nearly wiped out its bottom line. However, shares in Japan’s top automaker rose 2.3% in a weaker broader market as analysts had expected a loss, while comments from a company
People gather at the entrance for the New York State Department of Labor offices in Brooklyn on March 20, 2020. The Federal Reserve estimates that 47 million people could lose their jobs before the COVID-19 crisis ends. Andrew Kelly | REUTERS Futures tied to major U.S. equity averages held steady in overnight trading on Thursday
In this screengrab taken from a berniesanders.com webcast, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks about his plan to deal with the coronavirus pandemic on March 17, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Businesses are being severely impacted, schools are closing temporarily and large events are being postponed as the COVID-19 virus continues to spread across
Source: Quicken Loans Rocket Companies, the parent of U.S. mortgage lender Quicken Loans, said its initial public offering (IPO) was priced at $18 per share on Wednesday, below a target range, and that it sold fewer shares than planned. Rocket sold 100 million shares to raise $1.8 billion in the IPO, which valued the company
Cabania | iStock | Getty Images Plus When the U.S. government sent out urgent stimulus checks this spring, some people who had already died received money. Now it seems another ineligible group may be getting checks: foreign workers. Reports surfaced this week that a number of those recipients are now living in their home countries.
US President Donald Trump answers question during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2020. Olivie Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Even if President Donald Trump were to push out a payroll tax holiday via executive order, there’s no guarantee workers will pocket
Have you received a Form CRS in the mail from the investment firm(s) you do business with? This is a brand-new disclosure document mandated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Why A New Disclosure Document? I’ve been talking to my readers about Form CRS since the SEC first came up with the idea of
Democrats and Nancy Pelosi have been fighting to provide tax relief for homeowners hurt by the Trump … [+] Tax plan of 2017. Getty Images One of the most annoying parts of the Trump Tax Plan (TCJA 2017) was the $10,000 cap on State and Local Tax (SALT) Deductions when filing your federal tax returns.
Mortgage rates reached another low this week, helping to keep rising interest rates in check getty Mortgage rates have hit yet another record-breaking low, this time falling to 2.88% on 30-year, fixed-rate loans. That’s down from 2.99% last week and 3.60% a year ago. It’s the lowest average rate ever recorded, according to mortgage purchaser
Coronavirus relief bill discussions continue Thursday as Congressional Democrats and the White House negotiate legislation that would assist Americans amid the pandemic. After Wednesday’s negotiations yielded no agreement, the White House threatened to act on its own to provide coronavirus relief. The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University: Global cases: More than 18.8
Travelers order food in automated self-ordering kiosk at fast-food Burger King restaurant chain. Bundrul Chukrut | LightRocket | Getty Images Restaurant Brands International on Thursday reported that its quarterly revenue plunged 25% as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on same-store sales at Burger King and Tim Hortons. But Popeyes, powered by its popular chicken sandwich, reported same-store
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