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Signage is displayed outside Morgan Stanley & Co. headquarters in the Times Square neighborhood of New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dennis Lynch steers a mutual fund whose bets on Amazon and Zoom Video have helped it beat the market by more than 30% so far this year, but he isn’t isn’t
Signs hang from the Meridian Heights apartment building in Northwes Washington on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Caroline Brehman The unemployment drama playing out in the U.S. has drawn comparisons to the Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. But is
Navigating the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has not been easy for small businesses. Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff is no exception. “It’s the longest, most exhausting days of my life,” said Minkoff, 39, and the co-founder and creative director of her own fashion line. “I want to scream a lot, but I have to stay
On Friday, The House of Representatives narrowly passed a $3 trillion stimulus package, which included another round of direct checks, rent forgiveness, additional unemployment benefits and much more. It’s what many Democrats have dubbed an initial offer to Republicans, as the push for a second stimulus package moves to the Senate in an effort to
How will California and other high tax states treat you if you working from home and just trying to stay safe in this strange new era? It is a surprisingly open question, raising state tax and even city tax issues in California and beyond. As the New York Times NYT recently warned, sheltering in place
A new home development in California. Photographer: Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg Bloomberg Home builders are feeling much happier just in the last couple of weeks. Following a decline in sales of 50% to 60% (80% in some cases), many homebuilders are seeing a significant pickup in sales paces. Our research at RCLCO shows that between the first
Kevin Winter | Getty Images European car sales fell dramatically in April as coronavirus lockdowns in the region closed car dealerships and brought a halt to manufacturing and sales, the latest industry data showed Tuesday. New car registrations in the EU fell 76.3% in April, from the same month a year ago, according to data
If you’re out of book ideas headed into another month of staying at home, or finally ready to crack one open, Bill Gates has some suggestions. The billionaire released his annual summer book list on Monday. Whether you want to learn more about pandemics amid the coronavirus outbreak or are simply looking for a distraction, Gates has
It may be premature to turn bullish. Despite Monday’s massive rally, Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer finds stocks haven’t broken out of the ‘”frustration” stage of the recovery. He breaks down the post-market crash environment into three phases: Panic, relief and frustration. “Once you crash, you go into a panic phase,” the firm’s chief market strategist
Logo and mascot ‘Ali cattle’ at the headquarters of Alibaba Group in Hangzhou. Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images Major changes on Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index could pave the way for China’s tech giants to expand their trading presence in Asia, while giving more investors access to their stocks. In a major revamp announced
As part of the House bill passed on Friday to deliver relief to a battered economy, people with student debt would get some more elbow room. The U.S. Department of Education has already announced that due to the pandemic, federal student loan borrowers don’t need to make payments on their loans until at least October. And during
Small-business owners who borrowed from the federal Paycheck Protection Program program can now apply for loan forgiveness. Getting the balances erased may be easier said than done. The PPP loan, which was established by the CARES Act, is intended to cover up to eight weeks of wages, mortgage interest and other expenses. The amount borrowed
Man holds information about Coronavirus stimulus checks. Getty The CARES Act provided a $1,200 Economic Impact Payment, commonly referred to as a stimulus payment or stimulus check. To date, the IRS has already issued over 140 million of these payments. The majority of these payments were made via direct deposit. But there are still millions
Woman checking financial stock market analysis on smartphone in city, with illuminated city street … [+] light and urban skyscrapers as background at night Getty Allison Christians, the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law at McGill University, tells Tax Notes contributing editor Robert Goulder about her proposal for a global excess profits tax as the third
Watch rent collections for May in the NYC multifamily market. Ariel Property Advisors As multifamily investors look for data and insights on the industry in the midst of uncertainty, 2020 Q1 data and the effects of the early stages of the pandemic are shedding some light on what to expect. There will be greater clarity
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports | Reuters On Tuesday, National Football League team owners will vote on a plan to overhaul the league’s hiring guidelines, which includes incentives that would reward clubs if they hire minority candidates. CNBC confirmed details of the proposal, which say that if a club hires a minority
A view of the fearless girl wearing a mask in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City USA during coronavirus pandemic on April 25, 2020. John Nacion | NurPhoto | Getty Images Stock futures held steady in overnight trading on Monday after the market scored its best day in six weeks
Even though he doesn’t win them all, billionaire investor Mark Cuban has an eye for vegan companies on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” But when Cuban invested in a vegan, non-GMO soap and body care company during Friday’s episode, his fellow Sharks thought he was crazy to do so. Three best friends – Anthony Duncan, with brothers Mohammed A. and
Don Bayley | Vetta | Getty Images Retirees who feel their Social Security benefits aren’t stretching as far as they used to aren’t imagining it. Retiree costs are going up at a rapid clip, and Social Security cost-of-living adjustments are not keeping up with those growing expenses, according to a recent report from The Senior