Wealth

Real estate broker Barbara Corcoran may be a self-made millionaire, but that doesn’t mean she can pass up a good deal. The star of ABC’s “Shark Tank” recently posted a video tour of her closet on Instagram, pulling out her most and least expensive items — both of which she said she loves. “I like

Covid-19. Airport chaos. Lack of available flights. Many travelers say those are the reasons they ditched airlines for private jets during the past two years of the pandemic. But a new survey shows most of the newly converted aren’t ready to return to commercial aviation just yet. Some 94% of those new to the industry

In 2008, the national anthems of both North Korea and the United States resonated throughout the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre — echoing hopes of a thawing relationship between the countries. The curtains have since long closed on these hopes. The historic concert, performed by the New York Philharmonic is one of Mark Edward Harris’ favorite

Some kids make extra cash running lemonade stands. A 12-year-old Mark Cuban sold trash bags door-to-door. The billionaire serial entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner recently told GQ magazine that a family friend gave him the opportunity, marking his first-ever sales job. The friend sold Cuban boxes of trash bags for $3, so Cuban could turn

The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images The White House announced President Joe Biden intends to nominate Danny Werfel — a former budget official and private sector leader — to run the IRS as the agency prepares for a makeover. Prior to his current role at Boston Consulting Group, Werfel

Gary John Norman If you make more than $1 million a year in Massachusetts, you may soon be subject to a “millionaire tax” approved by voters this week through a ballot initiative. The new law creates a 4% tax on annual income above $1 million, on top of the state’s current 5% flat income tax,

Art handlers hold a painting titled “La montagne Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cezanne (estimate on request: in excess of $120,000,000) during a photo call to present the highlights from the estate of the philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Paul G. Allen in London on Oct. 14, 2022. Wiktor Szymanowicz | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Christie’s

Everyone approaches money differently, and I’ve always been fascinated by how the world’s wealthiest people do it. As a CEO and host of the podcast “We Study Billionaires,” I’ve interviewed 25 billionaires and more than 100 self-made millionaires, including prominent investors like Howard Marks and Cathie Woods. What have I learned from them? For starters,

Kevin O’Leary’s daily money-saving morning habit sounds simple — but isn’t, the “Shark Tank” host and chairman of O’Shares Investments tells CNBC Make It. After waking up between 5:00 and 5:30 a.m and working out, O’Leary spends one hour reading the news. He sources research from banks, reads articles and watches broadcasts from around the

The investments of 125 billionaires cause 393 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year according to a report published by global poverty charity Oxfam. Florian Gaertner / Contributor / Getty Images The investments of 125 billionaires produce 393 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year, according to a report by Oxfam. That’s

Mark Ralston | Afp | Getty Images Whoever is the next jackpot winner in Powerball will be looking at the largest lottery prize ever awarded. The tax bill will also be pretty impressive. After no one hit all six numbers drawn Saturday, the Powerball jackpot headed higher. For Monday night’s drawing, it’s now an estimated

In this article RCL NCLH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Outbreaks, port refusals, travelers stuck onboard. Cruise ships dominated the news in early 2020 for all the wrong reasons. Some people predicted the industry would never recover. But cruising fans say: That’s ancient history.   “Given a choice, we would be living on the

Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Retirement savers in some 401(k) plans are starting to get access to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Fidelity Investments, the largest provider of 401(k) plans by total assets, began offering a Digital Assets Account to clients this fall, a spokesperson confirmed. Employers sponsoring a 401(k) plan through Fidelity can choose

Jonathan Alcorn | Reuters If you manage to beat the odds stacked against hitting the Powerball jackpot, don’t forget you’ll have a silent partner in the win: the taxman. The jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing is now the largest lottery prize ever at an estimated $1.6 billion — pretax — if you were to opt

When Colin and Jenoa Matthes left their home state of Utah to embark on a world tour in 2019, they found themselves drawn to the food scenes in places like France and Italy. “We really loved, especially, the food in all of these different countries … and how local and specialized they were in different

George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management Nelson Ching | Bloomberg | Getty Images America’s billionaires spent a record $880 million on the U.S. midterm elections so far, with most of their spending favoring Republicans, according to a new report. Billionaire spending is up 44% over the 2018 midterms, and is expected to approach $1

In 2018, I started experimenting with side hustles to pay off my $40,000 of debt in credit cards and student loans. Today, I’ve accomplished that goal — and more. In 2021, I built enough income streams to quit my $98,500-per-year engineering job and work on my businesses full-time. At 28 years old, I am my

Source: CNBC Standing at one of the five cooking islands in his kitchen, Mick Kittredge rattles off the outsized statistics for his newly listed home. Over 60 acres. Nearly 120,000 square feet of living and recreation space. A total of 14 fireplaces, 25 bathrooms, 16 bedrooms and four tennis courts. The western Massachusetts estate is

In 1999, director Brad Bird’s movie “The Iron Giant” hit theaters. It was a commercial failure, costing an estimated $70 million to make and earning only $23 million at the box office worldwide. The experience reportedly left Bird wondering if he was cut out to make it in the film industry. He had no idea

Gene Blevins | Reuters The jackpot for Powerball’s Monday night drawing is a whopping $1 billion. Sort of, anyway. The advertised number represents the pretax amount you’d get if you were to receive your windfall as an annuity spread over three decades. Yet most jackpot winners choose the upfront one-time cash payment — which, for