Say it ain’t’ so, Karl! No less than Karl Rove, longstanding Republican kingmaker, recently made big news by concluding that Bernie Sanders – self-declared “Democratic Socialist” – has a real shot at unseating Donald Trump in the White House next year. Amazingly, Sanders staked this claim on no less than the Fox News Network, drawing
“The Brady Bunch” house is as iconic as its TV stars. Its staircase will be a key feature of HGTV’s ‘A Very Brady Renovation.’ (ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images) Getty If you think ABC milked The Brady Bunch franchise, HGTV is squeezing every last residual drop from that cash cow. Get ready for the
A interview and Q&A with value investor and author, Joel Greenblatt. In this interview, Joel discusses how he values a business and the value investment strategy. Joel also talks about the decline in money being managed by active managers and how he weights and sizes stocks in his portfolio. ? Books by Joel Greenblatt and
When Instagram exploded in popularity, so did posting photos of food. Restaurants took note of the free marketing possibilities and invented eye-catching concoctions like rainbow bagels and Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappuccino. But now the Instagram trend has evolved to include more expensive investments — from customized tiles to handmade tables. “I feel like Instagram is basically
The two biggest U.S. banks each just posted record first-quarter profit, the result of years of work building coast-to-coast franchises that have attracted billions in customer deposits. On Friday, J.P. Morgan Chase said it made $9.2 billion in the first three months of the year. Bank of America said Tuesday that it generated $7.3 billion.
Earnings season shifts into a higher gear in the week ahead, as investors also watch for fresh economic data that could show that the economy is pulling out of a temporary rut. Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft and ExxonMobil are among more than 140 S&P 500 companies reporting quarterly results. According to Refinitiv, 74% of the companies
The chief operating officer and general counsel of MedMen Enterprises have both resigned amid a broader employee shakeup at the American marijuana retailer. Chief Operating Officer Ben Cook and General Counsel Lisa Sergi Trager — who also served on the company’s board — have quit, a source familiar with the matter tells CNBC. Senior Vice
It’s a good time to be a graduate. Those armed with a newly minted diploma will enter a job market with unemployment near the lowest level in 50 years and job prospects up significantly from just last year. Employers plan to hire nearly 11% more graduates from the class of 2019 than they did from
There’s long been a group in Congress determined to end the Stretch IRA, and this year they might have their way. The Stretch IRA is not a particular type of IRA comparable to a Roth IRA or SEP IRA. Instead, a Stretch IRA is a group of strategies applied to a traditional IRA or Roth
A SEP IRA can help small business owners Getty A SEP (Simplified Employee Pension) IRA can be a good way for a small-business owner to set up a pension plan, and get potential tax-benefits at the same time. You might be more familiar with 401(k) plans, but those can be a little more complex to establish, whereas
Dining room Warburg Realty A new listing at The Manhattan House, a building made famous for being home to Grace Kelly in the 1950s, has come on the market for $6.495 million. Belonging to David A. Sackler, the 4-bedroom, 5-bathroom unit measures just over 3,300 square feet overlooking the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. The Sackler family business is Purdue Pharma.
A Brooklyn judge on Thursday ruled against a group of parents who challenged New York City’s recently imposed mandatory measles vaccination order, rejecting their arguments that the city’s public health authority exceeded its authority. In a six-page decision rendered hours after a hearing on the matter, Judge Lawrence Knipel denied the parents’ petition seeking to
Consumer goods group Unilever reported stronger than expected quarterly underlying sales growth, helped by higher prices and volume, and strength in emerging markets. The maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream also on Thursday stood by its outlook for the full year, which calls for underlying sales growth in the lower half
Japan’s core inflation picked up slightly in March from a year earlier, but remained distant from the Bank of Japan’s ambitious 2% target in a sign of rising pressure on the central bank. Over the past year, policymakers have had to contend with a slowdown in global demand as the Sino-U.S. tariff war put a
Signet Jewelers Ltd.: “I think Signet’s really gotta find its calling. It needs to find out its calling, ’cause it sure wasn’t calling in that last quarter. We gotta wait.” Funko Inc.: “The reason why they’re all over the place [is] ’cause they have some of the absolute best toys … I’m not just saying
In New York City, home to our nation’s financial markets, a staggering 74 percent of its students are considered economically disadvantaged. They are parallel worlds, a few miles apart and largely invisible to one another. This is an increasing challenge across our country: How do we build a path to economic mobility for more of
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Investigate the many ways you can work into your retirement years. Getty The “retirement plan” that many older workers have is simply to keep working as long as they can. While working longer is a common-sense way to increase your ultimate retirement income, you may not
If you’re like me, watching 34-year-old professional sports gambler James Holzhauer on Jeopardy! may make you feel pretty dense. He is just so knowledgeable about just about everything. His unique strategy of finding Daily Doubles and betting aggressively has paid off big time. And in a 10-day streak, he’s already shattered his own record with a $131,127 single-day win. His 10-day
Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019. Getty It has been a season of wrath and fire for sacred sites across the world, from the serial arson of three predominantly black churches in Louisiana, to the simultaneous fires at the Al-Aqsa Mosque
An interview with billionaire quantitative investor and co-founder of AQR Capital Management, Cliff Asness. In this interview, Cliff discusses his momentum trading strategy and how to exploit other investors psychology. Cliff also talks about the worth of Hedge Funds, Bubbles and Liberty.?Books by Cliff Asness and books on him are located at the bottom of