Martin Barraud | Getty Images Knowing your net worth isn’t just for the 1%. Even if you don’t fly in first class or summer in the Hamptons, this simple equation is an important tool that says a lot about your financial health. Still, most people don’t bother to calculate it. That’s a mistake. “It’s the
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krisanapong detraphiphat | Moment | Getty Images Once derided on the cover of Time magazine as the “Me Me Me Generation,” millennials have, in fact, become the “Owe Owe Owe Generation.” This group originally showed a healthy aversion to credit card debt. From 2008 to 2012, only 41% of those in their 20s had a
The wealth tax proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren has sparked a fierce — and increasingly personal — debate between the party’s traditional academic elite and the darlings of the new left. Lawrence Summers, the former Treasury Secretary and longtime economic guru of the Democratic party, published an op-ed in the Washington Post in April saying
Christie’s A 3,300-year-old sculpture of Tutankhamen’s head sold for almost $6 million at auction, defying calls from Egyptian authorities for the artifact to be returned to its native country. Auction house Christie’s said the “rare, beautiful and important work” achieved a price of £4,746,250 ($5,968,058) in London on Thursday, where it was purchased by an
In a field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates with no shortage of money, Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband stand out. The California Democrat and her spouse, lawyer Douglas Emhoff, reported about $1.9 million in adjusted gross income for last year, according to tax returns released earlier this year. Their 2018 haul more than doubles
Chris Cline, owner of Foresight Energy LLC, poses for a portrait inside an elevator to the mine at Foresight Energy LLC’s Shay coal mine in Carlinville, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, June 21, 2010. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire West Virginia coal executive and philanthropist Chris Cline died in a helicopter crash Thursday,
Islets along the west coast of Exuma, Bahamas De Agostini | Getty Images The island featured in promotional materials for the infamous Fyre festival has been listed for sale for almost $12 million. Fyre Festival, which took place in 2017, was publicized as a high-end music festival in the Bahamas. It was put together by
The AvalonBay Communities Park Loggia condominium, center, stands at 15 West 61 Street in New York, May 15, 2019. Mark Abramson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sales of Manhattan properties jumped for the first time in a year and a half, but the good times aren’t likely to last. Real estate sales volume in Manhattan
It’s really hard to put a dollar value on the data that anyone delivers internet platforms. What’s the value of a tweet? A Facebook profile that tells you the birthday your closest relatives? Democratic Sen. Mark Warner and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley want to require big tech companies to report the value of our data,
Businesses in Hong Kong may be moving out amid political uncertainty and massive protests in the city, members of the business community told CNBC. But one analyst said Hong Kong still holds an advantage over its rivals — its proximity to the mainland. “The real concern here, which we’ve seen slight signs of, is that