American clothing and accessories retailer American Eagle store seen in Tokyo. (Photo by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. American Eagle Outfitters — The clothing retailer’s stock was up 5% in extended trading after the company
Hermes Birkin bags Mehdi Fedouach | AFP | Getty Images The artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has nothing on the Birkin bag. Handbags were a far better investment last year than art, according to according to a new report. While art had an overall return of 5% in 2019, handbags clocked in a 13% gain, making it
As the sustainable investing movement gains traction investors have increasingly shied away from traditional energy stocks. But ValueAct Capital’s Jeffrey Ubben believes that oil and gas companies that are working to clean up their operations can belong in portfolios focused on sustainable companies. The activist investor, who is the co-portfolio manager of the ValueAct Spring Fund,
Thomas Barwick The group that oversees certified financial planners is making it tougher for consumers looking for a new advisor to find out how a particular CFP gets paid. The CFP Board of Standards — a nonprofit that governs the CFP designation, held by 86,000 financial advisors in the U.S. — erased a part of its
Tory Burch Source: Brigitte Lacombe Tory Burch, the fashion icon who launched a preppy-chic lifestyle brand in 2004 that now tops $1.5 billion in sales, is on a mission: to advance women empowerment and entrepreneurship by shattering stereotypes and creating new norms. Inspired by her own experience as a working mother launching a business, in which
The silhouettes of travelers are seen walking past United Continental Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. planes at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. airline CEOs and the industry trade group are scheduled to meet with Vice President Mike Pence in Washington D.C. on Wednesday,
Larry Culp, CEO, General Electric Scott Mlyn | CNBC General Electric on Wednesday reiterated its 2020 cash and profit targets but warned its first-quarter cash flow would take a hit of $300 million to $500 million due to the coronavirus outbreak. Shares of GE, which employs thousands of workers in China and had been seen
A passenger wearing a respiratory mask speaks on her phone by the departures board on January 31, 2020 at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, as a number of airlines halted or reduced flights to China amid the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus. Tiziana Fabi | AFP via Getty Images Venture capital firms are taking precautionary measures
A worker stands on the roof of a home under construction at a new housing development in San Rafael, California. Getty Images Stocks of the nation’s biggest homebuilders jumped Tuesday after the surprise 50 basis point rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The homebuilders’ ETF (ITB) hit session highs in the morning, up nearly 2.3%,
Having $1 million in the bank has often been considered the gold standard of retirement savings. In some places, that kind of stash can stretch over 40 years. But in higher-priced cities, it may only last a decade — or less. Considering that Americans, as a whole, aren’t saving nearly enough for retirement, GoBankingRates measured how far $1