A WeWork office in San Francisco Kate Munsch | Reuters WeWork’s dramatic fall has led to SoftBank CEO Masa Son’s questioning his own judgement, but one analyst still believes the bank will come out on top eventually with the massive investment in the reeling space-sharing company. “Despite the huge embarrassment WeWork has been for SoftBank this
Allison Shelley | Getty Images News | Getty Images When it comes to Social Security, the question on most people’s lips is: “Will it still be there for me when I retire?” The answer is generally yes. But the system will pay less in benefits if nothing is done to repair it. In April, the
An elderly couople smiling and drinking at a family barbecue in a courtyard. Getty Dividend growth is the secret to a comfortable retirement. Today, we’re going to discuss five stocks with big “payout momentum” heading into 2020. As dividends grow, stock prices, are likely to follow, so pay attention. How do I know? The dividend-growth
Getty In 2015 and again in 2018, I wrote about the Social Security Administration (SSA) defrauding, whether intentionally or not, large numbers of widows and widowers (henceforth widows) out of tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The fraud was brought to my attention by a Social Security whistle blower — John McAdams. John works
The Obamas closed the deal on the 29-acre estate in Martha’s Vineyard. LANDVEST Barack and Michelle Obama, the former U.S. president and first lady, bought a seven-bedroom home on Martha’s Vineyard the week before Thanksgiving at a 21% discount off the listing price, according to the deed filed at the county’s registry office on Dec.
A melting supervisor monitors a bucket of molten steel at the Nucor Steel plant in Huger, S.C., April 17, 2017. Stephen B. Morton | The New York Times The steel industry has a massive carbon footprint, as much as 6% to 7% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Rocky Mountain Institute study.
(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) The idea that we are late in the economic and financial-market cycle is one that even most Wall Street bulls won’t dispute. After all, when the economic expansion surpasses a decade to
A pedestrian walks past a stock indicator displaying numbers of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the world’s major markets in Tokyo. Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) U.S. equities have been
College is a significant investment that comes with the hope of a better, richer life. It doesn’t always work out that way. Some experts say the value of a bachelor’s degree is fading. Starting salaries for new college graduates have grown less than 1% over the past two years, remaining at around $50,000. Worse yet:
By Thomas Cole, Author, ‘Old Man Country’ Getty (We’re always interested in new research and insights about growing older in America and the new book by Thomas Cole, Old Man Country: My Search for Meaning Among the Elders, has them in spades. Cole traversed the country interviewing men in their 80s and 90s — some