Blackstone may manage more than $1.3 trillion in assets, but president Jon Gray doesn’t want the firm’s newest class of Gen Z analysts thinking like stereotypical employees at a Wall Street giant. To succeed, he says, they should approach their jobs like they’re working at a startup. “Think about wherever you’re working, whatever capacity in…
Laundry rooms often dedicate most of the available space to the washer and dryer, leaving everything else to compete for what remains. Detergent bottles collect on top of the machines, baskets fill the floor, and folding clothes happens wherever an empty surface can be found. u/Psychological-Rip-12 Reddit user u/Psychological-Rip-12 approached the room from a different…
WASHINGTON—A new report released today by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) reveals troubling knowledge gaps that may leave millions of Americans vulnerable to victimization as financial fraud losses near $200 billion annually. The report, entitled Patterns in Fraud Awareness: What Comes to Mind When Americans Think About Financial Fraud, finds that even the…
Workforce interruptions are emerging as a significant retirement planning challenge for Millennials, with half reporting they have stepped away from the labor force for more than a year and 52% expecting to work beyond their anticipated retirement age of 60, according to a new TIAA Institute report. According to “Bridging the Gaps in Retirement Expectations,”…
Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic and said it will invest up to $5 billion…
Topline Billionaire Elon Musk suggested in posts on X he would either fund an alternative “Odyssey” movie with a more “historically accurate” take on ancient Greece or make his own with Grok, the latest in his ongoing crusade against the box office hit. Musk has railed against Nolan’s “Odyssey” for months. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)…
Surveying commercial and residential real estate markets While Reading says that each subset of the real estate market faces its own headwinds, there are improvements in areas like industrial and office real estate. Industrial has recovered with some absorption of the significant stock that was built in the wake of the pandemic. Office demand has…
Roth conversions can be an effective part of your retirement planning strategy for good reason. By moving money from a traditional IRA or 401(k) into a Roth IRA, you pay taxes up front in exchange for tax-free gains and tax-free withdrawals later on. Just as importantly, a Roth conversion can help you avoid or minimize…
July 4, 2026 saw the official launch of Sec. 530 “Trump Accounts” (TAs), a new type of ‘starter’ retirement account designed to be opened and funded on behalf of minor children so they can start accumulating tax-deferred retirement savings at an early age. Under the rules for TAs, parents and other individuals, employers, and government…
Trump will apparently be available to reporters today. He is saying: Iran will pay a big price. They will not have a nuclear weapon. Americans are not against the war. Soldiers tests are under investigation. Iran will be held accountable Americans do not want higher gas prices. Looking around the markets. Yields are ticking modestly…