Before you retire, give your health-care financial plan a checkup. “The plan you have today may not be the one you want to carry into retirement, because it may be cost-prohibitive to do so,” certified financial planner Ron Carson, founder and CEO of Carson Wealth Management Group, told CNBC. A healthy 65-year-old couple retiring this
Month: November 2017
Every worker can have an off day, but when employees lose their ability to engage, the warning signs of occupational burnout can often arise. According to Tim Cole, the CEO and founder of consulting firm The Compass Alliance, there are four phases of burnout, which he dubs “the burn-out cycle.” Stage one: Loss of purpose
Dan Kitwood | Getty Images A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin on October 24, 2017 in London, England. Bitcoin surged to yet another new record high on Monday, breaking a record set during the Thanksgiving weekend stateside. The cryptocurrency jumped to an all-time high of $9,682.10 hours after cracking the $9,400 level on
The chief executive of one of the world’s largest sovereign funds has said that he doesn’t believe bitcoin is a “fraud.” Khaldoon Al Mubarak, who heads Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, said he was “still on the fence” with regard to bitcoin and blockchain technology, but that people should look at both with an open
For many people, getting into the holiday spirit means stringing twinkly lights everywhere, hosting parties plentiful with food and drinks, piling stacks of gifts for loved ones — and overspending. If you head into the season of giving without a budget, there’s a good chance you’ll come out on the other side with a holiday
Source: Ritz-Carlton Charlotte, N.C. One of three made-of-macaron trees at the Ritz-Carlton Charlotte, N.C. There’s no charge to visit the Holiday Wonderland, on view now through Dec. 27 in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Charlotte in North Carolina — but it will certainly make you hungry. Decorations include three trees bedecked with a total of
When you’re making out your holiday shopping budget, don’t confuse Santa with Uncle Sam. Of those Americans who expect to receive a tax refund next year, 54 percent have already decided how they’ll use that money, according to a new survey from Credit Karma Tax. (See chart below for a breakdown of refund uses.) The
It was a telling setting for a decision on whether post-traumatic stress disorder patients could use medical marijuana. Against the backdrop of the nation’s largest Veterans Day parade, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this month he’d sign legislation making New York the latest in a fast-rising tide of states to OK therapeutic pot as a
The first time Josh Silverman addressed the staff of Etsy as their newly installed chief executive, he tried to connect with a work force known for its diversity, idealism and sincerity. “Hello,” he said. “My name is Josh. I identify as male. My preferred pronouns are ‘him’ and ‘he.’ Most people just call me Josh.”
Foot traffic at retailers across the country this holiday weekend may not have been as strong this year when compared to last, a retail tracking firm said on Saturday, despite effusive early results from some retailers. Preliminary data tracking shoppers’ visits to physical stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday shows a year-over-year decline of
Bitcoin is getting a Black Friday boost. The digital currency climbed above $8,700 to a record high Saturday following increased investor interest around the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday shopping. Bitcoin rose more than 6 percent to a record high of $8,725.13, according to CoinDesk, trading around $8,674 midday on Saturday. Another digital currency,
Penney also boasted a successful Black Friday, as it was one of the first retailers to open its doors Thursday at 2 p.m. “Hundreds – and, in some cases, thousands – of shoppers lined up outside our stores for popular items such as the cooks air fryer, Xersion puffer jackets, diamond jewelry and smart watches,
A permanent shift in spending could be more visible this holiday season, and economist Diane Swonk sees it coming at the expense of department stores. “They can’t seem to lure into the department stores those millennials,” she said recently on CNBC’s “Trading Nation.” “The move from bricks to clicks, and the hybrid of the two
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos now has a 12-digit fortune, according to an estimate by Bloomberg. Bezos’s net worth surpassed $100 billion on Friday, Bloomberg reported. Amazon shares hit a record on Black Friday — one of the year’s busiest shopping days— joining a broader stock market rally. Bezos, the world’s richest man, owns
Meantime, Adobe found fewer purchases originating from desktops. “On both Thanksgiving and Black Friday, the gap between mobile traffic and revenue is closing,” Mericle added. A separate survey by Salesforce also found more shoppers migrating to mobile devices to ring up purchases on Turkey Day. Shoppers placed 48 percent more orders on phones on Thanksgiving
As retail becomes more competitive, CEO of furniture chain Ethan Allen Farooq Kathwari offered some advice for struggling companies. “Today in retail, if you are a seller of a commodity, it’s hard to have brick-and-mortar. So, what you have to do is, you have to really combine the best of technology, personal service, and creating
Daniel Leal-Olivas | AFP | Getty Images An armed policeman runs down Oxford Street in central London on November 24, 2017, as police responded to an incident. British police said they were responding to an ‘incident’ at Oxford Circus in central London on Friday and have evacuated the Underground station, in an area thronged with
One of the most anticipated gifts of the year, the Instant Pot, was sold out on Kohl’s website already by the morning of Black Friday. But CEO Kevin Mansell told CNBC that there’s always a way around that, using the retailer’s mobile app and the option to buy online and pick up in the storeshoppers
Medicare recipients who haven’t yet re-evaluated their coverage have about two weeks left to make changes. The program’s open enrollment period, which started Oct. 15, ends on Dec. 7. This seven-week window is generally the only time you can make changes to your Advantage Plan (Medicare Part C) or prescription drug coverage (Part D). And
“Investors are witnessing signs of trouble in the malls and falling stock prices in the markets,” Michael Sapir, CEO of ProShare Advisors, said in a press release. “For the first time, investors can turn these trends into a potential investment opportunity through an ETF.” The fund does this by taking a short position against the
He said that both bitcoin and gold complemented each other as assets, as the cryptocurrency was designed to be “digital gold.” “Bitcoin’s frictionless and immediate blockchain payment system resolves the criticism of gold as lacking divisibility and having problems with ease of transmission,” Naylor-Leyland said in an emailed statement. “I believe this recognition of a
Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty Images A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the afternoon of May 7, 2014 Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Qualcomm – Broadcom is considering raising its offer to buy its rival chipmaker, according to a Reuters
Under Armour is on track for its worst year ever, but one portfolio manager is saying that the sports apparel maker could actually still be a long-term value play. “In the long run, looking at three to five years, if you are an investor, the fundamentals are so neutral and the stock is so low
Bitcoin and other digital currencies are not “a fraud,” the chief executive of app-based bank Revolut told CNBC, ahead of the start-up’s plans to launch a range of services for cryptocurrencies. The firm’s CEO gave an alternative view to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who has called the phenomenon a “fraud” that will “blow up.” “They
Ether, the digital currency of the ethereum blockchain, made significant gains on the day of the Thanksgiving holiday. The cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of $425.55 Thursday, according to data from industry website Coinmarketcap. This broke a previous record high of $414.76, which the digital currency’s price reached in June. Ether has risen by more
Moody’s retail analyst Charlie O’ Shea, who was in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, reported healthy traffic at local stores including consumer electronics chain Best Buy, clothing store Old Navy and retailer Kohl’s Corp. “The weather is cooperating and people here are out,” he said. The National Retail Federation is projecting that sales for November and December
“One Belt, One Road gives entrepreneurs a lot of opportunity,” said Aiju’s Liu, citing cheaper costs and lower transaction fees. “We also hope there will be opportunity to cooperate with U.S. companies [as a] food and oil dealer.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is also monitoring Kazakhstan’s grain trade with China. In
Accelerating growth, alongside increasing price pressures, will be welcomed by policymakers at the ECB who last month took a step towards weaning the euro zone off loose money. “We’ve been of the view that the PMIs have been in quite hawkish territory for some time now. If you continue to get numbers this strong there
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group is planning an initial public offering (IPO) and aims to open a research and development (R&D) centre in the United States as early as next year, its founder told Reuters in an interview. The Hong Kong and Beijing-based deep learning company founded by Tang Xiaoou, a professor at the
A balloon was blown into a tree and popped at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but no one was injured. An Associated Press reporter was on hand as a gust of wind carried a candy-cane balloon into a branch around 10:30 a.m. ET near the start of the parade route on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
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