Tom Blomfield | Monzo Monzo U.K. online bank Monzo has raised £113 million ($144 million) in a fresh round of funding led by the U.S. start-up accelerator Y Combinator. Y Combinator, which has helped create companies such as Airbnb and Stripe, invested in Monzo through its Continuity Fund, which focuses on late-stage start-ups. Monzo is
Month: June 2019
U.S. stock index futures were slightly lower Tuesday morning, amid expectations of more dovish talk from the Federal Reserve. At around 02:30 a.m. ET, Dow futures slipped 43 points, indicating a negative open of more than 16 points. Futures on the S&P and Nasdaq were both seen slightly lower. Market focus is largely attuned to
As tensions with other countries climb, American investors are sticking close to home. While 66% of Americans said they think foreign equities could diversify their portfolios, just 48% of investors hold 1% to 25% allocations to these stocks in their portfolios. And alomst half — 48% — said political tensions between the U.S. and other
Karen Simons Source: Karen Simons Karen Simons was out of the professional world for more than 20 years to raise her three children. Now she’s a financial planner at the investment advisory firm Yeske Buie. She made that change happen through a “returnship,” the grown-up version of a college internship that companies are increasingly offering
Traders work the floor at the NYSE in New York. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A dovish tilt from the Federal Reserve sent everything from stocks to bonds to gold rallying in unison, but stocks with this one feature are poised to crush the market after a rate cut, according to Goldman Sachs. And that feature
Some of America’s billionaires have a message for the next President of the United States: tax us. Nineteen billionaires including George Soros, Abigail Disney, Chris Hughes and members of the Pritzker family released a bipartisan letter on Monday asking the 2020 presidential candidates to support a tax on the American families with the largest fortunes.
Source: Evercore ISI President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet at this week’s G-20 summit in Japan and the stakes for Wall Street are high. The two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing U.S. China trade war. Talks of a possible trade deal fell through back in May after
Christine Merrill, 31, bought two bathing suits from Andie ahead of her trip to Belize, after she was targeted by the brand on Facebook. Source: CestChristine.com Almost all of Christine Merrill’s swimsuits used to be from Victoria’s Secret. Not anymore. Recently, the 31-year-old, who works in ad sales in San Diego, was planning a getaway
ABRA BELKE WAS IN LAW SCHOOL when she came across the Givling app, which calls itself “the world’s most incredible trivia game.” It promised winners payments toward their student debt. Belke was interested. Her student loan balance was more than $100,000 and she had previously won $62,000 on the syndicated game show, “Who Wants To
Companies are having a much harder time during the ongoing U.S.-China trade war than the stock market shows, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. “The real world is much worse than the stock market indicates,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box. “ Out of the dozens of company executives he’s spoken with, the “Mad Money ” host
The flags of the U.S. and China. Holger Gogolin | iStock | Getty Images BEIJING — The Chinese government would like the U.S. to cancel “inappropriate” actions against Chinese companies, vice commerce minister Wang Shouwen said Monday. The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added five Chinese technology companies to the so-called entity list that effectively
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 arriving from Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport is seen taxiing to its gate at the Miami International Airport on March 12, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images American Airlines is prepared to further delay returning the Boeing 737 Max to its schedule as regulators review
With record levels of student loan debt, it’s no wonder recent graduates don’t save for retirement. Studies show that college grads with student loans only save about half as much as those without loans by the time they’re 30. Some employers recognize how difficult the debt burden can be — and are trying to help.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 30, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Value investing might have lost its value. The classic factor investing strategy of picking stocks with cheap book valuation, embraced by the legendary Warren Buffett, has become increasingly irrelevant thanks to central
Artist Jeff Koons with his 1986 sculpture “Rabbit,” which sold at auction this year for a record-setting $91.1 million. Steve Parsons – PA Images | PA Images | Getty Images Interest in collectibles is hitting new heights. “Rabbit,” a 1986 stainless steel sculpture by the artist Jeff Koons, sold to Robert E. Mnuchin, father of
President Donald Trump, left, and Jerome Powell, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve and Trump’s nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, walk to a nomination announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump said
Stands at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on May 30, 2019 Visual China Group | Getty Images The U.S. is considering a requirement that next-generation 5G cellular technology for domestic use be made outside of China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources. The shift could force
You’re ready to make bank. Maybe your goal is financial independence, an early retirement, more travel cash or more time to devote to a passion project. And you’ve chosen a side business as the fastest way to get there. But that little matter of your full-time job seems like a huge roadblock standing between you
Kyle Bass Mark Neuling | CNBC Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass believes the United States now has more leverage over China in trade negotiations than ever before and encouraged President Donald Trump to follow his hard-line tactics to force concessions from Beijing. In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber, Bass said that the strength of
James Bianco is out with a bullish call that could send stocks flying. The market researcher predicts the Federal Reserve will cut rates not once, not twice — but multiple times starting in July. His chief reason: Inflation is non-existent. “Inflation is surprising them to the downside consistently, and the market is telling them that
A scene from Netflix’s miniseries “Chernobyl”. Source: Netflix We may be living in troubled times, but if you think that means that television shows with distressing subject matter would have trouble finding an audience, think again. Programming that traffics in gloom and doom, such as HBO’s “Chernobyl,” is resonating with large numbers of people, many
Goodbye study sessions, dorm food and lecture halls. Real life awaits. For Jessica Granofsky, 23, however, that means moving back home. Granofsky graduated from college last year and now works full time as a communications coordinator in the Toronto office of a San Francisco-based start-up. Although she says she earns a good salary and even
The U.S. Commerce Department has banned five more Chinese entities from buying U.S. components after blacklisting telecom giant Huawei last month. Higon, Chengdu Haiguang Integrated Circuit, Chengdu Haiguang Microelectronics Technology, Sugon and Wuxi Jiangnan Institute of Computing Technology are the five Chinese firms added to the department’s entity list, according to a filing. The department
A trader works ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 19, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Three weeks ago, we had a few of our worst days relative to the market in many months. How bad is very bad? To put this
Image Source | Getty Images Dietary advice seems to change every decade. Fat is bad, then suddenly it’s good again. Nowadays, for many people, carbs are the enemy. But it turns out that healthy dietary guidelines can’t be boiled down into simple rules. A new crop of studies, which leverage the latest health testing and
When a bill to improve Americans’ retirement security sailed through the House of Representatives last month, it looked like the country was on the brink of the first major retirement reform since 2006. Then the bill went to the Senate. Weeks later, it still has not come up for a vote. Known as the Secure
Carson Block Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Investors shouldn’t get their hopes up for the U.S. and China to make any progress on the trade front at the G-20 summit next week, short-seller Carson Block said on Friday. “I don’t think we’re going to have any rapprochement here. The Chinese media seems to be digging in
Gas prices at the pump should rise for east coast drivers, after a massive explosion Friday affected operations at a Philadelphia refining complex responsible for as much as 27% of east coast fuel production But how much prices jump depends on the extent of damage and the length of the outage. For now, analysts are
A Toys R Us Inc. retail store in Frederick, Maryland, U.S., on Monday, April 16, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Defunct children’s retail chain Toys R Us will open new stores later this year, according to Bloomberg. The company liquidated its assets last year after entering bankruptcy in September 2017. The company
Saving for retirement. Everyone knows they need to do it, but it can be hard to put away all that money when you could be spending it now. You are in a race against time and the later you start, the harder it will be to catch up. To that end, Fidelity has put together
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