Jeff Patmont got his home loan on his phone. The 30-year-old marketing manager for a medical-device company said he did almost everything electronically for the mortgage on his $980,000 home in the San Francisco suburb of Lafayette, California. “I didn’t...
Passing through the Suez Canal became easier earlier this year, thanks to an expansion completed in August. Now it is about to become a little bit more complicated. Transit fees for the canal are denominated in Special Drawing Rights, a...
It may be time to rethink that move to Manhattan after graduation. South America has the best market for your college degree. Chile and Brazil are the two countries where it pays the most to have a higher education, according...
David Tepper says a yuan devaluation may be coming in China. John Burbank warns that a hard landing there could spark a global recession. Tepper, the billionaire owner of Appaloosa Management, said last week at the Robin Hood Investor’s Conference that...
Ireland shows there is economic life after death. While the euro zone limps along, growing in the third quarter by a disappointing 0.3% (an annualised rate of 1.2%), one small member of the 19-strong currency club is racing ahead. Less...
When it comes to selecting an advisor or financial planner to work with, it can be a bit overwhelming. In our video we describe some key questions to ask when speaking with and interviewing an advisor. These questions and more...
Whether you have limited or low data or you're stuck in a country road with spotty service, Google's Maps will come to the rescue … offline. Prior to Tuesday's app update, Google Maps worked offline much like our old school physical paper...
Snapchat Inc.’s valuation was cut by a quarter by one of its biggest backers, the latest evidence that private technology companies are losing some of their luster. Fidelity, a fund manager which invested in the creator of the mobile app...
When the Honduran police came to evict her in 2009 Mariana Catalina Izaguirre had lived in her lowly house for three decades. Unlike many of her neighbours in Tegucigalpa, the country’s capital, she even had an official title to the...
This U.S. earnings season is on track to be the worst since 2009 as profits from oil & gas and commodity-related companies plummet. So far, about three-quarters of the S&P 500 have reported results, with profits down 3.1 percent on...
To optimize your Social Security benefit one might want to consider the possibility of the strategy known as File and Suspend. In this video we provide a more detailed overview of how this strategy works. Please speak with a financial...
China’s moves to ease mortgage restrictions and cut interest rates are bearing fruit in the nation’s smaller cities, where home prices have staged a recovery. Now comes the bigger challenge: Clearing a supply glut to spur investment by developers. Lower...
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) did not act to further ease its already extraordinarily loose monetary stance when its governing council met today in Valletta, the capital of Malta, the 19-strong currency club’s smallest member. But the ECB...
When it comes to electing the best payment options from your pension, one needs to consider how this might affect one’s Social Security benefit. In this video, we discuss how the Windfall Elimination Provision or the Government Pension Offset might...
Type your job title into the search box on the linked webpage to find out the likelihood that it could be automated within the next two decades. About 35% of current jobs in the UK are at high risk of...
