Bad news, millennials: Stocks are going to earn only 3% or 4% for you. Politicians promoting pensions (Drew Angerer) 2017 Getty Images The future will be like the past. Stocks have done well in the past. So they will do well in the future. On that syllogism rests the whole edifice of retirement planning. I
Retirement
Digital transformation brings transparency, speed and a world of opportunity to entrepreneurial companies. Intercontinental Exchange, an operator of commodity and stock exchanges, reported spectacular financial results on Aug. 1, and managers have plans to disrupt other lucrative markets soon. ICE, according to their website, “builds, operates and advances global markets through information, technology and expertise.” Stock market
People 50 and older have a lot to look forward to, according to Juvenescence’s Greg Bailey—mainly that we won’t be aging as fast or poorly as our parents. “Science fiction has become science,” said the UK-based anti-aging biotech’s CEO about the company’s completing its $100 million Series B round of financing last week. “I think the
There is a huge opportunity in business-to-business payments that nobody is talking about. Bloomberg reported August 6 that Mastercard agreed to pay $3.2 billion for a digital payments platform based in Denmark. The news barely made a ripple, but the transaction processor is building something big. This July 22, 2019, photo shows a Capital One Mastercard in North Andover,
Insider buying can be a great indicator for us income investors to buy alongside management. After all, when the big bosses reach into their own pockets to purchase their own payout streams, it’s a signal that they are confident in more than just the next dividend. They believe their stock has upside, too. Often this