Family offices look beyond stocks for higher return, less volatility

Family offices look beyond stocks for higher return, less volatility

Large family offices have nearly half their investments in private markets and alternatives, as they move out of the stock market in search of higher returns and lower volatility, according to a new study. Family offices have 46% of their total portfolio in alternative investments, which includes private equity, real estate, venture capital, hedge funds … Read more

ARK says it’s a unique time to invest

ARK says it’s a unique time to invest

ARK Invest’s chief futurist lists five groups that should give tech investors an edge. According to Brett Winton, robotics, artificial intelligence, multi-omics sequencing, public blockchain and energy storage are key areas because they’re all entering the marketplace at the same time. “We believe that this is a unique time in technological economic history,” he told … Read more

Here’s why new home sales inch higher despite 7% mortgage rates

Here’s why new home sales inch higher despite 7% mortgage rates

While the spring housing market has been plagued with low supply, high prices and spiking interest rates, would-be homebuyers are focusing on new construction.  The reason? New homes have more incentives and availability than previously owned ones. “There’s more opportunity in new construction,” said Nicole Bachaud, a senior economist at Zillow Group. About 693,000 new … Read more

Amazing time to invest in cutting-edge tech including AI

Amazing time to invest in cutting-edge tech including AI

ARK Invest is betting big on private tech companies. “It’s an amazing time to invest in innovation,” the firm’s chief futurist, Brett Winton, told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “Both venture exposures and public innovation companies are incredibly well valued today to take a long-term investment.”  Winton worked with the ARK Invest team to create … Read more

Taylor Swift ‘Tortured Poets Department’ lyric hits with working women

Taylor Swift ‘Tortured Poets Department’ lyric hits with working women

Taylor Swift accepts the Best Pop Vocal Album award for “Midnights” onstage during the 66th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. Kevin Mazur | Getty Images When Taylor Swift surprised the world with “The Tortured Poets Department” last week, a double album complete with 31 self-composed songs, there was … Read more

JPMorgan in U.S-Russia sanctions war after overseas court orders $440M seized from bank

JPMorgan in U.S-Russia sanctions war after overseas court orders 0M seized from bank

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A Russian court sided with state-run lender VTB Bank in its efforts to recoup … Read more

What to know before opting into your employee stock purchase plan

What to know before opting into your employee stock purchase plan

Morsa Images | E+ | Getty Images If you work for a publicly traded company, you may have access to discounted company shares via an employee stock purchase plan, or ESPP. While the benefit can be valuable, you need to know the rules and risks before opting into your company’s plan, financial experts say. In … Read more

Labor Department cracks down on bad retirement savings advice

Labor Department cracks down on bad retirement savings advice

The U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Biden administration issued a final rule on Tuesday that cracks down on the investment advice that advisors, brokers, insurance agents and others give to retirement savers. The U.S. Department of Labor regulation — which follows a rule proposal in October — … Read more

Walmart-backed fintech One introduces buy now, pay later

Walmart-backed fintech One introduces buy now, pay later

Customers shop in a Walmart Supercenter on February 20, 2024 in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Walmart’s majority-owned fintech startup One has begun offering buy now, pay later loans for big-ticket items at some of the retailer’s more than 4,600 U.S. stores, CNBC has learned. The move puts … Read more

Investing in the AI theme for the long haul. How to pick the winners

Investing in the AI theme for the long haul. How to pick the winners

Fotografielink | Istock | Getty Images Artificial intelligence has shaken up the investing landscape since the groundbreaking launch of ChatGPT in November 2022. Since then, investors have poured money into all things related to AI as they hunt for the next big winners. In 2023, a group of major technology players dubbed the Magnificent Seven … Read more