Where are hedge funds headed next year? What is the outlook for the industry vis-à-vis new hires, M&As? Here we present the thoughts of some experts in the field, most notably Alexis DuFresne, Whitney Partners Director, Paul Tudor Jones of Investment Corporation and Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors. In a recent YouTube video, on a… Continue Reading
Not all investment firms work in the same way, but it’s helpful to have some ideas about what you’ll experience when you meet with your financial adviser. The first step, of course, is to find an adviser with whom you’d like to work. Amongst other resources, sites like CrunchBase compile publicly available information about investing… Continue Reading
For all our modern-day advances, in every field and realm, industry and business still thrive on, and in, brick-and-mortar buildings. That is why commercial leaders are taking an aggressive approach to drive real estate out of the Stone Age, literally. Commercial Observer held its first-ever Innovators Forum in early December 2019 at the Sheraton New York… Continue Reading
New York’s independently owned shops took part in “Small Business Saturday” on November 30, 2019. This annual event, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, was created to give level the competitive holiday retail field for small businesses. This year marks the 10th anniversary of “Shop Small” and thousands of Manhattan businesses offered sales and discounts throughout… Continue Reading
The French luxury group LVMH has bought the Tiffany & Co jewelry company for $16.2 billion. LVMH is the world’s biggest luxury group and has 75 different brands, including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Bulgari. For LVMH, Tiffany — which faced financial and public image struggles recently — is a sensible transformational project. Tiffany will… Continue Reading
South Africa’s hedge funds will soon be subject to new rules in an effort to help assets under management that have been encountering a dive for too long. In January 2020, there will be new categories for funds as well as definition of where the funds are. These two initiatives will help local investors make… Continue Reading
On the weekend of November 7-10, New York City was busy with the inaugural BlockchainWeekend NYC 2019. In partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), BlockchainWeekend highlighted projects from a variety of NY based companies, startups, and entrepreneurs. More than 50 events took place across all five boroughs, creating a networked platform for decentralized… Continue Reading
Five campuses of the City University of New York (CUNY) network are now offering more technology courses, bolstered faculty, and internship opportunities at local tech companies. This initiative is part of the city’s effort to double the number of CUNY alumni employed in the tech industry by 2022. New York’s Department of Small Business Services… Continue Reading
In this video, Accredited Financial Counselor-Canada® Jessica Moorhouse teaches some basics about both the domestic and global areas of the marketplace for buying and selling shares at publicly-held firms. She also shows viewers how to buy an ETF using her TD Direct Investing account in this video too. Continue Reading
The Starbucks coffee chain has announced plans to open the first Starbucks Pickup point in Penn Station. This coffee shop is being designed as a streamlined store experience for customers who order and pay with the Starbucks app. The process of ordering involves downloading the app, selecting Pickup-Penn Station as the location, and placing an order.… Continue Reading