A trader blows bubble gum during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on August 1, 2019, in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images If the market is in an everything bubble, wealthy Americans are headed into 2022 saying they don’t really want much more — of anything, according
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2021 was a wild year for cryptocurrency. Despite bitcoin’s recent plunge, for example, its price has still risen by more than 70% in the past 52 weeks. More important, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made tremendous strides, not just in valuation — today the cryptocurrency market capitalization is estimated at $2.5 trillion, more than double a year
For the most part, Bill Gates is optimistic about 2022. But the billionaire Microsoft co-founder still has a few concerns heading into the coming year. In Gates’ recently published end-of-year blog post, titled “Reasons for optimism after a difficult year,” he made multiple rosy prognostications — from the Covid pandemic potentially ending to the oncoming
Selling a company for billions of dollars didn’t immediately upgrade Mark Cuban’s life. In fact, the longtime entrepreneur, investor and “Shark Tank” star found himself in the middle seat of an airplane while going to Las Vegas to celebrate his windfall. “When I sold my company for billions of dollars, to go and celebrate, I
Glittering pine trees, Santa Claus and stockings are part of many people’s ideas of Christmas, but the holiday can look vastly different around the globe. From Europe to Asia to the depths of Antarctica, here’s how Christmas is celebrated in nine places around the world — and one place orbiting around the world. Croatia Christmas
In 2008, Deacon Hayes and his wife, Kim, “were newly married” and “living paycheck to paycheck” in Phoenix, Arizona, he says. She was a teacher and he was selling wood floors, and, “between credit card debt, student loans, and car loans, we had about $52,000 in consumer debt,” he says. More from Grow:How I paid
Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks at the unveiling event by “The Boring Company” for the test tunnel of a proposed underground transportation network across Los Angeles County, in Hawthorne, California, December 18, 2018. Robyn Beck | Pool | Reuters Responding to political attacks on his wealth and taxes, Elon Musk said his wealth “is not
On Sunday, Elon Musk tweeted a TikTok of an interview between Bill Gates and David Letterman in 1995, asking, “Given the almost unimaginable nature of the present, what will the future be?” In the video, Gates describes the internet to Letterman, which was new and strange to most at the time. After showing the clip, the TikTok user who
Flights are booked. Bags are packed. To cancel Christmas travel plans seems unfathomable at this point. But for many, so does the speed at which the omicron variant is spreading. The highly transmissible Covid-19 variant — which was first detected in late November but has since been detected in nearly 90 countries — is causing
The superyacht “Kismet”, currently owned by Pakistani-American billionaire Shahid Khan, is seen moored near Tower Bridge on October 21, 2021 in London, England. Leon Neal | Getty Images More than 1,000 superyachts are now in production or on order, as the global rich seek refuge from Covid-19 and crowds on their nine-figure floating palaces. According
Artist Chris Carnabuci stands before his sculptures of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor (L) featuring painting by Laolu Senbanjo otherwise known as Laolu NYC”, at Sotheby’s auction house in New York on December 9, 2021. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images The Big Three auction houses hit a record $15 billion in sales this
In the centuries-old carol “The 12 Days of Christmas,” celebrations span less than two weeks. Today Christmas is regularly celebrated throughout December, and in some places, a good portion of November too. But four months of festivities in the Philippines gives new meaning to the term “holiday season.” The ‘ber’ months Christmas is celebrated