- To train more workers, companies turn to virtual realityThe future of employee training involves no embarrassing role-playing in front of new colleagues or boring web modules which take an hour each to click through. ... Read more »
- Which company just hit $1 trillion? Google it.As Google-parent Alphabet Inc became on Thursday the fourth U.S. company to top a market value of more than $1 trillion, some funds holding its shares are wondering whether now is the time to cash in... ... Read more »
- 'Green is good.' Is Wall Street's new motto sustainable?If you have gone to Goldman Sachs Group Inc's internet home page since mid-December, it would be reasonable to wonder if you had stumbled into some kind of parallel universe. ... Read more »
- Activist hedge funds stepped up calls for asset sales and spin-offs in 2019: dataHedge funds that push for change at corporations stepped up their demands for asset spin-offs and sales last year, making them part of nearly half of all activist investor campaigns waged in 2019,... ... Read more »
- ValueAct's Ubben cheers BlackRock's new stance on climate changeInvestor Jeffrey Ubben, already betting there is money to be made from coaxing corporations into being better citizens, gained an ally on Tuesday when BlackRock Inc chief Laurence Fink told companies... ... Read more »
- In next war, soldiers will leave their smartphones at home: Peter AppsAs the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division departed for the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, their divisional commander gave a simple order. All personnel entering... ... Read more »
- Your money: Avoid divorce money regrets by taking control nowEmotions -- and expenses -- often run high during a divorce, but people and their bank accounts can bounce back given enough time. A new study from Fidelity Investments, released Tuesday, shows that... ... Read more »
- Risk of pension meltdown grows due to inaction by U.S. CongressThe window is closing on the chance to avert a pension meltdown that will slash the retirement benefits of more than a million U.S. workers. ... Read more »
- Your Money: Ditch the Resolution - Do a year-end review insteadIt is hardly a secret that people rarely stick to New Year's resolutions - only about 8% of people actually make it to the finish line with their goals, according to studies from the University of... ... Read more »
- How risky ETFs won the decade - and why they might not repeat that performanceExchange-traded funds that use leverage to offer double or triple the daily return of benchmark U.S. stock indexes rank among the 10 top-performing funds of the decade, with returns that in some... ... Read more »
- Activist hedge fund Marcato Capital to shut down after drop in assetsActivist hedge fund Marcato Capital Management, backed by Blackstone Group and billionaire William Ackman, is shutting down as assets have shriveled after two years of poor returns, sources said on... ... Read more »
- D.E. Shaw's Orienteer strategy posts double-digit returns this yearD.E. Shaw's Orienteer platform, the backbone of the $50 billion investment firm's multi-asset class offerings, posted high double-digit returns this year, the best ever in its six year lifetime. ... Read more »
- SEC proposes allowing more investors access to private companiesThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed changes to its decades-old definition of a professional investor in order to allow more Americans to buy shares in private companies. ... Read more »
- U.S. retirement legislation aims to improve workplace saving, income options(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) ... Read more »
- Fund investors pull back from U.S. stocks as year-end nearsU.S. fund investors started closing the books on 2019 by withdrawing more than $10.9 billion from mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that hold domestic stocks last week, the largest pullback... ... Read more »
- YOUR MONEY - Don't die yet: new U.S. law will muddle estate plansIt is not often that a spending bill in Congress will make regular Americans run to their financial planners for emergency help before the holidays. But the Senate is poised to pass a spending bill... ... Read more »
- Presidential Material: Life Lessons with Bellamy YoungThe United States may not have had a woman president quite yet, but on TV it certainly has. One of those was Mellie Grant, the character played by Bellamy Young on the Shonda Rhimes hit “Scandal”... ... Read more »
- How can Generation Z compete with robots? Focus on the human touchIt sounds counterintuitive, but members of Generation Z will have to focus on human connections if they want to compete with robots for the jobs of the future. ... Read more »
- Sustainable investors face squeeze as larger firms move inSpecialized fund managers who pioneered green investing for decades are missing out on some of the spoils as the sector goes mainstream and large firms move in. ... Read more »
- YOUR MONEY: Year-end money moves for your ETFsTax-loss harvesting is all about finding losers in your investment portfolio to offset winners so you pay less tax. ... Read more »