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Cryptocurrencies

“Crypto collapse erases more than $1 trillion in wealth, forcing a reckoning for everyday investors”

“By the end of last year, the value of Hasten Carter’s cryptocurrency holdings had climbed to about $250,000. He moved to a nicer apartment, bought a new truck, and started thinking about pursuing his dream of a full-time career in… Continue Reading…

Personal Finance

“The Hidden Ways the Ultrarich Pass Wealth to Their Heirs Tax-Free”

“…Officially, gifts are taxable: If you send someone more than $15,000 per year, you’re supposed to file a separate gift tax return, with the total counting toward your $11.7 million lifetime estate-and-gift-tax exemption. (Double that for married couples.) Once you… Continue Reading…

Business

“Elon Musk richer than Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined as fortune soars to $230bn”

“Elon Musk is now so wealthy that he has more money than Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined. With his fortune clocking in at $236 billion (£171 billion), Musk is now not just the world’s richest person—he is richer than the two billionaires… Continue Reading…

Banking, Cryptocurrencies

“Goldman Sachs is close to offering bitcoin and other digital assets to its wealth management clients”

“Goldman Sachs is close to offering its first investment vehicles for bitcoin and other digital assets to clients of its private wealth management group, CNBC has learned exclusively. The bank aims to begin offering investments in the emerging asset class in the second… Continue Reading…

Economy

“The $68 trillion transfer of wealth in America is evaporating amid crisis”

“ According to a survey by the Center for New Middle Class, there was a 25% drop in the number of baby boomers who said they are self-employed or own their own business in the second quarter. That impact could… Continue Reading…

Economy

“World’s richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion combined: Oxfam”

“The world’s richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry, Oxfam… Continue Reading…

Economy

“…World’s Richest Gain $1.2 Trillion”

“…the richer they were at the start of the year, the richer they got. The world’s 500 wealthiest people tracked by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index added $1.2 trillion, boosting their collective net worth 25% to $5.9 trillion… Leading the 2019… Continue Reading…

Economy

Wealth Inequality: “The boomer generation is becoming one of haves and have-nots”

“…“wealth inequality has grown tremendously from 1989 to 2016, to the point where the top 10% of families ranked by household wealth own 77% of the wealth ‘pie.’ The bottom half of families ranked by household wealth own only 1%… Continue Reading…

Economy

“The richest 10% of households now represent 70% of all U.S. wealth”

“Deutsche Bank’s Torsten Sløk says that the distribution of household wealth in America has become even more disproportionate over the past decade, with the richest 10% of U.S. households representing 70% of all U.S. wealth in 2018, compared with 60%… Continue Reading…