Alternative investments

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (NYSE:AMC) was one of the hottest meme stocks in 2021. Now, it's facing a stark reality. On Monday, AMC shares plummeted 35%. Investors were concerned about dilution following Friday's court approval of a settlement that would allow the company to convert its...

Experienced professional traders know all too well that opportunities can spring up from the most unconventional of places. They also understand the value of taking calculated risks when the right moment arises. This has helped to pave the way for more professional and institutional traders to...

It wasn't more than a year ago that commercial real estate investors found a quiet and underpublicized sector they could buy into with little risk and little churn. But today, quiet is not an adjective for the self-storage investment market.  A combination of huge transactions and dropping...

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna announced a hiring pause in May, but that’s not all. Later that month, the CEO also stated the company plans to replace nearly 8,000 jobs with AI.  Krishna noted that back-office functions, specifically in the human resources (HR) sector, will be the first to...

High interest rates can cool down the housing market. Yet despite the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes, homes aren't getting more affordable. The median existing home price in the U.S. was $375,400 in March 2023, according to The State of the Nation's Housing 2023 report from Harvard...

Foreign investors have a history of flooding the U.S. real estate market with billions of dollars, but lower housing inventory and more expensive borrowing costs have caused them to pull back. Foreign buyers bought $53.4 billion worth of existing U.S. homes from April 2022 through March 2023, down...

Miami has been growing at an astonishing pace, making it deserving of its own Cityfund. The buzz around Florida's premier economic hub is amplified by the remarks of the renowned CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors. When a Texan Twitter user inquired about where to relocate, Elon Musk had an opinion...

With the U.S. population increasing by 7.6% over the last decade, the nation’s housing deficit is estimated at more than 3.8 million units. Some markets do better than others in boosting housing supply, with New York City leading the pack. The city’s population grew by 6.55% over the...

If there's one thing the pandemic shed a spotlight on, it is how the global supply chain was not ready for an influx of consumerism. Ships were backed up at some of the world's largest ports, meaning that hardware, car parts and furniture were absent from retailers' usual inventory.  Richard...

As hybrid and remote work continue to leave office spaces empty, investors who bet on office properties are concluding that the sector has lost its economic utility  Half-empty office buildings in the financial districts of major U.S. cities are expected to be hit hard by hybrid and remote...

After being a hot commodity during the COVID-19 pandemic, investors’ appetite for industrial properties has cooled. Industrial is still one of the most desirable asset types, but challenges in the economy have slowed activity in the investment sector. In the first half of 2023, industrial...

The U.S. economy grew at an upwardly revised annual rate of 2% in the first quarter, shrugging off prior fears of a recession. But according to JPMorgan Chase & Co., the “R word” may be inevitable. That’s because of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate...

In May of 2021, the news broke that Bill and Melinda Gates had officially filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. The high-tech power couple embarked on what was anticipated to become the most expensive divorce in history, given their substantial wealth. Having been together for 27...

You probably haven’t heard of Coke County, Texas. Out of thousands of counties in America, it’s one of the smallest, with just 3,300 residents. But it enjoyed the biggest economic boom of any county from 2019 to 2021, according to an analysis from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In...

The remote work trend has experienced an unprecedented surge in recent years. Workers enjoy the flexibility in managing their schedules and reduced commuting stress while companies get access to a broader talent pool as they can hire people from anywhere in the world. But former PayPal Holdings Inc...