millennials

Notable fund manager Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors is tapping into the minds of millennials to come up with investment ideas in the entertainment industry. Speaking as a guest during CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment, Gabelli said that millennials want "experiences." Granted, many millennials spend a...

With an average of $9,100 in student debt, according to TD Ameritrade surveys, millennial parents are all too aware of the financial realities of higher education. About one-third expect to still have loan payments when their children leave for college, and they don’t want their children to...

By Doug Sears The millennial workforce embodies a pioneering mindset, seeing entrepreneurship as an idealized career path, according to recent studies. While data suggests many millennials feel entrepreneurial and aspire to start their own businesses, few do. Business owners under age 30 are small...

Drexel Hamilton’s Brian White sees Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) as a “very unique tech company that should not be pigeonholed in a particular industry, or investors risk missing the forest for the trees.” The analyst initiated coverage of the company with a Buy rating and price target of...

Investors poured $47 billion into U.S.-listed exchange-traded products, including exchange-traded funds, last month. That brought U.S. ETF assets to another record assets under management tally of $2.758 trillion. Millennial investors are proving to be big drivers of U.S. ETF growth. Net flows to...

Last year was another banner year of growth for the exchange-traded funds industry. Here in the United States, the world's largest ETF market, ETFs gathered $279 billion in new assets on their way to a record assets under management tally of $2.549 trillion at the end of the year, according to...

Leadership consultant Simon Sinek has a message for employers hiring a new generation of millennials: their workforce shortcomings aren’t necessarily their fault. Sinek says employers see millennials as “entitled, narcissistic, self-interested, unfocused and lazy.” While that...

Beginning a family marks a substantial milestone in life, one that usually comes shortly after the milestone of finally discovering what conscientious financial planning actually entails. While you may not be a financial expert, you've finally got some money put away for the future, and it'...

It’s finally here. Christmas and Hanukkah are just days away in what has been a tumultuous year for many, strife with economic volatility and negative sentiments. However, for the first time in millennials’ lifetimes, Christmas and Hanukkah overlap. Serendipitously, perhaps, in a...

Whether or not your New Year's resolution is to save more money, it is important for millennials to consider how saving now will improve their future. Yes, retirement can be attainable, and here's how to get there: Consider what you spend the most on and, of those expenditures, what can...

According Soasta.com, millennials will spend 33 percent more this holiday season on gifts than they did last year. But their increased holiday spending is not limited to Christmas gifts. Eater.com reported that millennials spent 4 percent more when dining out on Christmas Eve and New Year’s...

Whether you are a millennial, retiree or someone somewhere in the middle, the year's end can do some serious damage to your finances. While the concerns are cross-generational, there are certain things more applicable in December depending on your age. As the year winds down, many Americans stress...

The holiday shopping season is officially underway, as the big kick-off events of Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed. With the misconceptions, suppositions and generalizations constantly abuzz surrounding millennials and their money, it is important to address one under-reported concern:...

While the hype of Thanksgiving week shopping deals surmounts, it is important to remember all that glitters is not gold. In other words, regardless of how well-crafted the holiday shopping season is presented, frivolous spending — even in the spirit of the holiday — is not consequence...

As millennials and older generations gear up to save this holiday season, the decade's long tradition of the Black Friday and Thanksgiving evening sales rush has dwindled for 2016. While the Thanksgiving week sales are still newsworthy, the extravaganza had fewer participants. Some retailers even...