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How did four Georgia counties lure one of the hottest economic development projects in the world? By getting along with each other.

Mayor Brett Smiley is dedicated to making Providence the envy of cities around with world with its unique assets.

Given the turbulence in the market, it may be time to rethink the classic mix of equities and bonds.

The Bad News: Getting it down sufficiently will be a long slog

The president and CEO of Creative Planning, the Kansas City-based financial services firm with some $240 billion in assets under management, addresses high inflation, falling stock markets, rising interest rates, low unemployment, and more. 

But it’s unlikely to happen this year given the underlying strength of the economy.

As the world reacts to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, financial experts provide perspectives on what these events mean for the global economy, policy and the capital markets.

But not enough to upend the economy or financial markets.

In today’s environment, smart investing means seeking out investments beyond stocks and bonds.

For investors concerned with the prospects of rising inflation and related market volatility, several alternative investment asset classes may merit consideration.

Over the past 20 years, China has come to control 80 percent of the world’s supply of rare earth metals and has repeatedly reminded global industrial powers of their market power.

The broad-based sharp rise in asset prices is likely to hit some speed bumps.

With rock-bottom low interest rates, we’re making money cheap, and this tsunami of debt is changing the structure of the entire economy.

A common sense and balanced approach around energy would behoove us all.

Even though DeFi will probably be a positive for us, this possibility doesn’t negate the imminent downfalls.

The economy is set to boom in 2021, but there are legitimate concerns about how this will all end.

Billionaires had been dismissing it since inception; however, in the last few months, many are coming to accept that Bitcoin will be around in the future.

It starts by voting with your wallet.

Elections, the saying goes, have consequences—and this year, it looks like those consequences are impacting investments and investment strategy.

Globalization has brought with it tremendous innovation, but when even one overseas vendor is unable to fulfill their end of a contract, then you can suddenly be holding millions of dollars of worthless inventory. 

Schamis’ firm is one of the latest to launch its own SPAC, which Schamis says will focus on the financial services sector, including fintech.

Although COVID-19 has decimated the beauty industry as a whole, forcing the closure of numerous salons throughout the country, the silver lining has been the rise of technicians as entrepreneurs.

Financial expert Jim Baird examines the current outlook through multiple lenses, identifying key risks and catalysts for the market in 2021 and beyond.

Apart from the great risks, the crisis has come with an opportunity to quickly transition
into newly emerging business models.

Financial experts Bob Diamond and Larry Kantor reflect on the economy and financial markets in 2020 and optimistically look toward 2021.

Bringing innovative approaches in planning and urban design will ultimately provide long-term, sustainable balance between population growth, urban expansion and environmental stability.

On day two of Health + Wealth of America, we discussed how 2020 will be remembered by history, driving economic growth and how to make Wall Street more inclusive.

In his new ‘Aftershocks’ series, Jim McCann delves into the unintended consequences that various sectors and industries will experience post-pandemic.

There is a straightforward action that the federal government can take right now to get our economy on the path to recovery: increase the federal role in COVID-19 testing.

How do we get from this world to one in which people get on planes, go out to dinner, to dentist appointments and to Disney World?