Executive Summary Welcome back to the 190th episode of Financial Advisor Success Podcast! My guest on today’s podcast is Stacey McKinnon. Stacey is the chief operating officer for Morton Capital, an independent RIA based in the suburbs of Los Angeles that oversees nearly $2 billion of assets under management for almost 1,000 client households. What’s […]
Archives for August 2020
Pandemic increases millennial anxiety around finances
Over half (51%) of those aged between 25 and 34 said they have suffered from increased anxiety around their personal finances as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. Two in five UK workers of all ages reported increased financial anxiety in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the […]
Flipkart partners with IIT Patna for machine translation research
Flipkart has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna to jointly conduct research into Neural Machine Translation, a technology that can be used in translating text from English to regional Indian languages, as the Walmart-owned company makes a big push into tier II and tier III markets. Neural Machine Translation is an approach […]
U.S. Treasury yields edge lower as investors await economic data, auctions
U.S. government debt prices were higher on Tuesday morning, as investors monitored a fresh batch of economic data and Treasury auctions. At around 2:05 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was lower at 0.6704%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also down at 1.4147%. Yields move inversely to prices. Market […]
Gloria Estefan says there’s a ‘serious lack of leadership’ in the U.S. coronavirus response
Global Latin pop legend and entrepreneur Gloria Estefan has told CNBC she is facing some hard business decisions in her home state of Florida, as it continues to battle the coronavirus crisis. The international music icon also said the U.S. had suffered from a “a serious lack of leadership” in its handling of the pandemic […]
Inside Facebook’s early days of lobbying in India, led by Ankhi Das
On Friday, a Wall Street Journal report revealed how Facebook’s Ankhi Das, its powerful director of public policy for India, South Asia and Central Asia allegedly “opposed applying hate speech rules” against a controversial Telangana politician belonging to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — T Raja Singh and “at least three other” figures associated […]
BBMP to roll out app-based paid parking services in Bengaluru
Ten roads in Bengaluru’s Central Business District (CBD) will offer technology-enabled paid parking services in about a week. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is introducing the new system in public-private partnership mode. It is expected to earn Rs 30.5 crore annually from Central Parking Services (CPS), the Bengaluru-based firm that has bagged the contract. […]
Oracle enters race to buy TikTok’s US operations: Report
Oracle has held preliminary talks with TikTok‘s Chinese owner, ByteDance, and was seriously considering buying the app’s operations in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday, citing people briefed about the matter. Reuters reported earlier this month that Twitter had approached ByteDance to express interest in acquiring […]
Keeping your business secure while working remotely – Scams Awareness Week 2020
It’s Scams Awareness Week in Australia, which shines the light on the dangers of identity theft. Last year, scams involving loss of personal information cost Australians $15.8 million alone. As a business, it’s your responsibility to safeguard not only your own information but also any sensitive data that belongs to employees and customers. By keeping […]
Flipkart in talks for e-pharmacy biz
After Amazon India, Walmart-owned Flipkart is looking to enter the e-pharmacy space as demand for online medicine delivery remains strong, two people aware of the matter said. Flipkart is building its own team internally for the e-pharmacy business. But it has also held early stage partnership talks with PharmEasy even as the Mumbai-based e-pharmacy firm […]