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This 32-year-old put everything he had in Tesla and became a millionaire. Meet Brandon Smith trib.al/pFmF22g
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More Americans are relocating to Europe, driven across the Atlantic by the rising cost of living, inflated house prices, a surging dollar and political rancor at home trib.al/0fjVAgF
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A dramatic 24 hours for Elon Musk has slashed his fortune by almost $13 billion, his biggest wealth wipeout this year trib.al/dR8xZAJ
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America's richest people have increased their combined wealth by a staggering $1 trillion during Trump's presidency trib.al/k3jWWIm
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People who love trading turnips on Animal Crossing's “stalk” market are also trying their hand investing in real stocks trib.al/qs9OXYi
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[THREAD] Since June, MacKenzie Scott has donated almost $3.9 billion to 465 organizations, more than half of which are led by women trib.al/cq2TnfN
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No kids. No mortgage. No going to the office. It's the perfect formula for young Americans to take epic road trips trib.al/h3GFYRR
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Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and France are among the most popular destinations trib.al/0fjVAgF
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[THREAD] Many U.S. drivers, stung by record gasoline prices, say they’d pay even more if it would end Russia’s war in Ukraine. That doesn’t mean they’re happy about it trib.al/qlzntT1
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Dogecoin was created in 2013 as a parody of a cryptocurrency that was meant to be worthless. Now $DOGE is worth $50 billion trib.al/d2Ab1Rb
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The world's 500 richest people have lost $128 billion since Monday, more than the entire market cap of McDonalds bloom.bg/2GXEmGL
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NEW: Robinhood investors who missed out on Dogecoin’s rally now want the chance to ride Shiba Inu’s surge trib.al/D0tX0z1
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Rush hour traffic is back. Noise complaints are picking up. And it’s once again difficult to score a reservation at your favorite brunch spot. New York City is roaring back to life after one terrible, painful year trib.al/V5pvCQq
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With rents plunging, some are finding that now is the perfect time to move in to New York City trib.al/vTmBzjj
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Elon Musk's net worth jumped more than $15 billion after it was announced that Tesla would join the S&P 500, which would push him past Mark Zuckerberg to become the world’s third-richest person trib.al/sSYlrKa
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Some young influencers promoting financial products on social media are pulling in over $500,000 — more than junior bankers with $100,000 starting salaries trib.al/w3KVxBK
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⚡️ Individual investors are calling for Robinhood to list the meme coin of the moment, Shiba Inu — a cryptocurrency that takes its name from the canine mascot of Dogecoin, itself a parody of Bitcoin nitter.app/i/events/1453441741353…
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Rental costs in the US are soaring at the fastest pace in more than three decades, surpassing a median of $2,000 a month for the first time ever and pushing rents above pre-pandemic levels in most major cities trib.al/KzX89nv
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It’s particularly true among millennials, who are now in their mid-20s to early 40s: More than half of top earners in that generation report having little left at the end of the month trib.al/35Qw6zy
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The Boston area is facing a shortage of rental housing, straining affordability for those who don’t have big incomes or rich parents to lean on. San Francisco, meanwhile, is struggling to recover from the pandemic as tech companies embrace remote work trib.al/DZGQB4M
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In fact, the best place for singles looking to relocate right now is Wichita, Kansas, according to an analysis by Zillow, which ranked the top 100 US cities trib.al/Mmj6Cf8
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Americans can expect to inherit $72.6 trillion over the next 25 years – but almost half that wealth will come from the top 1.5% trib.al/yy2CwCT
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Scott outlined her latest giving in a Medium post published Wednesday, saying the aim of her philanthropy was “to support the needs of underrepresented people from groups of all kinds” trib.al/cq2TnfN
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Average pump prices in the U.S. are now $4.173 per gallon, the most expensive on record trib.al/qlzntT1
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Richard Branson suspends talks with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund following the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi bloom.bg/2CF3Muy
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The US Housing market is bringing buyers to tears trib.al/phtlFVR
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Some 36% of households taking in nearly four times the median US salary spend nearly all of their income on household expenses, according to a new survey trib.al/35Qw6zy
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Writing off billions of dollars in student debt is one way Biden could help Black Americans build wealth trib.al/6CFd7PL
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Len Blavatnik has fashioned himself as a self-made billionaire, a media mogul, and an industrialist. But his $37 billion fortune has Russian roots, and his moves to sever those ties has made some call him "the most clever oligarch of them all” trib.al/Y3z2NTq
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It’s the 2022 return-to-office story: Figuring out childcare arrangements, digging work clothes out of storage, battling the morning commute — then, getting on a video call with colleagues sitting next to you trib.al/kX7Q4PT
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Trump's richest backers have lost $11.6 billion in less than three weeks bloom.bg/2EDpC29 @tommetcalf123 @coldspot
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A world economy already contending with raging inflation, stock-market turmoil and a grueling war is facing yet another threat: the unraveling of a massive housing boom trib.al/0STaww7
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Growing crime rates in some US cities and political divisions have also led Americans to look across the pond for a quieter lifestyle, buoyed by a euro that just dropped to parity with the US dollar for the first time in more than 20 years Full story: trib.al/0fjVAgF
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But relatively cheap housing — particularly in smaller cities and towns — and the rise of remote work have made the continent alluring to a wider range of people, including those who are younger and find themselves priced out of the housing market at home trib.al/0fjVAgF
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Fund managers with a CFA qualification are less likely to perform well over long time periods than those who haven’t taken the famously tough exams trib.al/raTl7Qv
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Bitcoin and crypto mania is boosting NFTs, but should you buy a Nyan Cat GIF or LeBron video over physical art? trib.al/neCWXwd
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The Waltons, long reserved and discreet about their fortune, are stepping out as never before. Sixty years after the founding of Walmart, the clan is pouring money into a range of new pursuits, with the apparent aim of making money — and having some fun trib.al/0K83pYf
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That’s because the ultra-rich can shield the bulk of their fortunes better than before. The 2017 Republican tax overhaul doubled the amount the wealthy can pass to heirs without triggering an estate tax trib.al/KAjm03j
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With prices high and inventory tight, 50% of homebuyers said they cried at least once during the process of purchasing a house, with the stress on par with planning a wedding or being fired, according to a Zillow survey trib.al/qWJ1RP9
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Included in the total was $436 million for Habitat for Humanity affiliates that was disclosed Tuesday by the home-building nonprofit’s San Francisco area chapter trib.al/cq2TnfN
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“We don’t advocate for particular policies or reforms,” Scott said. “Instead, we seek a portfolio of organizations that supports the ability of all people to participate in solutions.” trib.al/cq2TnfN
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“Use Signal,” Elon Musk wrote on Twitter on Jan. 7, apparently referring to the encrypted messaging service trib.al/ypV0Pm8
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Drone swarms are the new fireworks lighting up China's skies bloom.bg/2sXnon7 @blakeschmidt
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The goal is to sell as many of the sneakers as possible, as soon as possible, to reimburse thousands of customers who authorities say ordered shoes but never got them trib.al/j4VqQ92
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Rookie Bitcoin investors say they’re buying the cryptocurrency to get in on the action and not feel left behind trib.al/gpO6V4V
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Billionaire Josh Harris, who already owns stakes in several major sports teams, is considering a bid for Roman Abramovich's Chelsea FC trib.al/WcWAJSO
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For the fourth year in a row, the Waltons top the list of the world’s richest families with a net worth of $224.5 billion. That’s almost $14 billion less than 13 months ago as soaring inflation whittles down Walmart’s margins and dissuades shoppers trib.al/0K83pYf
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Now 51, Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has a fortune of $55.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index trib.al/cq2TnfN
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"Somebody who's young, relatively new in the stock market, and somebody who's trying to make a lot of money fast." @stoolpresidente and a 19-year-old college student explain the pandemic market phenomenon of 'Robinhood traders.' trib.al/O6PXwfg (video via @quicktake)
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Millennials took one look at their financial future and, early on, realized it was bleak trib.al/hHf410u
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