Superinvestor Seth Klarman has famously said that investments are assets that produce cash flow. If they don’t, they’re speculations. It’s a simple but astute observation that undercuts what many consumers consider investments — things like gold and handbags and baseball cards. So what’s the logic behind Klarman’s quote? Investments are assets that provide goods or … Continued
Over the past few years, Meghaan Lurtz has had to turn down two destination bachelorette parties for dear friends. She was in graduate school and didn’t have the money to go. “It felt really crappy, because these are people that I know and I love and I care about, and I absolutely wanted to be … Continued
When first-time renter Angelica Fattu-Logan, 20, started applying for apartments, she braced for rejection. But those rejections never came — in part because she had good credit. “I applied to about three or four different apartments, and they all accepted me right away,” says Fattu-Logan, a drugstore manager and college student from Peoria, Arizona, who … Continued