#finance

#finance

The trading floor might have a little extra sparkle after the holidays. Business Insider asked readers who work in finance what was at the top of their wishlist this holiday season, and of the more than 100 responses from those who said they work in the industry, watches were at the top of their list. While an unscientific survey, the answers helped give a glimpse into what to give the banker in your life.

Jarred Kessler has spent over fifteen years at the intersection of finance, technology, and real estate. He is known for building companies that rethink traditional models and deliver new solutions for both investors and consumers. From raising $150 million in startup capital to leading innovative real estate platforms, Kessler has established himself as a strategic thinker and transformative leader. "I've always believed that the best opportunities come from understanding change before it happens," Kessler says.

you kind of feel the boominess of the place, right?

While companies may aim for a future where generative AI can replace the work of a junior employee, the technology is in its "shadowing" era, sitting deskside and learning the ropes. AI training, the process of refining a large language model's responses to make it more accurate, requires real humans to evaluate how well the AI answers a prompt. When applied to wonky professions, like investment banking, where examples of real work aren't easily found online, that human guidance is even greater.

Ad tech has always lived in a world where money moves slower than the ads it sells. Everyone's floating - fronting payments to publishers while waiting weeks, sometimes months, for agencies and advertisers to settle up. The cost of doing so is only rising.

Meng Wanzhou (Sabrina Meng), Deputy Chairwoman, Rotating Chairwoman, CFO, Huawei Meng Wanzhou, daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, is chipmaker Huawei's CFO and, alongside deputy chair Eric Xu, one of its rotating chairs. Meng is now back in the chair's role in a six-month term that expires in March. Huawei is now part of China's chip plans. Nvidia considers Huawei a "strategic competitor." Huawei reported $118 billion in revenue for 2024, close to its 2020 record.

We're building NexDash into Europe's first Neo-Carrier: electrified, AI-orchestrated, and soon autonomous. 🚛⚡ To keep pace with our growth, we're looking for a strong Operations & Finance Associate who acts as the founder's right hand and makes sure everything runs smoothly. Your responsibilities: Admin: build organization & structure across the company Finance: basic controlling, payments, investor reporting HR: contracts, onboarding, culture building Office management: keep the daily machine running

There are 1,135 billionaires living in the U.S., sitting on a collective nest egg of $5.7 trillion-but a select three uber-wealthy entrepreneurs make up nearly a fifth of the honeypot. Together, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg account for nearly $1 trillion, amassing their fortunes through successful tech ventures. But few of these upper-class individuals are giving back through philanthropy-about a quarter of The Giving Pledge signers have known donations of less than $1 million in the last 10 years. Many are funneling billions through their own foundations in a "stealth giving" manner.

Clean power just crossed a historic threshold: In 2024, 96% of new energy added to the U.S. grid was from renewable energy and more than 40% of the world's electricity came from low-carbon sources, driven by record renewables growth and a solar surge that has doubled output in three years. That's the market-not politics-pricing the future in real time. When the cheapest, fastest-to-build electrons scale this quickly, capital follows.

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity startup, appointed Holly Grey as its first CFO, bringing over 30 years of experience in public company operations and strategic finance.

Shares of Ford Motor Company lost 3.70% over the past month despite an 18.55% increase this year and a 5.24% dividend yield.

Despite posting revenue growth, Better's adjusted EBITDA loss increased slightly to $27 million in Q2 2025. The company aims for adjusted EBITDA breakeven by Q3 2026.

"This is a defining moment not just for crypto, but for the entire future of finance," said Nigel Green, CEO of international wealth and asset management firm deVere Group.

Americans are drowning in subscriptions, performing a constant balancing act of sign-ups and cancellations, as the costs can add up rapidly for services like streaming.

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New York City has survived more than a few spells of mismanagement-in the 1960s and 1970s, and again in the late 1980s. Poor management made the city almost uninhabitable, yet the financial industry remained.

Home prices remain high due to builders offering mortgage buydowns, keeping the cost of homes elevated despite lower actual price potential without these incentives.

Diversifying your portfolio with luxury assets can add glamour and enhance overall value, but thorough research is essential to understand the risks involved.

Mercury may be retrograde, but that isn't going to put a damper on your financial life this week - especially if you're willing to embrace an abundance mindset.