Toll Brothers luxury moat meets a tougher market test

There was a time when one of the greatest advantages a recruiter could offer was access to information. To be sure, experienced recruiters understand the wealth management landscape in ways that can be difficult for advisors to replicate on their own. We know how firms differ, how business models compare, where opportunities exist, and, perhaps…

There are a few things I wish I’d packed more of, mainly because I underestimated how expensive or difficult they’d be to find in Japan. I have naturally thick, curly hair, and I can’t just use any product on it. Curly-haired people get it. I’ve been loyal to my favorite curl gel for years, and…

A group of state attorneys general, led by Oregon and New York, are suing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency over its rule quashing laws requiring banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts. Processing Content The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Oregon, seeking to prevent OCC from implementing…

Live cattle futures are showing $2 to $2.10 gains in the nearbys at midday. The Wednesday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction saw sales on 463 of the 926 head , with sales of $124 live and $126 using their BidTheGrid™ method. Feeder cattle futures are trading with contracts up $1.75 to $2 at midday….

Amazon’s $3 trillion valuation, achieved this week, is being treated as an artificial intelligence and cloud computing milestone. For retail leaders, it should be read as a broader signal that investors value the infrastructure surrounding commerce as much as the sale itself. The strategies both Amazon and Walmart are embracing are converging around a full…

Blackstone Real Estate has once again landed debt from J.P. Morgan Chase to refinance a South Florida hotel.  The bank supplied a $205 million loan backed by the East Miami hotel in the Brickell district, property records show. The 39-story hotel houses 352 rooms, including 89 serviced apartments, a 20,000-square-foot pool deck and the Sugar…