Gen Z, here’s how to craft the best retirement plan starting now: 4 financial experts share their best tips and tricks
A teenager checks her savings account on mobile phone. For Gen Zers just entering the workforce, retirement may seem too far away to be a concern. Or, it may seem difficult and anxiety-inducing, especially as Gen Z juggles student loan debt, high costs of living, and a tough job market. And with a rising national…
The world’s most accurate economist predicts the election outcome and its potential shock impact on the 10-year Treasury
Christophe Barraud No one can predict the future with certainty. But when it comes to forecasting the economy, Christophe Barraud has a startling track record. Bloomberg has ranked the chief economist and strategist at Market Securities Monaco the top US forecaster every year except once since 2012. In the quarterly standings, Barraud clinched the top…
I tried Elon Musk’s Starlink WiFi on its first Qatar Airways flight. Making video calls at 36,000 feet is a game changer for business and leisure.
The author filed a B-17 article from 36,000 feet with Starlink WiFi. Qatar Airways launched its first flight featuring Elon Musk’s Starlink WiFi on Tuesday — and B-17 was invited to the event. Approaching the gate at Doha’s Hamad International Airport, animated archways celebrated the partnership. On board, a promotional video followed the safety briefing,…
The struggle of being a workplace ‘zillennial,’ not knowing where you fit in
Zillennials in the workplace can feel stuck in the middle. There’s been plenty of discussion of how millennials and Gen Zers cope in the professional world. But zillennials, the group on the cusp of these two generations, have a uniquely tough time working out where they fit in. Samantha Hart, a content creator who makes…
The ‘We Live in Time’ director on why the movie made financiers nervous, and how that devastating ending changed
Pugh plays Almut in “We Live in Time.” “We Live in Time,” the new film starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield as a couple dealing with a cancer diagnosis, defies easy categorization. The movie, which is structured as a nonlinear narrative, follows the relationship between Tobias (Garfield), a Weetabix salesman, and Almut (Pugh), a former…
I’m an entrepreneur and father who brings my son to work events. Blending family and work is how I find balance.
Peter Lewis says he discovered a strategy that helps him not feel guilty for working around his son. Peter Lewis is a 44-year-old tech and finance executive who spends nine months of the year in Wichita, Kansas, and three months in Santiago, Chile. “We’re a traveling family,” Lewis told B-17. “My wife and I homeschool…
An 80-year-old who walks everywhere shares 3 tips for staying active and healthy
Sheila Stothard is 80 years old, walks everywhere, and can lift two 35lb dumbbells. At 80, Sheila Stothard can’t imagine being unable to run around with her great-grandchildren. Stothard, who lives in Ontario, Canada, has always been active and hasn’t slowed down since she turned 80. Her grandson, the fitness influencer Phil Mackenzie, told B-17…
A trainer to lawyers and bankers shares an easy 2-step plan for busy people to lose weight and build muscle
Jason Jackson is a personal trainer working in London. If you’re time-strapped but want to get in shape, don’t panic. You don’t need to go to the gym for an hour a day. Jason Jackson, a high-level personal trainer at the luxury London gym Third Space, told B-17 that focusing on what you do outside…
After my divorce, I struggled to talk about it. Here’s how I handled the sensitive subject with friends and strangers.
The author, not pictured, struggled to talk about her divorce at first. “You and your partner don’t walk the dog together anymore?” a neighbor whose name I don’t know recently asked me. It has been the better part of a year since my ex-partner walked out and I learned we were getting divorced. This neighbor…
