by Grace A. Capobianco | Sep 14, 2017
The week after Labor Day was classified as a Category 5 for news. For once, it seemed that there were not enough people in the media to cover all of the goings-on. The forty inches of rain accompanying Hurricane Harvey displaced tens of thousands of people in Texas...
by Grace A. Capobianco | Sep 6, 2017
Relevance of Wall Street At a time when most of our nation is financially illiterate, the Museum of American Finance is a socially-relevant institution that empowers people to understand and take control of one of the most important aspects of their lives. ...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 31, 2017
Business Of Fashion writer Luca Solca smartly looks at three “dark cloud” scenarios that every luxury executive must heed. The world’s three largest economies — China, the European Union and the United States, of course — “could find...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 1, 2016
Because of the Brexit, nobody has clarity, despite what the pundits are saying. And because there’s no clarity, there’s uncertainty, which could cause people to pause before investing. So, a wait-and-see attitude could dominate the New York City residential market,...
by Downtown Magazine | May 4, 2016
Photo: Courtesy of YouTube.com When I first heard about the artist named Prince in the late 1970s I wondered to myself who is this cat – and where’s his funk, pop and androgynous sound coming from? His music integrated a wide variety of styles,...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 5, 2016
In the past few months, the world has seen several high-profile terrorist attacks. Incidents in the U.S., Belgium, Pakistan, Lebanon, Russia and France have claimed more than 500 lives and injured approximately 1,000 people. Beyond these incidents, many other deaths...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 31, 2016
A new study asserts that women feel uncomfortable discussing financial matters. The latest Money FIT Study from Fidelity Investments is generating some conversation within the financial industry. The investment giant commissioned an online poll of 1,542 female...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 4, 2016
It is an unarguable fact that millennials have more on their plate than the previous generations but that, among other circumstances, has perhaps made them more frugal. However, most people don’t take into account that most of their income goes towards student loans...
by Mark Martiak | Feb 23, 2016
It was an early winter morning in January when I received word from my apartment that David Bowie passed away, mere days after his 69th birthday and the release of Blackstar. I was overcome by sadness and an obscure reality that my musical and creative inspiration...
