Author: Sam Allcock
This story can be told in a way that Reese Witherspoon keeps making movies. She wins the Oscar, stays famous, makes money, and eventually turns into the kind of Hollywood elder stateswoman that keeps her on award show stages and magazine covers. That would have been a great way to live. But it’s important to note that she didn’t pick it. She made a different choice when she was in her mid-30s, after years of seeing the industry give women smaller, less important roles while increasing budgets for projects she wasn’t interested in. She bought the rights to stories herself…
If you’re having money problems, they might not look like problems at first. No late payments, no calls from debt collectors, and no dramatic moment of truth. It’s just a slow buildup of small commitments that make sense on their own and add up in ways that you can’t see until the pile is very high. Some members of Gen Z are in a similar situation right now, but not because they are being careless, but because of a payment system that is designed to hide debt. As a convenience, “Buy Now, Pay Later” services like Afterpay, Klarna, Affirm, and…
There’s a certain kind of pressure that builds in the financial corridors of Europe when central bankers don’t move at all or fast enough. The markets had been tense. It was already priced in for investors that rates would go up again before Lagarde finished her sentence. But when he spoke to a committee of the European Parliament earlier this week, the ECB president sounded more like someone who was carefully studying the weather than someone who was running for cover. Without all the fancy words, her message was pretty simple: we see the problem, we’re responding, but we won’t…
There’s something about seeing Tadej Pogačar ride a bike that’s almost hard to understand. He was born in Ljubljana and grew up in Klanec, a small village just north of the capital. The Slovenian cyclist doesn’t seem to be doing anything strange. It seems like everyone else on the road around him is always in worse shape. He is so quiet and yet so strong, and that contrast has made him the most important person in professional cycling and, not surprisingly, one of the highest earners in the sport. Tadej Pogačar’s net worth is thought to be $15 million as…
People remember Andrew Bynum’s story in a way that is almost sad. There was a seven-foot center from Plainsboro, New Jersey, who didn’t go to college at all and walked into the NBA at age 17. He made the whole league take notice. He was not meant to be ready. Not many teens are. However, seeing how well he played against Shaquille O’Neal as a rookie made it clear that this kid was going to be very good. He was, for a while, for sure. Along with being named an All-Star in 2012, Bynum won two NBA titles with the…
A certain type of athlete changes the way you think about what it means to live a long time. That player is Justin Verlander. He is now 43 years old and has signed a one-year, $13 million deal to pitch for the Detroit Tigers, the team that picked him second overall in the 2004 draft. This is the end of a career that keeps finding new chapters. Behind it all is a net worth of about $200 million, which was built up over 20 years of great work, smart contracts, and a body that wouldn’t quit. Take a moment to…
There’s a certain type of football player who shines brightest early on—the kind who scores on his Premier League debut at age 17 and leaves the crowd wondering what they just saw. That player was Michael Owen. Many quick-starters become unknown after they take off their shoes, but Owen has quietly built something pretty big in the years since he retired in 2013. Betting tips website OLBG.com did some research and found that he is worth about £54.4 million. With that much money, he is 16th on a list of the 20 richest racehorse owners in Britain. He is squished…
Japan’s crypto market was stuck in a weird regulatory middle ground for years. It was technically legal and taxed, but it was treated more like a hobby income than a real investment class. That will change. A bill quietly moving through Japan’s parliament would change the legal framework that governs digital assets to the same one that governs stocks and bonds. This would make them financial products under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. It’s not a big deal to say. But for people who are paying close attention, it’s a big change. The tax change is what most traders…
The fact that one of Hollywood’s most commercially successful directors is still thought to be worth only $13 million is kind of funny. That sounds like a lot of money until you remember that he directed a movie that made $854 million worldwide. That gap tells us a lot about how the movie business works and maybe even a little about Taika Waititi as a person. Waititi wasn’t exactly a straight path to making hit movies. He was born Taika David Cohen in Wellington in 1975. His father was a Māori artist with a troubled past—he helped start a motorcycle…
In the fast-paced world of financial markets, patience is a crucial yet often overlooked skill. This article explores how maintaining a long-term perspective and disciplined decision-making can lead to better investment outcomes. By focusing on thoughtful habits and avoiding emotional reactions, investors can navigate market volatility with confidence.