Tag: Windfall

Could Dublin get an economic windfall from Taylor Swift?

Taylor Swift is taking Europe by storm and is preparing to perform in Ireland this weekend, prompting some pundits to envisage an economic windfall as fans flock to her sold-out shows in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. It is hoped Swift could provide a shot in the arm for an Irish economy still recovering from the Covid […]

3 Things I Tell Them To Do With a Cash Windfall

©Shutterstock.com Professional athletes are often recipients of seven-figure signing bonuses when they join a team — and what they do with this money can have a major impact on both their short- and long-term financial stability. Chad Willardson, president of Pacific Capital, mentors ultra-high-net-worth individuals and several major athletes, so he has been in the position to […]

Trump reaps post-verdict financial windfall

The good news for former President Donald Trump is that his political operation says it hauled in a staggering nine-figure sum in May, including a flood of donations at the end of the month. The bad news: He had to be convicted on 34 felony counts in order to send his supporters into that fundraising […]

I’m about to inherit $850,000. What should I do with my windfall?

“I’m not experienced with this amount of money.” (Photo subject is a model.) – MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Dear Quentin, I’m inheriting about $850,000 unexpectedly, and I need advice on what to do with it. I am a mother in my 40s and I’m financially independent. I make about $100,000 annually, and I have $50,000 in […]

MicroStrategy’s Saylor Reaps a Stock Windfall During Bitcoin’s Record Run

(Bloomberg) — Michael Saylor’s decision back in 2020 to start buying Bitcoin has paid off in spades this year for the co-founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy Inc. Most Read from Bloomberg Saylor has garnered an estimated $400 million or so from pre-planned daily sales of about 5,000 shares of the enterprise software company from […]

Donald Trump is on the verge of another $1 billion Truth Social windfall

Former President Donald Trump is on the cusp of scoring a major financial bonanza – at least on paper. As long as Trump Media & Technology Group’s share price doesn’t spectacularly implode before Tuesday’s closing bell, Trump is on track to receive another 36 million shares as the owner of Truth Social. This milestone is […]

Trump-Tied SPAC Deal Approved, Setting Up Potential Windfall

(Bloomberg) — Former president Donald Trump is set to get a big payday — on paper at least — after investors voted to approve a blank-check deal that would bring his nascent media startup public as soon as next week. Most Read from Bloomberg The approval, announced in a press release Friday after an earlier […]