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For the holidays, boomers will splurge on the grandkids. Many younger consumers will just splurge.

by Kimberly Adams
Nov 24, 2023
And just about everyone has sticker shock.
Amid the voracious spending, some holiday shoppers will have to trade down this year.
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Your financial advisor might also be your meditation coach

by Ali Budner
Jul 7, 2023
Many young adults, in particular, are looking for a more holistic approach to money. And the ones that do hire financial advisors want to talk about their mental and emotional wellbeing as well as the stock market.
"We don't want financial planners practicing therapy," said Sonya Lutter, who teaches financial health and wellness. "But we want them to engage in conversation. We want them to recognize when there's anxiety issues."
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Young adults are driving a boom in household growth

by Matt Levin
Jan 18, 2023
A growing proportion of the housing market is being taken over by millennials, according to new data.
The housing market is becoming increasingly flush with younger buyers, many of them millennials, according to new housing data.
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What did my Gen Z coworker just say?

by Kimberly Adams and Nicholas Guiang
Dec 26, 2022
Gen Z has developed its own way to communicate and is now bringing it into the workplace. But their use of language is leaving older colleagues bewildered.
Gen Z slang is making its way into the workplace, but sometimes older colleagues are struggling to understand.
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With rising home prices and stagnating wages, a new savings goal: Beyoncé tickets

by Jordan Mangi
Aug 4, 2022
Concert tickets might not break your soul like, say, buying a home in this market could.
The last time Beyoncé went on tour was 2016. Floor tickets in some cities went for over four figures on the resale market.
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Millennials and avocados are key to Chipotle's comeback

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 22, 2019
The fast-casual chain has turned around business since the health scares of years past.
Online orders account for almost a fifth of sales at Chipotle. Above, the restaurant's workers fill orders.
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Why student debt may be slowing down a generation of homeowners

by Amy Scott , Bennett Purser and Liz Sanchez
Feb 18, 2019
New Federal Reserve research says student loan debt is hurting the housing market.
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Did someone say avocado bar?

by Adriene Hill and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 25, 2018
A conversation with the co-founders of Avocaderia, the world’s first avocado bar.
New York City's Avocaderia is the "world's first avocado bar."
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Are your kids at a house party? No, not the scary kind

by Molly Wood
Dec 17, 2018
The video app!
Houseparty co-founder and COO Sima Sistani
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Aging town trying to lure first-time buyers priced out of new homes, with fixer-uppers

by Adrian Ma
Jun 5, 2018
For the first time on record, the national median home sale price has passed $300,000, according to a recent report by the real estate brokerage Redfin. Those rising prices have made it tough for people in their 20s and 30s trying to get into a first home. But the trend also presents an opportunity for […]
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