Michelle is a financial advisor and the founder of MichelleAB, a lifestyle platform that enables change-makers to achieve financial freedom. getty As the leader of a business or an entrepreneur, how do you talk to yourself about money? Are you empathetic and gentle with yourself? Or do you sound more like a strict, overbearing parent? There’s
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The capacity crisis in mortgage originations is being precipitated in part by a lack of competent underwriting talent relative to demand. With pipelines bulging, the cost of an underwriter has virtually doubled in the last six months and loan cycle times have extended dramatically, exceeding 80 days (up from 45). Underwriters provide the critical thinking
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has announced a two-week halt to all fuel sales except for essential services and called for a partial shutdown as its unprecedented economic crisis deepened. The south Asian nation is facing its worst economic meltdown since gaining independence from Britain in 1948, and has been unable to finance even the imports of
Back in February, plenty of investors were betting that the buildup of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border was no more than an elaborate bluff. The Russian and Ukrainian currencies appreciated in value as hedge funds and private equity firms, signalling their faith in some form of peace deal emerging, confidently bought roubles and the Ukrainian