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‘Alternative investments’ could be part of 401(k), 403(b) plans

Advice 08/29/2025

August brought news of a potential change on the horizon for investors in 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans who want more investment options –...

State’s investment potential touted at conference

Economic Activity 05/30/2025

PROVIDENCE – State leaders and quasi-public agency officials touted Rhode Island's potential to possible investors ahead of next month's general obligation bonds issuance during...

BIG VISION: Developer Brett Johnson has proposed a $400 million development in Pawtucket that includes a 7,500-seat soccer stadium, 200-room hotel and a mixed-use development with housing units, retail and commercial space. / COURTESY NEW HARBOR GROUP

Hard work of wooing investors is just beginning for Tidewater Landing

Editorial and Op-Ed 01/17/2020

It takes vision and a whole lot of money to bring a development project as grand and promising as Pawtucket’s Tidewater Landing to fruition....

Fiduciary awareness is crucial

Advice 10/18/2019

“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” – Albert Einstein Ten years ago, the pension fund for the...

THE FANE ORGANIZATION'S Hope Point tower has been a controversial project ever since it was first proposed. Should its units be completely sold or leased before construction starts on it, assuming it is approved to be built? / COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

Do you think it is important that the developer of Hope...

Real Estate 05/03/2019

Recent PBN reporting has estimated the per-square-foot price of condominiums in the Hope Point tower will likely be more than twice as expensive as...

Don’t bank on UnitedHealth’s profitable present

Editorial and Op-Ed 04/19/2019

UnitedHealthGroup Inc. is doing great. America’s largest health insurer released first-quarter results April 16 that beat analysts’ expectations, and it raised full-year earnings guidance....

Opportunity Zones can’t be just another loophole

Editorial and Op-Ed 03/15/2019

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said he expects investments in “Opportunity Zones” to top $100 billion eventually. He’s referring to an initiative – part...

Bank of America limits risk, reward

Editorial and Op-Ed 10/19/2018

Bank of America’s investors just got more evidence that taking the slow and steady road is paying off but that there is a trade-off...

When pot smoke clears, who profits?

Economy 09/28/2018

Investors may be betting on marijuana in all the wrong places. Enthusiasm for pot stocks reached a fever pitch recently when investors piled into British...