Panera Bread wasn’t the first restaurant chain to start selling groceries, but it was the biggest. And similar moves have echoed across the industry in recent weeks as restaurants claw for share with grocers, which have seen their financial fortunes… Read More

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday that the U.S. economic recovery can be “robust” after the coronavirus is contained. “At the Fed, we are doing all we can to help shepherd the economy through this difficult time,” he said… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced discretionary retailers to temporarily shutter stores around the U.S. to help stop the spread of the virus. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and to make up for lost in-person sales, retail chains have been… Read More

April 1st has come and gone. Exact numbers are spotty, but commercial owners are reporting that some tenants have not yet paid rent for the month—including as many as 50 percent of small businesses. That’s pushing tenants and landlords to… Read More

Part III – Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous Update to Notice 2020-18, Additional Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Notice 2020-23 I. PURPOSE On March 13, 2020, the President of the United States issued an emergency declaration… Read More

A quick, V-shaped economic recovery could be on the horizon, judging by central-bank moves and early data from China, JPMorgan said Wednesday. The Federal Reserve’s purchases of Treasuries, mortgage-backed securities, and municipal bonds have already helped the asset classes retrace… Read More

The medical office market appears to be a clear winner in a U.S. commercial real estate environment made murky by the coronavirus-generated economic nosedive. “Generally, if you own a medical office building, you know that you’re going to probably survive… Read More

The far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will create challenges for commercial mortgage lenders and their borrowers. Rents, and therefore borrowers’ ability to make debt service payments, will be curtailed as, for example, retail tenants are forced to shutter their… Read More

WealthManagement.com readers recently chose the top books that helped them the most in their investment careers. Give these classics a read during your self-quarantine, if you haven’t already. WealthManagement.com recently asked readers to nominate the investment book that most helped… Read More

NATIONAL REPORT — Among the many change-of-life impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, convenience stores are seeing an increase in shoppers who typically would go to supermarkets for their grocery needs. Fifteen percent of shoppers said they are more likely… Read More