May 5, 2024
Property

Oscar Fox complains about high property taxes in Madison

Phil Hands | Wisconsin State Journal Oscar Fox and Lewis Crane Madison’s high property taxes in this week’s Mendota Marsh.  Phil Hands: A year of hanging out in Mendota Marsh Catch the latest in Opinion Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! Source link

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Investment

Why Microsoft’s stock is a better investment than Apple

Apple Inc. has long been the most valuable U.S. company, but Microsoft Corp. seems poised to overtake it. A look back at the companies’ financial performance and a look ahead at expected revenue and profits make the case that Apple is no longer a growth stock and that Microsoft is the better long-term investment. Late

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Finance

Martin Luther King’s Lessons for a Wayward Finance Industry

About the author: Christopher Smart is managing partner of the Arbroath Group, an investment strategy consultancy, and was a senior economic policy adviser in the Obama administration. This Martin Luther King Jr. holiday falls on the day the civil rights leader would have turned 95, which raises countless questions about the world, had he lived

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Mortgage

My dad wants to take out a mortgage and has tried, unsuccessfully, to have Sallie Mae release him as cosigner on my $153,000 student loan. What can we do?

I thought it was a federal loan because I believe they did both types of loans. I started paying back the $153,000 interest-only loan in September 2022, while my dad paid towards the principal and the balance increased. They removed the interest-only repayments after several calls were made regarding the balance not being reduced.  My

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Investors

These mutual fund and ETF investing tips can freshen your portfolio

Published: Jan. 7, 2024 at 3:38 p.m. ET Don’t miss these top mutual fund and ETF features: INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS This ETF’s strategy has been working, and the numbers point to continued success A combination of low price-to-earnings valuation and high expected growth rates can set up good performance over the long term. Read

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Investors

Opinion: ‘All systems go’ for investors as stocks power 2023’s gains into 2024

The stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index SPX, has continued to move higher over the past week — ignoring the one big down day (70 points) and putting that in the rearview mirror. SPX has made new 2023 highs, and the all-time highs just above 4800 are within shouting distance. It seems

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Funds

These mutual fund and ETF investing tips put your portfolio in a giving spirit

Published: Dec. 23, 2023 at 3:15 p.m. ET Don’t miss these top money and investing features: INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS ‘The switch was flipped’: ETF flows pick up as stocks, bonds head for 2023 gains U.S. stocks and bonds are up in 2023, in a big rebound from a brutal 2022.  Read More Star stockpickers

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Investors

Opinion: Chip giant Micron is becoming another AI play for investors

Published: Dec. 20, 2023 at 7:29 p.m. ET Micron Technology Inc.’s return to revenue growth last quarter as it recovers from the memory-chip downturn was in part due to the boom in AI-related chips, putting more of a spotlight on the chip maker as another potential AI investment. On Wednesday, Micron’s fiscal first-quarter results topped

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