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These mutual-fund and ETF investing tips can give your portfolio new momentum

  • February 29, 2024

Published: Feb. 29, 2024 at 3:14 p.m. ET Don’t miss these top money and investing features: INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS 10 stocks you can bet on being inflation-proof High-quality stocks can do well when prices are rising or falling. Here’s why. Read More Nvidia, AI-fueled tech stocks are heading for a ‘magnificent exuberance’ bubble The…

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Property

H&M billionaire Stefan Persson’s sprawling property in the English countryside: Ramsbury Estates rears cattle, has 100 cottages, and includes a pub, brewery and distillery – with tours on offer

  • February 17, 2024

Persson is currently the richest person in Sweden and the 116th richest in the world, with a net worth of US$16 billion, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His father, Erling Persson, founded a women’s clothing store called Hennes in 1947, which later became Hennes & Mauritz (H&M). Stefan joined the company as head of UK

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Loans

Employers now offer student loan 401(k) match: What it’s like

  • February 10, 2024

When Amber Steeves started working at Verizon almost 15 years ago, she did one of the best things you can do when you start a new job. She enrolled in the company’s 401(k) program to begin saving for retirement. “I was never financially stable, and that was a goal,” she tells CNBC Make It. “OK,

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Crypto

Why crypto exchange Kraken’s security team lives in the shadows

  • February 6, 2024

Kraken’s chief security officer wants his 400-member team to stay away from social media as he believes their presence on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn can create security risks for the crypto exchange. Nick Percoco has allowed only a handful of people from his team to publicly confirm their roles and has instructed the rest to work

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Investors

Opinion: Is Nvidia today’s Cisco? Here’s what Ed Yardeni thinks.

  • January 30, 2024

“Is Nvidia today’s Cisco? It’s possible. If so, then it has a lot more upside before it crashes — if it crashes.” Is it possible that the meltup phase of the bull market (which started on Oct. 12, 2022) has begun already — having started following the correction low on Oct. 27, 2023? Yes, it

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Finance

How to finance a car when you have bad credit

  • January 26, 2024

Quick facts about bad-credit car financing: Even borrowers with numbers in the lowest credit score categories may find auto loan financing. You should dispute errors on your credit report when you find inaccurate information that lowers your credit score. Increasing your down payment on the car helps convince potential lenders that you are serious about your finances. Financing a car with

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Investors

Investing in hobbies can be money well spent — just don’t take on debt

  • January 13, 2024

Ryanjlane | E+ | Getty Images People often start the year by revisiting their budgets with a resolution to save money and cut back on discretionary spending. Yet, experts say hobbies shouldn’t be the first category to go. Americans on average spent $3,458 on entertainment in 2022, according to the most recent Consumer Expenditures report

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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?

  • January 12, 2024

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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Funds

Japan ruling party lawmaker Ikeda arrested over slush fund scandal that has battered support for PM

  • January 7, 2024

The three have not commented on media reports about their involvement. Ikeda’s policy secretary, Kazuhiro Kakinuma, 45, was also arrested on Sunday. The two are accused of having failed to declare the money Ikeda received in political fundraising reports. In Japan, prosecutors question ruling LDP lawmakers over fundraising scandal Prosecutors decided to arrest the 57-year-old

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Finance

First Mover Advantage? Family Businesses and Sustainable Finance

  • January 4, 2024

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] By Professor Veronique J.A. LAFON-VINAIS Associate Professor of Business Education, Department of FinanceHKUST Business School Family businesses include a wide range of businesses from small owner operations to large listed companies, which are significant contributors to the economies of Asia and the world. According

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