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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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Investment

The truth about investing: ‘Common sense’ can be the worst advice

  • February 14, 2024

In a recent article I offered the opinion that “common sense” is a dangerous trap that’s easy for investors to fall into. Some readers didn’t agree. So let’s explore this idea a bit, then you can make up your own mind. Common sense is a popular topic for authors. I have often recommended ​”The Little Book of Common

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Property

Voters were duped out of control over property taxes | OPINION | Opinion

  • February 13, 2024

Natalie Menten Coloradans, including myself, have exhausted thousands of hours talking about property tax caps during the last year. This was after spending countless time discussing property taxes in the preceding years. It’s puzzling we are still at this point, especially when there are already two property tax limitations in Colorado law: the Annual Levy

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Investment

These mutual-fund and ETF investing tips keep your portfolio in the game

  • February 8, 2024

Published: Feb. 8, 2024 at 6:05 p.m. ET Don’t miss these top money and investing features: . INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS This fund manager stopped worrying about economics. Now he is outperforming the stock market. A change in strategy has helped transform the GoodHaven Fund from a long-term underperformer into an outperformer since the end

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Funds

These mutual-fund and ETF investing tips can keep your portfolio out of a deep freeze

  • February 2, 2024

Published: Feb. 2, 2024 at 4:25 p.m. ET Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Investing news and trends Tesla’s stock had its worst month in a year, but Cathie Wood’s ETFs kept buying The ARK Innovation and ARK Net Generation exchange-traded funds bought more than $150 million in Tesla shares in January. Read

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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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Property

CHRIS DENSON: Will the Georgia Legislature Cap Property Tax Increases? | Opinion

  • January 27, 2024

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Investment

Letter: Prosser school levy is a sound investment | Opinion

  • January 21, 2024

To the editor — I would like to express my support for the upcoming Prosser school levy. I am optimistic that our district is on an upward trajectory. In the last few years, we have chosen new leaders at many of our schools, in our administration and on our school board. While volunteering in classrooms,

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Investment

Why Microsoft’s stock is a better investment than Apple

  • January 12, 2024

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

  • January 12, 2024

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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