April 26, 2024
Funds

ARK Funds Continue to Struggle. Investors Are Leaving Rapidly.

After a brief bounceback in 2023, Cathie Wood’s exchange-traded funds continued to suffer this year. Investors are losing their patience.   So far this year, investors have pulled $2.2 billion out of the six actively managed ARK ETFs, more than the asset outflows the funds have seen for the entire 2022 and 2023 combined. That’s left

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Banking

How do you find the most effective keywords?

I’ve been working with a client whose business has fallen off a bit, and she wanted to update her website to make sure that it was optimized and working for her as a marketing tool — not just a line item in her budget. She’s had her site for a while, but it still looks

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Funds

Here’s an Inside Peek at What the Top Hedge Funds Are Buying

If you are a serious investor, your sweetheart was likely mad at you on Valentine’s Day. That’s because you were studying the 14,000 different investment positions that hedge fund giant Citadel had at year-end. Every Feb. 14, big money managers are required to file 13F forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, revealing many

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Mortgage

Could Your Mortgage Lender Be Hacked? How to Protect Yourself | National

In back-to-back months, Mr. Cooper and LoanDepot — two of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders — made headlines for experiencing cyberattacks that exposed the data of more than 30 million people combined. Mortgage lenders haven’t been the only recent targets. Title insurance companies Fidelity National Financial and First American Financial each experienced cyberattacks in November

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Investors

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

“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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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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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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Crypto

MicroStrategy Bought $615 Million in Bitcoin. It Joins Coinbase in a Crypto-Stock Rally.

Coinbase Global and MicroStrategy were leading a raft of cryptocurrency-related stocks higher on Wednesday. The companies were among those being boosted by Bitcoin’s rally and MicroStrategy pouring more money into the asset. Coinbase shares were up 6.1% at $182.53. The cryptocurrency exchange is trading at its highest levels since early 2022 and has outpaced the

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Finance

5 ways to improve your finances in 2024

The new year is upon us, and it’s a great time to plan for your financial future. Here are five financial resolutions to consider for 2024. 1. GET A HIGH-INTEREST SAVINGS ACCOUNT Interest rates are still high on savings accounts right now, especially high-yield online savings accounts. Some accounts are offering more than 5% annual

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Loans

Local man loans car to stranded travelers

They have put the middle stripe on the Mattoon-Tuscola road, and it is an interesting job to watch. The men on the job are not inviting a gallery, but there are always a few spectators who are watching the work with keen enjoyment. The broad black center stripe in the middle of the road is

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