The pursuit of the American dream has been a part of my story from the beginning. If not for the courage of my family, I wouldn’t be here. My mom sacrificed to have me stay in America so I could take advantage of every opportunity available. As a first-generation Haitian American, education was always viewed
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In this article SPCE Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity, carrying billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and his crew, lands after reaching the edge of space above Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S., July 11, 2021. Joe Skipper | Reuters Shares of space tourism company Virgin Galactic fell below $11.75 in trading
Getty Images Money has piled into municipal bonds, known as muni bonds or “munis,” as investors aim to lower risk and reduce taxes. But some may worry about price drops amid rising interest rates. Investors funneled a record-breaking $96.8 billion of net money into U.S. muni mutual and exchange-traded funds in 2021, according to Refinitiv
Home prices and rents are soaring, but home prices are rising faster. And that’s shrinking the affordability gap between owning a home and renting one. Median-priced, single-family homes are less affordable than they have been historically in just over three quarters of the nation. That’s up from 39% at the end of 2020, and it’s
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In this article M Macy’s has released a list of the handful of department stores that it plans to close this year. It includes six full-line department stores, a Bloomingdale’s outlet store, and a Macy’s store that the company said already closed last year but was never announced publicly. The Bloomingdale’s location at Miromar Outlets
In this article BBBY Customer shopping in a Bed Bath & Beyond store Courtesy: Bed Bath & Beyond Bed Bath & Beyond shares tumbled nearly 10% in premarket trading Thursday after the home goods retailer missed analysts’ expectations for fiscal third quarter. Chief Executive Mark Tritton said a lack of inventory due to supply chain
In this article PFE WBA BBBY STZ CAG HELE Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Walgreens (WBA) – The drug store operator’s shares gained 2.9% in the premarket, after beating estimates on both the top and bottom lines for its latest quarter. Walgreens earned an adjusted $1.68 per share, compared with the
We all want money — some of us dangerously so. Thankfully, there are simple and powerful ways to get rich without gambling your hard-earned savings. For sure, they won’t all just stick in your brain. And many will change over time as Uncle Sam reforms our taxes and benefits, and as new and better financial
By many measures, 2021 saw a record-spending holiday season despite ongoing supply chain problems, inflation and a new Covid-19 variant. Holiday sales are on track to grow as much as 11.5% over 2020, according to a projection by the National Retail Federation. About 30% of Americans said they overspent during the gift-giving season, according to
In this article DIS Transparent barriers enforcing social distancing measures are seen on tables at a restaurant in Hong Kong, on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Roy Liu | Bloomberg via Getty Images From bars and pubs to sports premises and karaoke rooms, Hong Kong will be banning most public activities from Friday. The Asian financial
A trader works on the trading floor on the last day of trading before Christmas at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, December 23, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Stock futures were mostly flat in overnight trading Wednesday after the major U.S. stock averages fell sharply in the first losing
According to billionaire investor Ray Dalio, it’s reasonable for everyday investors to hold a small amount of bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value. So how much exactly? On a recent episode of the We Study Billionaires podcast, Dalio was asked by co-host William Green whether allocating 1% to 2% of one’s portfolio to bitcoin
In this article BABA 9618-HK BIDU CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he can’t recommend investors buy Chinese stocks because the communist government there is a “total wild card.” Chinese President Xi Jinping “does not like capitalism,” Cramer told “Squawk Box,” saying the leader of the world’s second-largest economy “may be the first totalitarian dictator in
Warren-Pender | iStock Editorial | Getty Images Yes, you have another chance to win a ton of money in Powerball. No, you probably won’t win. The jackpot jumped to $630 million from $610 million ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing due to strong ticket sales. The amount — which has been growing for three months —
China’s property developers could come under greater scrutiny for flouting environmental laws, as Beijing steps up efforts to reinforce rules, according to one portfolio manager. The latest move by Chinese authorities to order indebted property developer China Evergrande to demolish 39 buildings of its Ocean Flower Island project came as a surprise to many, said Teresa Kong,
Americans were on the move in 2021, and they chose low-tax states over high-tax ones. That’s the finding of recent U.S. Census Bureau population data, along with commercial datasets released this week by U-Haul and United Van Lines. Nationally, the U.S. population only grew by 0.1 percent between July 2020 and July 2021, the lowest
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Conventional investing wisdom says that the older you get, the less of your financial assets should be in the stock market. One frequently heard justification is that stocks rise reliably in the long run but can fluctuate a lot in the short run and that if you’re old, you don’t have time to recover from
While skeptics abound, my thesis about the F-150 Lightning turning heads is playing out. Pardon my spacy-ness in the video as I have a wicked case of Covid kicking my butt! Here’s the article version for more clarity: https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/1848038/ford-lightning-plays-catch-me-if-you-can Visit our website: https://www.zacks.com Visit our Stocktwits account: https://stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Check out our weekly promotion: https://www.zacks.com/promo If