Is ConocoPhillips a Buy After the Big Acquisition?
A mega-merger of two major oil companies was announced Tuesday, as ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) agreed to acquire Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) in ... Read more
View Article2025 Minnesota Child Tax Credit: How It Could Be Different, Yet Better
Minnesota is already sending child tax credits to eligible low- and middle-income Minnesota families. For 2024, the state’s $1,750 child ... Read more
View ArticleWhy These Two Retail Stocks Are Red Hot
Two of the hottest stocks on Wednesday were the retailers Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Dick‘s Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS). Clothing ... Read more
View ArticleHow College Grads Can Retire as Millionaires for $50 Per Month
Millions of college students are graduating from college this month and will soon enter the full-time workforce, if they have ... Read more
View ArticleCan Bitcoin Survive the $9B Bearish Wave from Mt. Gox?
Bitcoin was dumped earlier this week due to a $9.6B transfer from Mt. Gox. Although some recovery occurred, concerns regarding ... Read more
View ArticleQ1 Report on Banks: The Good, the Bad, and Should You Buy?
One year removed from the 2023 banking crisis, which was the worst since the Global Financial Crisis in 2008-2009, the ... Read more
View ArticleWhat PCE Inflation Data Means for Interest Rates
The much-anticipated Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index was released Friday, and the results were exactly as anticipated by economists. The ... Read more
View ArticleTwo Years of College Free from Colorado: Gov Signs New Law
Colorado College students will now get more incentives to complete their higher education. Gov. Jared Polis has signed a new ... Read more
View ArticleWhy These Two Gambling Stocks Are Surging
Two casino-gambling stocks were among the highest fliers on Friday, and both were fueled by involvement from large shareholders — ... Read more
View ArticleSpousal Rule is Dead But These Social Security Strategies for Spouses Are...
A Social Security rule that has been around for decades is officially dead. This rule, called the spousal rule, has ... Read more
View ArticleHow to Activate a California Middle Class Tax Refund Card
California’s Middle Class Tax Refund (MCTR) program offered one-time relief to millions of eligible taxpayers. Some of those payments were ... Read more
View ArticleEating Rocks and Making Excuses: Google’s Latest Gen-AI Fail
As Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google desperately strives to play catch-up to Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) in the generative-AI wars, it’s somewhat understandable ... Read more
View Article“Vibe-cession”: The Buzzword of 2024 That Should Scare Stock Investors
Economists, analysts and commentators like to coin words and phrases to capture the economic zeitgeist. This year, there’s been talk ... Read more
View ArticleMay Flowers: Markets Have a Strong Month But End on a Whimper
May turned out to be a bounce-back month for stocks after a difficult April, when all the major indexes were ... Read more
View ArticleYou Don’t Need to be an Expert to Invest in AI: Here’s How
Financial-data company FactSet ran an analysis of S&P 500 earnings calls over the last couple of months and found that ... Read more
View ArticleDoes Paramount Global Finally Have a Deal?
One of the longest-running dramas on the stock market this year has been the fate of media and entertainment stock ... Read more
View ArticleBerkshire Stock at $185? NYSE Glitch Briefly Sends Shares 99% Lower
It’s been 14 years since the “flash crash” that sent large-cap stocks tumbling for a day. A few level-headed traders ... Read more
View ArticleThe Best Way to Invest 100k in 2024 for Steady Returns
If you have 100k to invest, you are well-positioned to secure your financial future. For that to happen, all you ... Read more
View ArticleHistoric Tax Relief from Hawaii: Gov Signs Two Bills into Law
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signed into law two bills to provide historic tax relief to working families. The historic tax ... Read more
View ArticleValue South of the Border? Why Mexican Stocks Just Crashed
Typically, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that represent an entire country are viewed as safer and less volatile than individual stocks. However, ... Read more
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