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Students traveling on a gap year excursion.getty Taking a “gap year” before college may be out of the ordinary in the United States, but it is fairly common in other areas of the world. In fact, gap years in many European countries to travel or work are somewhat customary, mostly because there are fewer societal pressures to head off to university directly after high school. Does it have to be so weird to take a gap year in the U.S.? Personally, I don’t think it should be, and I believe many high school students could benefit from a “year off”…

You can still get a mortgage if your credit doesn’t match what the traditional banks are looking forgetty One of the downsides of being deb- free is that it makes you invisible to the banks, making it more difficult to take out a loan, and particularly a mortgage, in the future. While it is more challenging, it isn’t impossible if you learn more about how mortgages are approved, and how you can still obtain a loan by working with real humans instead of just automated systems. Having No Debt Means You Are Invisible To The Banks In 2020, when I…

Leaked audio from FloridaPolitics.com revealed that donors were concerned about DeSantis’ abortion ban. The DeSantis campaign shared talking points with fundraisers over how to discuss the issue.  They said it would be less important to voters than Biden’s age and predicted a recession.  Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app The DeSantis 2024 campaign is banking that voters who decide general elections will care more about economic turmoil and President Joe Biden’s age during the general election, outweighing the issue of abortion rights,…

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Nike this week announced a slew of executive moves, including new presidents. The company wants to develop the next “breakthrough innovation.” The management shuffle comes as analysts question Nike’s “stale” product lineup. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Nike this week announced a series of executive changes designed to underscore the company’s “commitment to product innovation” just as more analysts start to question the company’s “stale” product lineup. Once-coveted Air Jordans and Air Maxes are now sitting on shelves, with some retro Jordans…

Topline Shares of Ford and Tesla rallied Friday after the companies announced Ford electric vehicle owners can now plug in their car in one of Tesla’s 12,000 fast charging stations nationwide, a rare partnership between the legacy automaker and its younger but vastly more valuable peer. A Ford Explorer Hybrid SUV on display at an auto show in 2020.Getty Images Key Facts Ford’s stock spiked 7.4% by early afternoon, set for its largest daily gain since October as investors digested the news first shared by Ford CEO Jim Farley during a Twitter Spaces conversation Thursday with Tesla and Twitter CEO…

No surprise Ahead of Memorial Day, we want to express appreciation to the brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Seeking Alpha wishes all our subscribers a beautiful holiday weekend and let us remember those who courageously gave their lives. Wall Street Breakfast won’t be published with markets closed on Monday, but tune back in Tuesday.Debt talks appear to be nearing the end amid reports that a potential deal would raise the U.S. government’s $31.4T debt ceiling and limit spending on most items for two years. A deal is expected to be hammered out…

Nattakorn Maneerat This article was published on Dividend Kings on Wed, May 24th. ————————————————————————————— Smart people can make disastrously bad investing decisions. Isaac Newton invented classical physics and calculus and then lost $25 million in the South Sea Bubble. That was after first tripling his money and getting sucked back in the right before the stock fell 80%. Stephen Greenspan literally wrote the book on not getting conned by a con artist and then lost his retirement to Bernie Madoff, the largest con artist in history. I myself have made and lost several small fortunes in a quarter century of…

Sean Anthony Eddy During these difficult times in the market, my portfolio has held up quite well. Although I have seen some gyrations from month to month, I have, over almost any window of time, outperformed the market over the past year or so. But this doesn’t mean that every holding in my portfolio has done well. I have had some holdings that have certainly underperformed. And the one that has been the biggest problem is none other than Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW). Because of the downside I have seen from the firm, I have made sure to keep a…

imagedepotpro A holiday-shortened week still packs an ample slate of earnings reports, as May comes to an end and the final month of the calendar quarter gets started. Tech results headline the week with Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Chewy (CHWY) on the docket. These will be joined by cybersecurity favorites Okta (OKTA), CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) and Zscaler (ZS). Meanwhile, the consumer staples sector will also see a handful of key results with Dollar General (DG) and Hormel (HRL) on the schedule. Rounding out the week, retail earnings continue to roll in, with Macy’s (M), lululemon athletica (LULU), Victoria’s Secret…