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Use this 401(k) investing strategy to calm your market jitters

Use this 401(k) investing strategy to calm your market jitters

Dollar-cost averaging entails putting chunks of money in the market at regular intervals instead of investing a lump sum. Here's how it can benefit investors.

3 years ago
How Ford, GM auto dealers are thinking about Detroit's EV transition and their future

How Ford, GM auto dealers are thinking about Detroit's EV transition and their future

As GM and Ford push the EV transition, local dealership owners are a key to selling the shift to car buyers.

3 years ago
Stripe Expands Its Issuing Platform with a New Charge Card Program for Fintech Startups

Stripe Expands Its Issuing Platform with a New Charge Card Program for Fintech Startups

Stripe | Release | Jun 1, 2023 Stripe launches a new charge card program on its Stripe Issuing platform. Stripe is set to transform the fintech space with its new charge card program for Stripe Issuing, allowing fintech startups and platforms to offer flexible credit options via expense cards. This innovation creates new revenue streams


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3 years ago
Ninepoint Unveils Web3 Innovators Fund

Ninepoint Unveils Web3 Innovators Fund

Ninepoint Partners | Release | Jun 3, 2023 Toronto-based investment management firm Ninepoint Partners has launched the Ninepoint Web3 Innovators Fund, formerly the Ninepoint Bitcoin ETF The Fund aims to provide investors with exposure to emerging technologies like Web3, blockchain, and digital asset-enabled internet, offering capital appreciation through a diverse portfolio of equity and equity-related


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3 years ago
Ivy League acceptance rates 'may have bottomed out,' expert says — here's what that means for getting into schools like Harvard

Ivy League acceptance rates 'may have bottomed out,' expert says — here's what that means for getting into schools like Harvard

Acceptance rates at the nation's top schools are hovering near all-time lows, but demographic shifts may cause application volume to ease in the years ahead.

3 years ago
CFPB Warns: Billions of Dollars Stored on Payment Apps May Lack Federal Insurance

CFPB Warns: Billions of Dollars Stored on Payment Apps May Lack Federal Insurance

CFPB | Release | Jun 1, 2023 Agency issues notice to consumers advising them to transfer balances to insured banks and credit unions Safety Concerns for Funds Stored on Payment Apps: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has highlighted the potential risk associated with funds stored on popular digital payment apps. These apps, including PayPal,


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3 years ago
Demystifying Responsible AI:  An Organizational Guide to Selecting AI Process Frameworks

Demystifying Responsible AI: An Organizational Guide to Selecting AI Process Frameworks

CSET |Mina Narayanan and Christian Schoeberl |Jun, 2023 This report by CSET presents a matrix that organizes approximately 40 public process frameworks according to their areas of focus and the teams that can use them. Ultimately, the matrix helps organizations select the right resources for implementing responsible AI. Responsible AI Framework Selection Made Easy: Challenge:


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3 years ago
Borrowers brace for student loan bills to resume — '$600 a month, where is that going to come from?'

Borrowers brace for student loan bills to resume — '$600 a month, where is that going to come from?'

The more than three-year-long pause on federal student loan payments is slated to finally conclude within months. Consumer advocates and borrowers are worried.

3 years ago
TipRanks reveals the top 10 services sector analysts of the past decade

TipRanks reveals the top 10 services sector analysts of the past decade

TipRanks' analyst ranking service ranks the top Wall Street firms of the past decade.

3 years ago
Activist investor Elliott is back at NRG Energy. Here’s how the firm plans to build value

Activist investor Elliott is back at NRG Energy. Here’s how the firm plans to build value

Elliott Management recently sent a letter to NRG, calling on the company to implement a new plan.

3 years ago
Time is running out to repay Covid-era 401(k), IRA withdrawals — and claim a tax refund

Time is running out to repay Covid-era 401(k), IRA withdrawals — and claim a tax refund

The CARES Act let investors take up to $100,000 of "coronavirus-related distributions." Savers who repay funds within three years could claim a tax refund.

3 years ago
Boycotts hit stocks hard. Here's what might be next for Bud, Target and others caught in the anti-Pride backlash

Boycotts hit stocks hard. Here's what might be next for Bud, Target and others caught in the anti-Pride backlash

While it's too early to say how damaging boycott threats will be, damage has been done to the stocks of companies drawn into the latest culture war battle.

3 years ago
How to manage a big retirement risk amid health-care inflation

How to manage a big retirement risk amid health-care inflation

Retirees need to protect investments from the "sequence of returns risk." Here's how health-care inflation can make it worse.

3 years ago
New York sends college acceptance letters to 125,000 high school seniors, but broader enrollment crisis may be hard to fix

New York sends college acceptance letters to 125,000 high school seniors, but broader enrollment crisis may be hard to fix

Changing views about college and demographic shifts are causing a nationwide decline in undergraduate enrollment that may be hard to fix.

3 years ago
The Future of Venture Capital

The Future of Venture Capital

Venture capital has long been a driving force behind technological innovation, helping fund startups that have revolutionized industries and transformed our lives. As we navigate the ever-evolving landscape of the business world, one topic to explore could be what the … Continue reading

3 years ago