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By Remi Lukosiunas On July 11, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Today we have what seems to be a limitless number of options to choose from for our personal finances. Savings and checking accounts, mortgages, and auto loans from various financial institutions...
By Jon D. Markman On July 7, 201702:00 PM Eastern
By 2030, the United Nations wants everyone on the planet to have a digital identity. It’s an enormous task.
Microsoft (MSFT) and Accenture (ACN) have been tinkering with blockchain schemes for...
By Gavin Magor On July 6, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Health insurance is a big unknown for millions of Americans as the new healthcare bill is being drafted for the Senate approval. In the meantime, some of the largest health insurers are just as...
By Mike Larson On July 3, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The Fourth of July holiday is one of my all-time favorites.
Over the past several years, my wife, kids, and I have done beach and pool days … grilled ribs, burgers, salmon, and hot dogs … caught...
By Gavin Magor On June 29, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week I wrote about Property & Casualty insurers that began operation within the last five years. I outlined that of the rated ones, a majority are considered vulnerable, with a “D” or “E”...
By Gavin Magor On June 22, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Insurance companies typically don’t elicit much sympathy from the public. We see them as either predatory, thieves or, at the very least, on par with lawyers as businesses that we rarely choose to...
By Remi Lukosiunas On June 20, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The Federal Reserve approved its second interest rate hike of 2017 last week. It decided to bump the rate by an additional 0.25% to a new target rate of 1.25%. In the aftermath of this move, let’s...
By Jon D. Markman On June 19, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Amazon (AMZN) is spending $14 billion to put Whole Foods Markets (WFM) in its shopping cart — a surprising move that analysts so far have completely misunderstood.
Analysts claim the online...
By Mike Larson On June 19, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Nobody saw THAT coming!
Amazon.com (AMZN, Rated “C”) shocked the entire grocery industry on Friday when it announced plans to buy the higher-end chain Whole Foods (WFM, Rated “C”) for $13.7...
By Gavin Magor On June 15, 201707:00 AM Eastern
If you own a car or a home, you most likely have a Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance policy to protect those assets. And as you might expect, the insurers writing those policies make a profit...