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By Jon D. Markman On December 11, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In movies and novels, overnight success stories are frequent. Real life doesn’t work that way. It takes years of hard work, vision and at least one gigantic bet-the-farm moment.
This week,...
By Gavin Magor On November 30, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Nobody likes paying for insurance. That’s doubly true for insurance that doesn’t even cover YOUR life or property! But without one kind of coverage – called “private mortgage insurance” – many...
By Remi Lukosiunas On November 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Just like banks, credit unions are growing these days … and doing so safely. That’s because favorable regulatory changes, overall economic stability, and low unemployment are boosting loan demand...
By Jon D. Markman On November 17, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The opioid epidemic ravages small and large towns across America.
And it has largely been intractable both to law enforcement and to the medical community. Until now.
This week, the...
By Mike Larson On November 3, 201707:00 AM Eastern
My wife Kim and I are in the process of selling our home. With our oldest son about to start college, we just don’t need as much space anymore.
But to be frank, there’s another reason at work....
By Mike Larson On October 23, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Thirty years and four days ago, on October 19, 1987, the stock market crashed.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6%. Those were the worst point and percentage losses in...
By Remi Lukosiunas On October 10, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The banking sector is in great shape overall, both here and abroad, according to our Weiss Ratings data. There are always exceptions, and that’s why you should always check your bank’s safety...
By Mike Larson On September 25, 201707:00 AM Eastern
In the just-released issue of High Yield Investing, I likened this market to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the Terminator. No matter what you threw at it, it couldn’t be stopped!
Now, the...
By Gavin Magor On September 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Devastating, and expensive, the damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey will fall mainly on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as I said last week. Catastrophe funding will also kick in for...
By Jon D. Markman On August 16, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Airlines have been the butt of customer service jokes for years. Deservedly so. Now they’re fighting back, with software.
This week, JetBlue announced a large investment in Gladly, a Silicon...