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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) classifies jobs as unskilled if they do not require a college degree to start. In reality, these roles may be physically demanding, require high emotional intelligence, or involve working conditions that most people avoid. Because of those demands, they sometimes pay a premium. Many industries are desperate for workers…
Somewhere in a client file right now, there is a will signed in 2014. The beneficiary designations reference a marriage that ended years ago. There is no durable power of attorney. The client is aware of all of this and so is the advisor. Yet the documents have not been updated. What keeps clients stuck…
The best dividend stocks to own are the ones investors don’t have to worry about. These are the types of stocks that, due to their stable businesses and strong financials, can be relied on to generate consistent and recurring dividend income for the foreseeable future. Three stocks that fit that mold and that can be…
Creative Planning, an Overland Park, Kan.-based registered investment advisor with about $710 billion in assets under management and advisement, has acquired Lovell Insurance Group, a Lee’s Summit, Mo.-based commercial insurance brokerage, specializing in complex commercial insurance, surety and risk management. Lovell Insurance Group was founded in 2017 by John Lovell, who has joined the Creative…
Americans got some relief at the gas pump in recent weeks, enough to slow down inflation. That might not last long as the U.S. and Iran continue to vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Home prices exploded over the past five years. They’re now going up more slowly, but incomes have still not kept up.
Back-to-school season is nearly here, and NerdWallet’s annual back-to-school shopping survey found an unexpected shift in a year where costs keep going up: On average, back-to-school shoppers — defined as parents of K-12 or college students who plan to back-to-school shop this year — intend to spend less than they did last year. Back-to-school shoppers…
Never since 1950 have the S&P 500’s price and earnings both been so far above the historical trend at one time, one strategist said.
Kieffer Named SVP of Investor Education and President of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation WASHINGTON – FINRA today announced that investor education and protection veteran Christine Kieffer will serve as Senior Vice President of FINRA’s Office of Investor Education and President of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation). The appointment is effective immediately. Kieffer…