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SE – Your Bullseye Pick of the Week 3-27-2023
Editor’s Note: This was sent to subscribers of Jeff Bishop’s Bullseye Trades on Monday, March 27th, 2023. If you missed “Rocket Trades,” last week, my favorite alert was on COIN puts, which soared over 250% overnight. I love walking into bad news for a stock when I am short. Online registration is still closed for…
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Is your debt making you ill? How you can restructure or rethink loans to help you sleep at night.
Debt has been linked to greater health risks for older adults, but not all debts affect your health, and the exact mechanism that causes health issues isn’t yet known. Still, studies show that some types of debt — specifically unsecured loans like credit-card balances — coincide with health issues, and others, typically mortgages, don’t. Stacey Betts is a good…
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The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5: This highly-rated futuristic SUV is at the forefront of a fresh wave of electric vehicles
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is our highest-rated electric SUV and the recipient of two Best Buy Awards for 2023: Best Electric Vehicle and Best New Model. Pricing starts at $41,450. More and more car buyers are wondering if their next purchase should be an electric vehicle. Not everyone can afford a Tesla TSLA, -1.12%, but…
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Most homeowners outside of high-risk zones don’t buy flood insurance, but that could be an expensive mistake
Between atmospheric rivers in California, Hurricane Ian in Florida, flash floods in Kentucky and monsoons in Las Vegas, floods have caused billions of dollars in damage over the past year alone. You may not think flooding could ever affect your home. However, 90% of natural disasters in the U.S. involve floods, according to the Federal…
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Can you save money on Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs site? And how does it work with Medicare?
Bill Hearn’s medication to treat his mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, would cost him $275 per month from CVS Pharmacy through his Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. But the 69-year-old retiree living in Knoxville, Tennessee, gets a generic version delivered from a new online pharmacy, instead. It costs hundreds of dollars less. “I’d read…
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Credit Suisse chairman apologizes at final shareholder meeting in 167-year history
“We wanted to put all our energy and our efforts into turning the situation around and putting the bank back on track. It pains me that we didn’t have the time to do so, and that in that fateful week in March our plans were disrupted. For that I am truly sorry. I apologize that…
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Intel stock gets an upgrade from longtime bear: ‘We hate this call but think it’s the right one’
Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon had been vocally bearish on Intel’s stock since mid-2020, but he ended that call this weekend. “We have been decidedly negative on Intel’s INTC, +0.67% prospects for quite some time, a stance clearly justified by the company’s utter collapse as a weakening market and poor decisions shaved billions off the top…
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Oil prices soar after Saudi Arabia leads coordinated OPEC+ cuts totaling more than 1 million barrels a day
[]Oil futures surged after Saudi Arabia led a surprise oil-production cut across several OPEC+ member countries that will remove more than 1 million barrels of oil a day from output by May. []In an announcement on Sunday, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy stated that the kingdom will implement a voluntary cut of 500,000 barrels a…
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Dow closes up by more than 300 points after surprise OPEC+ production cut
Dow industrials and the S&P 500 finished higher on Monday for the fourth straight trading session, as investors reacted to a surprise oil-production cut announced by Saudi Arabia and its allies over the weekend. What happened The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.98% finished up by 327 points, or 1%, at 33,601.15. The S&P 500…
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Announcing that you’re laid off is becoming common on LinkedIn: Here’s what to say—and not to say
Since late 2022, a steady stream of companies have announced layoffs, most notably in the tech sector. In recent months, the downsizing has extended to other industries, including financial services, retail and manufacturing. While the stigma of getting laid off is not what it once was, it’s still almost always a difficult experience. On top…