Investing
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Should you try a concierge doctor? Here are the pros, the cons and the costs.
My primary care doctor recently left her practice and invited me to join her at her new gig — a concierge medicine group. There, for a membership fee, I’d have better and more personal access to her services: same-day appointments and long conversations! Concierge medicine — a model in which patients pay a membership fee…
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Salesforce is trying a ‘cute gimmick’ to get workers back to the office, but it may fall flat
Salesforce is trying a new tactic in the battle to get employees back to the office: appealing to their charitable side. Salesforce CRM, +2.76% will donate $10 to charity for every day that employees go to the office from June 12 to June 23, Fortune reported this week. The company says it hopes to raise…
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Here’s one way women can feel more empowered when thinking about their finances
Sometimes it seems as if the deck is stacked against you. For women, high inflation and soaring housing costs in many parts of the U.S. can be compounded by a perception that they are unable to work toward financial independence. Alessandra Malito shares the results of a survey that found that women shy away from,…
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Two-year Treasury yields end at 3-month highs as investors eye approaching Fed decision
[]U.S. bond yields advanced on Friday, with the yield on the 2-year Treasury rising to its highest level since March 9. []Investor have been focused on what could be next for interest rates ahead of the Federal Reserve’s June 13-14 policy meeting. What happened The yield on the 2-year Treasury TMUBMUSD02Y, 4.606% advanced 8.7 basis…
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Meet Turkey’s new central bank governor as ex-First Republic exec takes on soaring inflation, tumbling lira
The Turkish government has appointed its first first female central bank governor, Hafize Gaye Erkan, a former Goldman Sachs banker who is charged trying to rebuild financial stability and credibility for the country. Erkan replaces Şahap Kavcıoğlu, who held the position for just over three years and will now head up the country’s Banking Regulation…
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The demand for Lithium hidden in your garage (no, it’s not your EV)
Editor’s note: If you know me, you know I love to read. And with my Economics background, understanding trends and anticipating future impacts gives me an enormous edge as an investor. Here is an intriguing article from our friends at Katusa Research about everyone’s favorite, Elon Musk, and battery storage! Although I did not author this…
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Gold posts a weekly gain ahead of next week’s U.S. inflation data, Fed decision
Gold prices settled lower on Friday, but held onto a modest gain for the week — their second in a row — on the back of overall weakness in the U.S. dollar. Traders looked to U.S. inflation data and the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting, both due next week, as the catalysts…
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The demand for Lithium hidden in your garage
Editor’s note: If you know me, you know I love to read. And with my Economics background, understanding trends and anticipating future impacts gives me an enormous edge as an investor. Here is an intriguing article from our friends at Katusa Research about everyone’s favorite, Elon Musk, and battery storage! Although I did not…
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S&P 500 on track for highest close since April 2022 after stocks exit bear market
[]U.S. stocks were trading higher on Friday, led by technology stocks, with the S&P 500 index adding to its gains after technically exiting bear-market territory a day earlier. []Meanwhile, traders were looking ahead to what’s expected to be a busy week for economic data and central-bank policy decisions. What’s happening? The S&P 500 SPX, +0.10%…
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Tesla’s stock rises to longest winning streak in more than 2 years
Investors have been piling into Tesla Inc.’s stock as it rallied toward a seven-month high and a ninth straight gain, its longest streak in more than two years. Helping fuel optimism was the news that all of the electric-vehicle giant’s lower-priced Model 3 sedans now qualify for $7,500 in federal tax credits as part of…
