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By Hannah Lang WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Currency markets were choppy on Tuesday as the dollar hit a 10-week high against peers and a six-month top versus the yen before retreating after Japanese officials gave their currency a nudge. Japan will closely watch currency market moves and respond “appropriately” as needed,…

By Milounee Purohit BENGALURU (Reuters) – Average home prices in Canada are set to fall around 9% this year and then rise into 2024 and beyond as buyers bet interest rates have already peaked alongside strong demand for housing, according to property analysts polled by Reuters. The Bank of Canada…

Venture capital funding is down dramatically, but innovation is still thriving, with 19 of the companies on our eighth annual honor roll new to the list. Reported by Steven Ehrlich, Jeff Kauflin, Emily Mason, Jonathan Ponciano and Hank Tucker A s publicly traded fintech stocks remain in a slump, down…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is mentioned these days mostly as an afterthought. Who really cares about such an old fashioned index when all the fun is being had over in the NASDAQ-100? 30 stocks that your grandfather liked when you could own all of these hot artificial intelligence names?…

This week, we are deeply saddened by the death of William J. O’Neil on May 28, 2023, at the age of 90. O’Neil, the founder of Investor’s Business Daily and author of How to Make Money in Stocks, has developed a strategy called CAN SLIM, an acronym to help remember…

Tax return season is over, but there are tax-saving opportunities to consider between now and the end of the year. Here are a few IRA strategies to review and consider. Qualified charitable distributions (QCDs). If you’re over age 70½, have a traditional IRA, and make charitable contributions, you probably should…

The word “the next generation” is often touted within the private wealth sector, just like many other industries today. To help make sense of concepts, especially when you’re not part of a movement, school of thought, industry, or generation, various frameworks often come handy. Think Edward De Bono’s lateral thinking,…

The median monthly cost of homeownership is $1,672, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest American Community Survey (2021). The median amount may vary by state (for example, homeowners in California and Hawaii pay more than $2,500, while residents of Arkansas and Indiana have a median monthly cost that’s less…

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