With Apple (AAPL) appearing to announce an exit from the Buy Now, Pay Later space, Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) is looking like an increasingly attractive bet. The company has posted torrid top-line growth along with rapidly improving operating margins. The company has a net cash balance sheet and the Affirm Card is…

For more than a decade, Viktor Orbán’s “illiberal” rule in Hungary has seemed ironclad. But recent European elections have shown that the Hungarian prime minister and his right-hand man are struggling to contain an unlikely challenger from within.Antal Rogán, who has been by the premier’s side for three decades and…

Investing.com – The U.S. dollar rose in early European trade Thursday, climbing near to a seven-week high, after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady and played down expectations for a March rate cut. At 04:25 ET (09:25 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of…

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda voiced confidence over prospects of higher wages and stressed the bank’s resolve to phase out stimulus if inflation durably hits its goal, despite data showing the economy has slipped into recession. But he said the central…

This article is for those individuals who are single and have never been married. Most articles written about Social Security claiming strategies address the analysis for a married couple. This is simply because planning for married couples revolves around these 3 criteria: Maximize the high earner Social Security benefit. Coordinate…

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Student loan debt has been an ongoing discussion among Americans for years as the debt balance continues to grow. The country’s total student loan debt now sits at $1.6 trillion, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York data. These debts are overwhelming for many borrowers. Nearly 94% of respondents…

Interest payments for U.S. consumers are through the roof. Last quarter, consumers spent a record-high $1.1 trillion on interest payments alone, reported Quartz, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).  Over half of those interest payments were not related to mortgage debt. Mortgages often have some of…

Medical bills may soon be removed from many credit reports. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) just proposed a rule that would eliminate medical debt from credit reports in an attempt to prevent debt collectors from using the reporting system to get people to pay. The rule also intends to…

Investment Thesis Global freight rates continue to incur volatility and have stretched back towards 2022 highs. The containerized freight index shown in Figure 1, has lifted to 3,379 points from a range of 1,000 leading into the year. The last time this occurred in 2022, those in the air freight…