DirecTV and Disney have reached a deal that brings Disney’s ESPN and other channels back to the pay-tv provider’s customers after a roughly two week blackout.The deal comes in time for college football this Saturday, which airs on ABC, ESPN, as well as the SEC Network and ACC Network, as…

If you want your degree to help you land a fulfilling job, consider studying music therapy.The medical and therapeutic fields are among the college majors helping graduates get jobs that make the world a better place, according to graduates surveyed in a recent Payscale report.Alumni with bachelor’s degrees in music…

Back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world. –Jared Isaacman This past week, SpaceX successfully completed the first ever commercially operated spacewalk. The mission’s benefactor — billionaire Jared Isaacman — commanded the mission and performed the…

There is a lot of guidance out there about the best diets for your health, but is there any particular way to eat to boost or maintain happiness?”The answer, of course, is much more subjective and individual than figuring out which diet is best for your blood-cholesterol levels,” leading happiness…

A recent U.S. News and World Report ranked the best countries for a comfortable retirement based on an international survey of nearly 17,000 people and a subset of 5,900 respondents in their mid-40s and older.The 89 countries were ranked based on the following seven attributes:AffordableFavorable tax environmentFriendlyA place I would…

As many of my regular readers know, I like to pick my own stocks rather than invest in broadly diversified ETFs and CEFs like the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) or the Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund (RQI). While funds certainly come with pros like providing instant…

College graduates on average earn more than those without a four-year degree — but where you go to school may influence your earning potential.Young men (ages 25 to 34) earned a median annual income of $77,000 in 2023, compared with $45,000 for those in the same age group who only…

Owning a home makes some people feel more confident about their prospects for retirement — but that may be misguided, some experts say.About 37% of polled workers — including those with part- or full-time jobs, or who are self-employed or business owners — say they are “ahead of schedule” (7%)…

This is a trader’s market. I don’t mean that everyone should be a trader. I mean that investors expecting something different than what we’ve had for the “average stock” should prepare for the possibility that the headwinds will be strong, for a while. When I used to play golf (poorly),…

The share price of Trump Media plunged more than 17% on Wednesday morning, a day after majority shareholder Donald Trump gave a widely panned presidential debate performance against Vice President Kamala Harris.The company’s stock price at the opening bell was at its lowest intraday level since the Truth Social app…