Investing in growth stocks can be tricky, especially when it comes to some names that are trading at very high valuations. That’s when options traders take over the stock with heavy volume, as may be the case with NVIDIA (NVDA), making them more of a short-term trading vehicle than a…

The first two trading weeks of September have whiplashed investors. Last week was strong as stocks staged a comeback following favorable updates on inflation and a slew of companies at various analyst conferences. September is known as the worst month of the year for stocks. While all three Wall Street…

Grace Carr has been studying, working or volunteering at the same hospital for almost as long as she’s been alive — and at 97 years old, she doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Carr started training to become a nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital (now known as St. Luke’s Sacred Heart…

More than three years ago, New Fortress Energy (NFE) acquired Golar LNG Partners in a $1.9 billion transaction that likely saved the debt-laden partnership from a potential bankruptcy filing. Shortly after closing, the partnership decided to delist its 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units (OTC:GMLPF) from Nasdaq. With the…

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…