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Readers Sound Off: How Much Money Is Enough?

May 21, 2018 admin Comments Off on Readers Sound Off: How Much Money Is Enough?

Editor’s Note: Our Chief Investment Strategist Alexander Green is out of commission today, adrift with spotty Wi-Fi somewhere in the Mediterranean between Rome and Marseille on The Oxford Club’s Chairman’s Circle Wealth Cruise.

And truth be told, we’re kind of glad he’s gone…

Only because his change of venue is the perfect excuse to tell you about another exciting change of scenery… one coming to your free Investment U subscription.

Don’t worry. Alex and ETF Strategist Nicholas Vardy will still be delivering their time-tested expertise on everything and anything concerning the markets, including their core investment philosophies, unconventional insights, unique opportunities… and beyond.

While …read more […]

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Palace shares family portrait and other royal wedding photos

May 21, 2018 admin Comments Off on Palace shares family portrait and other royal wedding photos

Kensington Palace has released three official wedding photographs taken of Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle shortly after their wedding. Alexi Lubomirski’s images include a family portrait of the couple with Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prince William and their spouses, as well as Markle’s mother and the children who served as bridesmaids and page boys. …read more […]

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Fifth Third Bancorp pays $4.7 billion for MB Financial’s Chicago muscle

May 21, 2018 admin Comments Off on Fifth Third Bancorp pays $4.7 billion for MB Financial’s Chicago muscle

As part of the deal announced on Monday, each MB Financial shareholder will get $54.20, comprising 1.45 shares of Fifth Third common stock and $5.54 in cash, a 24 percent premium to MB Financial’s last close. Shares of MB Financial were up 14 percent at $49.75 in early trade, while Fifth Third shares were down 7.2 percent at $31.12. D.A. Davidson analyst Kevin Reevey said that Fifth Third was limited in their ability to expand in Ohio and that the acquisition of Chicago-based MB Financial was the most logical move for them, from a geographical standpoint, in order …read more […]

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Ford rumored to be working on a Fiesta RS, but not for U.S.

May 21, 2018 admin Comments Off on Ford rumored to be working on a Fiesta RS, but not for U.S.

Now that Ford’s hacking its U.S. car lineup down to the Mustang and the not-exactly-a-car Focus Active, we’ll spend awhile getting to read about hot cars for other markets. First up: Motoring predicts that Ford is finally preparing a Fiesta RS. We’ve had four years of rumors about the super-hot hatch with nothing to show — or we could cite 14 years of hankering if we go back to the 2004 Fiesta RS concept. Motoring believes this time’s for real because when it asked Ford Performance Europe …read more […]

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Nokia phone licensee HMD raises $100 million to drive growth push

May 21, 2018 admin Comments Off on Nokia phone licensee HMD raises $100 million to drive growth push

HMD Global, the Finnish company that owns the right to use the Nokia brand on phones, has raised $100 million of funding intended to boost growth, it said on Monday. Having sold about 70 million Nokia phones and generated sales of 1.8 billion euros (1.6 billion pounds) in its first year, 2017, HMD said it plans to expand its Nokia smartphone range and to double sales channels in key markets this year. The fundraising round was led by Ginko Ventures, a fund owned by Jean-Francois Baril, a long-serving former senior vice president at Nokia. …read more […]