Someone who bought a Fantasy 5 ticket at an Exxon gas station in West Miami-Dade won $62,503 in Friday night’s drawing, according to the Florida Lottery. One of two tickets with 12, 22, 24, 32, and 34 was sold at the Exxon at 8701 SW 24th St. (Coral Way). The other was sold at a […]
A Maryland resident purchased a vase for about $4 on a clearance rack at a local thrift store, and kept it in her home for a few years. Upon visiting the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, she recognized that many of the artifacts resembled the vase she had at home to a remarkable […]
For more than a century, Wall Street has stood on a pedestal above all other asset classes. Although Treasury bonds, housing, gold, and oil have generated a nominal profit for investors over the long run, none of these asset classes comes remotely close to matching the annualized total return that stocks have delivered. With thousands […]
These are challenging times for Cathie Wood’s style of investing. The co-founder, CEO, and investor at Ark Invest finds her family of aggressive growth exchange-traded funds losing to the market for the third time in four years in 2024. Can she get back on track? She is certainly not standing still. Ark Invest made plenty […]
Companies enacting stock splits are currently all the rage on Wall Street. A stock split allows a publicly traded company to alter its share price and outstanding share count without impacting its market cap or operating performance. Although all eyes have been on high-profile stock-split stocks like Nvidia and Broadcom, which both recently announced 10-for-1 […]
Lately, there aren’t a lot of stocks Warren Buffett has found interesting enough to add to Berkshire Hathaway‘s (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) $385 billion portfolio. Buffett, through Berkshire, has made only a handful of purchases during the current bull market. Truth be told, Buffett has sold more stocks than he’s bought in each of the […]
Parx Casino has purchased an existing Bensalem hotel, which it plans to renovate and open sometime in 2025, leaving unanswered questions about the original plans for a luxury hotel on the complex property approved last year. Parx’s parent company, Greenwood Racing Inc., announced Monday the purchase of The Inn at Fox Chase, 3327 Street Road […]
A good week for Fantasy 5 players in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area continued Saturday with a jackpot winner sold at a Cooper City Publix. Saturday’s midday draw numbers — 12, 21, 24, 32 and 36 — matched a Quick Pick ticket sold at the Publix at Cooper City Commons, 9359 Sheridan St. As the only […]
Ark Investment Management operates eight exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest primarily in innovative technology stocks. Last year, Ark CEO Cathie Wood said software companies will be the next big opportunity in artificial intelligence (AI), predicting they could generate $8 in revenue for every $1 spent on chips from suppliers like Nvidia. Ark’s ETFs reflect that […]
One of the best ways to understand what the “smart money” on Wall Street is thinking is by combing through quarterly 13F filings. Large hedge funds must file a 13F every quarter, disclosing which stocks they are buying, holding, and selling. One of the best money managers of the past 30 years has been David […]
A century-old farmer-owned cooperative just acquired its first retail stores in the Boise area. Valley Wide Cooperative says it purchased the two Legacy Feed & Fuel stores in Meridian and Nampa. The stores sell farm equipment, power tools, gardening supplies, livestock feed and fuel. Valley Wide, based in Nampa, has over 100 locations across Idaho, […]
“We will use the proceeds to buy a house in Orange County, Calif. to be closer to family and relatives.” (Photo subjects are a model.) – MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto An earlier version of this article misstated how the outstanding mortgage balance factors into the taxable gain from the sale. Dear Tax Guy, We plan to […]