NYC pied-à-terre tax nudges second-property owners toward the market

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Kevelyn Guzman (pictured top), regional vice president at Coldwell Banker Warburg in New York, was born and raised in Manhattan and has been with the firm since 2008. She said the pied-à-terre effect has been causing property owners to pick up the phone. “Inventory is still low,” Guzman told Mortgage Professional America. “However, ever since […]

Celebrity Deaths in 2026: All the Stars Who Died This Year

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and an activist icon who twice ran for president. Born on October 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson experienced Jim Crow segregation on public buses and at school firsthand. It would shape the rest of his life. His fight for […]

Ethereum’s newest nonprofit wants to become Wall Street’s guide to crypto

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For Ethereum Institutional’s founders, becoming an independent nonprofit rather than remaining within the foundation was a deliberate choice. “The EF has always been quite vocal about its principle of subtraction,” Dawson said, referring to the organization diving up responsibilities for the network to other organizations . “This is an example of that increasing decentralization, and […]

Neil Jones: Doubling down on estate planning principles

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The current issues facing clients are neatly summed up in the immortal words of Robert Burns, who in ‘To a Mouse’ said, “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men. Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy!” The same challenges face our case study Barbara, who having already […]

Starbucks Brews In-House Tools in Shift From Big Tech

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Starbucks is developing in-house systems that could replace software it buys from Big Tech companies, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (July 9). The coffee chain is working on alternatives to a system from Microsoft that monitors inventory as well as a maintenance management tool from IBM, the report said, citing an internal presentation. Starbucks has also […]

Truist's Chris Ward on "rail simplification" for payments

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The Most Innovative People in Finance honoree discusses why consumers and businesses only care that their payments get to the right place at the right time, and how banks can fix this problem.

What Is the Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIGI), and Who Should Buy It?

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Investors who are concerned about the high valuations of U.S. tech stocks, or who want to diversify their portfolios beyond U.S. stocks, are showing interest in international stocks. Buying international stock-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be a good way to put your money to work in other parts of the global economy. Recent Vanguard research […]

Florida charter schools reflect the sector’s problems

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Cumberland Advisors’ Executive Vice President John Mousseau said the expanding number of Florida charter schools may have contributed to the financial problems some are experiencing. Cumberland Advisors Florida charter schools haven’t escaped the growing trend of charter schools nationally entering default and impairment, data and analysts indicate. Processing Content Nationally, charter school bonds posted the […]

Best 3 Dividend ETF Picks for the Second Half of 2026

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The first half of 2026 was a good one for dividend ETFs. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF delivered an impressive 10% return, but the WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend ETF, which could be used as a proxy for the entire dividend stock universe, beat it by nearly one percentage point. The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD […]

How to Get Overdraft Fees Waived

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Key Takeaways If you rarely overdraft, you may be able to call your bank and get it to waive the fee. You can sign up for overdraft protection or opt out of overdraft coverage to avoid fees. Several banks, like Chase and Capital One, have phased out overdraft fees altogether. If you don’t keep a […]