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☆ Income investing opportunities emerge as the outlook for rate cuts moves to September
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

IEI has a 30-day SEC yield of 4.26% and carries an expense ratio of 0.15%. BINC, which is actively managed, has a 30-day SEC yield of 5.6% and a net expense ratio of 0.4%. Investors can use ETFs to tackle that space: Vanguard's Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT) has a 30-day SEC yield of 5.33%. There's also the iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGIB) , offering a 30-day SEC yield of 5.4%. Hunting dividend payers Higher rates have overshadowed opportunities among dividend-paying stocks, which look less attractive to income investors who can find risk-free yields easily.

Persons: it's, Michael Carbone, Carbone, Gargi Chaudhuri, Collin Martin, There's, Michael Clarfeld Organizations: Dow Jones, Traders, Federal, Treasury Bond ETF, SEC, Schwab Center, Financial Research, Corporate Locations: Chelmsford , Massachusetts, BlackRock, ClearBridge

☆ Higher yielding CDs are coming due. Here’s where savers are redeploying their cash
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Today's higher rates on CDs aren't going to last , however. For investors contending with maturing CDs, that means they're running out of places to stash their idle cash and still generate an attractive yield. "The issue is reinvestment risk," said Michael Carbone, certified financial planner and financial advisor at Eppolito Financial Strategies in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. That's because once the Fed begins cutting rates, fixed income with longer-dated maturities will allow investors to lock in those higher yields. An opportunity to diversify fixed income In addition to adding exposure to longer-dated bonds, advisors have also been diversifying across different classes of fixed income.

Persons: Wells Fargo, Banks, Jerome Powell, Michael Carbone, Catherine Valega, Valega, Carbone, Josh Nelson, he's Organizations: Green Bee, Keystone Financial Services, MBS Locations: Chelmsford , Massachusetts, Winchester , Massachusetts, Loveland , Colorado, BlackRock

☆ How to spot a corporate psychopath and avoid hiring a candidate with sociopathy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Corporate psychopaths are drawn to powerful institutions and good at climbing a corporate ladder. Corporate psychopaths are drawn to positions of power, and may be in your field. He gave a presentation about his most recent research, which posthumously diagnosed Bernie Madoff as a corporate psychopath, this week at the Chelmsford Science Festival. Basically, if you see someone act "totally ruthless in determination to accrue money and power and control," they might be a corporate psychopath, Boddy said. Am Psycho ProductionsBoddy said that issuing more stringent hiring practices could be enough to weed out corporate psychopath candidates in the future.

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LONDON (AP) — A 36-year-old man was ordered to remain in custody after appearing in court on Friday in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap and murder Holly Willoughby, one of Britain's most high-profile television personalities. He is charged with soliciting a man named David Nelson to commit murder, and incitement to commit a kidnapping between Oct. 2 and 5 in Harlow, Essex. The other man was due to arrive in the U.K. next week from the U.S., the court heard. “This news has come as a huge shock to everyone at 'This Morning' and ITV," an ITV spokesperson said. "We are providing all of the support we can to Holly and her family at this incredibly distressing time.”

Persons: Holly Willoughby, Gavin Plumb, David Nelson, Plumb, Willoughby, “, Holly, Rishi Sunak, ”, Lorraine Kelly Organizations: Chelmsford Crown, Essex Police, ITV Locations: Chelmsford, ’, London, Harlow , Essex, U.S

The state pays local housing authorities to maintain and operate the units whether they’re occupied or not. As of the end of July, almost 1,800 of the vacant units had been empty for more than 60 days. Doris Romero, a housing coordinator at a Boston shelter, was stunned to hear about all the vacant apartments. People interested in housing had to apply to separate local housing agencies, often in person. Since then, Hedison and other local housing officials have cited a litany of problems.

Persons: Deb Libby, Libby, she’s, ”, “, Doris Romero, ” Ed Augustus, Augustus, Maura Healey, WBUR, David Hedison, Maureen Cayer, Healey, “ It’s, WBUR’s Beth Healy, Paula Moura, Read Organizations: Gov, Housing, Worcester Locations: Worcester , Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Boston, New York , Connecticut, Hawaii, Chelmsford, Agawam, Western Massachusetts, Adams, New York, Lowell, Rhode

☆ A reality TV star who posted an explicit video of him and his ex-girlfriend on OnlyFans without her permission was jailed for almost 2 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OnlyFans and reality TV star Stephen Bear was sentenced to 21 months in prison for "revenge porn." The "Ex on the Beach" contestant shared an explicit video of his ex-girlfriend without her consent. The video was filmed on CCTV at his home without her knowledge and was later posted on OnlyFans. The platform deactivated his account the day after Harrison reported the video, per The Sun. Users can report if explicit content of them has been shared online and ask the center to remove it.

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