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☆ Inexpensive ways to access emergency funds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And while surveys indicate that there are plenty of people in just such a situation, there are some inexpensive and safe ways to access emergency funds. putting it on a credit card but paying that bill in full when it comes due). An earlier survey by Bankrate, meanwhile, found that two-thirds of US adults worried they don’t have enough emergency savings to cover them if they lost their primary source of income. Her bills were piling up and she had already accrued high credit card balances from her years in school. To make the next emergency expense less stressful and costly, you can build emergency savings with small amounts consistently over time.

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☆ Inside New York Fashion Week where subtle luxury still reigns supreme
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Quiet luxury was everywhere at Badgley Mischka's runway show during New York Fashion Week. A model walks the Badgley Mischka runway during New York Fashion Week. Advertisement"I'm always quiet luxury," she said while pointing to her Cartier glasses, which were a gift from her daughter Jordyn. Elizabeth Woods attends the Badgley Mischka runway show during New York Fashion Week. "I'm from Connecticut, where quiet luxury is the thing, so I just see so much that I'm over it."

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☆ Municipal-Bond Investors Pay a Hefty Price for Not Being Taxed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Daisy Maxey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ West Maui highway reopens but 'destruction zone' remains off limits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

LAHAINA, Hawaii, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Hawaii officials on Wednesday reopened a highway into West Maui to all motorists for the first time since last week's deadly wildfire, but the devastated town of Lahaina remained closed as the painstaking search for hundreds of missing dragged on. [1/2]Vehicles are seen in traffic on Honoapiilani Hwy after officials allowed residents and tourists back into West Maui after a wildfire destroyed the historic town of Lahaina, in Maui, Hawaii, U.S. August 11, 2023. Maui Fresh Streatery, a local business, urged people in a Facebook post to refrain from using the highway into town for sightseeing. "Let us allow this time for our Lahaina residents." As officials work to identify the deceased, stories about those who perished have emerged from loved ones.

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☆ Male Stock Analysts With ‘Dominant’ Faces Get More Information—and Have Better Forecasts
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Daisy Maxey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

People place great weight on facial characteristics, which some stock analysts apparently benefit from. Illustration: Alex NabaumFor male financial analysts, having a face that is perceived as strong can be a competitive advantage, a study suggests. But for women analysts, it can be a disadvantage, according to the study.

☆ Why Stock-Market Investors Can No Longer Count on the ‘Index Effect’
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Daisy Maxey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The disappearance of the ‘index effect’ might have one positive: It shows that financial markets have become more efficient. A new study concludes that—at least in the case of the S&P 500—the small rise in share value that once accompanied a stock’s addition to the index has disappeared on average over the past decade. This disappearance of the well-known “index effect” has occurred despite an increase in the amount of money tracking the S&P 500 over the period, says Robin Greenwood, professor of finance and banking at Harvard Business School. He co-wrote the working paper, “The Disappearing Index Effect,” with Marco Sammon, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.

Megha Thakur, a TikToker who preached body confidence and acceptance to her nearly 1 million followers, has died. Thakur's family, who made the Instagram post on Nov. 28, wrote that a funeral service would be held on Nov. 29. She loved her fans and would have wanted you to know of her passing," her family wrote in the Instagram post. Some wrote that Thakur had helped them learn to love themselves and her content had given them confidence. "megha i seriously can’t believe this .. i woke up this morning and this was the first thing that landed," user @01110111ftw wrote.

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