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☆ I built up an Etsy store to give me a way out from my stressful day job. I quit, and my store made $347,000 last year.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I started my Etsy store in 2020 to make money on the side — just enough to pay a phone bill or two. It prompted me to start an Etsy store selling customized digital pet portraits. I'd make text-based designs on Canva and use Printify, a print-on-demand store linked to my Etsy store, to make and send them to customers. My day job made me really angry, prompting me to focus on building my store. Etsy works best if you keep uploading items for saleI spent between two and three hours a day uploading new designs.

Persons: Christina Umerez, I'd, Slack, Etsy, I've Organizations: Business Locations: Toronto, Portugal, Asia

☆ Where do Treasury yields go from here? Morgan Stanley's Jim Caron weighs in
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Treasury yields shot up last year, and investors flocked to allocating to cash which have yielded around 5% or even more. Morgan Stanley Investment Management's Jim Caron believes the 10-year Treasury yield is very likely to hover between 5% and 5.5%. Caron, who is chief investment officer at its Portfolio Solutions Group, explained that historically, 10-year Treasury yields are "usually a good match" for nominal gross domestic product. How rising yields affect stocks But are rising yields bad for stocks, as commonly thought? "If yields are rising because the economy is running hot, and data and labor markets are stronger, the rising yields need not negatively affect stocks."

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Jim Caron, Caron, CNBC's Organizations: Treasury, U.S . Federal, Morgan, Morgan Stanley Investment, Solutions Locations: U.S

☆ I rolled over my 401(k) because I thought it was the smart financial move. Several delays and 5 months later, I regret even starting the process.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

While my case may have been a little on the extreme side, a financial planner assured me that I'm far from the only person to have struggled with a 401(k) rollover. August 15, 2023: Fidelity cuts two checks — made out to Vanguard, not me (this, I later learn, is key) — and mails them to me. I was supposed to make my rollover checks payable to them. The author attempted to mail the rollover form and checks from Brooklyn, New York. I never want to initiate a 401(k) rollover ever again.

Persons: —, I've, Roth, Vanguard There's, Kathleen Elkins, Brent Weiss, that's, Ascensus, Weiss, wasn't, it's Organizations: Business, Fidelity, Vanguard, Neat, UPS, Trust, Facility, IRS Locations: Los Angeles, New York City, Brooklyn , New York, Brooklyn Heights, North Carolina, Charlotte, New York

Image A watch party for Mr. Trump in Des Moines on Monday night. Credit... Haiyun Jiang for The New York TimesInstead, if Mr. Trump wins next week’s New Hampshire primary, a march to a third nomination is all but certain. Some in the news media were reluctant to direct their audiences to Mr. Trump, especially shortly after he left office, for fear that it would only amplify his lies about his election loss. Since 2016, both Republican and Democratic leaders have often agreed that it helps Democrats to have Mr. Trump at the political fore. Mr. Biden has signaled his plans to highlight Mr. Trump’s efforts to subvert his loss in the 2020 election, invoking the attack on the Capitol and Mr. Trump’s revisionist history of what happened.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, codifying, —, he’d, Haiyun Jiang, ”, David Axelrod, Barack Obama, “, victimhood, Mr, Trump’s, Axelrod, Biden, Maansi Srivastava, Liam Donovan Organizations: Fox News, Republican, Trump, Republican Party, The New York, Democratic, Republicans, New, New York Times Democrats, Capitol, Washington Post, University of Maryland Locations: New York, Iowa, Florida, Des Moines, Hampshire, Clive , Iowa, New Hampshire, Washington, mattering

☆ 5 charts that explain why stocks took off last year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Stocks ended on a high note last year, but were tested by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes, banking turmoil, debt ceiling worries and war in the Middle East. Many early-year consensus predictions about what 2023 would bring — including a recession and several rate cuts — didn’t pan out. CNN spoke with five investors about the biggest lessons they learned and how they’ve helped shape their 2024 outlooks. Fundamentals have to start matteringThe S&P 500 index gained 24% last year despite an earnings recession, often defined as at least two straight quarters of corporate profit losses. Fourth-quarter earnings, which kick off on Friday with results from big banks, are expected to grow about 1% in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Persons: Stocks, they’ve, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, David Kelly, ”, Kelly, Yung, Yu Ma, Don’t, George Cipolloni, Wall, Leslie Thompson, don’t, Thompson, she’s eyeing, FactSet, “, Amanda Agati Organizations: New, New York CNN —, CNN, Asset Management, Treasury, BMO Wealth Management, Penn Mutual Asset Management, Fed, Spectrum Wealth Management, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Companies, PNC Asset Management Locations: New York

☆ Donor revolt at Harvard and UPenn over Israel shows big checks often have strings attached
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Big money donations are booming at America’s colleges, helping fund higher education for millions of students. The biggest donors often sit on universities’ board of trustees, which governs the university and selects university leadership, priorities and direction. The donor backlash at the University of Pennsylvania and uproar at Harvard University over Israel and Palestine highlight how big donations often come with demands for changes to university policy and politics. The backlash has raised questions about the influence big donors wield and pressure donors may exert over leadership, hiring decisions and academic affairs. Restricted giftsMore donations are coming with strings attached, rather than letting schools spend their donations however they want.

Persons: ’, ”, Cliff Asness, James Finkelstein, David Callahan, George Mason, Nikole Hannah, Jones, Rob Reich, “, Ann Marcus Organizations: New, New York CNN, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Harvard, George Mason University, Faculty Senate Tri, Council, Advancement, “, ”, Aid, Education, Critics, Indiana University, George, Koch Foundation, Yale University, University of North, Chapel, Michigan State, Stanford University, Universities, New York University, NYU’s Steinhardt, of Higher Locations: New York, Israel, Palestine, University of North Carolina, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait

☆ Goldman reveals its brand new 'conviction list' of European stocks — giving one nearly 150% upside
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Goldman Sachs has a new list of top stock picks for Europe, which it called its "most differentiated" ideas for the region. The "European Conviction List - Directors' Cut" is the bank's "curated and active" list of 15 to 25 buy-rated stocks. Goldman already has a conviction list of stock ideas across regions — which includes its top buy-rated stocks it expects to outperform. "The subcommittee will collaborate with each sector analyst to identify top ideas that offer a combination of conviction, a differentiated view and high risk-adjusted returns," Goldman wrote in the Oct.1 note. Goldman presented 18 European names in this new list, which it will update monthly.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Puma, Philips, Enel, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Europe, bank's, Investment, Puma, Volvo, Philips, BT, Veritas Locations: Europe

☆ Ron Klain credits Rep. Jim Clyburn for pushing Biden to put the first Black woman on the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron Klain gave credit to Rep. Jim Clyburn for the appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Clyburn urged Biden in 2020 to promise voters he would put the first Black woman justice on the court. That promise was important to Clyburn, whose endorsement played a big role in Biden becoming president. But he defended Jackson during confirmation battles, urged "strong bipartisan support" for her, and said she "will make an extraordinary Supreme Court Justice" when she was sworn in. She was a finalist when President Barack Obama selected now-Attorney General Merrick Garland for a Supreme Court nomination, he said.

☆ Damar Hamlin’s Toy Drive Solved the Chaos in Fantasy Football
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Roy Vincent and a few guys went to a bar in Seattle last Monday night to watch the game that would decide who would win their fantasy football league. The 37-year-old Microsoft employee narrowly trailed in the championship matchup but had one player who could swing the outcome in that Bills-Bengals game. Hundreds of dollars, pride and fantasy football’s greatest rite—bragging mercilessly—were on the line. But minutes into the game, fantasy football stopped mattering.

☆ The solution to low productivity and quiet quitting is simpler than most managers realize: It's about making people feel that they matter.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Meanwhile, more than half of the workforce and "probably more" engaged in quiet quitting this year, according to a June Gallup poll. The solution is simple, but it requires work on the part of leaders to make workers feel like they matter. Managers who don't give their employees a sense of meaning risk higher turnover, increased rates of quiet quitting, and lower productivity. Managers who don't give their employees a sense of meaning risk higher turnover, rates of quiet quitting, and lower productivity. An employee who only gets compliments will begin to wonder whether her manager is being sincere, the Babson professors wrote.

☆ Gen Zers don't have to get a new job to find meaning and purpose at work
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Many Gen Z employees want their jobs to matter and look for meaningful work. Here's how Gen Zers can find meaning at work, from forming connections to shaping values. She, like many Gen Z employees, wanted her work to matter. Connect with those around youDanielle Farage says connecting with coworkers and peers helps inspire and motivate her as a Gen Z worker. courtesy of FarageThe importance of intimate connections can not be ignored in establishing a meaningful work experience.

☆ The Power of Mattering at Work
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Jennifer Breheny Wallace | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Feeling unappreciated at work? Among the “essentials” for well-being at work, the report states, is “mattering,” the belief that you are valued and important to others. “People want to know that they matter to those around them, and that their work makes a difference in the lives of others,” the report notes. The social psychologist Morris Rosenberg first conceived the idea of mattering in the 1980s, while studying self-esteem among adolescents. Recent research has shown that a focus on mattering can be a powerful tool for responding to the rise in loneliness, anxiety, depression and social division among Americans.

☆ Midterm elections live updates: Pennsylvania races, New Hampshire Senate race too early to call
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Brandy Zadrozny | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Sahil-Kapur-Headshot.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +109 min

Share this -Link copiedWisconsin Senate and governor's races too early to call It is too early to call the Senate and gubernatorial races in Wisconsin, according to NBC News. Share this -Link copiedNew Hampshire Senate race too early to call The Senate race in New Hampshire is too early to call, according to NBC News. Share this -Link copiedPennsylvania Senate and governor races are too early to call After polls closed at 8 p.m. While Maricopa County election officials initially categorized the problem as a “hiccup,” it took hours before a solution was identified early Tuesday afternoon. In Columbus County, election officials allegedly were harassed by an “observer following one-stop workers” and photographing or filming the workers, it said.

While Maricopa County election officials initially categorized the problem as a “hiccup,” it took hours before a solution was identified early Tuesday afternoon. According to the poll, 46% of voters said their family’s financial situation is worse than it was two years ago. Civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, filed a similar complaint Friday against state election officials. The app and portal had been down for part of the morning and the state's election hotline also briefly experienced issues. In Columbus County, election officials allegedly were harassed by an “observer following one-stop workers” and photographing or filming the workers, it said.

By the end of Election Day, approximately 21,000 total interviews will be conducted. Civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, filed a similar complaint Friday against state election officials. The app and portal had been down for part of the morning and the state's election hotline also briefly experienced issues. In Columbus County, election officials allegedly were harassed by an “observer following one-stop workers” and photographing or filming the workers, it said. Share this -Link copiedSunny weather in most battleground states on Election Day It’s a bright and sunny Election Day in many battleground states!

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