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☆ I'm the 28-year-old mayor of my town and I had to live at home until I could buy a house
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Paulin talked about his experience living in his childhood home for three years to save for a down payment on his own house. My girlfriend and I started saving for a home in 2019 – that's when I decided to continue living at home. In Indian Head, you run for three town council seats and the candidate with the most votes becomes mayor, which was me. Like I would leave school work or documents from town meetings in the living room or on the coffee table. You just have to be prepared to make some sacrifices or not have as much freedom depending on your house rules.

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☆ PepsiCo's Parth Raval on 2024: We have to get better and more sophisticated at planning
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-30 | by ( Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementParth Raval is a big fan of planning, especially at a company like PepsiCo. As chief growth officer for PepsiCo Foods North America, Raval has to balance the short term with the long term. Continuing to build out and accelerate agendas around longer-range planning across supply and demand, and using technology to help us be more granular. I think this was manifested in longer-range planning across supply and demand, as macroeconomic factors created an imbalance at times. It's actually something we're going to turn to in 2024 to do better, longer-range planning.

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Due to the competitive real estate market, even in small-town Kansas, homes only stayed on the market for a matter of days at most. Our competition responded first, by keeping their offer as it was but waived their right to have the house inspected before closing. Perhaps for a moment we wondered if we should have also waived our inspection and saved that money. In fact, while we were buying our house, a relative was having a similar foundation problem repaired to the tune of $15,000. Check today's average mortgage rates and learn more about the amount of house you may be able to afford.

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☆ Putin says the US will be out to get Russia no matter who's elected president in 2024. Tell that to frontrunners like Trump.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Putin says the US will "perceive Russia as an existential enemy" regardless of who wins 2024. But top GOP candidates like Trump and DeSantis are skeptical about US involvement in Ukraine. But plenty of Republican primary candidates, including former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ambassador Nikki Haley participate in the first GOP primary debate on August 23, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe seeming lack of Republican support is mirrored by GOP primary nominee candidates as well, especially the party's clear frontrunner, Trump.

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☆ I quit Goldman Sachs after only a year. Here's how I knew leaving for a tech startup was the right career move.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Chris Hladczuk | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Chris Hladczuk leads growth at Meow, a fintech startup, after quitting Goldman Sachs. I picked a weird day to quit — it was my 24th birthday and I called my boss to tell her I was leaving Goldman Sachs. The power of Goldman SachsI love Goldman because it taught me how to win. With my future career in mind, is my pace of learning higher at Goldman in investment banking or at an early-stage startup? Chris Hladczuk currently leads growth at fintech startup Meow.

I used to see travel insurance as an unnecessary expense, but the peace of mind is worth it. I've traveled a lot in the past, but I've never purchased travel insurance. So, I bought travel insurance for the first time ever. When I debated travel insurance for accommodations, my mind flashed back to last year, when I traveled with two friends. I think I'm a travel insurance convertWhen I was traveling solo, I couldn't imagine canceling a trip and having to use insurance.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are Apple's newest high-end smartphones. iPhone 14 Pro Max vs. Google Pixel 7 Pro: CamerasBoth the iPhone 14 Pro Max and Pixel 7 Pro sport triple-lens camera systems, including main, ultrawide, and zoom cameras. iPhone 14 Pro Max vs. Google Pixel 7 Pro: Battery lifeThe iPhone 14 Pro Max (left) has better battery life than the Pixel 7 Pro (right) Antonio Villas-BoasThe iPhone 14 Pro Max has one of the best results we've seen in our battery life test at 67% remaining. iPhone 14 Pro Max vs. Google Pixel 7 Pro: Special featuresThis is where Google's Pixel 7 Pro comes into its own when compared to the iPhone 14 Pro Max. iPhone 14 Pro Max Google Pixel 7 Pro 128GB $1,099 $899 256GB $1,199 $999 512GB $1,399 $1,099 1TB $1,599 N/AiPhone 14 Pro Max vs. Google Pixel 7 Pro: Which should you buy?

☆ Morningstar's chief U.S. market strategist shares his outlook for the economy and ways to play the market turbulence ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

But even in a turbulent environment, there are value opportunities for investors who look carefully, according to Dave Sekera, Morningstar's chief U.S. market strategist. "We think the stock market is undervalued," Sekera told CNBC during an interview at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago. "However, I'd say at this point, the easy returns have already been made thus far this year, and I do see a rough road ahead for the next couple of quarters for the stock market in general." For regional bank stocks, Morningstar expects earnings to slowly decline through 2023. Today, Morningstar views many of those names, in areas such as energy, healthcare and consumer defensives, as fully valued.

☆ A real estate investor who got started at age 38 explains how he built a 16-unit portfolio worth $2.7 million in just 4 years by adopting a compound growth mindset
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Dan Rivers didn't buy his first real estate property until 2019, when he was 38 years old. A late start to real estate investingWhen Rivers was 16 years old, doctors discovered he had a congenital heart murmur. Although he didn't know anybody there and had never sold real estate, Rivers decided that he wanted to capitalize on his newfound confidence by trying his hand at becoming a real estate agent. But his real estate investing journey began picking up steam in 2019, when he met a local real estate flipper. How a compound growth mindset contributed to Rivers' successIn fact, Rivers credits much of his real estate investing success to this compound growth mindset.

I requested an extension on my taxes last year, and I put off dealing with my taxes until October. I've gotten another extension this year, but this time it's out of necessity, and I'm going to be careful. I'm requesting a tax extension. Editor's Rating 4.2/5 A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star Editor's Rating 4.7/5 A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star Editor's Rating 4/5 A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star A five pointed star Learn more On TurboTax's website Learn more On TaxAct's website Learn more On FreeTax USA's websiteI kept putting my taxes off — and then it was OctoberThose are my excuses for logging on and begging for another six months. If everything goes according to plan, we'll be back on track in time to handle 2023 taxes on time.

☆ Amazon job cuts rise to 27,000, but it's still not enough to rightsize the company
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Amazon 's (AMZN) announcement Monday to eliminate another 9,000 employees in the coming weeks is a step in the right direction. The new Amazon cuts, which bring its recent total to 27,000, follow other tech layoffs. Andy Jassy, CEO of Club holding Amazon, detailed the company's actions in a memo to staff, saying these job cuts will mostly come from its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud unit, advertising operations and videogame streaming platform Twitch. If Amazon turns into the leaner company want it to become, the stock could turn higher. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

My $40,000 salary was barely enough to get by, but when I got a $5,000 bonus, I suddenly felt rich. Even living in Birmingham, Alabama, I quickly realized how little my $40,000 a year paycheck actually was. When bonus time rolled around, usually toward the end of summer and right before the winter holidays, it felt like I'd won the lottery. All of which is to say, it was a big expense — one that a $5,000 bonus could have knocked out with money to spare. My bonus wasn't really a bonus, but a necessityI realized the company was using bonuses to pay us a living wage, when that's not what a bonus is supposed to be.

☆ Here's our January rapid-fire update on all 34 stocks in Cramer’s Charitable trust portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Here's a rapid-fire update on every stock in the CNBC Investing Club portfolio. As much as we'd like to maintain a bigger position in this roughly $472 stock, we're refraining from violating our cost basis of $291.52. ( See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust portfolio.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

☆ Bargain retailer TJX strategically placed to navigate a recession, JPMorgan says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

TJX Companies (TJX) is competitively positioned to weather an economic slowdown, JPMorgan said Monday, underscoring the Club case for owning the off-price retailer. JPMorgan analysts added TJX — whose brands include T.J Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods — to their "Analyst Focus List," while reiterating an overweight rating and a Dec. 2023 price target of $80 a share. TJX stock, which is down about 13% year-to-date, was trading up more than 4% in midday trading Monday, at roughly $66.23 a share. That's helped to insulate the retail operator from a recession, JPMorgan analysts argued, and should allow management to make good on its promise to expand merchandise margins within the next three years. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ I got paid to test 'Survivor' challenges. It's like competing, but you stay in resorts instead of the wild.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Kaila Yu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He worked on "Survivor" for two seasons as part of the show's "Dream Team," which tested challenges before they aired. I got the job because my girlfriend was working in the art department for the showIn 2009, getting a "Survivor" job was more about who you knew. It was fun because everyone would make side bets on which "Dream Team" players would win. The "Dream Team" would stand in on set to help with camera angles and lighting. I didn't return for Season 22 for personal reasons, but I would highly recommend working on "Survivor's Dream Team."

☆ Berkshire Hathaway's stock has gotten a lot cheaper since Warren Buffett's buyback binge
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-19 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A combination of factors have made Berkshire's stock cheaper. Besides the recent pullback in share prices, Berkshire's various assets have increased in value drastically in recent years, compressing the multiple of the stock. Record buybacks Warren Buffett has supported Berkshire's stock through an aggressive and consistent buyback program over the past few years. Slowdown began In the first quarter, however, Berkshire's stock buybacks slowed down to $3.2 billion from $6.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021 as share prices skyrocketed to a record high. Buffett himself told shareholders at its annual meeting this year that he would prefer acquiring stakes in other companies to share repurchases.

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