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Capital One plans to acquire Discover in an all-stock deal valued at $35.3 billion, pending approval. On Monday, Capital One Financial announced its plans to buy Discover Financial Services. Here's what you need to know about the deal and what it could mean for current Capital One and Discover customers. Capital One credit cards are part of the Visa and Mastercard credit card networks. The Wall Street Journal reports that Capital One is planning to switch some of its credit cards to the Discover network.
Persons: , Simon Blanchard, Alvin Carlos Organizations: Discover, Service, Financial, Discover Financial Services, Capital, Visa, Mastercard, Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, Street Journal, CFA, CFP, District Capital Management
I loved my savings account, but an offer from a local bank convinced me to try a money market account instead. The money market account is treated as a checking account, which makes it easier for me to use. The last time I signed up for a new savings account was in the fall of 2022, when I switched to a Discover savings account. Switching to a high-yield money market accountMy community bank made sure I knew about its interest offer on money market accounts. Money market accounts can pay high APY with checking account treatmentThe fact that the community bank option was a money market account came with another bonus.
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One of the biggest blunders people make is racking up credit card debt that rolls over every month. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the average credit card APR was 20.40%, according to data from the Federal Reserve. Saving for retirementOnce you've hit the basics, it's time to look at a longer time horizon: saving for retirement, Stevenson said. And the longer you wait to start saving for retirement, the more you'll need to increase your monthly allocation to catch up. Depending on the type of account you have, it could also be set up for your retirement contributions to automatically increase with a raise.
Roblox — Roblox shares fell 6.7% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the gaming company to underweight from equal weight and said the upside is limited following the stock's recent outperformance. Philip Morris — Shares of the tobacco company rose more than 1% after Jefferies upgraded the stock to buy from hold and raised its price target. Apple — Shares slid 1.2% after JPMorgan cut its price target on Apple and said the technology company had a tough setup going into earnings from supply headwinds. Boot Barn — UBS raised its price target on the stock ahead of the company's quarterly earnings report. The stock slid 0.6% despite the target increase, however.
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