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☆ 20 stocks expected to outperform the market, including one by 2,637%, according to a fintech company that tracks Wall Street's top analysts' price targets
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The S&P 500 could see a steeper downturn for the remainder of the year. This could mean a micro-driven market of stock pickers will outperform the broad market. Below is a list of 20 stocks with high upside compiled by TipRanks, a data-driven financial company. Morgan Stanley's chief US equity strategist is forecasting a 20% plunge for the S&P 500. The S&P 500 returned 106% for the same period.

☆ I quit an emotionally-draining job and started a dog-walking business. I love being my own boss and finishing work at 4.30 p.m.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Lola Christina Alao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kelsey Clark became a professional dog walker after she quit a job at a veterinary clinic. When she came back, she needed a dog walker and asked whether I was available. If they get to a time when they're looking for a dog walker, they think of me. When people ask me what I do, they think it's a joke or that dog walking isn't a career you can make good money from. I love dog walking, but I've had some negative experiencesWhile I enjoy walking dogs, I've been in upscale areas and had people yell at me because they think a dog I'm walking is too excited.

☆ Why do people buy crackpot conspiracy theories?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

When it comes to the spread of cockamamie conspiracy theories, Twitter was a maximum viable product long before Elon Musk paid $44 billion for the keys. The more you think you're right all the time, a new study suggests, the more likely you are to buy conspiracy theories, regardless of the evidence. It'd be better, or at least more reassuring, if conspiracy theories were fueled by dumb yahoos rather than self-centered monsters. Still, most scientists thought conspiracy theories weren't worth their time, the province of weirdos connecting JFK's death to lizard aliens. Pennycook's findings also suggest an explanation for why conspiracy theories have become so widely accepted.

☆ Disney board exposed itself to activist intervention, but Peltz may be overreaching
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Disney's share price spike in 2021 was caused by the same phenomenon — investors charging into streaming services with significant subscriber growth. Activist investor Nelson Peltz spent about 30 minutes Thursday morning speaking with CNBC's Jim Cramer and David Faber in a wide-ranging interview about why he wants a Disney board seat. Now Iger's back, and the Disney board has tasked him with finding a successor in the next two years. It's a far easier case to be made that Disney's board and Iger have consistently bungled succession planning. As Trian noted in its presentation (on Slide 28), the Disney board extended Iger's retirement date five different times between October 2011 and December 2017.

☆ Fed rate hike pushes small business loan interest over 10% for first time in nearly a generation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Many business owners have never seen double-digits," said Rohit Arora, co-founder and CEO of small business lending platform Biz2Credit. Almost a quarter of small business owners said they are paying a higher rate on their most recent loan, and the highest since 2008. The latest CNBC Fed Survey shows the market forecasting a peak Fed rate around 5% in March 2023 and the rate being held there for nine months. "Talking to small business owners looking for financing, it's starting to slow things down," Hurn said. Small business loan approval percentages at big banks dropped in November to the second lowest total in 2022 (14.6%), according to the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index released this week; and also dropped at small banks (21.1%).

☆ 'Bulldog' lawyer Thomas Lauria Lauria predicted a crypto 'liquidation boom' well before Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX filed for bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Jack Newsham | Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Thomas Lauria runs the bankruptcy team at White & Case where clients have included Hertz and Johnson & Johnson. But Lauria told Insider that the ability of crypto companies to reorganize will depend on whether they have any real assets. Notably, when Lauria represented Hertz in its Chapter 11 case during the coronavirus pandemic, even its unsecured creditors were repaid in full. So I'm not sure that what's happening in crypto right now is really going to be a reorganization boom, but really probably more of a liquidation boom. About $10 billion of Hertz debt, when they filed, was related to financing in connection with their US fleet.

☆ One of Wall Street's most exclusive clubs is about to add a few more members
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's the most wonderful time of the year... for a select few at Goldman SachsIt's one of the most exclusive clubs on Wall Street, and it's ready to open its doors to an esteemed few. Goldman Sachs is preparing to announce its newest crop of partners in what is the closest thing Wall Street has to a coronation. But, as crazy as this might sound about a bunch of people on Wall Street, it's more than just another zero at the end of your paycheck. Under Solomon, the partnership class has been 69 (in 2018) and 60 (in 2020), down a reasonable amount from the class prior to when Solomon took over (84 in 2016). Here's some advice on how to manage work-life balance on Wall Street from a former rising star at Bank of America.

☆ Stephen King says he'll quit Twitter if Elon Musk makes him pay $20 a month to be verified: 'they should pay me'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk is reportedly considering making people pay $20 per month to stay verified on Twitter. Author Stephen King tweeted that he'll quit the site if that idea is implemented. King tweeted on Monday that he would leave Twitter if the plan is implemented. "$20 a month to keep my blue check? Musk's first few days as Twitter owner have been messy, beyond public figures saying they would leave the site.

☆ Stock picking isn't dead. But it might as well be for most investors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Index funds tend to be cheaper. Obviously, index provider S&P Global (SPGI) has a vested interest in promoting passive funds backed to various benchmark indexes. Even legendary investing guru Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) has extolled the virtues of index funds for average investors. He noted that just one of every four active funds beat their passive benchmarks over the ten years ending in June. That’s why some investors aren’t singing a funeral dirge for active stock picking – just yet.

☆ Inside the life of Silicon Valley private chefs who make up to $170,000 to fly on private planes, drive Lamborghinis and live in California mansions
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-25 | by ( Becky Peterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"Some want you to be a butler and put slippers by the door," said one private chef who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal. From the NDAs to the high-flying perks and special diets, some of Silicon Valley's private chefs share their experiences. When he turned to private cooking several years ago, he stepped into a different and sometimes surreal world. His business is built on a core tenet of the private-chef world, which is that people who hire private chefs often have more money than they have time. Besides their cooking skills, the most important skill in the world of private chefs is discretion.

Small rituals prior to meals may help us eat more consciously and exercise discipline at mealtimes. In a study, subjects were asked to perform "rituals" right before eating meals. As part of the tests, some subjects were asked to perform "rituals" right before each meal, ranging from knocking on the table to closing their eyes and slowly counting to ten. In essence, rituals may not only help us lose weight, but could also help us to reconsider other decisions. Rituals help us to make more rational decisions, but why?

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