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Edgar Sison gave up his ability to work on commercial ships nearly two years after being accused of rape. Federal prosecutors had recently notified Hicks that that they wouldn’t be filing criminal charges against Sison, according to her attorney Ryan Melogy. By surrendering his ability to work on commercial ships, Sison avoided a hearing on the administrative assault charges against him. It also revealed the problems and limitations that the US Coast Guard has in investigating such offenses, as a CNN investigation found earlier this year. It ultimately took the agency nearly two years to successfully keep Sison from working on commercial ships.

Persons: Edgar Sison, Hope Hicks, Hicks, Ryan Melogy, Sison, " Hicks, John Paraskevas, “, Sison wasn’t Organizations: CNN, US Merchant Marine Academy, Marine Engineers, Association Longtime, US Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Sison, Justice, Newsday, AP Sison, Merchant Marine Academy

☆ Active selection is key to positive market returns in 2023, says Mariner Wealth's Jeff Krumpelman
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailActive selection is key to positive market returns in 2023, says Mariner Wealth's Jeff KrumpelmanJeff Krumpelman, chief investment strategist at Mariner Wealth Advisors, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the reasoning behind their $4,500 S&P 500 price target for 2023, performance growth in consumer discretionary stocks, and the case for cautious investment in financials.

Persons: Jeff Krumpelman Jeff Krumpelman Organizations: Mariner Wealth Advisors Locations: financials

☆ The unlikely story of the first photo of Mars ever seen on TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It was one of a twin set of spacecraft designed to take images of Mars, and the first one failed. Dan Goods/NASA/JPL-CaltechThe transmission was incredibly slow by today’s standards, given that the Perseverance rover regularly sends back batches of high-resolution images from Mars. Together, they revealed craters on the Martian surface and clouds floating above in the atmosphere, both of which surprised scientists. The highest-resolution Mariner 4 image (right) revealed the cratered Martian surface from 7,830 miles (12,601 kilometers) above. JPL/NASAThe snapshots showed less than 1% of the Martian surface, missing the more diverse features on the planet’s surface that later missions such as Viking 1 would capture.

Persons: Pasadena , California CNN —, Mars, “, ”, David Delgado, Percival, Dan Goods, Richard Grumm, Grumm, ” Delgado, William Pickering Organizations: Pasadena , California CNN, Spacecraft, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s, JPL, Mariner, Venus, NASA Mariner, NASA, Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Locations: Pasadena , California, High, Pasadena, Flagstaff , Arizona, Goldstone , California

☆ A Canadian lake best charts humanity’s impact on Earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Fossils embedded in rock reveal intriguing details about animals, plants and other life-forms that once called Earth home. ConsequencesCrawford Lake in Ontario is the geological site that best reflects a new epoch recognizing the impact of human activity on Earth, said geologists of the Anthropocene Working Group. The Anthropocene Working Group determined in 2016 that the epoch began around 1950 — the start of the era of nuclear testing. The international research group says that Crawford Lake in Ontario best charts humanity’s impact on Earth. Back then, it took 10 hours to relay a single image to Earth — incredibly slow by today’s standards.

Persons: Crawford, they’ve, Amenhotep III, didn’t, Philippe Martinez, Mona Lisa of Egypt, Thais Rabito Pansani, —, Webb, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Conservation, Scientists, MAFTO, Sorbonne University, NASA Mariner, Mariner, NASA Jet Propulsion, CNN Space, Science Locations: Ontario, Brazil, South America, Americas

☆ Trying to choose Pretax vs. Roth 401(k)? Why it's trickier than you think, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

While pretax 401(k) contributions reduce your adjusted gross income, you'll owe levies on growth upon withdrawal. By comparison, Roth 401(k) deposits won't provide an upfront tax break, but the money can grow tax-free. Experts say these expected changes may also factor into the pretax versus Roth contributions analysis. Plus, recent changes from Secure 2.0 have made Roth 401(k) contributions more appealing for some investors, she said. Consider your 'legacy goals'"Legacy goals" are also a factor when deciding between pretax and Roth contributions, said Lawrence from Mariner Wealth Advisors.

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☆ Some advisors are flocking to alternative investments, survey finds. What investors need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

After a tough year for the stock and bond markets in 2022, some advisors are turning to alternative investments, according to a new survey from the Financial Planning Association. Nearly 30% of advisors are actively investing in or seeking alternative investments, or "alternatives," for clients, the findings show. These assets typically fall outside traditional investments in publicly traded stocks, bonds and cash. Some investors are drawn to alternatives for diversification, lowering portfolio risk and boosting returns, said certified financial planner Ashton Lawrence, director at Mariner Wealth Advisors in Greenville, South Carolina. It's not zeroHow jobless workers use side gigs to make ends meetIndeed, "diversification" and "risk mitigation" were top objectives among advisors who recommend alternatives, according to the FPA survey.

Persons: Ashton Lawrence, Lawrence Organizations: Financial, Association, Mariner Wealth Advisors, Finance Locations: Greenville , South Carolina

☆ Newly Published, From Susan Sontag to the Black Working Class
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

AMERICAN WHITELASH: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress, by Wesley Lowery. (Yale, $35.) A historian explains how California “welcomed, honed and legalized” human bondage for 250 years, from the legalized enslavement of Native Americans to forced labor in today’s prisons. RIVERMOUTH: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration, by Alejandra Oliva. Reflecting on her family’s fluid relationship to the southern U.S. border and her experience working with asylum seekers, Oliva meditates on the seemingly insurmountable barriers migrants face today.

Persons: Wesley Lowery, Barack Obama, Lowery, Jean Pfaelzer, California “, Itamar Vieira Junior, Johnny Lorenz, Alejandra Oliva, Oliva meditates Organizations: Yale, Astra House Locations: CALIFORNIA, California, Brazil, U.S

☆ On-shoring in the US is driving industrial valuations, says Mariner Wealth's Jeff Krumpelman
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOn-shoring in the US is driving industrial valuations, says Mariner Wealth's Jeff KrumpelmanJeff Krumpelman, chief investment strategist at Mariner Wealth Advisors, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the state of earnings and the economy, consumer discretionary names to buy, and underappreciated names in the industrial sectors.

Persons: Jeff Krumpelman Jeff Krumpelman Organizations: Mariner Wealth Advisors

☆ How to shift your bond portfolio as the Fed pauses interest rate hikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Couple talking to financial advisor at home Fg Trade | E+ | Getty ImagesConsider when to increase bond durationWhile it's difficult to predict future interest rate cuts, Kyle Newell, a certified financial planner and owner of Newell Wealth Management in Orlando, Florida, said he has started shifting bond allocations. When building a bond portfolio, advisors consider so-called duration, which measures a bond's sensitivity to interest rate changes. watch nowAs interest rates rose in 2022, many advisors opted for shorter-duration bonds to protect portfolios from interest rate risk. But allocations may shift, depending on future Fed policy. Look for 'areas of opportunity'As policy shifts, advisors are also looking for ways to optimize allocations amid continued economic uncertainty.

Persons: Kyle Newell, Newell, Ashton Lawrence Organizations: Newell Wealth Management, Mariner Wealth Advisors Locations: Orlando , Florida, Greenville , South Carolina

☆ IRS reveals 2024 health savings account limits. What to know about the 'significant increase,' says advisor
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The annual contribution limit for health savings accounts, or HSAs, will soon get a sizable boost due to inflation, the IRS announced this week. For 2024, the yearly limit for self-only HSA plans is rising to $4,150 from $3,850 in 2023, and the cap for family plans is jumping to $8,300 from $7,750. The catch-up contribution for savers age 55 and older remains at $1,000 each, bumping the total deposit limit for older savers to $10,300. It's a "significant increase" when compared to historic HSA inflation adjustments, according to Ashton Lawrence, a certified financial planner and director at Mariner Wealth Advisors in Greenville, South Carolina.

☆ 5 times scientists thought they'd maybe discovered signs of extraterrestrial life but sadly didn't
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Extraterrestrial life could exist, but mysterious objects in the sky aren't evidence of aliens. Scientists have thought they were close to discovering alien life a few times — none of it via UFOs. As the US discovered a flurry of UFOs — officially called "unidentified anomalous phenomena," or UAPs — in early February, Google searches for "extraterrestrial life" and "are aliens real" spiked. There have been incidents in the past where some researchers thought they'd come close to discovering signs of alien life — or even extraterrestrial intelligence — but none were UFOs. They dubbed the first interstellar object 'Oumuamua, which is a Hawaiian term meaning "a messenger from afar arriving first."

☆ 2023's market will likely be the inverse of 2022, says Mariner Wealth's Jeff Krumpelman
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email2023's market will likely be the inverse of 2022, says Mariner Wealth's Jeff KrumpelmanJeff Krumpelman, chief investment strategist and head of equities with Mariner Wealth Advisors, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the "no landing" argument, the impact of improving productivity on inflation and elevated valuation levels.

☆ Demand for macro traders remains white hot. Millennium just lured a star portfolio manager from rival ExodusPoint.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Demand for macro portfolio managers remains white hot after a bounceback year in 2022. Millennium recently hired John Curtice from rival ExodusPoint, while Ben Melkman has been in talks to join another, Insider has learned. Millennium Management recently added another star to its stable, lifting a 32-year-old macro PM out of rival ExodusPoint, according to people familiar with the matter. Macro focused funds including BlueCrest, Brevan Howard, and Rokos produced stellar returns as most of the hedge fund industry — especially stock pickers — faltered. But even in late 2022 firms were scrambling to lift out macro PMs, recruiters working in the strategy told Insider.

☆ Walter Mosley Thinks America Is Getting Dumber
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Walter Mosley Thinks America Is Getting DumberWalter Mosley is best known as one of contemporary literature’s pre-eminent crime novelists, but he’s actually four or five different writers rolled into one. You have to tell stories about real people experiencing it and not real people with a Ph.D. People who are not stupid but ignorant, who don’t know things about the world. There are people who don’t know how to spell, they don’t know how to think. You have these people coming out into the world, and they don’t know what to do. That’s going to happen.

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Mariner Wealth Advisors' Jeff Krumpelman
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Mariner Wealth Advisors' Jeff KrumpelmanJeff Krumpelman, chief investment strategist and head of equities with Mariner Wealth Advisors, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss stronger-than-expected balance sheets, the likelihood of a mild recession with attractive valuations and the Tesla's role in capturing EV market share.

☆ Personal and corporate balance sheets are strong, says Mariner Wealth Advisors' Krumpelman
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPersonal and corporate balance sheets are strong, says Mariner Wealth Advisors' KrumpelmanJeff Krumpelman, chief investment strategist and head of equities with Mariner Wealth Advisors, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss stronger-than-expected balance sheets, the likelihood of a mild recession with attractive valuations and Tesla's role in capturing EV market share.

☆ Inside the 'Fly Fleet': billionaire Google founder Sergey Brin's growing flotilla of megayachts, boats, and jet skis
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Rob Price | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In a quiet harbor in California's Redwood City, 30 miles south of San Francisco, there often sits a gleaming 40-meter yacht flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. Along with Butterfly, which often docks in Redwood City, California, Brin maintains a growing flotilla of yachts, jet skis, and skiffs. To maintain the fleet, Brin employs a 50-person team around the globe, led by the master mariner Mike Gregory. InsiderMany of Brin's smaller water-sports toys — as well as Page's — have been supplied by Kai Concepts, a startup that builds high-tech aquatic vehicles, including foilboards and a kite-propelled boat. While he spends much of his time at his collection of tropical islands around the world, he has sold his superyacht Senses and downsized to an assortment of smaller vessels.

☆ Watch CNBC’s full interview with Mariner Wealth Advisors' Jeff Krumpelman
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC’s full interview with Mariner Wealth Advisors' Jeff KrumpelmanJeff Krumpelman, Mariner Wealth Advisors chief market strategist, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss inflation and the bond market.

☆ Don't buy on the dips, says Mariner Wealth Advisors' Jeff Krumpelman
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDon't buy on the dips, says Mariner Wealth Advisors' Jeff KrumpelmanJeff Krumpelman, Mariner Wealth Advisors chief market strategist, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss inflation and the bond market.

☆ Larry Page, Sergey Brin Post-Google Lives: Investments, Yachts, Islands
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Hugh Langley | Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +33 min

Even before their retirement from Google, Page and Brin relied heavily on their respective family offices to bring order to their worlds. The Bay Area headquarters of Koop, Larry Page's family office, is nondescript and gives little indication of the billionaire's empire. Insider; Marianne Ayala/Insider Show less Bayshore Global Management, Sergey Brin's family office, is based in Palo Alto and has a bit more of a public face. Insider; Marianne Ayala/Insider Show lessThe difference in styles holds true for Brin's family office, Bayshore Global Management. The CEO of Page's family office is Wayne Osborne, a former elder in the Presbyterian Church who attended Princeton Theological Seminary.

☆ Viking 1 may have landed at site of ancient Martian megatsunami
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The mystery of the Viking landing site has long puzzled scientists, who believe an ocean once existed there. Now, new research suggests that the lander touched down where a Martian megatsunami deposited materials 3.4 billion years ago, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports. The interest in the potential for life on the red planet prompted scientists to select its northern equatorial region, Chryse Planitia, as the first Martian landing site for Viking I. “The landing site selection needed to fulfill a critical requirement — the presence of extensive evidence of former surface water. Next, the team wants to investigate Pohl crater as a potential landing site for a future rover, since the location might contain evidence of ancient life.

In the early 2010s, Mr. Mellow set out for still more distant shores, traveling to many famous surf breaks in the South Pacific. Mr. Abdul-Rashed and Mr. Danian traveled to Hawaii to connect with Mr. Mellow, their spiritual guide and Pacific expedition leader. Mr. Mellow posted an ad on Facebook and Craigslist offering $10,000 for passage to the South Pacific. Mr. Schmidt was in sync with the young seekers when it came to fear of Big Brother and vaccines, but dreading port officials brandishing nasal swabs struck even Mr. Schmidt as a little unhinged. When asked if he was at all responsible for what had happened to Mr. Danian and Mr. Abdul-Rashed, Mr. Mellow looked genuinely confused.

☆ See what merchant mariners eat while spending months at sea on a container ship
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A merchant mariner captured what it's like to eat every day at sea on a cargo ship. The YouTube video shows a day's worth of food in the officers mess hall on a Maersk ship. Boyle said that the officers' mess hall accommodates about 10 people, while the crew's can house up to 13 at a time. In the video, a ship cook ladles Boyle's eggs onto a griddle and fires up an omelet with a side of bacon. Boyle told Insider the menu options often shift based on the destination and the makeup of the crew.

☆ We have a positive view of the equity markets over the next 12 months, says Mariner's Krumpelman
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe have a positive view of the equity markets over the next 12 months, says Mariner's KrumpelmanJeff Krumpelman, chief investment strategist at Mariner Wealth Advisors, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss whether it's too early to buy dips, and more.

☆ Namor: Marvel's watertight efforts to make him different from Aquaman
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Editor’s Note: The following contains minor spoilers about “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”CNN —In “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the aquatic adversary known as Namor wastes no time establishing himself as one of those beguiling but strange characters that can polarize an audience: the ocean-dwelling deity uses conch shells like smartphones and has feathered wings on his ankles. (CNN, DC Films and Warner Bros, which produced “Aquaman,” are part of the same parent company, Warner Bros. Also known as the Sub-Mariner, Namor first appeared in comics in 1939, while DC’s Aquaman debuted in 1941. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” also had the daunting task of presenting Namor’s origins in a way that swam clear of those seen in “Aquaman,” and of doing it a movie not meant to operate solely as an origin story. But before that happens, and thanks to Mejía’s nuanced performance in “Wakanda Forever,” Namor should be able to avoid many more comparisons to other oceanic demigods, and ride his own wave into the future.

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