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A decade ago, my husband and I bought a term life insurance policy worth $300,000. "We want enough to cover the mortgage and death expenses," we said to the agent who sold us our life insurance policy over a decade ago. Almost a decade later, we realized that what we planned for wasn't nearly enough life insurance to meet my needs if my husband were to die. Get Life Insurance Quotes Compare affordable life insurance options with Policygenius. The problem of not having enough life insurance seems easy enough to fix — just buy more.

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☆ CEO who manages $2 billion in assets: The No. 1 most important thing you can do to increase your earning power over your career
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Sallie Krawcheck | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Because, look: In terms of negotiating your salary, the right time is yesterday. Asking for a raise is one of the single most important things a woman can do to increase her total earning power over the course of her career. There are many things to negotiate for that can have value for you, and your employer, as you develop your career. These things may be of more tangible value to you tomorrow than a salary bump is to you today, because they can increase your earning power in the long run. If I hit these metrics, what kind of career progression and raise should I expect to see?"

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☆ Meta's stock drop tells the wrong story on earnings — so, we're boosting our price target
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Don't let the after-hours stock action fool you, Meta Platforms delivered one heck of a strong third quarter and a current quarter revenue guide above expectations. Ok, now that the "bad" is out of the way, let's look at what investors should really be focused on as they consider what to do with Meta stock. Meta Platforms Why we own it : We value Meta Platforms for its targeted advertising dominance. Notably, Meta AI, the company's version of a ChatGPT-type generative artificial intelligence search/answer engine, now has over 500 million monthly active users. Looking ahead to 2025, the team noted on the release, "We continue to expect significant capital expenditures growth in 2025.

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☆ Nate Silver: Don't trust the Trump swing in 2024 presidential election polls, betting markets data
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Silver told Fortt that his current model shows the odds favoring Trump, who holds a 55% to 45% win probability advantage over Harris. Most people no longer even have the landline phones which past election cycle polling history relied on. Why the betting markets may be all 'vibe and chatter'The betting markets show a much bigger edge for Trump, with major wagers placed on Polymarket, Robinhood jumping into the action, and presidential election contracts surging in popularity. Critics have raised concerns that the election betting markets are potentially being manipulated. But Silver, who is a consultant to one of the leading prediction markets, Polymarket, says he wouldn't pay much attention to the betting markets data right now, as they simply may not be very accurate at this moment in the election cycle.

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☆ Polymarket's pro-Trump election predictions aren't so surprising when you look at the rest of the site
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The betting site Polymarket has emerged as a hot topic in the 2024 presidential race. Wagers in its pop culture section show the bro-y vibe of the site: Zyn, Andrew Tate, and Hawk Tuah. Let's look at some of the wagers:Will Trump say "skibidi" before the election? Will Donald Trump say "mog" in 2024? AdvertisementFor the record, I think the odds that Trump will say "skibidi" before the election are way too low.

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☆ Buying a home is 'a way to increase your net worth over time,' top-ranked advisor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In the second quarter of 2024, U.S. homeowners with mortgages had a net homeowner equity of over $17.6 trillion, according to CoreLogic. It's also generally considered a path to build wealth and increase your net worth , financial experts say. It's a way to increase your net worth over time. Homeowners can start to see their equity and net worth increase within five to 10 years. Homeownership allows you to increase your net worth because you can build equity through mortgage payments, which increases your asset value over time as the property appreciates in value, experts say.

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☆ How the stock market is likely to react to the election outcome
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The SPDR S & P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) has jumped nearly 5% since the fourth quarter began on Oct. 1, while the S & P 500 is ahead a little more than 1%. In the event of a Trump win but with a divided Congress, the S & P 500 is likely to remain flat in the days following the election, Emanuel wrote. Evercore ISI expects the S & P 500 falling in the 10 days after the election, to roughly 5,700, as markets re-price their expectations. 3Fourteen Research co-founder Pies expects a Harris win would translate into a drop in cyclical and small-cap stocks, and spur investors to turn to high-quality tech names. However, a Harris win, with a split Congress, is an outcome that could spur a drop in the S & P 500 immediately after the election, down to about 5,525, according to Evercore ISI.

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☆ Just the Facts – Health and Healthcare: Steve Ballmer Talks Through the Numbers
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Find out the impact of the US healthcare system and the health of Americans to our costs and lifespans. In this episode of "Just the Facts," Health and Healthcare. In 2022, 3.28 million Americans died, about 1% of our total population; nearly 3.67 million people were born. As of 2023, 6.7 million Americans over age 65 had been diagnosed with it. Of the $4 1/2 trillion dollars in health spending, 3.7 trillion was spent on personal healthcare, while 760 billion was spent on things like public health, health research, healthcare facilities, medical equipment, and the cost of running health insurance programs.

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☆ I've been to over 200 high-end golf courses around the globe. Here are 8 of my all-time favorites.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( David Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I'll never forget Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach, CaliforniaCypress Point Club is right on the water. Forest Dunes Golf Club in northern Michigan is one of the Mitten State's best-kept secretsForest Dunes Golf Club has trees, water, and greenery. Evan SchillerTo create Forest Dunes Golf Club, golf pro Tom Weiskopf routed 18 holes through aromatic, pine-studded sand dunes in the middle of Michigan farm country. Chris Coduto/Getty ImagesScottsdale, Arizona, is home to over 200 golf courses and is a choice winter getaway for snowbirds from all over. AdvertisementOmni Golf's Grove Park Inn is still popular after 100 yearsThe Omni Grove Park Inn has been around for quite some time.

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☆ I created a chatbot of myself and had it answer my Instagram DMs. Boy, was I annoying.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

— when I saw the way that Meta's new AI chatbot interpreted me. There's a relatively new feature that came this summer, along with some other AI chatbots, where some Instagram creators can answer DMs from fans using a chatbot based on themselves. Let's chat snacks casually 🍿"I appreciate that no one was able to get my AI chatbot canceled or convicted of a crime, but man, my AI was a real killjoy. I tested out chatting with a few of the other AI chatbots available for other creators, and the experience wasn't amazing. I asked a celebrity chef's AI chatbot, "What should I eat for dinner?"

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☆ Andrew Webber's forever war
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Sam Fellman | Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +38 min

Like others in Chosen Company, Webber had been drawn to Ukraine for reasons he couldn't quite explain. AdvertisementNow, as Webber and his fellow members of Chosen Company got acquainted in the bar, uncertainty hung over the gathering. One showed an assault team clearing a World War I-style bunker, using live rounds. AdvertisementCats are everywhere on the front lines in Ukraine; Webber rescued one from a building under fire. "It seemed like he had stuff he was working on," says O'Leary, the CO of Chosen Company.

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Between 2022 and 2023, over 690,100 people left California, according to new census data. So, in January 2022, Speakman and her family packed up and left Temecula, California, for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. AdvertisementBetween 2022 and 2023, about 54,200 people also left California for Arizona, a decline from 74,100 the year before. AdvertisementWhere people are moving to California fromWhile fewer people from other states moved to California between 2022 and 2023 than between 2021 and 2022, the allure of the Golden State remains robust. She left California seeking a more favorable political climate and a better chance at achieving the American dream.

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☆ These are the key agriculture stocks to watch heading into the election — and how to play them
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

And for the first time since 2020, more farmers expect farmland values to go down rather than up. James Mintert, director of Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture, expects land values to likely flatten in the short term. Higher estate tax exemptions approved under the Trump administration's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire next year. She added: "Let's be clear that the Trump administration resulted in a trade deficit, one of the highest we've ever seen in the history of America." "It also benefits from some of the tax policies that have been supported by the Trump administration [in] the past, including things like accelerated depreciation [and] lower corporate tax rates."

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☆ How to dance the earnings two-step: Recognize initial stock distortions and then act
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

For all we know, the yield curve may simply be going through the birthing of an un-inverted yield curve. GOOGL YTD mountain Alphabet YTD Search used to be so simple. META YTD mountain Meta Platforms YTD Meta Platforms has run big ahead of the quarter. AMZN YTD mountain Amazon YTD Let's get to the two toughest of the week, Amazon and Apple. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

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☆ What you need to know about the Chinese EV loved by Ford's CEO — and why you can't get it in the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Benjamin Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ford CEO Jim Farley praised the Xiaomi SU7, a new Chinese EV he's driving. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe SU7 is Xiaomi's first vehicle since the Chinese smartphone and consumer electronics giant announced plans to build an EV in March 2021. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe SU7 comes in three versions — the SU7, SU7 Pro, and the SU7 Max — that start at 215,900 yuan or about $30,300. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe SU7 turns up the wow factor in the cabin. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe car also features some impressive performance.

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☆ Big Tech goes nuclear: Amazon's pitch to use power plants shows the crucial role the energy source plays for AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, inside Amazon's internal pitch for turning to nuclear power to meet its growing energy needs . AdvertisementThat's led Big Tech to consider nuclear power to address its skyrocketing energy requirements. Nuclear power ticks that box better than other clean energy options like solar or wind. Nuclear power, meanwhile, is an industry in desperate need of some love , BI's Daniel Geiger and Ellen Thomas previously reported. From advertising platforms to AI tech companies, here's the startups to watch .

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☆ This is why David Einhorn thinks Peloton could be worth five times what it is now
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The first page of the deck was titled "15 minute 'Stock Pitch Ride'" and shows an image of Einhorn on a Peloton bike. Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn thinks Peloton could trade as high as $31.50 a share if the company slashes costs, which could double its current adjusted EBITDA projections, CNBC has learned. And Adidas has 8 times more sales than Peloton and an order of magnitude more product lines." In August, Peloton said it expects it can post adjusted EBITDA of between $200 million and $250 million in fiscal 2025. "The nice part of our thesis is that we don't have to convince Peloton this is the right approach," said Einhorn.

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☆ Just the Facts – US Population: Steve Ballmer Talks Through the Numbers
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Watch and get the facts about the US population and how America lives. I am Steve Ballmer, I spent 34 years growing Microsoft, 10 years owning the LA Clippers basketball team. For men, that's actually a six percentage point increase since 1960, but the share of young women living at home is up 20 percentage points. Let's look at six different groups of people based upon Census Bureau data. First, let's look at people who identify as white, but not Hispanic.

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☆ Chinese smartphone maker Oppo doubles down on AI, says in regular talks with Google and Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Chinese smartphone company Oppo ranks second in mainland China, and fourth worldwide, according to Canalys. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese smartphone company Oppo is doubling down on artificial intelligence as it holds weekly talks about AI with senior management at Google and Microsoft in the run-up to the launch of its flagship phone overseas. The rise of generative AI — tech that can produce human-like responses when prompted — has companies from Apple to Honeywell rushing to tap its capabilities. AI smartphones set for growthOppo in June announced it plans to integrate generative AI in 50 million of its devices this year. Apple next week is due to publicly release its first software update with AI tools.

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☆ 'I'm not excluding anything' — but it's better to be gradual, says ECB's Wunsch on rate cuts
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | 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 Email'I'm not excluding anything' — but it's better to be gradual, says ECB's Wunsch on rate cutsSpeaking to CNBC's Karen Tso at the IMF annual meetings, Pierre Wunsch, head of the National Bank of Belgium and ECB Governing Council member, discussed the euro zone's monetary policy. He stressed that the central bank is data dependent and said he doesn't currently see the "need for a 50-basis point cut, but let's look at the data."

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☆ Let's wait for more inflation readings to see 'what's really going on': ECB's Vujčić
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | 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 EmailLet's wait for more inflation readings to see 'what's really going on': ECB's VujčićBoris Vujčić, governor of the Croatian National Bank and ECB Governing Council member, discusses the eurozone economy at the IMF meetings in Washington with CNBC.

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☆ Blast from past Ingram Micro returns to trading, but IPO market still struggling with valuation concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ingram Micro began trading Thursday at the NYSE under the symbol INGM, surging as much as 17% from its $22 initial public offering price . Still no signs of IPO life, despite record highs for stocks Unfortunately, Ingram is not going to change the IPO dynamic. Pre-covid, a normal year would see roughly $50 billion raised. Recent large IPOs (amount raised, and gain from IPO price) KinderCare $576 m. +20.7% StandardAero $1.4 b. In 2021, private capital was able to raise record funding for tech companies, which became benchmarks for private valuations.

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☆ Anna Kendrick says she had to pitch herself twice to direct Netflix hit 'Woman of the Hour' because she wasn't confident enough the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Anna Kendrick made her directorial debut with Netflix's new true crime movie, "Woman of the Hour." She told "The Late Show" that she was "beyond terrified" when she first pitched to direct the film. "Woman of the Hour" is Netflix's latest true crime thriller. The producers wanted someone with experience as they planned to start shooting soon, but Kendrick told Colbert she had other ideas. "It was a fascinating example of just how phony Hollywood is because then I did it again the next day," Kendrick continued.

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☆ Consumers choose their favorite retailers ahead of the holidays: Nike, Kohl's top the list
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In this article KSSNKE Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn exterior view of the Kohl's store at the Paxton Town Centre near Harrisburg. 1 active footwear retailer among all four generational cohorts polled for the survey: Gen Z, millennials, Gen X and boomers. 1 department store choice among Gen Z and boomers, while millennials chose Nordstrom and Gen X chose Macy's . "We would see in the data what's important to the Nike consumer. The majority of consumers surveyed, or 66% of respondents, said they'll shop at a different retailer if the product they're looking for isn't in stock.

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