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Key Takeaways Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny had a net worth of $88 million as of 2022, according to Forbes. However, the website Celebrity Net Worth estimates his net worth at closer to $50 million.Bad Bunny is set to headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February 2026.The rapper is the first person to be Spotify’s most streamed artist for three consecutive years, generating over 18.5 billion streams in 2022. Bad Bunny has a series of lucrative endorsement deals, co-owns a basketball team, launched a restaurant, and is also a WWE wrestler. Puerto Rican rapper and singer-songwriter Bad Bunny has exploded popularity…

This two pack of these cute mini slow cookers from Beautiful by Drew Barrymore are priced at $17. You can choose from green and white or red and white. Super handy if you do a lot of entertaining. Click here to take a look. The post Beautiful 2-Quart Slow Cookers 2pk $17 appeared first on My Frugal Adventures.

The democratization of real estate investing has reached new heights with platforms such as Arrived and Realbricks, which allow anyone to invest in rental properties and vacation rentals starting with just $100.These platforms have attracted hundreds of thousands of investors by simplifying property investment and handling all management responsibilities.With more than a million registered investors, such platforms demonstrate the appetite for accessible real estate investment opportunities. From just $107.88 $24.99 for Kiplinger Personal Finance Be a smarter, better informed investor. CLICK FOR FREE ISSUE Sign up for Kiplinger’s Free Newsletters Profit and prosper with the best of expert advice on…

By Josh Katzowitz, WCI Content Director Since I started as The White Coat Investor content director four years ago, I have accumulated a huge document of column ideas. Some ideas seem good at the time and then just don’t work when I try to write them onto the page. Some ideas are half-baked. Some ideas I end up hating after spending time trying to figure out what I want to write. And some thoughts are good but not necessarily strong enough for an entire column. I figured I would string some of those ideas together into today’s column. (Maybe, on…

Question: I’m 54 with a $320,000 IRA and am transitioning into self-employment with a projected annual income of $120,000. How much of that can and should I be saving for retirement? What are the best tools for self-employed savers?Answer: Making the leap from a salaried position to self-employment can be challenging. However, there are also several benefits.For one thing, being self-employed allows you to work from your location of choice. If you’re 54, you may no longer have the energy to deal with a lengthy commute. As more companies call employees back to the office full-time, transitioning to self-employment could…

Key Takeaways Support from the Fed, the Trump administration, and dip-buyers is likely to keep stocks rising well into next year, according to a recent research note from Bank of America.BofA’s Michael Hartnett expects the signs of a sustained risk-off shift in markets to come from bank stocks or widening credit spreads. Tech stocks may be in a slump. One Wall Street strategist says now is not the time to pull out. Michael Hartnett, Chief Investment Strategist at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, sees stocks maintaining their momentum into the spring, with support from the Fed, the Trump administration, and…

Ensuring you don’t outlive your assets is a key concern for pre-retirees and retirees.Here are eight tips to help make your money last in retirement.1. Add to your retirement savingsHow much you save each year has a big impact on your retirement readiness. From just $107.88 $24.99 for Kiplinger Personal Finance Be a smarter, better informed investor. CLICK FOR FREE ISSUE Sign up for Kiplinger’s Free Newsletters Profit and prosper with the best of expert advice on investing, taxes, retirement, personal finance and more – straight to your e-mail. Profit and prosper with the best of expert advice – straight…

LPL announced the rollout of its own integrated, in-house cash management account this week. While former LPL CEO Dan Arnold first hinted at building its own integrated account in 2022, it was Chief Wealth Officer Aneri Jambusaria who, in August, discussed a pilot underway and heralded its impending arrival during the firm’s annual 2025 Focus conference.As part of its build-out, LPL made strides to better integrate the new cash features with the investing capabilities of LPL’s ClientWorks platform and make them more visible on LPL’s Account View.While these developments are relatively new, the firm has long had a cash sweep program and…

“Advisers do well in bull markets and poorly in bear markets, while I generally do better during downturns than the S&P 500.”

Key Takeaways Merck agreed to pay $9.2 billion to purchase Cidara Therapeutics, looking to cash in on the firm’s experimental flu treatment.The $221.50 per share offer is more than twice Cidara’s closing price yesterday. Shares of Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX) more than doubled Friday after Merck (MRK) agreed to buy the biopharmaceutical firm in an all-cash deal worth $9.2 billion to expand its reach in antiviral treatments. Merck said it would pay Cidara investors $221.50 per share, a whopping 109% premium to yesterday’s closing price.  The acquisition gives Merck access to Cidara’s top drug candidate, CD388, which uses a fragment of…