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The ideal amount of money you should invest

Don’t wait to invest your money, advises Ellevest co-founder and CEO Sallie Krawcheck. “Just do the damn thing,” she tells CNBC Make It. “There’s a conception out there: Oh, I have to have $100,000 to invest or $50,000 or $10,000. Just start where you are. “ The ultimate goal, she …

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Plunging bond yields have lifted these two stock sectors to record levels

Utilities workers helping restore power near Mobile, Alabama. Getty Images The real estate and utilities sectors are on track to close at record levels on Tuesday as investors search for yield in this low interest rate environment. Both sectors are on pace to close at new record highs on Tuesday. …

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Fewer women now pay their credit card balances in full

Americans — especially women — are feeling less secure about their finances today than they were just a few months ago. Overall, cardholders are paying their balances in full less often and feeling less confident about doing so in the future than at any time in the past year, according …

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10-year US yield dives to 3-year low after manufacturing contracts

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note dove on Tuesday to its lowest level since 2016 after a report on the U.S. manufacturing sector showed that the industry contracted in August. The Institute for Supply Management said U.S. manufacturing activity contracted last month for the first time since early …

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The US dollar just hit a two-year high and is threatening to make another major milestone

Nazanin Tabatabaee | West Asia News Agency | Reuters The dollar hit a two-year high on Tuesday as slowing global growth and more aggressive monetary easing overseas sent investors into the reserve currency. The U.S. Dollar index rose to a high of 99.37, its highest level since May 2017 when …

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Anxiety-ridden August has investors bracing for a rough September

Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on August 19, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images It was an August of angst for investors, ahead of what most now expect …

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The stock market ‘will advance into year-end’

NEW YORK, NY – MAY 13: Traders and financial professionals work ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), May 13, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Markets will rally for the rest of the …

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Facebook and four other stocks went from market leaders to losers

What goes up must come down. Some of the worst-performing stocks in August were one-time market leaders. Stocks including Facebook, General Electric, Citigroup, Under Armour, and Union Pacific tumbled last month after roaring higher from January to July. One of those stocks looks ready to return to its former glory, …

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She Fled the Iranian Revolution, but Her Troubles Didn’t End There

THE UNGRATEFUL REFUGEE What Immigrants Never Tell You By Dina Nayeri Dina Nayeri was not yet 6 years old in 1985 when she visited her eccentric maternal grandmother, Maman Moti, in London. Nayeri’s parents were both medical professionals in the city of Isfahan in Iran, where a bloody war with …

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This S&P 500 chart just sent a screaming sell signal—how to trade it

Stocks are sending a sell signal. So says widely followed strategist Sven Henrich, founder and lead market strategist at NorthmanTrader, who told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Thursday that one S&P 500 chart is showing the market heading for a major drop. Many market watchers have taken notice of the technical …

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