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Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos provides the keynote address at the Air Force Association’s Annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference in Oxen Hill, MD, on September 19, 2018. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin this fall raised its offer to cover NASA costs of an astronaut lunar lander by more

The winter holiday shopping season is in full swing, and for many, has been since fall began. The basic theme remains the same: Shoppers will feverishly continue to try to find the perfect meaningful gifts for everyone on their list.  From the shopping frenzies of Black Friday and Cyber Monday to the last-minute sales just

In this article NFLX Netflix logo Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images John Malone, regarded as one of the shrewdest media investors ever, told CNBC he saw the importance of video streaming to the evolving television ecosystem, even in the early days. In an interview that aired Thursday, the Liberty Media billionaire

A Rivian R1T electric pickup truck during the company’s IPO outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Rivian’s blockbuster initial public offering last week pushed the total exit value for U.S. public-market listings this year

Whether you’re buying a home using a mortgage, refinancing your existing mortgage, or selling your home to anyone other than an all-cash buyer, a home appraisal is a key component of the transaction. If you’re a buyer, owner, or seller, you’ll want to understand how the appraisal process works and how an appraiser determines a

(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Private equity is one of the few asset classes that’s been able to outperform even public equities during the bull market. And the sector is reaping the benefits of that outperformance with 529 firms in the space raising an aggregate equity volume of $1.4 trillion over a

The view from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour of the International Space Station, as well as the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience, as the capsule approached to dock on April 24, 2021. NASA TV The Russian military has destroyed a defunct satellite, showering low Earth orbit with shrapnel and causing astronauts to shelter on the

Saving $10,000 is a wonderful accomplishment but it’s critical to put that hard-earned cash to good use. With $10,000 in savings, there are many things you could do, but here are five safe and wise ways to allocate your cash. Key Takeaways Using $10,000 in savings to invest or pay down debt is a financially

In this article WMT CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that Walmart shares should not be lower — characterizing the move as a Wall Street problem and not an indication of anything wrong with the retail giant’s quarterly results. Shares of Walmart opened down more than 1% and slid further on the notion that the company

What Is a Rewards Credit Card? Rewards credit cards offer you some type of “reward”—typically cash back, points, or travel miles—for every dollar you spend, sometimes up to certain limits. Depending on the card, you can then use your rewards in a variety of ways. Key Takeaways Rewards credit cards typically offer cash back, points,

Forex is the largest and most liquid market, with trillions of dollars traded between millions of parties around the globe each day. One of the first steps in understanding the market—which is also known as foreign exchange or currency trading—is to gain familiarity with some of the more commonly traded currencies. Here is a look

In this article MNDY NIO ZNGA SNPO DDOG Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio Inc’s first employee Tianshu LI, and company’s leadership team celebrate at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Opening Bell to commemorate the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the NYSE in New York, September 12, 2018.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters Markets are

A prototype vehicle launches out of the company’s suborbital accelerator during its first test flight on October 22, 2021 at Spaceport America in New Mexico. SpinLaunch SpinLaunch, a start-up that is building an alternative method of launching spacecraft to orbit, last month conducted the successful first test flight of a prototype in New Mexico. The

President Biden announced on Thursday, September 9, 2021, new steps designed to fight COVID-19 including a vaccination mandate for up to 80 million American workers. The mandate applies to companies with 100 or more employees and will be imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), part of the Department of Labor (DOL). Under

In this article CNC Morsa Images | DigitalVision | Getty Images Company: Centene Corp. (CNC) Business: Centene operates as a multi-national health-care enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured individuals in the United States. Its Managed Care segment offers health plan coverage to individuals through government-subsidized programs, including Medicaid, state children’s health

Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images A McKinsey partner was arrested Wednesday after being criminally charged with insider trading ahead of Goldman Sachs‘ recent $2.2 billion acquisition of fintech lender GreenSky. Puneet Dikshit, a 40-year-old McKinsey partner, exploited information he gained about his client Goldman Sachs’ pending takeover to buy profitable call options in

Health care giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will divide itself into two publicly traded companies. One will inherit J&J’s extensive portfolio of well-known consumer products, while the other will continue to develop, produce, and distribute pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical technology. Johnson & Johnson indicates that the transaction will take place sometime over the next

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, October 19, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The market, regardless of which index we use – S&P 500, Dow or Nasdaq – keeps climbing and making new highs. With that type of trajectory, we might assume that there are

A view from a petrol station shows gas prices over $4, in Arlington-Virginia, United States on October 30, 2021. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Stagflation fears have plagued investors in recent months, as prices start to rise in an economy that hasn’t quite picked up pace yet. But investors can employ a

Performance Takeaways Invesco QQQ ETF outperformed the S&P 500 Index as early quarter outperformance in growth-oriented stocks was partially offset by underperformance in September. Invesco QQQ ETF’s underweight allocation and differentiated holdings in Industrials, along with its differentiated holdings in Health Care and Consumer Staples were the primary drivers of relative outperformance versus the S&P