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My wife and I owe $450,000 on a $1.2 million house with a 3.5% mortgage rate. Our payments will soon increase. Should we pay it off or invest in stocks?

“We are in our late 60s and in good health, and we have a second home worth $900,000 that is fully paid for.” Source link

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Why the owner of the NBA’s Timberwolves can make $1 billion more now that his sale to A-Rod has ‘expired’

In 2021, Glen Taylor agreed to sell the Minnesota franchise for $1.5 billion. The team is now likely worth at least $2.5 billion. Source link

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The S&P 500 and Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ are both up in 2024. Should investors be worried?

Something unusual happened in the stock market this quarter: Both the S&P 500 and Cboe Volatility Index, better known as the Vix, rose. Source link

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AMC’s stock on pace for biggest gain in a month

The movie-theater chain’s shares are on pace for their largest daily percentage gain since Feb. 27. Source link

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Commercial real estate is itching for a rebound two years after start of Fed rate hikes

Demand for office leases is picking up, but interest rates are still a wild card. Source link

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Oil prices end higher, buoyed by geopolitical tensions, Russia’s output cuts

Oil futures rose on Monday as investors monitored escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine, while supply concerns continued to

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Why a Fed rate cut in June is not yet a done deal

An interest-rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s June meeting, though now widely expected, should not be viewed as decision that has already been made, Fed

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‘I’m spending a fortune on home maintenance. I realize my second husband is essentially living in my house for free’: What is a fair way to split costs?

‘When I married my husband, he sold his house, which was valued at about $100,000 more than mine, but he had no equity in it.’

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Jerry Seinfeld is now reportedly a billionaire. But what about Larry David?

The co-creators of “Seinfeld” are both incredibly wealthy, but one of them has pulled far ahead of the other financially. Source link

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Could a looming chocolate crisis shake Easter after cocoa prices doubled?

Easter is almost here, and record-high cocoa prices shouldn’t squash the celebratory mood for parents looking to fill their children’s baskets with chocolate bunnies. Source