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Balanced Investment Co. founder Suresh Basnet specializes in values-centered investing and is a certified meditation coach.The financial services industry now has the green light to offer private equity, hedge funds and non-traded REITs in your 401(k). While this sounds like democratization, it’s actually a warning sign that demands your attention.An August 2025 executive order expanded access to alternative investments in retirement accounts—products that were previously available mainly to wealthy investors with substantial assets. As someone who has spent decades helping clients navigate complex investment decisions, I’ve seen firsthand how these “exclusive” opportunities often deliver exclusive disappointment.The question to ask yourself…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Caribbean continues to recover from the devastation left behind by Hurricane Melissa. The storm’s path, however, missed the region’s largest concentration of refineries, keeping gas prices steady across much of the nation despite the storm’s magnitude.“Texas and Louisiana combined account for almost half of the nation’s total refining capacity,” GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan said. “So it’s a big deal if you see that region of the country being affected.” NWS Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica. The storm missed the Gulf, keeping the majority of the nation’s refineries online. Jamaica does have a refinery, but it’s…

Further searches of the suspects’ addresses in Bradford, West Yorkshire, revealed more gold bars valued at about £60,000 in addition to a £30,000 watch and a sum of money.The two men, who are 45 and 49, are being questioned on suspicion of money laundering.Det Insp Sarah Langley, from GMP’s economic crime unit, said: “Any discovery of this size is, of course, something we want to explore all reasons for and our specialist officers are currently determining the reasons for the gold and jewellery being brought into the country.”Any offences regarding money or the illegal dealing and possession of goods is…

Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae held the first meeting at Japan’s economic strategy headquarters on Tuesday. She told her cabinet ministers to develop policies in 17 industrial fields to drive growth. The goal is to come up with clear strategies by next summer. “I will strongly push for growth strategies to strengthen supply structures and build a robust economy,” she told the ministers. “I want you to establish measures to help improve the environment for investors by committing to multi-year budget allocations in strategic fields.” The government is targeting such sectors as AI, shipbuilding and defense industries. Takaichi assigned a minister…

A couple of months ago, the American Express Platinum Card® underwent a massive refresh, boosting its annual value to over $3,500 in perks. The annual fee also jumped to $895 (see rates and fees).Most of the refreshed benefits are geared toward luxury travel and high-end lifestyle perks. But if you’re a foodie there are also some sneaky little upgrades worth getting excited about.My wife’s a foodie. The kind who’ll wait four hours for a TikTok-famous taco stand and somehow turn every weekend into a restaurant crawl. So when we saw these new Platinum Card® perks roll out, she immediately started…

A small strip of public land at Bouley Bay in Jersey is set to be transferred to a private developer, in exchange for essential safety improvements.The land, located in front of the former Water’s Edge Hotel in Bouley Bay, measures about 1.5m (5ft) wide and 20m (66ft) long and will be handed to W.E. (Jersey) Ltd.In return, the company must carry out work and fund the clearance of the public slip road blocked by a landslide.Developers must also build a retaining wall and carry out stabilisation works at the base of the rock face, according to an official document, external…

Welcome to the Grasim Inds Stock Liveblog, your go-to platform for real-time updates and analysis on a top-performing stock. Stay ahead of the market with our in-depth coverage of Grasim Inds, including: Last traded price 2882.0, Market capitalization: 196075.26, Volume: 229856, Price-to-earnings ratio 46.66, Earnings per share 61.76. Get a complete picture of Grasim Inds’s performance through our comprehensive blend of fundamental and technical indicators. Stay informed about breaking news that can influence the stock’s trajectory. Our liveblog equips you with the knowledge and insights needed to make confident investment decisions. Don’t miss out on the latest updates as Grasim…

Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bearish approach towards ARM Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM), and it’s something market players shouldn’t ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in ARM usually suggests something big is about to happen.We gleaned this information from our observations today when Benzinga’s options scanner highlighted 39 extraordinary options activities for ARM Holdings. This level of activity is out of the ordinary.The general mood among these heavyweight investors is divided, with 35% leaning bullish and 41% bearish. Among these notable options,…

We at Planet Money often scan new economic resesarch for interesting ideas or evidence about the economy or, more broadly, the world around us. Sometimes this research informs our podcasts. Sometimes they inspire newsletters or radio segments. But often these insightful gems are just left on our proverbial shelves gathering dust. And that inspired a recurring newsletter where we take them off the shelves and provide them to you. Welcome to the latest installment of the Planet Money Econ Paper Roundup! Today in the Planet Money newsletter, five recent papers that lit lightbulbs in our brains, and are maybe worth taking…

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), the largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, has announced an offering for its perpetual STRE preferred stock. This will be the first-ever Euro-dominated preferred stock offering for European and global institutional investors. As anticipated, MSTR stock slips in trading and post-market close as the firm plans to acquire more BTC with the latest stock offering. Strategy Announces STRE Preferred Stock Offering Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) intends to conduct an initial public offering of 3,500,000 shares of Strategy’s 10.00% Series A perpetual STRE preferred stock, according to a press release. The firm proposes to use proceeds from the offering for general…