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View MoreLive cattle futures Tuesday fell across the board even as wholesale beef prices climbed sharply, with Choice boxes crossing $400 ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend. The front-month Jun 26 contract settled at $255.150, down $0.675, while the benchmark Aug 26 contract closed at $246.000, off $1.350. Live Cattle…
Three international small-cap ETFs — GWX, PDN, and DLS — are giving investors a practical route into developed-market equities that have traded at some of their lowest valuations relative to U.S. large caps in decades, while also posting competitive returns over the past year. Ticker1-Year ReturnYTD ReturnDividend YieldExpense RatioAUM GWX~25%~12%2.51%0.40%~$898M…
When things go wrong in small towns, a certain kind of stubbornness emerges. Quiet and methodical, not boisterous or dramatic. Most people thought it was over when Rite Aid declared bankruptcy, started to withdraw from the western New York area, and closed almost 70 stores. The lights would go out,…
Occasionally, a specific type of Wall Street irony occurs in relation to significant business announcements. When a company makes a truly noteworthy move, such as one that is strategically intriguing, structurally significant, and will be covered by the trade press for months, the stock still declines. Not in a big…
Until something goes wrong, most people don’t consider getting income protection insurance. An unexpected diagnosis. a back injury that prevents you from working for three months. A mental health episode that, for a while, makes it truly impossible to return to the office on a set schedule, with fluorescent lights…