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ETF vs. Index Fund: The Difference and Which to Use 04/17/2024 08:00pm • When discussing investment strategies, comparing index funds and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, often leads to confusion for beginner investors. The term "index fund" generally refers to the strategy and management style of the investment vehicle, where the fund aims to replicate the performance o How to Pick a Beneficiary for a 401(k) Plan 04/17/2024 08:00pm • U.S. workers have stashed $6.9 trillion in their 401(k) plans as of Sept. 30, 2023, according to the Investment Company Institute, an association representing regulated investment funds. A healthy chunk of those 401(k) assets is being steered toward spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries who take over Virginia lawmakers agree to extend budget talks as they take up Youngkin amendments, vetoes 04/17/2024 06:35pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Democrats who control the Virginia General Assembly reached an 11th-hour compromise with Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to extend the timeline for negotiations over the state budget, a move that lawmakers said Wednesday would offer a reset for what has so far been a bitter and New York competition, smoking, internet betting concerns roil US northeast's gambling market 04/17/2024 05:59pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Casinos in the northeastern U.S. are dealing with numerous challenges as they brace for the arrival of new competitors in New York City. A potential smoking ban in Atlantic City, an ongoing debate over whether internet gambling hurts or helps the bottom line of physical Uber is helping investigators look into account that sent driver to Ohio home where she was killed 04/17/2024 04:30pm • Uber is helping investigators look into an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death because he erroneously believed she was part of a scam that targeted him, the ride-hailing company said Wednesday. The March 25 shooting death of Lolet 'Civil War' might be the year's most explosive movie. Alex Garland thinks it's just reporting 04/17/2024 02:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Alex Garland���s films have vividly conjured a virus-caused pandemic (2002's ���28 Days Later���), an uncontrollable artificial intelligence (2014���s ���Ex Machina���) and, in his latest, ���Civil War,��� a near-future America in the throes of all-out warfare. Most filmmakers with NHL has no appetite to expand playoffs beyond its 16-team tournament for the Stanley Cup 04/17/2024 01:19pm • Sixteen teams, each one needing to win 16 games over four rounds of best-of-seven series to lift the Stanley Cup, has been the way the NHL decides its champion for nearly four decades. That isn't changing any time soon. The NHL is the only one of the major four North American professional sports lea Imprisoned drug-diluting pharmacist to be moved to halfway house soon, victims' lawyer says 04/17/2024 12:40pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� A former Kansas City-area pharmacist who has been incarcerated for more than two decades in a profit-boosting scheme to dilute tens of thousands of prescriptions for seriously ill patients is being moved to a halfway house this summer, an attorney for the victims said Tuesd Former UK leader Liz Truss backs Trump and blames others for her ouster after 49 days 04/16/2024 09:47pm • LONDON (AP) ��� During her 49 days as Britain���s shortest-serving prime minister, Liz Truss sparked mayhem on the financial markets and turmoil within her Conservative Party. Now she is speaking up, and her message is: It wasn���t me. In interviews and a new book, Truss robustly defends her economi Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist 04/16/2024 08:56pm • SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden made a nostalgic return to the house where he grew up in working-class Scranton on Tuesday, kicking off three days of campaigning across Pennsylvania by calling for higher taxes on the rich and casting Donald Trump as an out-of-touch elitist. When the Democ Justin Trudeau's government raises taxes on wealthiest Canadians in federal budget 04/16/2024 08:29pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) ��� Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ���s government announced Tuesday it is imposing higher taxes on the wealthiest Canadians as part of the federal budget. The budget proposes to increase the capital gains inclusion rate, which refers to the taxable share of profit made What Is a Self-Directed IRA? Pros and Cons of This Unique Investment Account 04/16/2024 08:00pm • A self-directed individual retirement account is a very specific tax-advantaged vehicle that gives investors the ability to choose investments beyond traditional options such as stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. A self-directed IRA can hold alternative assets such as real estate, pri How to Find a Financial Advisor If You're Not Rich 04/16/2024 08:00pm • Financial advisors are evolving to work with more and more diverse clients, including clients that have high needs, but low budgets. Many people are embarrassed to seek out a professional financial advisor because they do not believe they have enough assets. Related: Sign up for stock news with ou The Latest | First 7 jurors seated at the end of the second day of Trump���s hush money trial 04/16/2024 07:54pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Following a protracted questionnaire phase and hours of questioning on Tuesday, seven jurors were seated by the time the court adjourned on the second day of Donald Trump ���s hush money trial. Jury selection will resume Thursday morning. The jurors are picked by process of elimina Ecuador rations electricity as drought persists in the northern Andes 04/16/2024 07:42pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� Ecuador on Tuesday began to ration electricity in the country's main cities as a drought linked to the El Ni��o weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants that produce about 75% of the nation���s power. The power cuts were announced on Monda