• 3 Under-the-Radar Dividend Aristocrats
  
  Dividend Aristocrats are stocks in the S&P 500 Index that have grown their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years.
• Ram's Powerful Hurricane Engine Propels the 1500 Limited to New Heights
  
  The 2025 Ram 1500 Limited continues to solidify Ram's reputation as a leader in the full-size pickup truck segment, offering an impressive balance of power, luxury, and innovation.
• Wall St Week Ahead: Inflation Report Poses Test for Stock Rally
  
  An inflation report in the coming week will test the strength of the record-setting U.S. stocks rally and provide a crucial piece of data that could factor into the Federal Reserve's plans for rate cuts.
• Chipotle Raises Prices After Promising Bigger Portions
  
  Chipotle is raising its U.S. prices to offset inflation and to compensate for a promise to increase portion sizes.
• STOP Paying the Mile Tax It's ILLEGAL!
  
  Did you know that it is illegal to charge drivers of vehicles by the mile? It is actually unconstitutional. That hasn't stopped Many states from moving forward o enacting these laws and taxing money from taxpayers.
• Equity Funds Attract Inflows a 5th Straight Week
  
  U.S. investors snapped up equity funds for a fifth successive week through Nov. 4, motivated by a rally in Wall Street's main indexes, optimism for strong economic growth, and expectations of a third consecutive Federal Reserve rate cut this month.
• Biden Faces Final Push for Student Debt Forgiveness
  
  With just weeks left in office, President Joe Biden is under mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and advocates to act on student loan forgiveness, particularly for defrauded borrowers and older Americans, CNBC reported.
• 2025 Hyundai Tucson XRT Offers Style, Comfort & Utility
  
  The 2025 Hyundai Tucson XRT takes the already popular Tucson and gives it a rugged, adventurous twist.
• Let P/Es Be Your Guide to Record-High Stocks
  
  As of this writing, December 2, 2024, the S&P 500 has touched a new record high of 6,047. While the stock market often breaks its record high on the way up, back-to-back strong years have investors asking themselves, "Is the stock market too expensive?"
• YTD Returns Show Lots of Still Low-Priced Stocks
  
  Back in July we wrote about how the market had done half way through the year. The question is five months later has much changed? Year to date 58% of stocks were lower through the end of June. Now 45.05% are lower through the end of November so there has been improvement....
• Global Stocks Party at Records as Bitcoin Tops $100K
  
  Bitcoin broke $100,000 Thursday as investors bet on a friendly U.S. regulatory shift, while world stocks touched fresh record highs with sentiment bolstered by upbeat comments on the economy from Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell.
• Trump Says 'You're Welcome' After Bitcoin Tops $100,000
  
  US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday took credit for bitcoin's historic surge past $100,000, telling his social media followers "you're welcome" after the cryptocurrency jumped more than 50% since his election victory.
• The 'Trump Trade' Powers on, One Month in
  
  It's been exactly a month since the U.S. presidential election delivered victory for Republican Donald Trump and his proposed "America First" agenda.
• FBI: Hackers Targeting Android, iPhone Texts
  
  Text messages sent from Android phones to iPhones are in danger of being hacked because their encryption methods don't apply to each others' systems, which won't allow users to heed FBI and CISA warnings for Americans to use fully encrypted messages when possible.
• Coffee Prices Near 50-Year High Due to Weather
  
  Global coffee prices have soared to their highest in nearly 50 years due to poor weather in Brazil and Vietnam, forcing roasters such as Nestle to raise prices and consumers to hunt for cheaper brews amid the cost of living crisis.
• Sen. Blumenthal: Airlines See 'Walking Piggy Banks'
  
  The head of a U.S. Senate panel harshly criticized rising airline fees for luggage and seat assignments, saying carriers are looking for new ways to extract more money from passengers.
• BlackRock Bets on AI Rally But Debt Clouds 2025 Outlook
  
  BlackRock expects the artificial intelligence boom to continue to boost U.S. stocks next year and support economic growth more broadly, although rising U.S. government debt levels could threaten its upbeat 2025 forecasts.
• 15 Success Books to Transform Your Life
  
  In the realms of ambition and success, beyond mere yearnings, lie books like these-substantial and impactful works that tether dreams to deliberate action and offer more than wisps of idle fancy.
• Is the 2024 Ford Bronco Sport Better Than Jeep?
  
  The 2024 Ford Bronco Sport is one small crossover that can tackle terrain. The new Free Wheeling Special Edition celebrates the late '70s and early '80s with this throw back trim.
• Credit Spreads: Markets' Early Warning Indicators
  
  Credit spreads are critical to understanding market sentiment and predicting potential stock market downturns. A credit spread refers to the difference in yield between two bonds of similar maturity but different credit quality.
• Trump Could Lift, or Quash, Stocks
  
  President-Elect Donald Trump faces tough choices that will determine whether U.S. growth continues to benefit the coastal elites or spreads a new prosperity throughout the country-with huge gains for ordinary investors.
• Take Charge of Your Money With 'Cash Confident'
  
  Brie Sodano's main purpose in writing "Cash Confident" (Morgan James Publishing, 2024), is to help you make a life-transforming, 180-degree about-turn on how you think about and handle money.
• Chatbots Enhance Cyber Monday Discounts
  
  After lackluster spending at U.S. stores on a deals-heavy Black Friday, retailers are pulling out all the stops with steep promotions and discounts on their websites and apps to entice people to buy holiday gifts and other merchandise after the long Thanksgiving...
• Medicare Reform Can Wait No Longer
  
  Few components of America's healthcare system are more in need of reform than Medicaid, and with Republicans set to control the House, Senate, and executive branch next year, there's finally a chance to address the program's considerable problems.
• Microsoft Denies Training AI Models on User Data
  
  Microsoft Wednesday denied claims that it uses customer data from its Microsoft 365 applications, including Word and Excel, to train artificial intelligence models.

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