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On Saturday November 6th, 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk released a Twitter poll asking if he should sell 10% of his Tesla holdings. Out of 3.5 million ...
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Imagine going to the supermarket with a simple goal: purchase food for the week. Easy enough, but of course there are the food allergies, the 6-yea...
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A 2018 BBC article noted that “there are an estimated 171,146 words currently in use in the English language.” We have a lot of words and the finan...
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Classically defined, investing is “the outlay of money, usually for income or profit.” In personal finance, investing can be found at the crossroad...