Discount retailers lift consumer staples in July as alcohol, tobacco lag (TGT:NYSE)

Arturo Rosenow The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) rose 2.6% in July, as gains in discount retailers offset declines in alcoholic beverage and tobacco stocks. Sector scorecardSector return: +2.6%Top performers: Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG) (+10% each)Biggest decliner: Constellation Source link

How to Dodge the Early Salary Question Traps

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter The moment you state a salary expectation during an early phone screen, you destroy your financial leverage before ever demonstrating your value. This episode delivers exact scripts to deflect salary demands, legally dodge past-pay questions, and force employers to reveal their budget first.…

Crypto meets Wall Street using perps

Everything under one login Round-the-clock trading is one part of the plans exchanges have for traditional assets. Coinbase and Binance want customers to trade crypto, stocks and other products through one account, a model both have described as an “everything exchange” or financial super app. Coinbase is preparing to offer…

Unlike the FTX collapse, the $89 million Coldcard exploit has investors sending bitcoin back to exchanges

“Seems people really moved their Bitcoin out of extreme caution after the coldcard hack,” Moreno said. Small Bitcoin transactions tell a similar story. According to CryptoQuant, the combined volume of all transfers smaller than 1 BTC reached 39,600 BTC on Friday, just shy of the 39,900 BTC moved on November…

Here’s how much I think the Lloyds share price will be worth at the end of 2027

Image source: Getty Images I think the Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) share price could hit 136.8p by the end of 2027. That valuation would mean a further 18.3% gain from the current 114.7 share price as I write on Friday 31 July. I’m sure shareholders would be happy given the 47.4%…

Forget 4.7% from a Cash ISA! Here’s how much £10k in a Stocks and Shares ISA could be worth by mid-2027

Image source: Getty Images There are some decent Cash ISA rates available at the moment. Today, some of these are paying interest of around 4.7%, meaning that £10,000 could grow to £10,470 over the next year. But that doesn’t come close compared to what could be achieved with a Stocks…