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Brett Hondow / Shutterstock.com There’s a massive misconception that all dollar stores are the same. If you think you’re getting the same deal at Dollar Tree that you’d get at Dollar General, you’re likely throwing money away. The truth is that these stores have completely different business models. One is a true “dollar” store (mostly),…

Just days after Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clashed over the handling of two measles-associated deaths in the state, infections within Pennsylvania were on their way to hitting 500. Where Pennsylvania’s Measles Cases Are Concentrated Most cases were concentrated in Lancaster County, according…

The alternative investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. announced Monday its plans to sell USI Insurance Services to Aon PLC, a professional services firm that offers risk mitigation solutions, in an all-cash, $17 billion transaction. USI’s sale price is approximately six times the size of KKR’s original equity investment in the insurance broker and 3.4 times KKR’s total investment in USI. For more stories like this, sign up for the PLANADVISERdash daily…

Every financial plan you’ll ever see puts heavy emphasis on getting money into retirement accounts. Contribute early, get the match, max out the IRA and let it compound. That part of the advice is sound, and most disciplined savers follow it well. What gets far less attention is what happens after the money is in…

Few experiences are more frustrating than lying awake at night while desperately wanting to fall asleep. Your body feels exhausted, but your mind refuses to settle. As the minutes tick by, it’s easy to become increasingly anxious about how little sleep you’re getting − and how much harder tomorrow is going to be as a…

The S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.42%) is up by more than 10% over the last three months alone, as of this writing — its most successful quarter in years. But it’s also a historically expensive time to invest, and some metrics are sounding the alarm over the market’s valuation. For example, the Buffett indicator — named…