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Why an Unfinished Degree Can Help Your Resume (and How to List It)

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Zety.com. You started a degree but didn’t finish it. Now you’re wondering, “Should I include my unfinished degree on my resume or leave it off?” Here’s the good news: An unfinished degree can still work in your favor. Employers care about the skills…

What Makes Precious Metals Precious?

Gold has been the universal standard for wealth for millennia, but its value isn’t just a social construct or a historical accident. If you were to look at the periodic table as a shopping list for the perfect currency, you would find that most elements fail the test almost immediately.…

Buying or Selling a Home in Winter: What You Need to Know

You’ve probably heard it before: Nobody buys or sells a home in the winter, right? Well, if you check the numbers, you’d see that plenty of homes are sold during the coldest months of the year. According to the National Association of REALTORS®, over 13,000 homes are sold per day on average…

.4 Billion Merrill Team Prefers Complicated Clients

Team Name: Musgrave Dunn & AssociatesFirm: Merrill Wealth ManagementSenior Members: Travis Musgrave, Timothy Dunn, Valerie MarshallLocation: Lexington, KYTeam Custodied Assets: $1.4 billionBackground: Travis Musgrave attended the University of Kentucky as a pre-med student before ditching medicine for money. After graduating in 1991 with a degree in accounting and finance Musgrave…

How Do Student Loans Work?

So you want to go to college (or maybe continue on to grad school). But you feel like the only way to make it happen is by taking out student loans. Hold it right there! Let me speak to you real quick before you sign on the dotted line. Hey,…

New Apple CEO John Ternus is inheriting a pressure cooker

Get ready, John Ternus. It’s your turn in the hot seat. Loading audio narration… When Ternus takes the reins as Apple’s CEO later this year, he’ll not only step into one of the most coveted jobs in business but also inherit complex challenges from his predecessor, Tim Cook.There’s no denying…

An Instacart founder shares his sneaker test for entrepreneurs

A quick fit check can tell Max Mullen much of what he needs to know about a founder. Loading audio narration… The Instacart cofounder — also a prominent seed investor who has backed over 100 startups — shared his top trick for evaluating founders on the “Uncapped with Jack Altman”…

10 Things People Do to Be Successful in Retirement

Do you ever see people who are living their retirement dreams and wonder, What the heck did they do to get there? There’s joy in their voices as they talk about their plans to travel the world or be outrageously generous. And it’s contagious! Market chaos, inflation, your future—work with a pro…