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How trading looked in the 1990s.Reuters / Juda NgwenyaNvidia stock has surged 332,000% since its 1999 IPO, leading the past 20 years.Despite its growth, Nvidia isn’t among the top-performing stocks of the last century.Below, we list the 27 best-performing stocks since 1925, according to Hendrik Bessembinder’s.Nvidia stock has soared almost 332,000% since the company went public in 1999. As of December 2023, it’s been the best-performing stock of the last 20 years with a 33.38% average annual return, according to Hendrik Bessembinder, a professor at Arizona State University.Yet, data in a recent paper published by Bessembinder shows it still has…

There are several real-estate markets where there’s a prevalence of affordable houses.Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesHome transaction activity is up since mortgage rates are down from their peak.However, some property owners and homebuyers still seem to be in a stalemate.Here are seven real-estate markets where homes are affordable and available.Home sales picked up steam this autumn, but many buyers still refuse to bite until prices fall.The US housing market perked up after mortgage rates plunged from their mid-summer peak through mid-September, even though they’ve experienced a remarkable resurgence since then.Pending home sales rose 7.4% in September, which was the largest…

A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll showed Vice President Kamala Harris with an advantage in GOP-leaning Iowa.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty ImagesA new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll shows Harris leading Trump by 3 points in the state.It’s a significant shift in a conservative-leaning state that Trump won by eight points in 2020.Experts say it could bode well for Harris as Iowa’s demographics translate to nearby swing states.A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll published on Saturday showed Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of former President Donald Trump by three points in Iowa, a massive development in a state once seen as…

Europe’s automakers are under pressure amid slowing EV sales.FREDERICK FLORIN / AFPCar companies are cutting costs heading into the end of the year.A price war in China poses a threat to profitability.Bloated inventory leads to production cuts.It’s been a busy few days for auto companies.Ford and Volkswagen each pulled back vehicle production plans this week. After the last shift on Friday, November 15, Ford will pause F-150 Lightning production until next year, while VW said it is considering historic plant closures in Germany that would lay off hundreds of workers.Meanwhile, Tesla fell behind China’s BYD in quarterly revenue for the…

Vice President Kamala Harris joined actor Maya Rudolph on “Saturday Night Live.”Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty ImagesKamala Harris appeared on “Saturday Night Live” for a cameo ahead of the US election.The vice president appeared alongside actor Maya Rudolph in the show’s cold open.”You can do something your opponent cannot do: you can open doors,” Harris joked about Trump.Kamala Harris made a surprise campaign stop this weekend: Studio 8H, 30 Rockefeller Plaza.The vice president flew to New York City on Saturday after a campaign event in North Carolina to appear in the last episode of “Saturday Night Live” before voters go to…

A teacher helps out his student with her workDobrila Vignjevic/Getty ImagesDixie La Pierre is a 55-year-old who remembers what it was like to grow up poor in New Orleans.When she was 10, her class was having a McDonald’s that she knew her mother couldn’t afford.Her teacher randomly selected her to do chores so she too could participate in the class treat.Growing up, my mom was a single parent to myself and my younger sister in New Orleans. Throughout my childhood, my mom worked between three and four jobs at a time to provide for our family. She worked for an…

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Kamala Harris is leading Trump in a new Iowa poll.Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; Rebecca Noble/Getty ImagesA new poll showed Kamala Harris had a surprise 3-point lead over Trump in Iowa.Betting odds on Robinhood and Kalshi tightened following the news.Trump won Iowa easily in both the 2016 and 2020 elections.Vice President Kamala Harris’ betting odds jumped overnight after a new poll showed she held a surprise lead over former President Donald Trump in Iowa — a state he won easily in both 2016 and 2020.A Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll by Selzer & Co. published on Saturday showed Harris…

The author, not pictured, makes her son pay for his college tuition upfront.Xavierarnau/Getty ImagesWhen I was younger, I didn’t understand or appreciate my parents paying my college tuition.I want my kids to understand the true cost of college, so I devised a unique plan.My son pays his tuition first with his saved money, and I pay him back if he gets good grades.My mom was the first on either side of my family to go to college. She went back in her 40s, getting her master’s degree at a college an hour away from our home while raising three children.…

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are spending a lot of time in Pennsylvania, but where else they are going reveals their strategies.Scott Olson and Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris will mostly close out the 2024 race in Pennsylvania.But it is Trump’s campaign making a late push to expand his path to victory.Both sides are also making a play for North Carolina.Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are saying a lot about their closing strategies by deploying the most valuable resource left in the 2024 campaign: their time.The top two contenders have or will visit each…