Brookdale Senior Living director Winkle buys $358,068 in stock

For veterans and military spouses, entrepreneurship provides a powerful pathway to continue serving—by turning military-honed skills, such as leadership, adaptability and resilience, into small business ownership. Sometimes, navigating the transition from military life to business ownership comes with unique challenges. That’s where SBA resource partners make a big difference. Through SBA grants, the following veteran…

Key insight: Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are increasingly relying on nonbanks and fintechs for daily payments, according to an American Banker survey, resulting in fintechs capturing SMB payment volume by embedding instant settlement directly into merchants’ core daily workflows. Processing Content What’s at stake: Traditional commercial banks risk being cut out of direct relationships…

Often we see headlines touting direct indexing’s growth rate—assets doubling, adoption curves bending upward, analysts projecting trillions in the category within a decade, etc. I don’t dispute those numbers or those trends. But after nearly three decades of building this business, I’ve come to believe that the growth number isn’t the story with direct indexing….

As markets move, your asset allocation drifts. A portfolio that started 80% stocks and 20% bonds can become 90/10 after a bull run. Rebalancing means selling what’s grown and buying what’s lagged to return to your target. Do it annually, not reactively, and your portfolio stays matched to your actual risk tolerance. Source

Persistent drought and successive extreme heat waves have deprived one of Europe’s largest rivers of water, pushing the Danube’s levels in Hungary’s capital Budapest to around 10 centimeters (4 inches) on Monday, well below the previous all-time low of 33 centimeters (13 inches) set in 2018. Water levels are not expected to rise on the Danube in…