Exchange Bank declares $1.35 quarterly dividend, CEO to retire

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks are rallying Friday , but the S & P 500 is still on pace for a negative week. The market is rebounding from oversold levels,…

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Investors have used the same proven formula for decades: Buy a discounted property, renovate it, and increase its value by tens or sometimes even hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s a simple investing strategy, and yet it’s one of the best ways to get rich through real estate investing. But there’s a catch that too…

On Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a bill designed to make it easier for residents to generate their own electricity by using small solar systems that plug directly into a household outlet. “Balcony solar is the ultimate win-win,” Sherrill said after plugging in a solar panel at the bill-signing ceremony. “It’s accessible, affordable,…

Investors seeking a more consistent performance profile from their large-cap growth allocation may benefit from an approach that goes beyond the market-cap-weighted approach offered by many passive funds. Baron Capital’s Baron Risk Optimized Large Cap ETF (BROL) combines the firm’s fundamental stock-picking heritage with a quantitative risk-optimization framework designed to pursue long-term capital appreciation while…