When investors talk about performance, the conversation often skips ahead to returns. But the decision that most shapes your long-term results is made before markets move: your asset allocation —the balance among equities (stocks), fixed income (bonds), cash, and potentially other assets. The critical question is not “How much can I make?” but “How much risk should I take to reach my goals without losing sleep or derailing my plan?” First, What Do We Mean by “Risk”?
WORDEN - Businesses and community groups in Worden have joined forces in response to an expected increase in the need for food assistance during the winter months. In June, members of the Worden Methodist Church established a community food pantry, placing a pantry cabinet on the church lawn at 103 S. Lincoln Street. Church members faithfully restocked the pantry each week. However, as temperatures have dropped and a recent government shutdown has impacted the area, visits to the pantry have
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued the following statement after a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts issued an order finding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funds to provide benefits during the ongoing federal government shutdown. The order comes after Raoul and a coalition of 26 attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration
IMI, Inc. and its family of companies — including icon Mechanical, iENG Design, Eagle Controls, and iSuite — are expanding teams across multiple U.S. locations, with new career openings and a summer internship program now accepting applications. The firms are hiring for a range of priority roles, from Project Directors and Senior Project Managers to […]
A man was arrested after an overnight pursuit in St. Charles after he was reported to have brandished a gun and fired multiple shots, and was later taken into custody after fleeing on foot.
Fox News has a problem: when you build your entire editorial model around feeding your audience’s biases, you stop asking whether the stories feeding those biases are actually true. Case in point: last week, they published—and then quietly rewrote—a story about SNAP recipients threatening to “ransack stores,” based entirely on AI-generated videos that never happened. […]
The Learn to Code with React Bundle has 9 courses to help you learn more about React, Redux, and JavaScript. Used by the likes of Instagram, Facebook, Netflix, and Imgur, React is an efficient and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. Meanwhile, Redux is a predictable state container that helps you manage the data […]
ST. LOUIS - The mother of a one-year-old child has been charged after a shooting that left the child injured last month. According to records, 20-year-old Daija Marnae Dunning was with 23-year-old Cameron Jefferson and their child Oct. 22 on the way to a gas station. Officials say the vehicle was "swarming with cockroaches and [...]
The City of St. Louis will set aside $10 million annually in efforts to raise employee pay and make city employee salaries more competitive, according to the mayor's office.
ZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons has announced a 2026 U.S. tour.The outing runs from Jan. 20 in Napa, California, to Feb. 28. in Atlanta. For the shows, Gibbons will be joined…