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If your clients are shopping around for a new place to live and work, or simply to retire, it’s important that financial professionals can help them make informed decisions based on their goals and desires and how those fit within their financial plans.

As aging clients retire, for example, many of them look for a change of scenery to spend their golden years and, where someone lives in retirement is a personal choice, but it’s also a financial one. A recent study by GoBankingRates revealed several destinations experiencing expensive growing pains. Portland, Oregon, known for its microbreweries, hipster vibe and fledgling tech scene, tops the study’s list and is expected to see the highest rise in cost of living in 2018.


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GoBankingRates reached its findings by analyzing 75 of the largest cities in the U.S. and zeroing in on three key economic indicators: Zillow’s year-over-year median home value forecast; Zillow’s year-over-year median rent forecast; and the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index change between 2014 and 2017.

Hot Bank Stocks To Invest In 2019: Visa Inc.(V)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Paul Ausick]

    The second-best performer among the Dow index equities so far this year is Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), up 33.6% followed by Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), up 31.6%; Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), up 28.6%; and Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), up 26.8%. Of the 30 Dow stocks, 20 have managed to post a gain to date in 2018.

  • [By Travis Hoium]

    Visa (NYSE:V) and Square (NYSE:SQ) are two of the biggest names in the world of digital payments, which is a booming business today. Visa operates one of the world’s largest payment networks and is extremely profitable given its pivotal role as an intermediary in the marketplace. Square sits on top of card networks like Visa’s, providing the mobile payment platform that processes cards and offering other services to business owners. They’re related businesses, but different for the way investors should look at them. 

  • [By Neha Chamaria, George Budwell, and Rich Duprey]

    Our Motley Fool contributors believe Home Depot (NYSE:HD), Visa (NYSE:V), and Amarin Corp. (NASDAQ:AMRN) are three such great stocks you can buy and hold for decades. Here’s why.

  • [By Sean Williams]

    The VISE acronym stands for:

    Visa (NYSE:V) Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI) Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA)

    Each of these four companies brings clear-cut competitive advantages to the table that should allow it to handily outperform the broader market (and the FANG stocks).

  • [By Max Byerly]

    Visa (NYSE:V) shares hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $137.18 and last traded at $137.08, with a volume of 345061 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $136.07.

Hot Bank Stocks To Invest In 2019: American Financial Group, Inc.(AFG)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Ethan Ryder]

    Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its position in American Financial Group Inc (NYSE:AFG) by 10.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 11,830 shares of the insurance provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,100 shares during the quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in American Financial Group were worth $1,269,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

  • [By Logan Wallace]

    Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its stake in shares of American Financial Group Inc (NYSE:AFG) by 135.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 320,888 shares of the insurance provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 184,397 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN owned 0.36% of American Financial Group worth $34,442,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    Westpac Banking Corp increased its stake in shares of American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) by 10.6% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 7,403 shares of the insurance provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 709 shares during the quarter. Westpac Banking Corp’s holdings in American Financial Group were worth $831,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

  • [By Motley Fool Transcribing]

    American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallJan. 31, 2019 11:30 a.m. ET

    Contents:
    Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants
    Prepared Remarks:

    Operator

  • [By Ethan Ryder]

    Media headlines about American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. American Financial Group earned a media sentiment score of 0.25 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned press coverage about the insurance provider an impact score of 46.840441381164 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the next several days.

  • [By Shane Hupp]

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Hot Bank Stocks To Invest In 2019: Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp.(ESP)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Ethan Ryder]

    Espey Manufacturing & Electronics Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:ESP) CFO David A. Oneil sold 1,778 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.12, for a total value of $57,109.36. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 10,222 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $328,330.64. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

  • [By Ethan Ryder]

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  • [By Stephan Byrd]

    Espers (CURRENCY:ESP) traded up 5.2% against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 7:00 AM Eastern on May 28th. Espers has a market capitalization of $6.27 million and approximately $8,492.00 worth of Espers was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Espers coin can now be bought for about $0.0003 or 0.00000004 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges including Livecoin and CoinExchange. During the last seven days, Espers has traded down 26.2% against the US dollar.

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