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No surprise Ahead of Memorial Day, we want to express appreciation to the brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Seeking Alpha wishes all our subscribers a beautiful holiday weekend and let us remember those who courageously gave their lives. Wall Street Breakfast won’t be published with markets closed on Monday, but tune back in Tuesday.Debt talks appear to be nearing the end amid reports that a potential deal would raise the U.S. government’s $31.4T debt ceiling and limit spending on most items for two years. A deal is expected to be hammered out…

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Nattakorn Maneerat This article was published on Dividend Kings on Wed, May 24th. ————————————————————————————— Smart people can make disastrously bad investing decisions. Isaac Newton invented classical physics and calculus and then lost $25 million in the South Sea Bubble. That was after first tripling his money and getting sucked back in the right before the stock fell 80%. Stephen Greenspan literally wrote the book on not getting conned by a con artist and then lost his retirement to Bernie Madoff, the largest con artist in history. I myself have made and lost several small fortunes in a quarter century of…

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Sean Anthony Eddy During these difficult times in the market, my portfolio has held up quite well. Although I have seen some gyrations from month to month, I have, over almost any window of time, outperformed the market over the past year or so. But this doesn’t mean that every holding in my portfolio has done well. I have had some holdings that have certainly underperformed. And the one that has been the biggest problem is none other than Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW). Because of the downside I have seen from the firm, I have made sure to keep a…

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imagedepotpro A holiday-shortened week still packs an ample slate of earnings reports, as May comes to an end and the final month of the calendar quarter gets started. Tech results headline the week with Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Chewy (CHWY) on the docket. These will be joined by cybersecurity favorites Okta (OKTA), CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) and Zscaler (ZS). Meanwhile, the consumer staples sector will also see a handful of key results with Dollar General (DG) and Hormel (HRL) on the schedule. Rounding out the week, retail earnings continue to roll in, with Macy’s (M), lululemon athletica (LULU), Victoria’s Secret…

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