The author paid a company, Renewable Recycling, to pick up and recycle his queen-size mattress in New York City. Greg Iacurci I paid $95 to recycle a mattress. It may sound odd, silly even, to pay so much to dispose of a run-of-the-mill household item. But the economics of...
Why a stock picking approach to small caps may boost performance right now
Stock picking may be the key to getting exposure to small caps. Rob Harvey, who's behind the Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF, uses an actively managed approach to buying the group. He's trying to avoid small caps that are underperforming and dragging down the index. "There's no reason to...
Facebook owner Meta forms data-sharing pact with UK banks to counter scams
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Facebook parent company Meta on Wednesday said that it's working with two leading banks in the U.K. on an information-sharing arrangement to help protect consumers from fraud. Meta said it was expanding its Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIPE) to enable U.K. banks...
London-based Robinhood rival Freetrade buys UK arm of Australian investing platform Stake
People walk along London Bridge past the City of London skyline. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images London-based online trading platform Freetrade told CNBC Tuesday that it's agreed to buy the U.K. customer book of Stake, an Australian investing app. The move is part of a broader bid...