Investment Thesis EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) has been hit hard during COVID-19, but has since then recovered to pre-COVID levels in terms of revenue and FFO. Today, the company provides an attractive and stable dividend yield of 8%, with some room to the upside due to its solid balance sheet and…

Sir Keir Starmer has entered Downing Street as Britain’s new prime minister after winning a historic Labour majority of more than 170 seats, declaring: “Our country has voted decisively for change.”Starmer travelled to Buckingham Palace at midday on Friday and was invited by King Charles to form a government, putting…

When dozens of world leaders convene in Washington, DC, for the NATO 75th anniversary summit next week, they won’t only be looking to underscore the unity of the alliance — they will also be carefully watching US President Joe Biden after his poor debate performance last week. Biden’s showing at the CNN…

Estate planning sometimes addresses the special needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, or those who have family members in the LGBTQ+ community. Statistics demonstrate the reality that the number of people undertaking estate planning for whom LGBTQ+ considerations should be incorporated is growing. This article will…

Mortgage rates increased this week, approaching nearly 7% again as rates remain stubbornly high and continue to hinder the housing market. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Wednesday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage climbed to 6.95% this week from 6.86% last week. The…

Student loan borrowers in the U.S. are taking their time resuming repayments after the last pandemic-related pause expired late last year. Repayments were paused for borrowers of federal student loans from mid-March 2020, when the COVID pandemic began, and remained in effect until Sept. 1, 2023, 3½ years after the…

American Express is acquiring yet another restaurant booking platform. It’s a potential gamechanger for cardholders in a world where nabbing a table at a popular restaurant feels like an impossible feat, thanks to an insurmountable number of bots and table resellers disrupting the market.  In major cities, securing a spot…

Summer holidays are here, and it could be a very profitable few months ahead for online travel agencies. Out of the “big 3” – Booking (BKNG), Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) and Airbnb (ABNB) – this article argues EXPE has the most potential to rally. Why EXPE? I actually think BKNG is a…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Hizbollah said it had fired more than 200 rockets at northern Israel in retaliation for an Israeli air strike that killed one of its senior commanders, as tensions between the two sides…

Those online senior living referral services are getting a lot of attention these days. And not in a good way. The chair of the U.S. Senate Aging Committee has begun an investigation into assisted living referrals by A Place for Mom, one of the biggest commercial advice outfits. At the…