Weekly Digest

For the week ending Saturday, July 4, 2015
MONEY MATTERS-LENGTHY AUTO LOANS
Car buyers are increasingly taking on loans with lengthier payoff terms to cope with rising prices or to
make pricier models more affordable. But is that wise?
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
Jet Blue adds bag fee; U.S. home prices continue to climb; California bill would ensure minimum wage
for cheerleaders
QUICK FIX
How to get the most miles for your money
Summer time fun and low gas prices have you hitting the road. There’s no reason to waste your savings
found at the pump though.
WIRELESS & CASHLESS
Apple Pay comes to Square
Apple Pay used to be the domain of chains and other big businesses. That could soon change as Apple
Pay comes to Square’s credit card readers, which are popular among smaller businesses.
SMALL BUSINESS MONITOR
Cutting energy costs
Taking steps to lower energy bills should be high on a business owner’s to-do list at the start of summer,
especially since electrical rates tend to rise in hot weather.
CENTERPIECE
S&P 500: Mid-year top 20
A snapshot of the top two performers in each sector of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index.
MARKET PULSE
Dividends keep jumping, and another record year looks nearly certain; gold’s performance in the second
quarter was remarkably boring; July has traditionally been the rare bright spot for stocks during the slog
of summer.
OF MUTUAL INTEREST-2Q REVIEW
Most mutual funds stumbled to losses in the second quarter. Even the apparent winners of the quarter
ended up with much weaker returns than investors had been hoping for just a few weeks earlier.
INSIDER Q&A-UNIVISION
Univision, the company behind the country’s largest Spanish-language network, has just filed to go
public and recently found itself in a public tiff with Donald Trump. We talk to the head of content
distribution and corporate business development.
$1,000 DERBY
If you invested $1,000 at the start of this year -- in various types of stocks, bonds and commodities -how much would you have now?
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