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2 days ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Christine Ibbotson

Dear Money Lady Readers: I have been asked many times about the best times to invest – so today, I want to share with you the top four mistakes Americans make when deciding to save for the future. In our current economic environment, most are feeling the pinch of higher prices on the essentials and the higher lending rates when consolidating debt. So, it’s not surprising that saving continues to take a back seat for most middle-class Americans.

4 days ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Christine Benz

As you sift among the various options for your short-term investments, keep these key items on your dashboard: yield, guarantees, liquidity and your individual situation. The short-term investments that promise the highest yields often come with at least some risk and/or constraints on your daily access to funds. It may be that you’re just looking for the highest safe yield and don’t care that much about liquidity. Or maybe having ready access to your funds is the name of the game.

4 days ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Joe Guzzardi

In anticipation of the Supreme Court’s May 15 birthright citizenship review, consider that the Los Angeles Dodgers’ $700 million superstar Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka, Japanese nationals, just welcomed their first child, a girl. Ohtani chose to have his child born in the U.S. instead of Japan because having American citizenship will be, over her lifetime, advantageous to his baby girl.

5 days ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Christine Sexton |Mitch Perry

A high-profile inquiry by the Florida House into a charity associated with an initiative started by First Lady Casey DeSantis has abruptly come to an end, at least for now. But House Speaker Daniel Perez suggested that there are still unanswered questions surrounding Hope Florida and the foundation. “At this point all options are still on the table with Hope Florida,” Perez said.

5 days ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Ruth Lawson

The Habitat for Humanity recently held their second golf tournament since Covid-19 with 116 golfers hitting the links on the Deer Run course at Sun ‘N Lake Golf Club. The golf tournament is one of the biggest fundraisers for the organization. Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that builds homes for families in need. The tournament grossed $25,000 this year. Habitat for Humanity Treasurer Chet Brojek said that shows quite a bit of community support and sponsors.