On Thursday, Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)’s shares inclined 0.80% to $59.21.
Discover Financial Services (DFS) reveals that the vast majority of parents continue to see the importance of their child obtaining a college education, yet fewer are planning to assist pay for it contrast to just three years ago – down from 81 percent in 2013 to 75 percent in 2015.
When asked how much responsibility their child should have in paying for college, nearly half of parents, 46 percent, said their children should fund at least some of the cost, while 45 percent of parents said they expect their child to pay for most or all of their education.
To cover college expenses, more parents anticipate that their child will use student loans contrast to three years ago. This year, 54 percent of parents said their child is planning to take out student loans, as contrast to 50 percent in 2013.
Discover Financial Services operates as a direct banking and payment services company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Direct Banking and Payment Services. The Direct Banking segment offers Discover-branded credit cards to individuals; and other consumer products and services, counting private student loans, personal loans, home loans, home equity loans, prepaid cards, and other consumer lending, in addition to deposit products, such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, savings accounts, checking accounts, and individual retirement arrangement certificates of deposit.
New Gold Inc. (USA) (NYSEMKT:NGD)’s shares dropped -0.61% to $3.24.
New Gold Inc. (USA) (NGD) declared the appointment of Kay Priestly to its Board of Directors.
Ms. Priestly has over 35 years of experience in finance, accounting and executive administration. She spent 24 years with Arthur Andersen LLP as a Certified Public Accountant where she offered auditing, tax and consulting services and held various senior leadership positions. She ultimately served on the firm’s global executive team as Managing Partner, People. From 2006 to 2014, Ms. Priestly held various executive positions with Rio Tinto plc and its associates, counting four years as Chief Financial Officer, Copper for Rio Tinto’s global copper product group and two years as Chief Executive Officer of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., an international mining company with copper-gold operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Ms. Priestly holds a Bachelor of Science, Accounting from Louisiana State University.
New Gold Inc., a gold mining company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of mineral properties. It primarily explores for gold, silver, and copper deposits.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD)‘s shares surged 0.10% to $69.76.
E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (DD) declared that its board of directors declared a pro rata dividend to DuPont common stockholders of record as of 5:00 p.m. ET on June 23, 2015, the record date, of the outstanding shares of The Chemours Company (“Chemours”) common stock payable on July 1, 2015, the distribution date.
As a result, on the distribution date of July 1, 2015, DuPont common stockholders on the record date will receive one share of common stock of Chemours for every five shares of DuPont common stock they hold on the record date.
- I. du Pont de Nemours and Company operates as a science and technology based company worldwide. The company’s Agriculture segment offers corn hybrid, soybean, canola, sunflower, sorghum, inoculants, seed products, wheat, rice, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides.
Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE:HOG), ended its Thursday’s trading session with 0.05% gain, and closed at $54.72.
The Editorial Advisory and Securities Review Committee of BetterInvesting Magazine recently declared UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) as its July 2015 “Stock to Study” and Harley-Davidson, Inc. (HOG) as its July 2015 “Undervalued Stock” for investors’ informational and educational use.
Committee members are Robert M. Bilkie, Jr., CFA; Daniel J. Boyle, CFA; Philip S. Dano, CFA; Donald E. Danko, CFA; Maury Elvekrog, CFA; Walter J. Kirchberger, CFA; Marisa Lenhard, CFA; and Paul McVey, CFA.
As stated, the BetterInvesting committee’s Stock to Study and Undervalued Stock choices are for the informational and educational uses of investors and are not intended as investment recommendations. BetterInvesting urges investors to educate themselves about the stock market so they can make informed decisions about stock purchases.
Harley-Davidson, Inc. manufactures cruiser and touring motorcycles. The company operates in two segments, Motorcycles & Related Products and Financial Services. The Motorcycles & Related Products segment designs, manufactures, and sells wholesale street-legal Harley-Davidson motorcycles, in addition to a line of motorcycle parts, accessories, general merchandise, and related services.
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