TheStreet: Why Charter Schools Don't Mean Much for Your Child's Earning Power

By SIMON CONSTABLE Is getting your kids out of public school worth the hassle or the expense?

In many cases, no, if you expect the move to boost their future earnings, according to two recent studies. What does make a difference is whether your kids graduate high school.

So maybe save the dollars and/or the headache for worrying about major moves in the S&P 500 and the exchange-traded fund that tracks it, the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) .

Charter schools, which are publicly funded, but operate independently of some regulations, providing no earnings boost for either boys or girls later in life, the first of the studies found. Read more here.

Forbes: Told Ya! You're Going To Pay for ObamaCare's Failures

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

Last month, I forecast that one way or another U.S. residents would end up paying for the failures of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare.

Now we have the proof that it is already coming to pass. Thursday the Washington Post revealed what’s going on. Read more here.

Bullseye Brief Podcast:Fed Indecision, Florida Jobs & Why Washing Machines Matter

By SIMON COSNTABLE

With the great Adam Johnson and friends. Listen here.

No.3 Magazine: A Future that Never Came

By SIMON CONSTABLE

New York-artist David Kramer says he's always felt like an outsider.  Read more here.

No.3 Magazine: Defining Pintography with Marlene Luce Tremblay

By SIMON CONSTABLE

French Canadian artist Marlene Luce Tremblay didn’t always work with bright colors. She started off taking black and white photos. “That was back in the 1980s using film to make portraits,” she says. 

That's not so much the case lately. Read more here.

U.S. News: How to Profit From the British Pound's Slump

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Just because President Barack Obama's threat to put Britain at the back of the line for new trade deals is fast becoming reality, it doesn't mean the U.K. is finished economically. 

Better still, there are plenty of ways for investors to make some money out of the current situation. Read more here.

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Forbes: How Obama's Brexit Snub Hurts American Business

By SIMON CONSTABLE

President Obama’s pledge to kick Britain to the back of the line for new trade deals is quickly becoming a reality, according to recent reports.

That may, or may not, have been a gesture to hurt Britain’s economy. But never mind, the reality is that the move it will hurt American businesses. That’s because it has put Yankee companies at the back of queue for British consumers; people who have a very healthy appetite for consuming goods and services. Here’s what you need to know: