Brinker CEO credits Chili’s growth to marketing

Brinker International CEO Kevin Hochman unpacked the company’s recent quarter in an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, describing marketing strategies that have improved business. “We refortified our marketing budgets. Three years ago, we spent about $32 million in marketing,” Hochman said. “This past fiscal we just finished, we spent $137 million. So they actually have…

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Using ETFs to help avoid hefty tax bills

A major exchange-traded fund provider is getting ready to launch a fund designed to ease investors’ tax burdens from a record-setting stock market. Even though ETFs are considered more tax efficient than mutual funds, Astoria Portfolio Advisors plans to launch the Astoria U.S. Enhanced Core Equity ETF (LCOR) in October. The fund uses a tax-mitigation…

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