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Are you a 'HENRY'? Why 90% of financial advisers will waive their minimums to get your business.

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Your grocery bill will be the next casualty of the Iran war. These investment moves can counter food inflation.

One-third of the world's seaborne fertilizer trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Since the U.S. and Israel struck Iran on February 28, that traffic has stopped. Urea prices are up 50%.