This story may remind you of a fairy tale — a cautionary one. My financial-whiz parents earned $4 million in 1970s dollars, and retired early.… Read More »My sister squandered our parents’ millions, asked me to give her $10,000, then made me a tempting offer. Should I take it?
The stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.11%, has been trying to break out above 4200 for some time, and it… Read More »The stock market’s breakout is getting some major new support — for now
I just moved to the U.S. to join my family, and I have about $20,000 in my bank account, and I’m not sure how to… Read More »Should I invest $20,000 in cash or stocks? The stock market is volatile, and the Fed hiked rates (again).
April is National Financial Literacy Month. To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of “Financial Fitness” articles to help readers improve their fiscal… Read More »Why does my credit score keep changing? And 5 other questions to ask right now about your credit score.
When I went to the bank to execute my mother’s durable power of attorney during her recent hospital stay, the manager peered at me through… Read More »‘It broke me’: Everyone says you need power of attorney, but nobody tells you how hard it is to use
I enjoy your articles and read them frequently. I never thought I would reach out to ask for your advice, but here we are. My… Read More »‘My sister is always struggling with money and drugs’: I own a house with my husband and mother. Should we cut my sister out of the family inheritance?
Many of the people in the U.S. who pay hundreds of dollars every few months to get Botox plan to keep spending money on cosmetic… Read More »Why sales of Botox and other cosmetic injections may be resilient in a recession
If you owned U.S. stocks over the past decade, you’ve been richly rewarded. It’s payback time. Over the next decade or two, investors will experience… Read More »‘It’s payback time.’ U.S. stocks have been a no-brainer moneymaker for years — but those days are over.
Are you less happy at work since you befriended that new recruit? Have they told you stories about how colleagues have constantly undermined them? Maybe… Read More »‘Gaslighters have two signature moves’: Are you being gaslighted at work? Here’s how to recognize the signs.
FTX founder and former billionaire philanthropist Sam Bankman-Fried says he was thinking about trying to save lives as he built his now-failed crypto exchange, and… Read More »‘We thought of ourselves as legitimately trying to do good.’ SBF says he cares most about helping humanity as he tries to explain FTX collapse
