Investors can count on the Dow Jones Industrial Average changing its members next month, for the first time in nearly four years, for several reasons. The question is, who’s out and who’s in? How and when the keepers of the Dow DJIA choose the stocks they add and those they…
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Here’s a ‘solid contrarian idea’ for 2024, according to BTIG’s Krinsky
Some technical analysts with a bearish bent also recognize the runes look favorable for the S&P 500 following the latest surge. For example BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky says the benchmark index may challenge 5,000 early n 2024. But let’s not get carried away. Krinsky adds he doesn’t see another big upside…
I don’t want to leave my financially irresponsible daughter my house. Is that unreasonable?
I am at my wit’s end and hope someone can recommend ways to help my daughter’s unwillingness to manage her money. When I am gone her chances are slim to none. I am a senior citizen and I’ve had cancer four times in the last three years, so I don’t…
Birkenstock is going public: 5 things to know about the iconic German sandal maker’s IPO designs
The iconic German sandal and clog maker Birkenstock, beloved of free spirits and pragmatists alike, is going public with plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday under the ticker symbol “BIRK.” The company is pricing its IPO at $46 a share, for a valuation of around…
‘Is my husband the cheapest man in America?’ We only eat out on our anniversary, and I don’t even have an engagement ring.
My husband never goes out, and he only reluctantly takes holidays — except if we stay in a cabin in the mountains, and even then he doesn’t see why we should be paying for our mortgage and paying to rent somewhere else too. He has never bought me a single…
Why does my credit score keep changing? And 5 other questions to ask right now about your credit score.
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 health, and offer advice on how to save, invest and spend their money wisely. Read more here. Some things are a mystery. For millions of Americans,…
It’s National Thrift Shop Day. Here are 7 tricks for scoring high-end clothes and more
An average American throws out 60-80 pounds of used clothing in a lifetime. Add up all the people tossing the items they’re tired of and we’re talking many lifetimes of polluting degredation in a landfill. Nowadays, as younger generations in particular rethink consumption, the thrift or secondhand store is attracting shoppers…
Walmart cutting about 200 corporate jobs in restructuring as profits sag
Walmart Inc. is cutting hundreds of corporate roles in a restructuring effort, according to people familiar with the matter, a week after the retail giant warned of falling profits. The retailer began notifying employees in its Bentonville, Ark., headquarters and other corporate offices of the restructuring, which affects various departments including merchandising, global…