Why the February jobs report may push a jittery stock market toward a correction
February's nonfarm-payrolls report is expected to reflect a gain of 160,000 jobs, up from 143,000 in January, according to the consensus forecast reflected on FactSet. The unemployment rate is ...
'I've nothing left for retirement': My husband and I have 9 kids and $70,000 in student debt. How do we pay it off?
I decided to finish my degree and I am almost finished with my MBA, so that is even more student loans. I believe I owe $70,000 between the kids and my own loans. I work for our small family business ...
A dear friend, 91, wants to add me to the deed of his house. His daughter died and he's not close to his son. Is that a good idea?
'What is the best way to add my name, so there are no issues upon his death?' ...
Walmart's earnings failed to please investors. Can Costco and these other retailers do better?
Most Wall Street analysts consider shares of Walmart Inc. a buy. But even as a safer bet in the retail world, the chain's first-quarter outlook last month made investors nervous. Now, earnings from ...
My dying cousin 'fell in love' with his hospice nurse after 4 months. She inherited his entire estate. What can I do?
My cousin and I reconnected after a death in the family two years ago.
Mortgage rates are falling. Here's how much income you need now to buy a house for $250,000, $400,000 and $1 million.
With a down payment of 20% and an estimated 30-year mortgage rate of 6.76%, while also factoring in property taxes and homeowners-insurance premiums, a home buyer would need to make at least $66,300 ...
Federal jobs went from reliable to risky overnight. Here's where Americans can find stable work now - and in the future.
A keen interest in public service and financial inclusion drew the 26-year-old to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal government agency that monitors how banks and other big companies ...
Federal jobs went from reliable to risky -2-
Investors are shifting out of the stock market’s big winners into areas that have been lagging. IBM and SAP saw the largest valuation increases among US-listed stocks covered by Morningstar analysts.
A bitcoin rout accompanied by record ETF outflows - what investors need to know about 'faster money'
As bitcoin (BTCUSD) recorded in February its worst monthly performance since June 2022 with a 17.2% decline, bitcoin ETFs also saw their biggest monthly outflow since they debuted, with $3.3 billion ...
Mortgage rates are falling, but it's not helping sell more homes. Are lower house prices next?
The next lever to pull is price cuts, but as John Burns' Palacios said, builders are always hesitant to adjust prices lower, because that would reset the price comparisons of other homes sold in the ...
As baby boomers turn 80, there aren't enough doctors to treat 'emergency levels' of dementia patients
The lifetime risk of dementia after age 55 is about 42%, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine. Around 1 million adults in the U.S. are projected to develop dementia ...
Trump and Musk's Social Security 'chainsaw massacre' makes no sense
President Donald Trump's decision to apply his chainsaw to the Social Security Administration will do nothing to shore up the program's finances - or help balance the federal budget. But it will ...