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?' ...
'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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Why Trump's 'gold card' visa program could make the pricey U.S. housing market even more expensive
President Donald Trump's bid to lure wealthy immigrants to the U.S. with a "gold card" program could drive up home prices and worsen America's housing-affordability crisis, according to real-estate ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
U.S. stocks had a rocky February under Trump's return. Should investors be worried about March?
Fear was running high among stock-market investors in February. In Detrick's view, the latest AAII survey - which showed that bearish sentiment was at one of the highest levels ever - suggests that ...
'She's still waiting by the phone': My grandmother gave her life savings to a man she met online. What now?
'She has one thing left, a pension, that will allow us to put her into an assisted-living home.' ...