Dear MarketWatch, I’m 64 and my husband is 62. We plan to work until he is at least 65, so three or four more years. We have about $1 million total in various accounts, but my own IRA has $400,000 in...
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Is Japan open to travelers? Some locals not ready to reopen borders
As countries across Asia reopen to international travelers, Japan — one of the continent’s most popular destinations — remains firmly closed. That may soon change. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a...
‘We do not plan on getting married’: I’m moving into my boyfriend’s home. He bought it a year ago and paid off 25% of his mortgage. How do I get a stake in his home that’s fair to both of us?
My boyfriend and I would like to move in together in the next year or so. He bought his house about a year ago, and he has paid off about 25% of it. We both would like for me to gradually become a par...
Lucid Makes a Bold Decision to Solve A Big Problem
Lucid Group (LCID) – Get Lucid Group, Inc. Report tries to send positive signals. The electric vehicle manufacturer, whose main shareholder is Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund Public...
Ford Might Have Very Bad News for Rivian
The first quarter was very tough for Rivian (RIVN) – Get Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class A Report and its shareholders. The latter saw the value of their stake melt away as shares of the upstart...
The Fed raised interest rates – what to do now with your retirement portfolio
Inflation is rising, the stock market is volatile and now the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates – but investors, as always, should steer clear of any major changes, financial advisers said. T...
6 things to know before you jump into retirement
I’m six months into my retirement from the corporate world. How are things going? Any regrets? Any big surprises? No regrets, for sure. I knew that leaving the workplace at age 61 would be a trade off...
‘My aim is to have a net worth of at least $100,000’: I’m 29 and live with my mom in a rented mobile home. I have a $25K emergency fund and $26K in a Roth IRA. What do I save for next?
I am doing OK financially as a single 29-year-old who unfortunately is still roommates with my mom. We split everything down the middle and I mainly stay with her since it is very expensive to live on...
Rivian Has News That May Ease Concern Among Investors
Rivian (RIVN) – Get Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class A Report is trying to break a bad streak. As athletes well know, a few subpar performances can undermine morale. They train, repeat that they&...
Tim Hortons forecasts another year of Canadian same-store sales growth
Restaurant Brand International restaurants’ Tim Hortons and Popeyes. Randy Risling | Toronto Star | Getty Images Tim Hortons is anticipating Canadian same-store sales growth in the mid-to-high s...
How to teach your kids to have a healthy relationship with money
Many parents intend to teach their children to have a healthy relationship with money but end up falling short — even though a majority say personal finance lessons are best taught at home. Some 83% o...
CNBC survey will reveal readers’ favorites
Business people are getting out and about again. And they’re looking for places to stay. More people are traveling for business meetings and industry events now than at any time in the past two ...
Should I join a group tour alone?
Everyone told me not to travel solo during a pandemic. Especially not to learn snowboarding, a sport that not all travel insurance policies cover. It didn’t help that I wanted to visit a country...
Tesla Has Some Bad News for Its Investors and Fans
Tesla’s (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc Report investors and fans will have to wait — patiently or not. Many of them had May 2 marked on their calendars as the date on which the manufacture...
Amazon and Ford Have a Big Problem They Can’t Control
Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report and Ford (F) – Get Ford Motor Company Report operate in two different sectors. The first is in online commerce, streaming, sport and, above a...
The Cruise Crowd Is Back, Even if Investors Aren’t. Here’s Why It May Be Time to Take a Plunge.
Few sectors absorbed as much pain as the cruise industry during the pandemic, which shut down sailing operations in the U.S. from March 2020 through last June. Shares of the big three cruise operators...
‘I’m spending a fortune on home maintenance. I realize my second husband is essentially living in my house for free’: What is a fair way to split costs?
I am a retired 62-year-old woman. I was widowed in 2006 at the age of 46 and raised my two children (now 24 and 27) on my own. I used my husband’s life insurance money (about $500,000) to maintain our...
As office hours return, how to buy new work clothes on a budget
Alxeypnferov | Istock | Getty Images As more people head back to the office, they may not be able to rely anymore on their work wardrobe from more than two years ago. Their tastes or size may have cha...
STEPN, Web3’s lifestyle app, left exposed by blockchain security firm
Web3 lifestyle application STEPN was exposed by Peckshield The blockchain security firm uncovered the presence of various phishing sites for STEPN app Programmers embed a manufactured MetaMask progr...
Hackers Infiltrate Popular Web3 Lifestyle App, Stepn
– Advertisement – Blockchain security firm alerts crypto users about Stepn phishing sites. Popular blockchain security firm, Peckshield, has revealed that there are now several phishing ...
Elon Musk Brings Internet Service Someplace Surprising
Last month, Jonathan Hofeller, vice president of Starlink commercial sales at SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace company, declared that “connectivity on airplanes is something we think is ripe ...
Stocks got clobbered Friday. Here’s why investors should focus on the long game
The stock market ended a volatile week on a gloomy note Friday, with the three major U.S. indexes plunging as investors got tripped up in worries like inflation, the Fed’s fight against it and fears o...
How to prepare your finances for another recession: ‘We think a hard landing will ultimately be unavoidable’
Two years after the short, sharp pandemic-related recession, Wall Street is once again warning of a new recession on the horizon. That’s not a lot to go on, but financial-planning experts say it ought...
‘What are the chances? I retire and the stock market crashes. All my plans are upside down.’ I want to draw on my 401(k) to renovate my new home. What options do I have?
Dear Quentin, I’m due to retire in two months and I have already moved to my new home in the sun. I have not sold my apartment in a major U.S. metropolitan area on the east coast, as I wanted to see h...