Worker disengagement is increasing no matter where a person does their job, whether that’s in the office, at home, or a hybrid of both. And just because people are showing up to the job in person, it ...
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U.K. Markets Cheer After Liz Truss Resigns. Stocks, Bonds, and the Pound Gain.
British investors cheered the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss, whose recent budget plans disrupted markets and prompted intervention by the Bank of England. Stocks, bonds, and the pound crept ...
Opinion: Don’t have $13 million? The lifetime estate- and gift-tax exemptions for 2023 still matter to you.
The wealthiest families in the U.S. will get a bit of inflation-adjusted relief from the IRS in 2023, with the lifetime estate-tax exemption increasing to $12.9 million for individuals, up from $12.06...
How to save a bundle on your tax return
This is Part Two of our list of suggested year-end strategies. Part 1 discusses gaming the federal standard deduction, and managing capital gains and losses. The tax environment is getting friendlier ...
Yes, you can earn 7.5% on a checking account right now — and here’s the deal with it
Some checking and savings accounts are now paying far more. Getty Images/iStockphoto When you see a rate like 7.5% — on a checking account no less — you might think: This can’t be, right? Well it can,...
Want to get richer? You may need to stop looking at saving money like this, and start viewing it like this instead
While some experts say saving aggressively, early and often, is the best way to prepare for retirement, many economists suggest “savings rates should on average be low or negative early in life, high ...
Netflix will crack down on password sharing next year — here’s how it will work
Netflix Inc. executives on Tuesday detailed their plans to crack down on users sharing their accounts on the streaming service, which is expected to arrive early next year. In a letter to shareholders...
Why stock market investors should wait for the 10-year Treasury to ‘blink’
When a key part of the U.S. bond market starts shrugging off new Federal Reserve interest rate hikes or tough talk on inflation, it’s probably time to buy stocks, according to James Paulsen, the Leuth...
Retirement can mean a loss of identity — how to bring happiness to your next act
For many people transitioning into retirement, the famous lines from the start of “A Chorus Line” resonate: “Who am I anyway? Am I my résumé? That is a picture of a person I don’t know!” Struggling wi...
What Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Can Tell Us About Financial Market Regulation
Hand is turning a dice and changes the direction of an arrow symbolizing that the value of the … [+] crypto currency Ethereum (ETH) is going up (or vice versa) getty The week after the Securitie...
New England Risks Winter Blackouts as Gas Supplies Tighten
Listen to article (2 minutes) New England power producers are preparing for potential strain on the grid this winter as a surge in natural-gas demand abroad threatens to reduce supplies they need to g...
The top 25 market events of the last 25 years
On an October morning 25 years ago, MarketWatch started providing real-time news and market data to the general public on the internet. Individuals were fleeing their stockbrokers for new online platf...
Medicare Open Enrollment Starts Today. Here’s What to Know.
Medicare’s open enrollment period arrives predictably each fall, blanketing beneficiaries in advertisements. While there’s no need to look at everything, it pays to review your coverage and make sure ...
How Alternative Investments Saved the Day for Big University Endowments
University endowments, battered by stock-market losses, posted their worst fiscal year since the financial crisis. The largest funds, however, were helped by higher allocations to alternative investme...
This simple chart reveals how much you need to save at 35 to become a millionaire by 65
What it takes to become a millionaire Getty Images/iStockphoto If you’re in your 30s and already dreaming of retirement, you may be wondering: Just how much do I need to start socking away to retire? ...
Classic 60/40 investing strategy sees worst return in 100 years. How about 40/60?
Rules of thumb in investing appear to no longer apply in the carnage of 2022 in financial markets. Advocates for the 60/40 portfolio split, designed to capture the upside of stocks, but offer investor...
What bank earnings tell us about how consumers are doing with high inflation, recession worries — ‘It’s not a crack in current numbers’
For all the worries about inflation’s pinch and the chance of a recession, just-released earnings reports from big banks indicate the wallets of many regular Americans are generally holding up as they...
You get some student loan debt erased, but what about the rest of it?
“January is going to be here before you know it,” says Damian Dunn, a certified financial planner and vice president of corporate financial wellness platform Your Money Line. Payments resume in Januar...
Switch up a classic stock and bond portfolio for an inflation-proof mix: Rieder
By some measures, the 60-40 portfolio is experiencing one of the worst years in recent memory. As bonds and stocks have sold off in unison, some people have even questioned whether one of the core ten...
It turns out that bonds may be a riskier investment now than stocks
Stocks are riskier than bonds — everyone knows that. At least until this year. So far in 2022, long-term U.S. Treasurys have significantly underperformed U.S. stocks. The Vanguard Long-Term Treasury E...
Sam Bankman-Fried on his Political Statement
Founder of prominent Bahamian crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried is the one with an influential image within the space. His statements and opinions are being heard by his followers and people. Giv...
Opinion: This musician retired after making $170 million in the stock market. Now he’s sharing his secrets.
When a retired Boston Pops clarinetist gave $100 million to Boston University’s medical school last month, everyone focused on his unusual backstory. Edward Avedisian ended his career as an accomplish...