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Dear Moneyist, I didn’t want to put my parents at risk for Thanksgiving, so I booked a house on their street two months ago and stayed there for six days. My wife and I sequestered for another six days beforehand. Before we sequestered we both got COVID-19 tests, which were …

Woodford Reserve’s $ 2,000 Baccarat Edition bourbon comes in a handmade crystal decanter straight from Baccarat, France. Woodford Reserve Let’s put aside all the problems of 2020 and turn our attention to the holidays. That means it’s time to joyfully head off shopping for friends and family, for colleagues and …

Getty Images After eight long months, many of us read the gloomy coronavirus headlines these days through a certain numbness. For better or worse, we seem to be getting used to the dramatic death tolls, the suffocating restrictions, the mounting job losses and the ugly politics. But how about when …

Abercrombie & Fitch says the stores that are closing don’t accurately represent the brand. Abercrombie & Fitch Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. ANF, +1.49% will have seven fewer flagship stores by the end of January 2021, but the benefits to the business will far outweigh the loss. One store in Dusseldorf, …

IRAs can invest in gold and other precious metals in several different ways — each way has advantages and disadvantages. Photo by David Gray/AFP via Getty Images The stock market is at levels that might be considered frothy, especially in these uncertain times. Some IRA owners and investors may be …

A trio of promising coronavirus vaccine candidates has raised hopes that America appears poised to finally turn the corner in the pandemic. But the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautions that there’s still a cold, hard winter ahead. “ “December and January and February are going …

Getty Images “ ‘The  United States  is at a tipping point in which it could go from manageable internal tension to revolution and/or civil war.’ ” That’s Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, sounding the alarm in his latest LinkedIn post on the class and power struggles that …

The Four Seasons Hotel (pictured left) near Madrid’s Puerta del Sol on Nov. 17, 2020. Kollmeyer/MarketWatch For 41 years, families in the Spanish capital of Madrid have kicked off the Christmas holidays by gathering behind the big El Corte Inglés department store to watch giant, singing puppets. The store’s “Cortylandia” …

Health-care workers and nursing-home residents should be the first in line for the fast-approaching COVID-19 vaccine shots, a federal government advisory panel voted Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices supported the recommendations in a 13-1 vote. The recommendations aren’t binding but they can …