What just happened? Of all the indignities wrought by 2020, the constant up-ending of our investing expectations deserves a mention. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, the on-again, off-again cyclical rotation vanishes through your fingers. So it was this past week, as financial markets bounced between vaccine …
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How will you be spending Thanksgiving? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said it was “alarmed” about the 1 million new infections over the last week, and recommended against traveling this Thanksgiving. Potential alternatives include a virtual Thanksgiving meal with friends or loved ones and contact-free …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Dow’s recovery since March is impressive but says nothing about how long the bull market will run, writes Mark Hulbert. See full story. Some Americans may get hundreds of dollars more in Social Security benefits under Biden’s proposed change Joe Biden wants a minimum Social Security benefit …
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The Internal Revenue Service still has about one million 2020 tax returns to process after the coronavirus pandemic and distribution of millions of stimulus checks upended operations, the agency’s commissioner told federal lawmakers on Friday. “We have done all that we can really do,” said IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, talking …
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The global case tally of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 climbed above 57 million on Friday, and the U.S. moved closer to 200,000 cases in a day while setting a fresh record for hospitalizations as the virus continues to infect people in every state and region. There was disappointing news on …
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Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance 12 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits the day after Christmas These Americans are in ‘grave danger’ if lawmakers leave them behind, wrote the authors of a new report. 6 tax moves to consider before the end of the year …
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Thousands of college students are heading home this Thanksgiving amid a global pandemic. MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto In the months leading up to the fall, much ink was spilled — including in this publication — about colleges’ plans to bring students to campus for a semester amid a global pandemic. There’s …
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The Pentagon in Washington D.C. Getty Images/iStockphoto Anthony Tata, a retired Army general who was recently named a top Pentagon official, has tested positive for the coronavirus, Bloomberg News reported Thursday night. Tata has been performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for policy since last week, after Defense …
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Dear Moneyist, Honestly, I can’t believe I’m writing this but here we go. My wife and I are in our 30s and have two young children. She is a stay-at-home mom. I am a resident physician who currently makes about $ 60,000 per year, but this will markedly increase next …
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