President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris expressed outrage and sympathy on Friday as they visited Atlanta to meet with Asian-American leaders in the wake of shootings that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent. “Hate can have no safe harbor in America,” Biden said in …
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Cleaning. You either love it, or you hate it. However, most people tend to be the latter. Breaking out the vacuum, duster, and mop takes time, which is something that not everyone has! Alongside this, it can be challenging to stay motivated once you actually do start. There’s no doubt …
Read More »Outside the Box: Active managers see value in these 3 company practices but indexers hate them. Who’s right?
Every corporation is unique. It follows that governance arrangements should be tailored to suit. Yet many shareholders, especially indexers, roundly condemn certain governance practices as if one size fits all. Three corporate practices illustrate this: combining the roles of chairman and chief executive; staggered director terms, and classes of stock …
Read More »The Moneyist: My wife pushed me into buying a home because she provided 2/3 of the down payment. Now I’m stuck in a house I hate
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;I know the voices dying with a dying fallBeneath the music from a farther room.So how should I presume? “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot Dear Moneyist, My wife and I purchased a home a year ago. I …
Read More »Where Should I Retire?: ‘I hate the humidity and can do with a lot less snow and ice, and my husband hates the extreme heat’ — where should we retire?
Dear MarketWatch, My husband and I are in our mid-50s and plan to retire in about 10 years. We live in northern New Jersey and want to move somewhere that has less extreme weather and lower taxes. We will have around $ 6,500-$ 7,500 a month in retirement, inclusive of …
Read More »Deep Dive: 20 stocks that investors hate but Wall Street loves as the S&P 500 nears a record high
This has been an adventurous year for stocks, with almost a full rebound for the S&P 500 Index from the pandemic lows of late March. But the rally has not been as broad as you might think. Below is a list of 20 stocks that are still down at least …
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