I am receiving a large number of complaints about the stock market’s wild swings as the new coronavirus spreads across the U.S. My suggestion is to not complain. The reason is that there is nothing you can do. Investors ought to accept the swings, focus on making money from them …
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Skyworks Solutions Inc. became the latest Apple Inc. supplier to warn of negative impacts from the novel coronavirus epidemic Wednesday, joining the smartphone giant itself and a number of other supply-chain partners. Semiconductor company Skyworks SWKS, +3.74%, based in California, lowered its revenue and earnings forecast Wednesday as the company now …
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MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images, iStockphoto Democratic candidates have varying approaches when it comes to tax policy. As the dust settles on Super Tuesday’s Democratic primaries, it’s becoming clear former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders are the front runners in a thinning race for the White House. Biden …
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Netflix Inc. viewers, perhaps inspired by the big Oscar wins by “Parasite,” will get a chance to brush up on their appreciation of subtitles as a selection of international series launch in March 2020. Those include Season 3 of Germany’s period mystery “Babylon Berlin” (March 1, after its original Feb. …
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Time to splurge. While March doesn’t have a huge volume of new series and movies (Netflix excepted), it seems almost every streaming service has one or two or three high-quality, highly promising and star-studded new offerings — and budget-minded consumers might have to face the fact that if they want …
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Fifty years from now, Mitt Romney’s speech will ultimately emerge as the most important thing to come out of the impeachment of Donald Trump, according to Eliot A. Cohen, dean of the Johns Hopkins University SAIS and former State Department counselor under Condoleezza Rice. ‘From our grandchildren’s point of view, …
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(DepositPhotos) On this Week’s Podcast: Circuit Breaker Fixes What do you do if your circuit breaker keeps tripping? This is a big trial-and-error job unless you take our advice on how to get the job done. If you are ever uncomfortable dealing with any electrical work then you should always …
Read More »Park Guell, Barcelona, Spain. Ihor_Tailwind | iStock | Getty Images When Petra Ahmann decided to uproot her life in New York and move to Barcelona, she was motivated by the same reason as many other expatriates. She fell in love with the city. “I felt like I could live here,” …
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