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‘The Big Move’ is a MarketWatch column looking at the ins and outs of real estate, from navigating the search for a new home to applying for a mortgage. Do you have a question about buying or selling a home? Do you want to know where your next move should …

No one is likely to order any ball caps emblazoned with “Dow 33K,” but America’s most well-known stock index cleared another 1,000-point milestone on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.58% ended the day up 189.42 points, a gain of 0.6%, to close at a record 33,015.37, just five …

Dear Quentin, My husband and his brother inherited their family home. When they were able to take possession our son and his family needed a place to live. The brother was quite willing to let them move in and, in lieu of paying him rent for his 50%, my husband …

New retirees are like recent college graduates — they’re on their own after years of the same routine, and they have to find a new path to follow.  That’s how Nancy K. Schlossberg, an author and former counseling professor, sees it. And she should know, having written about the transition …

Dear Moneyist, I pay my gardener $ 100 per month. He or one of his employees comes once a week on Mondays, and does a pretty good job. When the weather is rainy, he does not come until it is dry, so sometimes there is a week where he does …

Dear Moneyist, I am concerned that people are receiving another 11 weeks of unemployment benefits along with an extra $ 300 per week. I don’t have a problem with providing assistance to those who need it. It’s so sad to see families suffering financially. But what about these other people …

How do we get from here to retirement? Amid the financial markets’ daily turmoil, it might seem like one big crapshoot. But in truth, navigating this journey is pretty straightforward, because there are just five key variables—our time horizon, current nest egg, savings rate, target nest egg and investment return. …

Just 6% of S&P 500 companies have a woman CEO, according to a new report assessing the country’s top public companies on measures of workplace equality as of this past March. That makes the 40 chief executives named Michael or James more common than the 31 women CEOs, found the …

As the pandemic plows into the holiday season, more than 50 million people are going hungry, according to one estimate. A growing share of Americans say it’s tough to make ends meet and millions are behind on their rent as an eviction moratorium nears its Dec. 31 end. People have …