Don’t miss these top money and investing features: These money and investing stories about how to pilot your financial portfolio through the coronavirus pandemic, and how to invest strategically during this crisis, were popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week. INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS What to know about how …
Read More »The Moneyist: ‘These dogs have been kissed and cuddled by their owners.’ How is our pet salon still open when human salons are closed?
Dear Moneyist, I am a pet stylist. I feel most people would agree that my job definitely falls into the nonessential category and it is, in fact, on the list of nonessential businesses ordered closed by my state and by the town in which I work. The problem is, I …
Read More »Market Extra: These indicators suggest a stock-market bottom, but coronavirus fears could send the S&P 500 swooning again
U.S. stocks staged an impressive rebound in the past week as the Federal Reserve and Congress have delivered unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus aimed at dampening the blow the coronavirus epidemic has dealt to the U.S. economy. The question investors must now ask themselves is whether or not the equities …
Read More »These people are at high-risk of contracting coronavirus
A nursing home near Seattle is suffering an outbreak of coronavirus, highlighting concerns that the elderly are at a heightened risk of contracting the disease. Covid-19, also known as coronavirus, has reached the United States. Two deaths have been reported as of Monday, both in Washington state, including a man …
Read More »Need to Know: Wait for these signals to buy coronavirus-battered stocks, says BNY Mellon strategist
President Donald Trump’s coronavirus press conference has not stemmed the global equity slide as world-wide infections climb and U.S. stocks have tumbled into correction territory. Our call of the day comes from BNY Mellon’s chief strategist Alicia Levine, who has advice for those wanting to know when to buy beaten-down …
Read More »I (Do) Love These! Picking the Best Dinnerware for Your Wedding Registry
Despite 40% of couples using their wedding registry for their honeymoon, the traditional wedding registry is still the first choice for many couples. You can see this with the success of websites like Zola, that offer registry services and over 50,000 items to choose from. One of the most popular …
Read More »Next Avenue: Save time and money when you travel with these tips from the experts
This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. You may be thinking about making your 2020 vacation plans right about now. Before you do, however, read below what I heard from four experts at last week’s New York Times Travel Show. During their sessions, they shared savvy advice on how …
Read More »If these millennials can save $100,000 — how easy is it for you to do it too?
The most fortunate young Americans are ahead of where their older peers were when they were the same age. A sizable number have seen a savings bump in recent years. One quarter of millennials have $ 100,000 or more in savings, up from 16% two years ago, according to Bank …
Read More »Lawrence G. McMillan: All these stock-market signals are looking bearish
Stocks have broken their uptrend and are trying to bounce off a critical level in the S&P 500 index at 3,210. The huge rally in stocks that began on Oct. 4 is in jeopardy. A couple of large down days have broken the steepness of the uptrend, but not the …
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