Dear Quentin, I live in New Jersey, which is a community property state. My husband and I have had a very rocky relationship and are contemplating divorce for the second time. My parents are both elderly but are in good health, thankfully. It has been suggested that when they die, …
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Good news for Americans who are forced to skip their mortgage payments amid rising unemployment. The White House is extending the foreclosure moratorium until the end of June for homeowners with mortgages backed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Agriculture. Homeowners …
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Student-loan borrowers won’t have to resume payments on their federal direct student loans until October, the incoming Biden administration announced Wednesday. After he’s sworn in as President, Joe Biden plans to ask the Department of Education to “consider immediately” extending the coronavirus-era pause on student-loan payments and collections until at …
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Dear MarketWatch, I am really hoping you can help us because we are eager to move, but not sure where. I am 49 and my husband is 45, and I’ve diligently saved so I can semi-retire and spend time with family and travel. Presently we live in New Orleans in …
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Borrowers will get one more month of reprieve from their student loans. photo by robyn beck/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Student loan borrowers will get at least one more month of reprieve. The Department of Education announced on Friday that Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos extended the coronavirus-era freeze on student loan …
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Google is adding new rewards and banking features to its Google Pay wallet. Associated Press Alphabet Inc. will soon let customers apply for digital bank accounts though its Google Pay wallet as the internet giant dives deeper into financial technology. Google announced Wednesday that beginning in 2021, consumers will be …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE BTIG Researchers say investors face a trifecta of inflection points that could feed off one another in the coming months and is sure to deliver turbulence for investors. See full story. There are six types of retirees — which are you? Everyone transitions to retirement differently. See …
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The U.S. economy is recovering but there’s still a long way before it comes back to even. With the overhang of the presidential election largely behind us, Congress should quickly pass another stimulus bill. Although U.S. GDP rose 7.4% in the third quarter of 2020, the economy is still more …
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Whether you know it or not, you’re using content aggregation as we speak. How did you find this article? A newsletter? Social media posts? Or through an RSS reader? That’s all a form of content aggregation. It’s natural to do so because content discovery is not what it used to …
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