3 dubious financial contentions
You’re better off claiming Social Security at age 62. Many folks are adamant this is the right strategy. Rather than delay Social Security until as late as age 70, thus ensuring a larger monthly...
View ArticleNewsWatch: 3 financial beliefs that make no sense
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Jonathan Clements looked through his reader mail and found some recurring — and troubling — themes. See full story. 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid: Boldly playing it safe People buy...
View ArticleNewsWatch: 3 financial beliefs that make no sense
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Jonathan Clements looked through his reader mail and found some recurring — and troubling — themes. See full story. 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid: Boldly playing it safe People buy...
View ArticleNewsWatch: 3 financial beliefs that make no sense
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Jonathan Clements looked through his reader mail and found some recurring — and troubling — themes. See full story. 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid: Boldly playing it safe People buy...
View ArticleFinancial advisers are in the crosshairs
Shutterstock.com Will the other shoe drop? For the past decade, fund investors have eschewed actively managed funds, those that aim to beat the market. Instead, they have poured money into passively...
View ArticleFinancial advisers are in the crosshairs
Shutterstock.com Will the other shoe drop? For the past decade, fund investors have eschewed actively managed funds, those that aim to beat the market. Instead, they have poured money into passively...
View ArticleThe best financial stock just got a lot more attractive
Shares of Discover Financial Services tumbled as much as 8% on Thursday after the credit card lender reported a 33% decline in fourth-quarter profit. But things are no way near as bad as they may...
View ArticleEncore: How to protect elderly loved ones from financial ruin
Last weekend, The Wall Street Journal published a column by Jason Zweig about Edith Berwald Steierman, an octogenarian who racked up $ 65,000 in margin debt in her brokerage account over the past 27...
View Article70% of American families walk a ‘financial tightrope’
By Personal finance reporter Shutterstock Wait. That’s our savings balance? The Great Recession may be officially over, but American families’ finances have not recovered. The majority of American...
View ArticleUPS says ‘financial results were below our expectations’
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — UPS UPS, +1.31% said Tuesday it had net income of $ 453 million, or 49 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, down from $ 1.167 billion, or $ 1.25 a share, in the year-earlier...
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