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S&P 500 is heading for its first ‘golden cross’ in more than 2 years. Here’s what comes next.
The S&P 500 is kicking off the second half of 2025 in style. For the first time in more than two years, the benchmark index ...
June jobs report could decide the next Fed interest-rate cut. Here’s why.
Trade wars causing a hiring freeze. Artificial intelligence taking human jobs away. An immigration crackdown shrinking the ...
Why Circle’s proposed national stablecoin trust bank is a smart move
Shares of Circle Internet Group turned higher as Wall Street applauded the stablecoin issuer’s move to try to establish a ...
My wife and I are in our late 60s. Do I sell stocks to pay our $30,000 credit-card debt — or do it gradually over 3 years?
I’m 67 and my wife is 66, and we would like to retire at age 70. We own our home — it’s worth around $750,000, and we owe ...
Americans are about to hit a new air-travel record. But demand is still in a holding pattern.
Major U.S. airlines’ financial snapshots are around the corner, with Wall Street predicting that, despite heightened demand ...
Senate passes Trump’s big bill. Here’s where things stand on Medicaid and taxes as it goes to the House
The Senate passed President Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending legislation on a party-line vote that marks the largest ...
My mother, 89, keeps getting her credit card scammed. She gets a new one — and it happens again. What’s going on?
My 89-year-old mother keeps getting her two credit cards scammed. Then she gets new ones and it happens again. I had set both ...
‘I’m being eaten up by fees.’ My financial adviser charges too much – or at least I think so. What do reasonable fees really look like?
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As private equity enters retirement plans, is it too dangerous for average investors to jump in?
Investment-management company BlackRock recently unveiled a product that allows 401 (k) retirement savers to include ...
Can OPEC+ flood the world with crude? It’s harder than oil traders think.
A portfolio manager pointed out a “unique” market development that could already be helping to tighten global crude ...
Packaging Corp. of America, Greif Gain After Containerboard Deal
Shares of Packaging Corp. of America and Greif rose after Greif agreed to sell its containerboard business to PCA for $1.8 billion. PCA shares climbed 7.9%, to $203.24, but have slipped about 9% this ...
Small-cap stocks emerge as surprise market leader as Wall Street kicks off second half of 2025
Small-cap stocks were emerging as a surprise market leader on Tuesday as Wall Street kicked off the second half of the year on a mixed note. The Russell 2000 index was rising 1.5%, on pace for its ...