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I asked my broker to convert my bonds to cash. He didn’t. Can I sue?
I have a $1.5 million account with one of the major investment…
Trump’s sneakers are already going for up to $45,000. Can they hold their value?
Former president and 2024 Republican contender Donald Trump may potentially be in…
Opinion: Cha-ching! Trump makes $4 billion from his 2024 campaign for president.
A very liberal friend messaged me on Friday. She’d just heard the…
Opinion: The stock related to Donald Trump’s “Truth Social” is soaring, but read this.
Donald J. Trump has a long record of business failures and bankruptcies.…
I’m 52. Should I invest in a Roth IRA or index funds like the Dow and Nasdaq?
Dear MarketWatch, I spent five years as a teacher in Missouri, which…
How to use TIPS to provide an inflation-adjusted income stream in retirement
Inflation is slowing down, hopefully for good. But real interest rates —…
After the Fed’s comments, grab these CD rates while you still can
Higher interest rates have made borrowers scream for the past three years,…
Take that, Wall Street! Pariah Capital wins again — and the picks for 2024
Drum roll, please. For the past three years, around this time, I’ve…
Here’s how 10 of Wall Street’s predictions for 2023 panned out
At this time of the year, it can be fun to look…
A pile into stocks by U.S. investors may mean weak returns for years, says Wall Street veteran
Stock futures are paring some losses after a preholiday data dump didn’t…
Want great investing returns without great risk? Do these two things.
Investors want lots of things, but two of them stand out above…
Before you spend a nickel on Black Friday, know your ‘number’
Black Friday is known as the biggest shopping day of the year — and…
Opinion: IBM’s new 401(k) strategy could threaten retirement plans for its workers
The big change that IBM is making in its retirement plan is…
Brett Arends's ROI: Goodbye, 4% rule. Hello, 6% rule!
One of the cornerstones of retirement planning advice has been the 4%…
Beware Wall Street’s ‘cash on the sidelines’ myth
Here we go again. Wall Street is once again pushing the feel-good…
Forget U.S. stocks. Invest here instead, says Bridgewater’s co-investment chief
As a co–chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s biggest hedge-fund…
What House Speaker Mike Johnson has said about Social Security and Medicare
And his ideas are likely to have a key role in the…
Market turmoil creates a historic sale in these mutual funds
If you’re looking to snap up some investments at a bargain amid…
Brett Arends's ROI: Sell the S&P 500. Buy this instead.
Every two weeks, all around the country, working Americans have money deducted…
Is it better to buy bonds or bond funds? It depends how hard you are willing to work.
Billions of dollars are flowing into bonds right now — particularly Treasury…