Hello! I recently had a conversation with a colleague about retirement and was told I’m saving too much! My wife and I are both 57 and have been aggressive savers ever since my brother, an institutional retirement financial expert, told us to max out our savings when we were 25 years old. As a result, […]
Dear MarketWatch, I currently live in upstate New York (Saratoga County). I will retire from my state government job with an $80,000 public pension. If I stay, I won’t have to pay state income taxes on my pension, Social Security and the first $20,000 annually from my deferred compensation. Despite all of that, all the […]
One of two protesters injured after a car drove into a crowd of peaceful protesters on Seattle’s Interstate 5 (I-5) early Saturday morning has died, authorities say. Summer Taylor, a 24-year-old Seattle resident, died at Harborview Medical Center in the evening, a spokesperson said to the Associated Press. The second victim, 32-year-old Diaz Love of […]
Jason Furman, a Harvard economics professor and former economic adviser to President Barack Obama, has a very simple plan to both stimulate the economy and slow the spread of coronavirus. “ ‘A fiscal stimulus plan that would have incredibly high bang for the buck would be for the government to print up masks … and […]
The rise in COVID-19 infections as many states reopen is alarming. State officials have blamed young people congregating in bars. In some states, bars are banned from serving alcohol, and plans to allow indoor dining are back on hold. But in many other states, indoor restaurants have reopened and stayed that way. Here’s detailed information […]
Independence Day falls on Saturday this year, meaning that U.S. financial markets will be closed on Friday. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will be shuttered at the conclusion of regular trade Thursday, while the bond market will close an hour early, at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, and will remain closed over the […]
Urban density has been linked to the spread of COVID-19 in New York City. But it goes further than that, according to medical doctors and researchers. Some dense residential neighborhoods, such Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village in downtown Manhattan, had far lower rates of infection than others that are just as populated, according to city data. […]
An aerial view of the house. REUTERS/Drone Base Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday at a $1 million house where authorities say she was hiding since the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell, a longtime friend of Epstein, was arrested on charges connected to the Epstein case. An FBI official said Maxwell “slithered away to a gorgeous […]
Victims of Jeffrey Epstein say Prince Andrew should tell prosecutors what he knows: PA The Duke of York’s silence on Jeffrey Epstein was akin to a “torture test” for his victims, said a US lawyer. Attorney Gloria Allred said that Prince Andrew was “avoiding and evading” US authorities as Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, appeared in […]
WASHINGTON — One of the most vocal advocates in the U.S. House of Representatives for impeaching President Trump said the recent disclosures that the White House failed to act on intelligence showing that Russian operatives were paying bounties to kill American soldiers fully vindicate the congressional efforts to remove him from office late last year. “I think […]