iStockphoto A black cat: good luck for 2020? Is the pivot into value stocks for real this time? That has been one of the biggest questions facing investors over the last three months of 2019. As the economic outlook deteriorated, then brightened again, it seemed like the right time to take chances on stocks considered […]
Retired Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who kept his Trident pin after President Trump intervened in his war crimes case, met with the commander in chief ahead of the Christmas holiday to “thank” him with a “little gift” from his service in Iraq. “Finally got to thank the President and his amazing wife by giving them […]
Jose, a migrant from Honduras, with his son at a shelter in Reynosa, Mexico on Dec. 4, 2019. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times) REYNOSA, Mexico — He remembers being on his knees, gagged and blinded with duct tape, his hands tied behind his back. One of his captors struck his left thigh with a bat […]
Gaston County Jail A North Carolina man has been charged with using Visine eye drops to kill his wife of eight years. Joshua Lee Hunsucker, 35, was arrested and booked late last week, charged with the first-degree murder of Stacy Robinson in September 2018. His bail has been set at $1.5 million. North Carolina’s Department […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE There’s a tendency for one year’s stock-market dogs to recover the following year. See full story. With President Trump’s signature, the SECURE Act is passed — here are the most important things to know What the bill includes, and what it may mean for your future See full story. I’ll have $10,000 […]
Jeff Reeves has the courage to put himself on the line by making specific stock selections, share them with readers and then report on the results, whether good, bad or ugly. Here are two stocks he expects to perform well in 2020, along with many other financial-market predictions. And here’s his entertaining look at his […]
Sadly, the stock newsletter industry is still rife with shady characters, marginal analysts and overly aggressive marketing. But below are three newsletters whose views are worth considering (aside from my own stock letter of course, but then I have a bias). All have good long-term records, and I like to check in with them near […]
President Trump signed the SECURE Act this week as part of the government’s spending bill and it will inevitably affect most retirement savers, for better or worse. The SECURE legislation — which stands for “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement” — puts into place numerous provisions intended to strengthen retirement security across the country. […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Record rainfall and darkness has hit Seattle as a major storm begins to lift across western Washington on the first day of winter, though the region is still at risk for flooding, mudslides and avalanches. Friday became the wettest day in Seattle in the past 10 years, and the most rain recorded […]
Jamie Raskin A House Democrat who played a key role in the impeachment of President Trump says the House should not “roll over” and quickly present the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial that would amount to a “farce.” “We’re not going to participate in a process that makes a mockery out of the […]