The numbers: Builders began construction on new homes in the U.S. at a pace of 1.37 million in November, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. This represented a 3.2% increase from a revised 1.32 million in October and was 13.6% higher than a year ago. Meanwhile, permitting activity hit yet another post-recession high. Building permits for […]
Stock indexes traded on either side of unchanged Tuesday following yesterday’s session when all three major indexes scored records in the wake of Friday’s preliminary U.S.-China trade announcement. What are major indexes doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.13% rose 20 points, or 0.1% to 28,258, while the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.15% gained […]
This December, for the second year in a row, Chrys Kefalas and his husband didn’t deck the halls. Instead, they hired a friend to do it. Kefalas, who lives in the Washington, D.C., area with his husband, radio and television host Tommy McFly, enlisted the services of his friend Heather Cooper, a Washington-based interior designer […]
Gold hovered around the $1,480-an-ounce mark on Tuesday, consolidating in the wake of last week’s “phase-one” U.S.-China trade deal. Gold for February delivery GCG20, -0.05% on Comex fell by 30 cents, or 0.02%, to $1,480.20 an ounce. March silver SIH20, -0.31% shed 3.8 cents, or 0.2%, to $17.075 an ounce, while March copper HGH20, +0.05% […]
The summit has been pushed by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who has long championed greater solidarity among the world’s Islamic communities (AFP Photo/Lillian SUWANRUMPHA ) Malaysia will this week host a summit of Muslim leaders billed as a forum to look at the Islamic world’s problems, but it will be closely watched for Middle […]
Associated Press U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson The British pound climbed and U.K. equities boomed on Monday in the wake of last week’s election, which kept the Conservative Party in power with a majority. The British pound GBPUSD, +0.1651% rose to $1.3355 from $1.3329. The currency did rise above $1.35 shortly after Prime Minister Boris […]
Older Americans make up a large share of hospital visits, and yet the medical industry — and society — still don’t know how to treat them. People are living longer and more active lives in old age, but ageism is rampant, said Louise Aronson, author of “Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life,” a book […]
French workers took to the streets when the prime minister announced the age to claim pension benefits was increasing — but they’re not the only ones who could see that type of change. American legislators have proposed upping the age for retirees to claim full Social Security benefits. This proposal is just one of a […]
In five years, Grant Sabatier went from having just a few bucks in his bank account to more than $1 million — and he did it through side hustles, sacrifice and investing. But if he had to do it all over again, he said he probably wouldn’t have done it quite the same way. He […]
Dear MarketWatch, I am 66, single, and hoping to retire soon. I currently live in Connecticut, where taxes are quite high, and am looking for a less expensive place that is also warmer. I have cash assets of about $900,000 and another maybe $200,000 in equity in my house (but I might want to keep […]