During Tuesday’s democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders used one of his most-repeated lines to attack former Vice President Joe Biden’s stance on health care. ‘You’ve got 500,000 people going bankrupt because they cannot pay their medical bills.’ —Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, speaking at Tuesday’s CNN debate […]
The U.S. housing-market crash a dozen years ago is evidently ancient history for many mortgage lenders. Mortgage underwriting standards have eased considerably in the past couple of years; one of the largest U.S. mortgage originators now offers a jumbo mortgage of up to $1 million with only 10% down if you have a FICO score […]
Dear Moneyist, My 93-year-old father has dementia. He married his second wife, who is 91, four years ago. He did not make a last will and testament, and cannot legally make one now because of his dementia. He is not expected to live much longer because of heart problems. My sister and I are concerned […]
Washington (AFP) – New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. The projectiles were fired 30 seconds apart and explain why the plane’s transponder was not working as […]
President Trump greets actor Jon Voight, a National Medal of Arts recipient, during the award ceremony on Nov. 21. (Photo: Tom Brenner/Reuters) WASHINGTON — On April 10, 2017, Daniel Jorjani, a top Interior Department political appointee, sent an email to Brian Hooks, president of the conservative Charles Koch Foundation, soliciting individuals to join the board […]
Andrew Yang has a theory for why there are barely any candidates of color left in the Democratic primary race. After Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) dropped out earlier this week, Yang remains the only person of color in the Democratic race with a solid base of support. And as he tells Politico ahead of Tuesday […]
Dear Moneyist, My mother died about 15 years ago and the only asset she had was her home. I was living there at the time, and had taken out a loan on the home with her knowledge. I married and moved out, and my son and his family eventually moved in and made payments on […]
This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. As someone who has been writing and editing personal-finance stories for over four decades, I have a few idols in my field. At the top of the list is Jane Bryant Quinn. So, I was delighted to have the chance to ring her up in Rome, where […]
Editor’s Note: This is a free edition of The Technical Indicator, a daily MarketWatch subscriber newsletter. To get this column each market day, click here. Technically speaking, the major U.S. benchmarks continue to take flight as the early-January volatility spike fades. Against this backdrop, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite have registered their latest record […]
Politics and profits will influence the stock market more so in 2020 than they have in any other year over the past decade, according to Doug Kass of Seabreeze Partners Management, who calls himself “a cynic looking for truth.” The hedge-fund manager on Tuesday unveiled his list of 15 surprises — deviations from the consensus, […]