I’m a big fan of health savings accounts, or HSAs. They’re becoming more popular as a way to pay for medical costs—and, in the right circumstances, they can also be a valuable addition to your retirement plan. What’s so great about HSAs? If used properly, they’re triple tax-favored. You get a tax deduction when you […]
In a bid to support its stock market amid the coronavirus outbreak, China has cut reverse repo rates and injected massive liquidity. None of this helped the Chinese stock market from a rout. However, it has buoyed the stock market in the U.S. There are expectations that China will inject even more money into the […]
Gold futures on Monday posted their first loss in four sessions, with haven demand for the metal taking a hit as U.S. equities partially bounced back from a coronavirus-triggered selloff, and the U.S. dollar and government bond yields rose. A rise in the U.S. dollar DXY, +0.44%, gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, […]
Eli Manning’s retirement may be as sweet as a winning touchdown, but he won’t be the only one the NFL will treat well in retirement this year. Veteran football players receive a host of retirement benefits after they walk off the field for the last time. Though they may not do as well as Manning […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians. Restaurants in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have refused to accept Chinese customers. Indonesians marched near […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE It is going to get worse before it gets better for the stock market, says prominent technical analyst Ralph Acampora. See full story. ‘My daughter has been chiding me for frivolously spending her inheritance. Now she won’t speak to me’ ‘My financial adviser assures me that if I live within my current […]
Looking for a six-figure job that makes you happy in 2020, but is also increasing in demand? Front-end engineers had an average overall job satisfaction score of 3.9 out of 5 on Glassdoor, making theirs the No. 1 profession for 2020 in terms of job satisfaction, salary and job openings, according to a new ranking, […]
Finland was No. 1 out of 156 countries on the 2019 “World Happiness Report,” followed by Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The U.S. trailed at No. 19. The top countries ranked highly on all the main factors found to support happiness: caring, freedom, generosity, honesty, health, income and good governance. Finland was No. […]
Weston Blasi Earl Freeman, right, and his partner Patrick Donnelly, left, won tickets to Super 54 in Miami. Kansas City Chiefs superfan Earl Freeman has been a season ticket holder for 52 years. He’s one of the only people on Earth who went to the last Chiefs Super Bowl in 1970 and who will also […]
President Trump seems to have former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on his mind at the moment. And Bloomberg’s campaign isn’t holding back in its response. In three tweets early Sunday morning, Trump repeatedly mocked the Democratic presidential candidate’s height. And in a Fox News interview set to be released ahead of the Super […]