The Fed meeting this week will determine if investors get new all-time highs or coal for Christmas

But before Santa Claus comes to town, there's a market-moving event that could determine whether investors will get new all-time highs or coal for Christmas. That event is the Federal Reserve's policy ...

'I'm desperately trying to do right by everyone': I'm giving my son $250K and my daughter 50% of a property. Is that fair?

Instead of giving my son a portion of some rental property I own 50/50 with my daughter, I promised to give him $250,000 instead as an inheritance before I die. The reason was simple: my son had no ...
Opinion

Why a Lack of Fear Around Private Credit Won’t Protect Investors From Risk

Why institutional investors’ retreat from private equity should signal caution, and what financial history can tell us about the dangers of unrealistic return expectations in increasing frothy private ...

'I am increasingly resentful': My husband of 10 years has $1 million and cars worth $200K. Why won't he give me money?

I've been married to my second husband for 10 years. I have always contributed to the household bills, plus I pay all my own medical bills and car maintenance on my dented 12-year-old car. I have very ...

Trump's $1 million 'gold card' immigration program is close to launching. Here's what's ahead.

President Donald Trump proposed a new "gold card" visa program in February, then in September ordered his administration to "take all necessary and appropriate steps" by Dec. 18 to implement the ...

Does my friend have a right to her late father's multimillion-dollar real-estate empire? His widow claims they're mired in debt.

My friend really wanted to keep her father's condo, but her mother sold that too - and it broke her heart' "He owned several rental properties, five houses and two condos." (Photo subject is a model.) ...

Your tax refund could be $1,000 bigger next year - and even more if you make these money moves in time

Much of the extra refund money next year will go to upper-income households, he said. That's largely due to a temporarily higher $40,000 deduction on state and local taxes, he said. That so-called ...

Why has Invesco's QQQ called me two dozen times in the past few weeks? Is it a scam?

"Mailings and calls will stop once you vote," Invesco noted in bold red type in one communication. Another message included a banner that read: "If you're receiving calls or texts from our third-party ...

Here's how the best investors protect their money from market bubbles and FOMO

Retail investors who consistently achieve the best results manage financial-market risk the same way institutional investors do - dispassionately and systematically. With regard to bubble fears, this ...

Smart Investor: Top-Performing Dividend Stocks, Are Mega-Sized Stocks a Buy and What to Expect from the Fed

The big event on the horizon is the Federal Reserve meeting that concludes Wednesday afternoon. As Sarah Hansen writes, the ...

How the oil industry's climate-change solution is surviving Trump's attack on green energy

President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July.

This week's Fed meeting will highlight the central bank's challenge: Preventing a recession while tackling inflation

A sizable minority at the Fed think the central bank should keep its focus on inflation. They note that weekly claims for state unemployment insurance, a sign of layoffs in the economy, have stayed ...