Your Loved Ones Will Inherit a Lot From You—Including Your Facebook

Three simple steps to get your digital affairs in order and leave your loved ones only what you want them to remember.

'I'm not made of money': My heating engineer didn't fix my radiators on his first visit. Do I pay him a second time?

My heating engineer came to fix my radiators because they kept shutting off and the hot water was intermittent. I told him in advance that I thought it was a water-pressure issue. He spent some time ...

'I'm spooked': Gold is back near $5,000, but is it a high-risk bet for your retirement?

Bottom line: Gold and silver (SI00) are not growth assets. They provide a long-term hedge - not a bet - against the stock market. They don't compound earnings, and they have historically lagged ...

The labor market was bad last year. Will investors get stung by a poor January jobs report, too?

The only thing investors can count on in the employment report is that it will show job creation was bad in 2025 - maybe even really bad. January's report will also include an update of how many new ...

3 things to know about 'Trump accounts' - the new investment vehicle for kids advertised during the Super Bowl

The Super Bowl ad from Invest America kicks off a public-awareness campaign on the Trump administration's new investment accounts for kids. "Trump accounts" are getting primetime Super Bowl ad space, ...

I settled my father's estate, but found a will deeding a mobile home to his stepson. Am I ethically and legally obliged to fix this?

Where things went awry through, for the most part, no fault of your own: a decades-old will stating that this mobile home, which was sold and the money distributed to his many charities, was supposed ...

'Guests tell me I have dust bunnies': My $150-an-hour cleaner has become increasingly negligent. Do I fire her?

I'm a retired man in my early 70s. I've had the same housekeeper for over three years. During that time she has become increasingly negligent. My floors are dirty, and my guests tell me I have dust ...
Opinion

After bitcoin's fall, pity those wildly enthusiastic investors who borrowed billions against crypto

If you thought crypto was a hedge against economic troubles, geopolitical tensions, potential tech bubbles, inflation, high interest rates, a housing market that has barely given an inch and growing ...

Where's the real 'best place' to retire? Tips to making those lists work for you.

No surprise, then, that there are now so many lists dedicated to helping people find the "best places" to retire. Read: How ...

This year's Super Bowl ads are telling you the AI bubble is about to burst

That Super Bowl was played just before the dot-com bubble burst. Fast-forward to 2026: This year's Super Bowl ads are heavily promoting AI, which may be the only indicator you need of whether AI is a ...

Consumers are sending investors this clear message about stocks

Consumer sentiment was higher in January than in December, which is bullish for stocks. Of the many January indicators that ...

Nearing retirement? Stocks seem safer right now than they really are. Here's why you should add more bonds.

It is almost with perfect timing that the latest fund-manager survey shows that the big-money crowd running the world's leading investment institutions has almost no interest in owning bonds - the ...