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Financial skills slip as we age. Here's how we can learn to stay sharp.
Earlier interventions can improve financial literacy, especially for women - who are at higher risk due to lower initial literacy levels, lower retirement wealth and longer lifetimes.
Federal judge makes your Social Security data harder for DOGE to access - for now
A federal judge temporarily halted DOGE from accessing Social Security data late Thursday night with a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought forth by labor groups. The plaintiffs argue DOGE is ...
How to travel solo in retirement - and save money while doing it
You can save money when traveling solo if you know how, which is helpful considering how expensive it can be. In a survey of 4,000 travelers, the SquareMouth travel insurance comparison site found ...
How to travel solo in retirement - and save -2-
An offbeat idea: Sign up for housesitting - which could include petsitting - or a home exchange. The Homeexchange.com site costs $220 a year and lets you earn points when you sign up and host members.
Are small-cap stocks cheaper than large caps? Yes - if you ignore this one key fact.
While there undoubtedly are some undervalued companies among the thousands of smaller stocks on Wall Street, the sector as a whole is not cheaper than the large-cap sector, even though small caps have ...
Existing Home Sales Seen Down — Data Week Ahead
The following are median forecasts for next week's U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal. (END) Dow Jones Newswires ...
Opinion
Trump's attacks on Powell pose another risk for bondholders - especially older investors
The bad news is that President Donald Trump's latest threats against the independence of the Federal Reserve raise the risks to your investments. The threats themselves are bad enough. But the ...
Trump won't fire Powell - but he could still pressure the Fed, says economist studying president's tweets
President Donald Trump is unlikely to follow through on his threat to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell - but the pressure from his public campaign for lower interest rates will still have ...
Trump's trade war: Which countries are in tariff talks with the U.S. - and what could come next
Trump has slapped 25% tariffs on goods from both Mexico and Canada, but later suspended those levies on products that fall under the two countries' trade agreement with the U.S. Still, many products ...
Why Trump Media once again called out 'naked short selling' as its stock dropped
The parent company of President Donald Trump's social-media platform, Truth Social, is on the warpath against "naked short selling" again as its stock has fallen, this time directing its sniping at a ...
The 'smart money' investors are buying stocks here, according to this index. It could be an opportunity.
If the recent past is any guide, an indicator known as the "Smart Money Flow Index" might be flashing a market buy signal, said Jim Paulsen, a market veteran and former top strategist at the Leuthold ...
Eli Lilly's stock soars as successful trial of weight-loss pill is a game changer
Eli Lilly & Co.'s stock soared 14% Thursday, to put it on track for its biggest one-day gain in about 25 years, after the drugmaker reported positive results from a late-stage trial of a GLP-1 ...