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Think of the Stock Market as Great Businesses—Not a ‘Hissing, Writhing Bag of Poisonous Snakes’

On this episode of The Long View, Nick Murray, author and advisor to financial advisors, breaks down how investors can get in ...

Investors are plowing into homebuilder stocks. Will Jackson Hole prove them wrong?

The backdrop favored the small-cap Russell 2000 index RUT, which gained 3.1% in the past week. The S&P 500 gained 0.9% and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP rose 0.8%, while the Dow DJIA jumped 1.7% for ...

Walmart and rivals report, for the clearest look at the consumer yet. Will CEOs talk about the elephant in the room?

When prices go up, the store is one of the most obvious places where consumers feel it. When the nation's biggest retailer, Walmart Inc., reports results on Thursday, the results will offer the ...

Teachers spending big on classroom supplies can look forward to broader tax breaks - but there's a catch

Once tax-filing season kicks off in January, the federal tax and spending package that became law last month will give teachers like Fulmer a broader write-off for school supplies they purchase out of ...

My wife and I are in our 50s and have $11 million. We're not leaving it to our kids. Is that wrong?

A super-duper first-world problem incoming. My spouse and I ( 51 and 59) have a household net worth of around $11 million, which includes oversized college funds for our two teenagers. We have retired ...

My aunt barely spends any money. Will we receive the contents of her safe-deposit box when she dies?

'I am asking for my mom, who is on a fixed income. It would be a nice boon.' "Mind you, we have no idea which bank it's even at." (Photo subject is a model.) ...
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