Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Bitcoin fell a total of 6.25 percent, with $50 million worth of liquidations occurring. While that’s a small drop compared to the drop on Aug. 2, people may be worried about a price collapse. Similar, perhaps, to the March crash that wiped out more thanRead More →
Dear Moneyist, My parents, who are now deceased, had a living trust with a provision for creation of a new trust that would allow my brother and I to share the income from that trust during our lifetimes. When we both die, the principal from that trust is to beRead More →
The death of an Iranian military leader in a U.S. airstrike has sent markets reeling. But U.S. consumers won’t feel the impact of rising oil prices immediately. Qassem Soleimani, the leader of the foreign wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in an airstrike on Baghdad’s international airportRead More →
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said Tuesday he’s worried that President Donald Trump will shut down the federal government in an effort to impede the impeachment process. “I’m increasingly worried that President Trump will want to shut down the government again because of impeachment. He always likes toRead More →
Twinings Tea and Beech-Nut baby food are the targets of new lawsuits over the presence of the cancer-linked chemical glyphosate in their products. Both the Twinings and Beech-Nut lawsuits are about how the products are marketed, not whether they pose a direct danger to consumers. The Organic Consumers Association suedRead More →
© Reuters. People’s shadows are cast on a wall as they walk through London’s Canary Wharf financial district in the evening light in London LONDON (Reuters) – A coalition of British industry groups and education bodies, worried by the prospect of Brexit worsening skills and labor shortages, has called forRead More →
Is Social Security in a crisis? The arguments in favor of a “yes” answer are widely known, of course. Starting next year, the Social Security Administration will be paying out more in benefits than what is paid into the system. These yearly deficits will gradually eat away at the system’sRead More →
Some investors are tentatively bracing for inflation to make a comeback. Prices of Treasury-inflation protected securities have steadily climbed throughout 2019, amid talk that the Federal Reserve could refrain from immediately tightening its leash when inflation overshoots the central bank’s 2% target. Though the year-to-date decline in Treasury yields, includingRead More →
Happy Friday, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance Sorry, but that $1,100 standing desk won’t make you thinner An analysis of standing desk research finds these workstations have ‘minimal impact’ on health and performance — but standing desk users disagree. One year after Zuckerberg’s testimony about violent contentRead More →
Dear Moneyist, Why do I worry so much about money? I’m not a wealthy guy, but I am pretty blessed. I have my military pension of $45,000 annually, savings of $370,000, I own my home valued by Zillow Z, -3.45% at $300,000 and it’s mortgage-free. I have little to noRead More →
