Smart Investor: Where to Invest in Q2, Trump Tariffs and the Economy, and What’s Next for Chip Stocks
Taking a step back, in some ways, stocks haven’t really suffered much of a hit. The market is roughly back to where it was ...
Opinion
Musk claims otherwise, but the Trump administration's spending is on track to surpass Biden's
U.S. Treasury is on pace to spend 7.4% more in 2025 than last year Elon Musk doubled down on his pledge to cut government spending by $1 trillion - an amount that would slash the federal budget ...
Opinion
That Elon Musk event on Fox News revealed MAGA's snafu fears
If Elon Musk's interview on Thursday night with Fox News's Bret Baier is any guide, the answer is: plenty. The first sign of trouble was that the interview even took place. You'd think Musk and seven ...
'I'm being held hostage': I bought my parents' house and added my brother to the deed. He won't pay the mortgage. What now?
After I started my career and got a well-paying job, I took over the payments and took care of my little brother. I took care of his car insurance and phone and paid the mortgage. Then my parents also ...
Preview — Barron's
The Department of Labor releases the jobs report for March. Economists forecast a 138,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls, after a 151,000 gain in February. The unemployment rate is expected to remain ...
23andMe's failure shows how risky it can be to invest in a SPAC
Genetics-testing company 23andMe Holding Co. (ME) merged in 2021 with a SPAC formed by British billionaire magnate Richard Branson. The deal was valued at $3.5 billion, and the company said it had a ...
My mother, 81, is a hoarder and lives in squalor. What happens if her condo board finds out?
What if the management company ever had to access her unit?' My 81-year-old mother lives one mile away from me. I have not been inside her house for probably a year or more. She doesn't want me in ...
'She has been telling him lies': My sister convinced my father to sign everything over to her. What can I do?
By your telling, your father has been bullied, ambushed and coerced into signing a new will. There are two people at fault here: Your eldest sister and the attorney she used to draft these documents ...
Social Security says it's only closing one field office. So what about the 22 leases that were terminated?
The Social Security Administration has said it is only permanently closing one hearing office - in White Plains, N.Y. - and that news of any other such closures is "false." ...
Everything you wanted to know about a recession but were afraid to ask
Prominent independent economists are more worried in public about the outlook. "If I had to make a bet, it would be a recession," said former Fed Vice Chairman Alan Blinder in a CNBC interview ...
Opinion
'Would you post your DNA on Facebook?' Why I'd never use 23andMe or any other DNA testing service
I was sorry that 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, but there would be a blizzard in Death Valley before I would ever use an online DNA kit company. I don't feel comfortable ...
I met a friend for lunch. When the check arrived, she said, 'Thank you so much for paying!' Was I taken for a fool?
Since you like the tea, I thought I might share a story that happened to me. A female high-school friend and I had decided to reunite and have lunch. She was always very kind and I thought we could ...