‘Should I feel guilty?’ My elderly neighbor and friend of 5 years left me her $1 million home. Should I split it with her two sons?
“I have plenty of money.”
Instead of sipping Champagne on New Year’s Eve, it may be time to invest in it
There’s a solid market for collectable bubbly, say experts, even if prices for some bottles have declined in the past year.
Warren Buffett is topping up his stake in this high-margin internet name
A regulatory filing shows Buffett has raised his stake in domain-name-registry company VeriSign.
Horse racing set for a resurgence in the U.S.
America’s oldest horse racetrack is closing after running its last race on the final weekend of 2024. Freehold Raceway in New Jersey, co-owned by Penn Entertainment, tried for decades to land a casino but failed. Like many tracks around the nation, it grappled with declining attendance and revenue. It had been operating for more than 170 […]
4 laws taking effect New Year’s Day that can boost your wealth and health
Come Jan. 1, 2025, a slew of laws are going into effect in several states that will affect millions of Americans’ wallets and day-to-day lives.
Housing market supply is ‘stale’ to end 2024
There’s good news in the housing market to close out 2024: there’s a lot more supply. The bad news: a lot of that supply is stale, sitting unsold for much longer than usual. Active listings in November were 12.1% higher than they were in November 2023 and hit the highest level since 2020, according to […]
Walgreens and Intel lead list of stocks in the S&P 500 that fell hardest 2024
During another excellent year for the broad U.S. stock market, 98 stocks among the S&P 500 showed double-digit declines
‘He ended up homeless and penniless’: My uncle conned my father into signing over their mother’s house. What can I do?
“His brother went to the prison where my dad was incarcerated and had him sign over the house.”
10-year Treasury yield logs sharpest drop in a month to kick off holiday-shortened week
Bond yields fell sharply ahead of New Year’s Eve, after concerns about sticky inflation had pushed benchmark yields to the highest since late May.
Why was there a wall at the end of the runway
The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed lies at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. Kim Hong-ji | Reuters Aviation experts are questioning the role of an airport design that positioned a mound of dirt and a concrete wall past the end of a […]
