My wife and I owe $450,000 on a $1.2 million house with a 3.5% mortgage rate. Our payments will soon increase. Should we pay it off or invest in stocks?

“We are in our late 60s and in good health, and we have a second home worth $900,000 that is fully paid for.”
Here’s one good reason to be glad that Tax Day is coming

Over the past 70 years, the first two weeks of April have boosted U.S. stocks.
Why the owner of the NBA’s Timberwolves could make $1 billion more now that his sale to A-Rod has ‘expired’

In 2021, Glen Taylor agreed to sell the Minnesota franchise for $1.5 billion. The team is now likely worth at least $2.5 billion.
‘She cleaned him out’: My dying father, who had stage 4 cancer, moved in with his girlfriend. In 3 months, she sold his house and pocketed the money.

“She flipped the title on his car, sold all his furniture and told us that our dad didn’t leave me or my sister anything.”
‘I’d like a nest egg of my own’: My sister and I will inherit our mother’s house, but it’s miles from anywhere. Is it wrong to force her to sell?

“I have a physical disability, and have never driven. There is no public transportation near the house.”
Here’s how much cord-cutters need to pay to watch MLB games — over $1,300 if you’re a Yankees fan

Opening Day is here. With more people cutting the cord and additional games only available on streaming networks, watching baseball has gotten more complicated — and expensive. Here’s how much.
Good Friday’s PCE data brings latest inflation reading — but markets are closed

Stock-market investors get a key piece of economic data on Good Friday, but won’t be able to trade on it.
ETF flows in first quarter reflect investor hopes for ‘soft landing’

For this week’s ETF Wrap, I caught up with State Street’s Michael Arone to talk about flows and performance this month and quarter — as well as risks to his soft-landing outlook.
Gas prices topping $4 a gallon this summer are possible — but not expected

Retail gasoline prices are set to rise as they usually do just as the U.S. summer driving season gets underway, but to say the average national price will climb to $4 a gallon is a bit of a stretch.
Toyota weighing electric, plug-in Tacoma and Tundra pickups

2024 Toyota Tacoma Trailhunter Toyota NEW YORK — Toyota Motor is evaluating an expansion of its U.S. truck lineup that could include all-electric or plug-in hybrid electric versions of its Tacoma and Tundra pickups. Jack Hollis, executive vice president of Toyota Motor North America, said the Japanese automaker is assessing its options to determine what […]



