April is National Financial Literacy Month. To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of “Financial Fitness” articles to help readers improve their fiscal health, and offer advice on how to save, invest and spend their money wisely. Read more here.Dear Quentin, I’m a 67-year-old widower with a credit score…
Let me state for the record that I really like my dog, an 12-year-old cutie named Lulu. She plays a good game of fetch. She forces me to get a little more exercise with her constant need for walks. She has also mastered house-training (well, almost, but let’s not get…
There’s more to Albert Hammond Jr. than The Strokes. Yes, the veteran guitarist — and son of singer-songwriter Albert Hammond — is a member of the group that helped bring a rough-and-ready sound back to rock a little more than 20 years ago. Along the way, The Strokes have won…
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April is National Financial Literacy Month. To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of “Financial Fitness” articles to help readers improve their fiscal health, and offer advice on how to save, invest and spend their money wisely. Read more here. Do you have the annual jitters about filing your…
U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower on Tuesday as investors cautiously looked ahead to March inflation data due Wednesday that could help determine the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate move. Corporate earnings reporting season also is set to kick off in earnest on Friday. How stock indexes traded The S&P 500…
U.S. stocks finished mostly higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 eking out a slight gain in the final moments of trading, as investors returned from a three-day weekend to the start of a busy week for data and the first-quarter earnings season. How stocks traded The Dow Jones Industrial…
Tupperware Brands Corp.’s stock slid 45% Monday to the lowest level in three years, after the maker of food-storage goods issued a going-concern warning late Friday, saying it has hired financial advisers to help navigate its near-term challenges. The news is just the latest blow to the company TUP, +4.03%,…
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Helping your adult children with money is a balancing act. You can’t overdo it or you can sacrifice your own retirement savings or financial goals. Amid the current economic uncertainty, 68% of parents with children 18 years or older have made a financial sacrifice to help them, according to a…