Personal Finance
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Three hard lessons I learned after getting rejected for a personal loan
This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. This feels embarrassing to admit, but I got rejected for a personal loan. It happened a few months after my wedding in 2021, when my credit card balance was still steep from that eventful weekend. I thought that taking a personal loan with a lower interest rate…
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U.S. battery sourcing guidance to cut some EV tax credits -official By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A bronze seal for the Department of the Treasury is shown at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department’s long-awaited guidance on battery sourcing requirements for electric vehicle tax credits due out by Friday will result in fewer…
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U.S. stock futures stable while tech companies lag after flight to safety
[]U.S. stock index futures were little changed early Tuesday as the market paused after bank angst subsided. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, +0.01% added 4 points, or 0.1%, to 4011 Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, +0.04% rose 90 points, or 0.3%, to 32721 Nasdaq 100 futures NQ00, +0.03% eased 32…
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‘I’m considering a prenup’: My fiancé is moving to the U.S. to live with me. My home is paid off. Would it be fair to ask him to pay all of my household expenses?
Dear Quentin, I’m a 37-year-old homeowner and a mom of one — 13 years old — about to get married to a man who would be stepfather to my child. My fiancé, 36, who is moving in with me after we marry, is a widowed parent himself. He has a home in his home country…
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An average new car will cost you more than $700 a month. Can dealership incentives help with affordability?
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the banking crisis that it unleashed may tighten auto financing and keep new cars out of reach for an increasingly large number of Americans. New-car prices have come off highs as some dealership incentives have returned, but the average monthly payment on a new car remains above $700…
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Amazon tech layoffs roll on
Amazon has joined Meta, Palantir Technologies, Twilio, Zoom, eBay, Okta, Splunk, PayPal, IBM, SAP, Spotify, Alphabet, Intel, Microsoft, Coinbase, Cisco, Salesforce, HP, Roku, Beyond Meat and Twitter in announcing major layoffs in recent months. Here’s a look at the list of big names across a number of sectors that have been cutting back their workforces.…
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U.S. stocks mostly higher as bank sector stress wanes
U.S. stocks were mostly higher Monday as investors welcomed waning signs of banking sector stress, but remained wary of the potential for further problems as well as the threat of a potential credit crunch. How stocks are trading The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.57% rose was up 150 points, or 0.5%, at 32,388. The…
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These money and investing tips can add some green and gold to your portfolio
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Got gold? Biggest gold ETF attracts investors as the ‘safe haven’ yellow metal shines There’s been a bit of a gold rush lately. ‘Every time the bulls think…
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‘Am I being preyed upon?’ After my mother died, my cousin took her designer purse, and my aunt snatched her artwork — but then things really escalated
My mother passed away three months ago after a long and horrible decline due to dementia. This devastated me and my immediate family. I also had to leave my job during this time. My mother passed away less than a month after being moved to a memory-care unit, and I am still in the depths…
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We want moderate weather and live within an hour of the mountains and less than three hours to the beach — where should we retire?
My wife and I are 57 and looking to retire in five years. Here is what we are looking for in a locale: We will likely have a retirement income approaching $220,000 a year (after a home purchase) but my wife and I are very frugal and would rather pass most of our wealth eventually…