Financial Face-Off: Should couples combine finances or keep separate accounts? One option leads to a happier marriage, study finds.

Hello and welcome to Financial Face-off, a MarketWatch column where we help you weigh a financial decision. Our columnist will give her verdict. Tell us whether you think she’s right in the comments. And please share your suggestions for future Financial Face-off columns by emailing our columnist at lalbrecht@marketwatch.com.  The face-off Wedding season is upon […]

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Key Words: Bill Ackman resurrects billionaire feud, saying Carl Icahn needs a friend. Icahn’s company’s stock tumbles 21%.

“‘Icahn’s favorite Wall Street saying: “If you want a friend, get a dog.” Over his storied career, Icahn has made many enemies. I don’t know that he has any real friends. He could use one here.’” — Bill Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management That was billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman, founder and chief executive of […]

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Market Extra: Here are 3 key things to know about markets and the debt-ceiling fight as Memorial Day approaches

Stocks and short term Treasury bills rallied Friday as U.S. debt-ceiling talks in Congress showed promise of reaching an agreement on the government’s borrowing limit during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.00% snapped a five-day losing streak, but still was down about 0.2% on the year, according to FactSet. […]

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Need to Know: AI news is driving tech ‘building blocks’ stocks like Nvidia. But another ‘power’ area will also benefit, say these veteran investors

Kneel to your king Wall Street. After forecasting record revenue backed by a “killer AI app,” Nvidia helped deliver a powerful performance for the Nasdaq COMP, +1.71% on Thursday. Indeed, thanks to that chip maker and a few other generals — Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, etc.— tech is seemingly unstoppable: Top contributors to S&P 500 year-to-date […]

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