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Many financial advisers are pursuing a once-overlooked market segment: early-career professionals who welcome expert advice on budgeting, financial planning and basic investment management, even if they haven’t amassed much wealth. To attract these up-and-comers, many of them in their late 20s and early 30s, advisers are expanding their services. Just promising to help young folks […]

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. One person dies every 34 seconds in the U.S. from cardiovascular disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and this means each of us has to be mindful of our heart health so that we are not one of them. I firmly believe we all need to […]

Dear Quentin, I’m considering selling my home. My question is this: Do l need to advise prospective buyers that my husband passed away in the living room? What am I obliged to tell people who are interested in buying my house? Widow and Homeowner Dear Widow, The short answer to your short question is: It […]

Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. This Silicon Valley Bank customer hated being forced to move banks, especially during a crisis. He’s not alone — most people stick with their bank for decades. Recent bank collapses have U.S. consumers worried about where they bank. Read More ‘I would feel guilty charging her $ 600’: […]

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So, what’s the story with former President Donald Trump possibly getting arrested this week over hush money payments to two women — including a porn star — who claim that he had sexual encounters with them several years ago?   It’s been more than six years since Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid off two women who […]

Dear MarketWatch,  I’m 66 years and 4 months old. My Social Security payments start next month at $ 3,300 a month. I’m currently working part-time, three days per week, as a professional engineer for $ 95/hour for my long-time regular full-time employer of 28 years. (I want to leave this position ASAP or sooner.)  I […]

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 […]

Beijing’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric toward the United States is concerning. For the first time, Chinese president Xi Jinping has directly criticized Washington. He’s now encouraging Chinese companies to join the “fight” against U.S. policies that have “contained and suppressed” the People’s Republic. Clearly, relations between the two countries have deteriorated. If Beijing is laying the groundwork for […]

Hello and welcome to Financial Face-off, a MarketWatch column where we help you weigh financial decisions. 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 Consumers have been shaken up […]

Gordon Moore, a founding father of Silicon Valley whose work in the chip industry catalyzed computing, died Friday at 94, with his passing marking the further end of a golden era for the technology industry. An Intel INTC, +1.14% co-founder who played an integral role in several of the earliest semiconductor companies, he is perhaps […]

Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel Corp. who helped accelerate the digitization of everyday life and solidify Silicon Valley’s place in tech culture, died on Friday at his home in Hawaii, according to a statement on the company’s website. He was 94. He died peacefully surrounded by family, according to the Gordon and Betty Moore […]

Dear Quentin, I’m happily married to my wife of 20 years. I am by no means a financial expert, but I do know more than the average investor. I do, however, worry about my in-laws. Unfortunately, my father-in-law has serious dementia and will probably need care soon. I’ve asked my mother-in-law to let me review their […]

President Joe Biden on Friday called U.S. banks in “pretty good shape,” but said it would take time for things to “calm down” in the industry after the failures of two institutions. Speaking in Ottawa, Canada, at a news conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Biden was asked about the U.S. response to turmoil in […]

Bank stocks finished a tough week with mixed trading Friday as investors balanced jitters around bank liquidity and weakness in Deutsche Bank shares against slightly positive emergency lending data and at least one analyst upgrade in the sector. First Republic Bank FRC, -3.27% dropped 0.6% to $ 12.46, but remained above its all-time intraday low […]

Here are some of the more prominent stock movers Friday, with the broader stock market pulling back over signals of more bank distress from Europe. Sector watch, banks: While the beleaguered bank sector saw some stabilization in the past week, as regulators attempted to assure investors that risk of contagion was minimal, the overall tone […]

Dear MarketWatch,  I’m trying to get some outside guidance on being able to retire in the next 5 to 7 years. I might have to work until I am 59 1/2 to be able to start using retirement funds. We have about $ 1.4 million in 401(k) and Roth accounts, $ 30,000 in stocks, a […]

Deutsche Bank shares slumped on Friday, putting the health of another globally systemic important bank in the spotlight heading into the weekend. The German lender’s shares DBK, -13.24% fell 8% in Frankfurt trade, and the Euro Stoxx bank index SX7E, -6.28% fell 4%. Deutsche Bank’s 5-year credit-default swaps widened on Thursday, in what Reuters reported […]

Do Kwon, the former CEO of Terraform Labs, whose stablecoin TerraUSD crashed last year, has reportedly been charged with fraud by the U.S. after being arrested Thursday morning in Montenegro. The Wall Street Journal and Blomberg News reported late Thursday that Kwon was charged by federal prosecutors in Manhattan with eight counts, including securities fraud, […]

Apple Inc. is planning to spend $ 1 billion a year on movies that will be shown in theaters, according to a new report, as part of a bid to boost subscribers for its streaming service and become a bigger player in Hollywood. Bloomberg News reported Thursday that Apple AAPL, +0.70% plans to significantly boost […]