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As the war in Ukraine rages, wealthy Russians are quietly looking to unload hundreds of millions of dollars worth of US property — and the sales are raising eyebrows across hotspots in New York, Florida and California, real-estate brokers told the New York Post. As reported by The Post, billionaire Alexei Kuzmichev — an owner […]

Dear MarketWatch,  I had always said I was going to retire when I was 50. I had worked and saved since I was 16. Retiring without Medicare and Social Security is a scary thing. I wound up retiring then going back to work. At 53, I took a part-time job with a decent salary for […]

Dear MarketWatch, I’m an inveterate rails-to-trails cyclist who most enjoys biking along rivers. I’d like to retire to a small town with easy access to hiking and biking trails, kayaking and other joys of the natural world.  Can you suggest some walkable small towns (3,000-10,000 population) that are county seats and/or college towns, politically liberal, […]

Dear MarketWatch, I am a 51-year-old married woman and planning to semi-retire at 62 and fully retire at 65. My husband and I are starting to think about places that we would consider retiring to and then visiting many of them over the next 10 years. Some of the things we are looking for include: […]

Inflation that’s accelerated well past the Federal Reserve’s 2% long-term target in the post-pandemic recovery poses a significant policy challenge. That has only gotten harder by an energy-price shock through the economy with unknown duration from the Ukraine conflict. Inflation is the fastest it’s been in 40 years. The consumer price index surged 7.9% in […]

A number of U.S. hedge-fund firms that have investments from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich have been told to freeze his assets after he was sanctioned by the British government Thursday, according to people familiar with the instructions. A message from fund administrator SS&C Globe Op to one firm said, “Currently accounts attributed to Roman Abramovich are blocked from transacting, as such […]

A year ago, my husband and I capitalized on staying home during COVID to do a DIY kitchen-remodel project. I rode my electric cargo bike, which looks like a wheelbarrow and a bicycle had a baby, to the local Ace Hardware to pick up supplies almost daily.  Inevitably, a truck-driving contractor would approach me in […]

In January 2019, Anthony David and his wife celebrated the birth of Alex, their second child. Within 36 hours, Alex’s situation turned serious. David, a Washington, D.C.-based financial adviser, noticed that Alex’s oxygen saturation level was dropping. And it kept dropping. “More people, nurses and doctors, were coming into his room,” David recalled. “As his […]

The U.S. stock market should be given the benefit of the doubt over the next 12 months, according to an analysis of short sellers’ recent transactions. This upbeat message may incline you to view short sellers more positively. They’ve never had a particularly good reputation, since many believe — I think wrongly — that there’s […]

Dear Quentin, I am my father’s oldest child from his first marriage. I have a younger half brother and half sister from his second and third marriages, and I also have a stepsister. We get along, but don’t often do family gatherings. My father doesn’t have a will. He lives in Washington state. He has […]

Uber Technologies Inc. is imposing a temporary surcharge on U.S. customers to soften the blow to drivers from mounting gas prices. The fuel surcharge goes directly to drivers, the ride-sharing and food-delivery company said Friday. It ranges from 45 cents to 55 cents for Uber UBER, +1.15% riders and 35 cents to 45 cents for […]

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a federal plan that would further restrict emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that force downwind areas to deal with pollution out of their control. The “good neighbor” expansion to the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone, and the broader Clean Air Act, will […]

Pain at the pump is behind a surge in interest for electric vehicles, even though their sticker prices, insurance and repairs still mostly top those of comparable fossil fuel-burning cars, trucks and SUVs. Searches for new and used electric vehicles (EVs) jumped 112% from Feb. 24 to March 8 on Cars.com, a news and pricing […]

President Joe Biden on Friday announced that the U.S. and its international partners will move to revoke “most favored nation” trade status for Russia, which would result in higher tariffs on Russian goods. The European Union and the Group of Seven countries are joining in the move, which is another punishment for Moscow over its […]

It was two years ago Friday that the World Health Organization officially declared the then-rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Many of us waved goodbye to co-workers as we headed home for what was supposed to be a two- or three-week stint in mid-March 2020.  But, from that point on, COVID-19, the name given in […]

Pros A spacious minivan with seating for up to eight Class-leading power Several advanced safety systems fitted as standard Versatile interior Cons All-wheel drive not available No hybrid drivetrain offered What’s new? The 2022 Carnival minivan is completely new for this model year The all-new 2022 Kia Carnival takes over from the Sedona minivan, or […]

Shares of Chinese companies flagged for possible delisting in the U.S. slid in Hong Kong and Shanghai trading Friday, a move that analysts said highlighted geopolitical tensions but would have little immediate impact on the companies’ operations. In Hong Kong afternoon trading, fast-food-chain operator Yum China Holdings Inc. YUMC, -10.94% slumped 8.2%, on track for […]

Dear Quentin, I have been in my relationship for almost 20 years. For personal reasons, we are not married but we have a 10-year-old child. When our child was born, we decided that I would be a stay-at-home parent because my low-paying job didn’t cover the costs of child care, and at the time, we […]

After Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Safra Catz offered an in-line forecast and Chairman Larry Ellison knowingly laughed when asked about storing TikTok’s data in the U.S. on Thursday afternoon, the software company’s shares rebounded from a steep after-hours post-earnings decline. Oracle  ORCL, +0.72% shares, which had dropped as much as 8% after hours, recovered and […]