Category: United States

Each year, Livability publishes our research-based Top 100 Best Places to Live in America. The list is based on more than 50 data points and examines more than 2,000 cities to rank the best places to live in the U.S. Here, we’re highlighting the top places to live in the Midwest based on our research. Each of […]

Happy New Year! As you’re recovering from ringing in 2024 on Monday, Jan. 1, keep in mind that many offices and services will be shut down — including U.S. financial markets. So if you’re wondering what’s open and what’s closed for New Year’s Day, then here’s a rundown of what you can expect. Is the […]

U.S. stocks capped off a wild 2023 with a two-month sprint that has carried the Dow to record highs and the S&P 500 index to within a whisker of a similar milestone. But after such a powerful advance, some portfolio managers and strategists are concerned that the market could suffer its own post-New Year’s Eve […]

Dear Quentin, My mother’s will states that her home is to be sold and the money divided —  with half going to her two children and the other half to her late husband’s nieces. Mom now feels the nieces don’t deserve the money because they never helped or even visited her husband, their uncle. But […]

Dear Big Move, I’m in escrow on a house I am buying, but I just had inspections done, and they found a dead German cockroach, as well as droppings and egg casings.  The pest-control inspector seems to think it’s not an issue and says there is no obvious evidence of active infestation. But he did […]

As the calendar flips to 2024, the streaming world looks more expensive and less expansive than a year ago. Changes are everywhere: Most of the major streaming services have raised prices over the past year; Amazon is adding commercials to Prime Video in January; corporate consolidation is looming; and there are significantly fewer shows being […]

Amazon’s Prime Video has some big-name originals to go along with a huge slate of movies in January 2024. Nicole Kidman stars in “Expats” (Jan. 26), a six-episode miniseries based on Janice Y.K. Lee’s 2016 novel “The Expatriates,” about a tight-knit group of expat women living in Hong Kong, whose lives are thrown into turmoil after […]

Billionaire investor and Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper was caught on video Sunday apparently throwing a drink on an opposing fan. A video making the rounds on social media Sunday appeared to show Tepper, standing in a luxury box, tossing a drink at a nearby Jacksonville Jaguars fan before walking away. The Jaguars beat the […]

Netflix has a slew of new series and movies from big-name stars in January 2024. Emmy nominee Sofia Vergara, best known for the sitcom “Modern Family,” takes a much darker turn with the crime drama “Griselda” (Jan. 25), playing a real-life Miami cocaine kingpin (or it is queenpin?) in the late 1970s and early ’80s. […]

Dear Quentin, My best friends tell the story about when they met. He was her teaching assistant at university and he noticed her right from the start. He asked her out several times, but she turned him down. My friend is a die-hard feminist. When she finally agreed, she said she would go out on […]

The new year is a great time for younger workers to set themselves up for future financial security — even those who are still decades away from retirement. In fact, the sooner they start, the better. Now’s the perfect time for even entry-level workers just starting out in their careers to develop new rituals to […]

“An economic ‘soft landing’ appears to be in the cards.” The U.S. stock market’s year-end rally looks intact. Lately I have been focused on equity hedge-fund performance and the necessity of hedge-fund managers to preserve and enhance returns ahead of their Dec. 31 incentive fee calculation dates. Funds that haven’t yet closed their books are […]

From our recent travels around India, it appears that the world’s most populous country could be poised for long-term growth. An infrastructure boom is evident, government policies are making India an attractive destination for companies to uproot supply chains from China, and a digital transformation is revolutionizing access to credit. The country also has seen […]

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. It’s a knotty question for many couples in, or near, retirement: Where should we live? I recently saw this play out in the virtual Right Place Workshop that “Right Place Right Time” author Ryan Frederick conducted for eight people in their 60s and 70s. Most were married (though just one […]

Bitcoin rallied dramatically so far in 2023, with an over 150% gain year-to-date. A changing of the guards may be partly why. MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images, iStockphoto After what industry participants are calling a big, messy “cleanup” of the digital asset industry, crypto bulls are hopeful that the fledgling space will be anchored by more […]

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. Dorri Olds, a 61-year-old freelance writer and graphic designer, says she has spent nearly all her savings to refurbish her New York City apartment. In an emergency, she says she would sell it and consider retiring outside the U.S., possibly in a country like Costa Rica. But she […]

Google “preretirement checklist” or something similar, and you’re apt to get a lot of hits for articles about basic “block and tackle”-type things like health insurance, long-term care, investing, minimizing taxes and creating a budget. And all of that is important. But when I asked a wide range of actual, practicing financial planners around the […]

Think about your first job. Maybe it was delivering pizza, bagging groceries, busing tables or doing landscaping work. Did you get enough training to avoid potential injuries? Chances are, you didn’t, and your boss or supervisor just told you to get to work. Employing young people helps them in many ways. They can learn a trade, […]

“A few key considerations as you evaluate which ‘hustle’ is right for you.” In the world of financial literacy, a few items and actions have emerged as meme-level villains: daily Starbucks coffee, eating avocado toast, renting an apartment instead of buying a home. Gurus demonize these behaviors while wagging their fingers and criticizing personal decision-making. […]

The first rule of winning the lottery is: You don’t tell anybody that you won the lottery!  With the final Powerball jackpot of the year reaching an estimated $ 760 million, which is being drawn on Saturday night, it’s tempting to daydream about immediately putting in your two weeks’ notice at work, or telling everyone […]