Since negotiations for another stimulus bill appear to be going nowhere, President Trump has issued a series of executive orders to help financially distressed Americans. One of […]

Wall Street got the July jobs report it was hoping for, but the market didn't do much with it. The Labor Department on Friday reported that the unemployment rate dropped to 10.2% […]

As the coronavirus shut down the economy last spring, many consumers had their budgets cut by default. Trips and shows were canceled, nonessential medical procedures were […]

The U.S. unemployment rate is gradually improving, but many workers understand that their jobs may not be safe. Instead of just hoping they hang on as the fallout from the […]

Biotech ETFs are, in a word, hot. The biotechnology industry, if it were a sector, would be the second-best performing one in 2020. Biotech stocks collectively have generated […]

Whether you open your wallet throughout the year or when disaster strikes, scammers stand ready to take advantage of your charitable impulses. However, you can donate to relief […]

Whether your kids will be learning from home or in the classroom this fall, you'll have to do some back-to-school shopping to prepare for the new school year. And, as every parent […]

More consumers have turned to online shopping than ever before due to the COVID-19 health pandemic. From appliances to laptops to groceries, products and goods that many shoppers […]

A three-legged stool has long been the go-to metaphor of financial experts. That image was meant to convey that, for most people, a comfortable retirement would likely be […]

The major indices closed higher for a fifth consecutive day on Thursday. However, it was a "lumpy" performance that saw the "FAAMNGs" – or FAANGs, or FANGs, depending […]

Small-town living has plenty of perks: light traffic, a strong sense of community and a slower pace of life. Perhaps best of all, there's the cost of living, which typically is […]

You’d think if you had an all-risk insurance policy, your home or business would be covered for just about anything, right? Wrong. There are always exclusions and gray […]

People who don’t need income from their IRA, SEP and/or 401(k) are benefiting from this year’s waiver of required minimum distributions (RMDs). They’re reducing […]

There is a lot of talk these days about the “new normal,” which might be more accurately described as not normal. COVID-19 has impacted many aspects of our daily lives […]

The wind remained beneath stocks' wings on Wednesday, as Washington's stimulus standoff improved and corporate earnings encouraged investors. Congressional Democrats and White […]

The traditional retirement wisdom used to be the "4% rule." You would withdraw 4% of your savings in the first year of retirement, followed by "pay raises" in each […]

Cha-ching! Getting a tax refund may feel like a welcome surprise — and like a good time to treat yourself to a fun purchase. But that money wasn’t free: It was your […]

Words like "epic" and "unprecedented" get thrown around a lot these days. It's not every day that we get to live through a pandemic, a global shutdown and the biggest injection of […]

Industrials stocks have been slammed so far in 2020, and that has Wall Street's analysts pounding the table for select names in the beaten-down sector. There's little wonder why. […]

July’s pace of rehiring slowed, with 1.8 million rehired compared to June’s 4.8 million rehired. The surge in coronavirus cases in the Southern and Western states […]