Beth Pinsker: ‘Mom and Dad, how much money do you have?’: the question you need to ask your parents now
If your parents run out of money and you need to support them, it will have a big impact on your own finances.
Mutual Funds Weekly: These money and investing tips can help your portfolio sail through December
Money and investing stories popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week.
: These five technology stocks give investors more reward for their risk as Big Tech flames out
Cisco, Oracle and other companies with decades of experience have proven to be relatively resilient.
The Moneyist: ‘We are surprised and bewildered’: My brother passed away and left his house, cash and possessions to charity. Can his siblings contest his will?
‘I don’t understand why he would make such a decision.’
The Wall Street Journal: Chevron gets new U.S. license to pump oil in Venezuela again
The U.S. said it would allow Chevron Corp. to resume pumping oil from its Venezuelan oil fields after President Nicolás Maduro’s government and an opposition coalition agreed...
The Margin: Face of climate change Greta Thunberg tweaks approach, joins suit against Sweden
Sweden's Greta Thunberg, arguably the most famous of climate activists, is part of a lawsuit filed against her government charging inaction on global warming.
The New York Post: United Furniture Industries laid off all 2,700 workers while they were sleeping
A big US furniture company this week fired all of its 2,700 employees while they were sleeping, telling them in texts and emails not to...
Retirement Weekly: Getting older and losing confidence? Here’s how to get it back.
Put aside self-imposed worries and take action.
The New York Post: IRS warns Americans over $600 threshold to report Venmo, PayPal payments
The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax filers to prepare to report transactions of at least $600 that are made through so-called “third-party” facilitators such...