'He's 70 and fairly wealthy': I met the love of my life three years ago. How do I politely ask that he include me in his will?
I'll get right to it. I met the love of my life and we are now in an almost three-year relationship. He's 70 and fairly wealthy. I'm 77 and independent, but not wealthy. I own my own home, as does he.
Trump and Harris say they want to cut taxes. Here's why you should prepare for a tax hike.
Harris wants to raise taxes on corporations and families making more than $400,000, while extending the Trump tax cuts for families making less than that amount. All told, she hopes to raise more than ...
'This money is not bringing me a lot of happiness': My husband and I have $7 million, but our kids are trouble. Should we cut them off?
The attorneys said that we don't just have money, we have generational wealth, but I feel burdened by it. This money is not bringing me a lot of happiness. At times, I have to twist my husband's arm ...
I'm in my 60s with $85,000 in credit-card debt. Should I use the equity in my home or my investments to pay it off?
I am in my 60s and considering getting a home-equity line of credit or a home-equity loan to pay off $85,000 of debt. Currently, the debt gets rolled over to another 0% interest card right before the ...
14 energy stocks whose ample cash flow might benefit shareholders
Among the 44 remaining companies, 14 had trailing and forward FCF headroom of at least 4%, while also being rated a buy or the equivalent by the majority of analysts polled by FactSet. Here they are, ...
'I feel like I'm missing something': I'm 68, divorced with two children. I've $750,000 and rent my home. Do I need a trust?
'I continue to reinvest the dividends and interest so my investments continue to grow' ...
You're not upper class in America until you've reached this coveted status
"My job still defines my ability to survive," he said. Most Americans would object to seeing a household with their earnings as anything but upper class, he acknowledged, but in his mind, class isn't ...
Aerospace and defense ETFs beat S&P 500 as Middle East fears intensify
The ETF's outperformance over the past year is even stronger, surpassing the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust's SPY rise by almost 12 percentage points. The Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF skyrocketed 46.6% in ...
'It bothers me that it's frozen': I'm 64 and can't get my pension until I retire. Is this common?
I just want to note that in your letter, you use the word "frozen." This can be a term applied to pensions, where the employer freezes a plan, which either reduces or completely eliminates future ...
Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday is a stark reminder that most Americans can't afford to live that long
Jimmy Carter has accomplished many incredible things during his life and during his presidency: winning the Nobel Peace Prize, brokering the Camp David Accords, promoting human rights around the world ...
Mortgage rates are dropping, but the housing market is still stuck. Here's why.
The bottom line is that there is no "magic" mortgage rate that will spur home-buying activity, Palim said. Even as rates fall, which helps home buyers, there is no critical threshold at which a ...
U.S. stocks' remarkable 2024 run is likely to continue during the fourth quarter, history shows
Since 1950, the S&P 500 SPX has achieved a 20% increase during the first nine months of a year 10 times, including in 2024. In the nine previous instances, the index rose, on average, 2.1% in the ...