My husband has a parent PLUS Loan debt for his daughter from his first marriage, totaling several thousand dollars. He has also incurred a five-figure credit-card debt in his name only during our ...

To be tax-smart about giving to individuals, givers have to be mindful of the IRS annual gift-tax exclusion, which is $18,000 in 2024 and $19,000 in 2025. A person can give that amount to as many ...

American single-malt whiskey, which uses the same key ingredients - malted barley, yeast and water - that go into single-malt Scotch, has now been recognized by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade ...

If the U.S. economy were in recession, Trump's antipathy to trade deficits might be more on point. A trade deficit means that domestic residents are spending more on goods from abroad than they sell.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it's likely that Netflix paid millions for the rights to the 2027 and 2031 World Cups. In 2011, Fox won broadcast rights to both tournaments from 2015 to ...

There's a 73% probability the U.S. stock market will rise in 2025. These odds seem too good to be true, of course, since the market this year has already produced a well-above-average return - 28.2% ...

The firm cites "hefty valuations" on Wall Street for the outlook. To add insult to injury, Vanguard sees commodities (7.2% a year) and even bonds (4.8% a year) beating large U.S. stocks over the ...

Pay attention to the bullish "island reversal" gap (circled on the accompanying SPX chart). And there is strong support at the 5,670 to 5,700 area. However, if SPX declines that far, then its chart ...

5 can't-miss personal-tech devices that would even keep Santa at home Most tech products seem to follow the same playbook - more features, more connectivity, more data collection - but some creators ...

My husband no longer wants to be married to me. I am 61 and he is 51. In 2006, I left a job and used my 401(k) to pay off all of our debts. A couple of years later, he applied for and got a credit ...

Not too long ago, U.S. sports franchises were sold for tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars; now, they're routinely transacted for billions. Such price tags have led to most pro sports ...

Some may be dreaming of a white Christmas. But for many Americans, this holiday season is also all about lottery wishes.