I invested $100,000 in the S&P 500 and lost $10,000. How long will it take to recover?
Dear Quentin, I made the mistake of throwing $100,000 in the S&P 500 in early February. A few days after, I lost close to $10,000 due to the drop in the market, which started toward the end of ...
Opinion
I've made money buying solid companies in terrible markets. Is this stock that soared during the pandemic a good buy?
I have made the most money over the last 30 years buying solid companies in terrible markets, not the other way around. For some of the panicked people in the world, the flip side is this is why you ...
I'm administrator of my sister's estate. Her bank won't tell me the names of her beneficiaries. Is that legal?
My younger sister and I have been appointed as co-administrators of our older sister's estate. I have the legal documents and certificate of death in my possession and have taken them to the brokerage ...
As the S&P 500 crashes, this new retiree says advisers are 'head-in-the-sand clueless'
If you're a new retiree and have at least a 50-50 portfolio, or maybe even more conservative than that, then your bottom line is not the big red number flashing next to the S&P 500 SPX or Dow Jones ...
Trump's tariffs brought carnage to U.S. stocks. What it will take to stop it.
Trump outlined sweeping plans on Wednesday to apply a minimum 10% tariff on imports to the U.S., with higher rates applied to China and European Union members. China hit back Friday with a 34% ...
Aiming to ‘Die with Zero’? Here Are the Implications for Portfolio Construction and Retirement Spending
On this episode of The Long View, Dr. Jay Zigmont, author and founder and CEO of Childfree Wealth, breaks down how childfree people can plan their finances and key takeaways from his new book, The ...
My mother, 81, is a hoarder and lives in squalor. What happens if her condo board finds out?
What if the management company ever had to access her unit?' My 81-year-old mother lives one mile away from me. I have not been inside her house for probably a year or more. She doesn't want me in ...
First-quarter earnings will be all about tariffs and the economic outlook. But are forecasts worth anything?
As for first-quarter earnings forecasts, Wall Street still expects per-share profit from S&P 500 SPX companies to increase 7% year over year, according to a FactSet report on Friday. That would be the ...
Is a recession looming? Big banks' earnings could be an early indicator of financial strain.
Banks will kick off the first-quarter earnings season next week - and investors will be on edge JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co. and Morgan Stanley will kick off the first-quarter earnings ...
My brother took control of our late mother's estate - and gave me a measly $1,500 check. What can I do?
When my mother passed away, my younger brother, who lived with her, took care of her estate. She was always helping him with his bills. He was not forthcoming with me and our two older sisters. We did ...
'I'm looking to buy what I hope is my final home': Will Trump's trade war lead to a fall in house prices?
Economists and consumers are, naturally perhaps, upping their own predictions of whether there will be a recession on the back of Trump's trade war. Polymarket, the U.S.-based crypto-based prediction ...
Gold is glittering for good reasons. Here's why it still fits in your portfolio.
Historically, gold has been held by private investors who see gold as a good way to protect wealth during inflationary periods or when there is substantial economic or political uncertainty as well as ...