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Smart Investor: Undervalued Stocks That Crushed Earnings, Berkshire’s UnitedHealth Buy, and a New Record for Stocks

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My wife and I are in our 50s and have $11 million. We're not leaving it to our kids. Is that wrong?

A super-duper first-world problem incoming. My spouse and I ( 51 and 59) have a household net worth of around $11 million, which includes oversized college funds for our two teenagers. We have retired ...

'She has no immediate family': Will my mother receive the contents of my aunt's safe-deposit box after she dies?

"Safe-deposit boxes often have restricted access after the owner's death," says the AARP. "When the person passes away, the box is typically sealed until the probate process begins. That can result in ...

What is the worst financial mistake you've ever made?

Other financial regrets held up as the "worst ever" include lending money to family and friends (always operate on the basis that you'll never see it again), taking out a student loan and going to ...

'I'm confused!' Why does President Trump want a rate cut so badly?

Here's a letter from a weary Moneyist reader in the aftermath of the latest inflation data: "I'm confused! Inflation numbers are up and the stock market is also up, supposedly because Wall Street ...

The rich already know how private equity mints money - and it's not from a 401(k)

It is a big deal - opening part of America's $12.4 trillion defined-contribution market to private-asset managers. The largest private-equity firms and other asset managers are salivating at the ...

Here's what it's like to invest in private equity - and why you don't want it in your 401(k)

It's not just about risk and fees, but about knowing how much you have and having access to your money when you need it . Having private-equity investments in yo ...

The Powerball jackpot is now $565 million, but this man warns that playing the lottery can become an addiction

Adam Osmond lost about $1 million to an addiction playing lottery games. He was able to recover by channeling his energy into running, he says.

'I've been kept in poverty': Do I take a $70K job at 74 and lose my Section 8 housing allowance?

By Quentin Fottrell 'After the age of 50, I really only had sporadic contract work and I had to sell my house' "My savings ran out because of the periods of unemployment or undere ...

How safe are cruise-ship water slides? A recent incident on a Royal Caribbean sailing begs the question.

According to reports and a statement from Royal Caribbean (RCL), the passenger did not fall through the hole, but was nevertheless injured when a piece of acrylic glass broke off from the slide. Icon ...

If you're feeling FOMO, envy and greed about record stock prices, you're not alone. That's how market bubbles form.

Some stock-market contrarians reassuringly say that investors' current concern that the S&P 500 SPX, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA and the Nasdaq COMP are all forming a frothy U.S. market ...

When it comes to tipping at restaurants, are we heading back down to 15%?

New data from Toast, a company that provides restaurant-payment systems, may suggest as much. In the second quarter of 2025, tip amounts at full-service restaurants fell to 19.1% on average, the ...