Here’s a ‘ridiculously cheap’ way to protect yourself against a stock-market selloff

Wall Street doesn’t seem all that worried about the stock market taking a turbulent turn in the near future. That, in itself, ...

America’s growing debt pile will be the big focus Wednesday as global bond rout deepens

The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday will be asking investors to hand over another $16 billion for 20 years to help finance the ...

Mortgage rates could move even higher — dealing a fresh blow to home buyers

More bad news for home buyers: Government bond yields have been marching higher for weeks, putting 7% mortgage rates back on ...

The Fed minutes are coming —and they’re more crucial now as Warsh limits his communication

Starved for information in a new world of limited communication from the Federal Reserve, investors are hoping the minutes of ...

Soon you can buy Medicare Advantage plans at Costco. What you need to know.

Medicare Advantage may be coming to your local Costco warehouse store. Retailer Costco Wholesale COST and nonprofit insurer ...

AI chip stocks were riding high. Here’s why Micron and others are now pulling back.

Analysts note high expectations, concerns about elevated Treasury yields and a potential letdown surrounding Anthropic’s financial progress, ...

Can you get a piece of State Farm’s $5 billion cash-back dividend? Here’s how to check.

If your car was insured by State Farm in 2025, you’re in luck: You likely qualify for a dividend payment from the insurance ...

Is SpaceX an AI play or a space stock? Two months after the IPO, investors still can’t decide.

Shares don’t trade like the “Big Tech” stocks, and their correlation to the space sector is “mixed,” according to a new ...

Dow drops 140 points on losses in shares of Caterpillar, NVIDIA Corp.

Shares of Caterpillar CAT -4.90% and NVIDIA Corp. NVDA -2.34% have contributed to the blue-chip gauge's intraday decline, as the Dow DJIA -0.18% was most recently trading 140 points, or 0.3%, lower.

U.S. investors have been buying stocks all month and are now sitting on profits. Here’s what might make them sell.

Given that investors are sitting on unrealized gains and there few short positions remain open, the markets are more vulnerable to a downturn in economic news flow.
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‘Too many people go bankrupt’: Should Medicare provide catastrophic coverage?

Quentin Fottrell: “President Ronald Reagan introduced the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 to provide such coverage — but it was dead in the water within a year.” People get uneasy about ...