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The Venture-Capital Trends to Watch
Last year, venture firms raised more cash than ever before—and many in the industry predict the momentum will continue. Even…
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A Summer Stock-Market Strategy: Invest Defensively
Stock-market investors might want to “stay and play” this summer rather than “sell and go away.” We’re referring to the…
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U.S.-Stock Funds Ride the Earnings Wave
The investing world, like the real world, might not be quite “normal” yet. But it is getting there, if the…
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The Biggest Mistakes People Make With Social Security
Many Americans mismanage their biggest retirement asset: their Social Security benefit. And it can cost them dearly. For the typical…
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Companies Have to Promptly Disclose Their Borrowing. Many Don’t.
How much money has a publicly traded company borrowed? Good luck finding out. Many U.S. businesses fail to promptly disclose…
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What Is a ‘Market Breakout?’
Sometimes Wall Street pros refer to an event known as a “breakout.” For those unfamiliar with the term, here is…
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Want to Invest in Space? Try These ETFs
Thematic ETFs, exchange-traded funds that focus on specific investment themes, are booming And one of the most-talked-about themes lately is…
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Convertible-Debt Funds: Are They Good Investments?
Should individual invIstors consider convertible debt? Based on my analysis, the answer appears to be “yes,” at least on a…
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How to Gauge the Financial Health of an Assisted-Living Facility
My father might need to move to an assisted-living community. How do I evaluate, or how can I investigate, the…
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Ways to Help Pay for College When Money Is Tight
The pandemic and related lockdowns have taken a toll on some families’ finances, forcing many students to rethink how they…
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A Pro Snowboarder and a Photographer Do What They Love. Now They Want to Buy a Home.
Erika Vikander and Drew Smalley work for themselves, doing what they love. Ms. Vikander, 30 years old, is a professional…
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Young Investors Flock to Discord and Telegram for Financial Advice
Add live chat rooms to the list of places where young investors are paying for stock tips. Popular trading apps…
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Should Young Adults Stretch Financially to Buy a Home?
It is a complex time to be a young home buyer. Mortgage rates are near-historic lows, which is luring many…
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How Money Much Do Millennials Make? They’re More Than Happy to Tell You.
When 25-year-old Grace Woodward has friends over to her apartment for the first time, they often react to her striking…
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You Don’t Want Your Heirs to Fight Over Your Assets? Here’s What to Do Now
I would like to see you write about the best way to divide up treasured items among family members when…
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Medical Expenses and Taxes: What You Need to Know
Medical-expense deductions, once on the congressional chopping block, are alive and well, including a recent newcomer stemming from the Covid-19…
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TikTok Is the Place To Go for Financial Advice If You’re a Young Adult
TikTok is the place to go for new dances, viral taco recipes—and, now, financial advice. The big benefit of TikTok…
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Why So Many Millennials Fall Prey to Imposter Syndrome
These are some of the thoughts that run through my head whenever I open my banking app or check my…
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How Credit Cards Affect Our Brains—and Our Spending
It’s been known for decades that credit cards encourage spending. But why that happens still isn’t entirely clear. New research…
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Pandemic Forces Many Unprepared Young Adults to Deal With Their Parents’ Estates
There was no last will. My husband and I knew we’d have our work cut out for us. My father-in-law’s…
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When to Give Inheritance Money to Your Kids
Should an inheritance be strictly an inheritance, to be left to children when their parents die? Or should parents use…
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The Five Biggest Issues for Technology Companies in 2021
After a year of startling growth, the tech industry faces a more vexing 2021. The pandemic helped bring the world’s…
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