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

Sign up for my weekly Smart Investor newsletter here. This week’s highlights: The Morningstar US Market Index gained another ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

You could receive up to $7,500 from the AT&T settlement. Here's how class-action suits work.

AT&T customers may be eligible for a piece of a $177 million class-action settlement stemming from two data breaches in 2024. And it could take them only a few minutes to make their claim. But why ...

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 ...

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 ...

How improving the lives of Black seniors will help all older adults

The Older Americans Act, which helped provide nutritional support, in-home assistance, transportation, legal aid and caregiver support, has yet to be re-funded. Meanwhile, the Administration for ...

'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 ...

Turning stocks and bonds into crypto-style trades won't be happening soon. Here's why.

At the moment, even when assets are tokenized, the actual clearing and settlement still happen off the blockchain. In most cases, that means the blockchain record is essentially just a duplicate of ...

Inflation alarm bells went off again and prices are rising. Just how bad is it going to get?

Most companies, it turns out, have been reluctant to raise prices. Americans are tired of inflation and they are more resistant to price increases, forcing firms to adopt an array of strategies. The ...