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This stock-market strategy lets you play the energy boom while cutting your risk

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Trapped in a debt cycle from apps offering quick cash before payday? This loophole can get you out.

Genna Contino is the Smart Spending reporter on MarketWatch’s personal finance desk. She previously covered personal…

I’m being forced into a Roth 401(k). Is there anything I can do?

High earners have to pay tax on their catch-up 401(k) contributions and deposit them into workplace…

‘I’m a loner’: I’m 62 with a multimillion-dollar portfolio and no heirs. Should I find a wife for my twilight years?

“I have never been married, have no siblings, and both my parents have passed away.”

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The biggest difference these days between U.S. Treasurys and official emerging-market bonds is that Treasurys pay…

The latest jobs report is bad news if you’re looking for work — except in these fields

Andrew Keshner is a personal finance reporter for MarketWatch who covers taxes, debt, insurance, jobs, consumers…

A budget airline cancelled my flight and gave me a $25 voucher and a hotel room. Is this normal?

“After cancelling, they put me on a different flight that had no TVs.”

The great ‘shrinkflation’ of housing in America: What $500,000 buys today vs. what it bought in 2019

In 2019, $500,000 was more than enough to buy a single-family home in much of the…