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How the 'trade of the year' in the bond market became a nightmare for investors after Trump's tariffs
The trade counted on the spread to widen, but that hasn't been playing out. Instead, the world got the biggest global trade fight in a century in the form of tariffs, and extreme volatility in bonds ...
Why does Trump love those 'beautiful' tariffs? It didn't start with China.
No, it began during that glorious Eisenhower era, meaning that for all the blame China deserves for hurting the U.S. economy in myriad ways - like its rampant and thus far unstoppable theft of ...
My cousin died before receiving our uncle's $2M inheritance. Will the rest of the family receive this money instead?
In other words, the laws of the state would then decide who is next in line to receive your uncle's $2 million estate. With no spouse, children or grandchildren living - stepchildren and former ...
The Easter bunny is coming - and that's bad news for already record-high egg prices
Tight supply and high demand directly caused wholesale egg prices to increase for months, culminating in record-high wholesale prices in late February, as well as "intermittent shortages of eggs at ...
'I've made the most money over the last 30 years buying solid companies in terrible markets': Should I start buying?
But you're not the only one with plans of big returns: Individual investors had $4.7 billion worth of net equity purchases on April 3, the day after "liberation day" - when Trump announced his ...
I'm 5 years from retiring and moved my money into non-U.S. stocks. Was that a big mistake?
To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of "Financial Fitness" articles to help readers improve their fiscal health, and offer advice on how to save, invest and spend their money ...
'This is not in my tolerance level': I inherited a $600K portfolio from my father. Should I move it all into bonds?
I have a chunk of money from my father's estate. My investments are losing money fast due to the current economic situation. I called my financial adviser and said this is not within my tolerance ...
Americans are spending their tax refunds differently this year - and it says a lot about this economic moment
Many Americans swimming in high prices and deepening debts are turning to their income-tax refunds as a life jacket. Tax refunds are the biggest single payment some people receive all year; common ...
Social Security rule-reversals, office closures, cost cuts: here's what's happening now.
A day after it announced the elimination of the Office of Transformation, the SSA said it was closing the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity and that it would reassign the office's tasks - ...
Why kosher-for-Passover Coca-Cola is going viral among non-Jewish shoppers
Count St. Louis resident Frank Scaduto as one of the fans of yellow-cap Coke. He's not Jewish, but he's a Coke lover who swears by the cane-sugar version, so he keeps a few extra two-liter ...
Social Security's announcements are leaving its website and moving to X: reports
Weeks after the Social Security Administration said it was increasing transparency and accountability, the agency is reportedly moving its communications off of its website and onto the Elon ...
Apple, Nvidia score major wins with tariff exemptions on iPhones and other tech
Apple Inc. got "the best news possible" overnight, according to an analyst, as the Trump administration exempted smartphones and other consumer electronics products from tariffs.