I'm sorry that you lost your wife after such a long stay in the hospital. Having this debt hanging over you only makes a traumatic situation worse. You and your wife are not alone in being uninsured; ...

Almost half (48%) of Americans who are not yet retired say they don't have enough saved to allow them to retire when they want to, according to a new study by insurance company MassMutual. Among ...

Tech giants look cheap on an earnings-growth basis, while U.S. stocks overall can resist seasonal weakness Three weeks into the dreaded September-October stretch when U.S. stocks often tumble, there ...

Surviving spouses can get up to 100% of the benefits of the person who died, which includes delayed credits - that is, the extra money you're getting because you waited until age 70 to claim your ...

The U.S. stock market was already priced two-thirds of the way for a 50 basis point cut. So they basically delivered on what they market was already discounting. It was probably the appropriate move ...

Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in two years a day after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.09% as of Sept. 19, according to data ...

"Retirement is not a math problem," Benz told MarketWatch. "People might be surprised to see a book from me that is half nonfinancial - maybe not even half. But I feel like people are overly focused ...

Dear Wife No. 4, First, you won't be left completely at a loss, but you do need to tie up a few loose ends before you can breathe a sigh of relief. The rules vary for spouses versus divorced spouses, ...

In a boon for EV buyers and a setback for EV sellers, used-electric-vehicle values are down 25% in the past year, with the biggest drops for the used Tesla (TSLA) Model 3 (down 24.8% over the past ...

There was the scenic cab ride from the airport that cost a mere $10. And the festive meal in a salon-like setting, replete with a lively three-piece band, that ran $60.

For the IBD and MarketWatch list of the Most Trusted Financial Companies in 2024, we asked more than 7,000 survey participants for their opinion of the financial soundness of the financial companies ...

Immigrants are not costing Social Security any money. They are not costing Medicare any money. That is true of immigrants with legal status in the U.S. - but it is also true of people who entered the ...