Protect yourself against unethical family members who try to cheat you out of your money.
Personal Finance Daily: A star-crossed trade: Yogis offered friendship to a rich Malibu doctor in exchange for a third of his $60 million fortune and annual rent growth continues to slow — so why do prices still feel so high?
Friday’s top personal finance stories.
: Is the stock market open on Presidents Day?
What investors need to know about the February U.S. holiday.
The Wall Street Journal: Biden EPA reinstates limits on mercury, restoring regulation stripped away by Trump
The Biden administration has reinstated an Obama-era rule on mercury and other toxic chemicals that are emitted from coal-fired and oil-fired power plants, pollutants that the Environmental Protection Agency says are a health risk to people who live near these facilities.
The Margin: 5 things to know about Presidents Day (aka Washington’s Birthday)
The holiday, which is being observed this year on Feb. 20, honors our first president. Or does it?
Market Extra: Why Wall Street’s growth-heavy Nasdaq Composite is still rallying as Treasury yields rise
Stock-market investors should not blindly follow the established narratives suggesting rising Treasury yields usually spook technology and growth stocks but focus on underlying economic trends which are the real driver, market analysts say.
Chuck Jaffe: ‘We’re all bracing for impact.’ Most Americans think a recession is already here.
Given the worse alternatives, a little recession now actually could be good.
The Tell: Meme-stock era record falls: Retail traders dumped $1.5 billion a day into U.S. equities in January
Retail traders bought up U.S. stocks at the fastest pace ever recorded in January, as inflows from traders using electronic brokerages surpassed the previous peak from the height of the meme-stock craze, according to data from Vanda Research.
: Amazon wants workers back in the office three days a week
Amazon will ask workers to come into the office at least three days a week starting in May
Earnings Results: Deere’s stock has its best day in 2 years, but demand for lawn tractors has ‘softened considerably’
Deere’s stock surges after big profit beat, but the agricultural-equipment maker said demand for lawn tractors has “softened considerably” since last year.