Is the U.S. losing its safe-haven status? Why global central banks are pulling gold out of New York.

What to know about safe havens and the U.S., as the Netherlands’ central bank follows France in pulling gold out of New York.
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‘I currently give him $1,000 a month’: My grandson has severe mental illness. How do I protect him after I’m gone?

I’m a 72-year-old widow living in a small town in Nevada with limited access to attorneys. My estate is worth $400,000, depending on the value of my investments. Most of my assets already have ...

Fake job recruiters are getting smarter about scamming job seekers. AI is making it even worse.

Scammers are spamming job candidates with emails and LinkedIn messages with offers that are too good to be true.
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7% mortgage rates are already here, some buyers and mortgage experts say

Mortgage rates ticked up to a new high for the year, casting a chill over the housing market. The 30-year mortgage rate jumped 5 basis points to an average of 6.71%, according to new data on Thursday ...

Humanoid robots could upend life as we know it — if only they had better brains

Humanoids need to get better at retaining information and learning from their mistakes. Memory technology will be key to ...

Bloom Energy was just named to the S&P 500. These other stocks are joining the index as well.

After getting passed over for several quarters, Bloom Energy is finally getting a spot in the S&P 500.

Trump’s latest threat — to stop trading with some countries unless there’s a rate cut — risks shock to U.S. economy

Economists and other analysts offered criticism Friday after President Donald Trump floated the idea of stopping trade with ...

Potential midterm-election chaos could roil markets. Here’s one trader’s play.

Buying portfolio insurance to protect against falls in the market — if the outcome of the midterm elections is disputed — is ...

Why does almost nobody want to befriend older people like me — except scammers?

I don’t know if it’s just me, or if this is more common in the world than I realize, but why does nobody seem to want to ...
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My wife and I are in our 70s. Should we move to California and take on a bigger mortgage to be near our kids?

My wife and I are in our early 70s. We currently live in a relatively low-cost, lower-tax Northwest state. Both of our children live in Southern California, where I estimate our cost of living would ...

What summer slump? The case for a pretty good August jobs report.

A 23,000 decline in U.S. employment in July surprised Wall Street - and now some economists expect a big rebound. The loss of ...

Corvex Shares Down After Reporting 1H Loss

Shares of Corvex declined after the company reported a loss for the first half of the year. The stock was off by 7.5% to $13.63 in after-hours trading on Friday. The shares closed 2.9% higher at ...