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Stocks head toward something that hasn’t happened since the days of the dot-com bubble

The S&P 500 is flirting with what would be a rare accomplishment: rising 20% or more during two consecutive calendar years.At least, that...

‘It’s a very ugly American trait’: I cried foul when basic-economy passengers grabbed premium-economy seats. The airline has finally shown me respect.

Dear Viva,Comparing premium-economy upstarts to early settlers is a leap for this first-world problem. Not all historians or anthropologists would agree with you....

I’m 40 with two school-age kids. I want to leave my corporate job and live off the interest from my $500,000 investments. Is this...

Dear MarketWatch,I am 40 years old, married, with two school-age kids. We have $500,000 in a 6-month CD earning 5%, which is approximately...