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'Money means nothing to my wealthy clients': My coworkers step on each other to get ahead. How do I compete?
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'I'm very cynical': My stepmother, 85, makes bizarre requests for money from my father's $10M trust. Should I be concerned?
My father left a life estate for my 85-year-old stepmother. The current market value is about $10 million. He used a crappy lawyer to set up a very boilerplate trust agreement and, because the ...
My father is giving me $250K to buy a home, but told me not to tell my two siblings. Am I morally obligated to tell them?
Related: 'My retirement is going to be a disaster': I'm 59 and have $45,000 in my 401 (k). I earn $72,000. Am I doomed?
My ailing father's house burned down in the California fires. Will our brother, who took care of them, lose his inheritance?
The house was lost in the California fires. Our family's trust lawyer now says that, because the house is gone, the insurance proceeds and case settlement might now need to be split between my sibling ...
'I try to think ahead': My boyfriend earns more than me, but I refuse to marry him without a prenup. Is that wise?
Related: 'An argument ensued': My mother entrusted my inheritance to her second husband. It all went horribly wrong. On paper, he would be the one who would benefit from a prenup.
'We are the most privileged': My husband and I are tired of paying for our friends. How do we get them to pay their way?
'My husband almost always ends up paying for everyone or picks up the entire bill' ...
Why Trump - and investors - will probably be disappointed by the Fed this week
The conflict between Trump and Powell worried investors because it called into question the independence of the Fed. The S&P 500 dropped roughly 2.4% the day Trump gave those remarks to reporters.
Wall Street's outlook sours on second quarter, with bigger forecast cuts than normal
Then, early last month, President Donald Trump announced expansive new tariffs on much of the world. Adjustments and carve-outs followed. But from March 31 to April 30, the report said, Wall Street ...
A real-estate giant wants sellers to list their homes privately. Will homeowners benefit?
Under traditional rules in the real-estate world, homes like Bigelow's that are for sale typically need to be listed on a multiple listing service within 24 hours of the agent publicly declaring that ...
A real-estate giant wants sellers to list -2-
Cutting off a home buyer's access to a significant share of listings by requiring them to work with a specific company is a big step back for the average buyer, Leo Pareja, chief executive of eXp ...
If you read April's jobs report, you won't be surprised by the No. 1 'best job' in America
April's employment report, released Friday, arrived with the usual anxiety and predictions that cuts made by the entity known as the Department of Government Efficiency would hurt job creation, and ...
Buffett passes the torch - here's what Berkshire loyalists should know, from a longtime insider
Warren Buffett announced Saturday that he will ask Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) (BRK.B) board of directors to formally designate Greg Abel as the company's next CEO. The board will consider the matter ...