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Know When to Jettison a Stock

The decision to sell isn’t easy. Use our guide whether you’re taking profits or tossing a loser.

How to Minimize Your Tax Bite

Use these strategies to boost your after-tax returns.

LESSONS FROM TOP INVESTING GURUS

Take a master class from some of Wall Street’s best.

TOPIC A IRS PLANS TO TRACK DOWN TAX CHEATS

The proposal targets high-income taxpayers, but enforcement wouldn’t be limited to the top 1%.

Keep Moving Costs in Check

Young people tend to move frequently as they start their careers and change jobs, and the pandemic hasn’t reversed that trend.

Think Twice Before You Close a Credit Card

Even if you’re no longer using it, closing an account could ding your credit score.

YOU MAY GET MORE TIME TO TAP RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS

But delaying required minimum distributions isn’t always a good idea.

Who Really Gets Rich From Robinhood

The app makes millions funneling inexperienced investors to Wall Street traders. Did Alex Kearns pay with his life?

Avoid This Sumer's Rush Plan A Fall Getaway

Prices will be lower, you’ll encounter fewer crowds, and pandemic restrictions are likely to ease even more.

7 Inviting Places To Retire

These small cities check all the boxes for an affordable, active retirement.

COVID's Silver Lining: A Calmer Life

This family left the West Coast for a simpler lifestyle in a small Cape Cod town.

How to Fix Your Credit Reports

Before you apply for a mortgage or car loan, check your credit files for errors that could derail your plans.

Protect Yourself Against New ID Theft Schemes

Crooks are using more-sophisticated tricks to steal your data.

Where to Invest Now

AFTER A POWERFUL START, STOCKS WILL GRIND HIGHER IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2021. BUT WATCH OUT FOR CURVEBALLS.

Marriage and Taxes: What You Need to Know

Most couples will owe less in federal taxes by filing jointly, but sometimes it pays to go it alone.

How to Cash In on the Final Frontier

Most space-themed investments are moonshots. Use our stock and fund picks to bet on space exploration.

GUARD AGAINST PANDEMIC SCAMS

Billions in stimulus funds create new opportunities for fraud.

Do You Have Too Much Cash?

A sizable hoard is comforting but could crimp long-term portfolio gains.

ABLE Accounts Offer Financial Independence

More than 40 states now offer these tax-friendly savings plans for people with disabilities.

America Is Getting Older

Census data show a decline in younger workers. That puts more pressure on programs that support seniors.

The New Economics

Policymakers learned the lessons of 2008 and deployed a wider set of tools to help repair the damage from Covid. They know how to create a recovery, but can they manage the boom?

‘Look Where We Were and Where We Are Now'

IT LOOKS LIKE a woman’s world on the 29th floor of Tamkeen Tower, where a call center for Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics overlooks the beige sprawl of Riyadh. Past frosted glass doors, the few men to one side of the room are vastly outnumbered by female colleagues sitting at desks spread across the office.

You Have to Be Prepared to Act

To repair the economic damage wrought by the pandemic, Freeland says she’s using lessons from her journalism career and the collapse of the Soviet Union

Tracking Vaccinations

WHEN IS ALL THIS going to be over?

The U.S. Can't Afford a Tax Policy That Punishes Wealth

HIS CRITICS AND supporters agree: President Joe Biden’s tax plans are radical. He wants a substantial increase in U.S. public spending and means to pay for it by raising taxes on the rich, in particular by almost doubling the top tax rate on investment income. Unsurprisingly, the idea seems to be playing well in opinion polls. It would be odd if the promise to lift up the poor and middle class at the expense of the top 3% was unpopular. The question is whether it’s smart.

The Death Cross

In South Korea, living alone and childless is becoming a way of life—with dramatic consequences for one of Asia’s most successful economies

Stay on Top of Deal Developments With These Automated Stories

DEALMAKING JUST HAD the best first quarter in more than 20 years. Global mergers-and-acquisitions volume hit $1.1 trillion in the January-through-March period, and the number of deals—14,852—was the highest recorded in any quarter since Bloomberg started compiling deal data in 1998. While M&A soared in every region, North American acquirers led the way, racking up $568 billion of transactions.

The Bahamas' Central Banker Explains Why Its ‘Sand Dollar' Led the Way

THE BAHAMAS BECAME a global leader in e-money last year when it launched one of the world’s first central bank digital currencies— the “sand dollar”—beating China’s “digital renminbi” to the market by six months.