The latest $5 meal? This year's Thanksgiving dinner.
The cost of a 12-item meal during Thanksgiving has typically been below $5 per person since 1986, when the Farm Bureau began tracking the data. The two exceptions were in 2022 and 2023, when inflation ...
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New Zealand Retail Sales Moribund in 3Q
SYDNEY--Retail sales were weaker in New Zealand in the third quarter, with the data once again confirming the moribund nature of the farm-rich economy, which is making rapid cuts to interest rates.
From bibles to sneakers to guitars: Trump-branded merchandise is everywhere, but could it create legal woes for the president-elect?
Trump's forays into branded products go back many years and include everything from a Trump line of steaks to a Trump vodka. But Trump made a much stronger push with licensed products after he left ...
Will inflation stick around? What oil, gold and stocks are signaling about rising prices.
U.S. large-cap value stocks outperformed growth equities in 2022 when inflation surged to the highest level in more than 40 years. The Russell 1000 Value Index RLV was off 9.5% in 2022, outpacing the ...
Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Fed Minutes, U.S. PCE Data in Focus
The Conference Board's consumer confidence indicator for November is due Tuesday, followed by the second estimate of third-quarter GDP, October durable goods orders and weekly jobless claims Wednesday ...
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More retailers squeeze in earnings reports before Black Friday with holidays and tariffs in focus
Earnings Watch: Macy's and Nordstrom among the retail names reporting. Results are also due from Crowdstrike. With Black Friday and the holiday shopping sprint just days away, quarterly results from ...
'We're living in uncertainty': My sister has Alzheimer's disease. How do I know the right time to take control of her finances?
A living will or living trust can also provide additional instructions for how your sister wishes her estate to be handled after her death. Crucially, a trust would help her executor, or the ...
'I don't want the government involved in my affairs': My husband lists me as his beneficiary. We don't have children. Do we need a will?
'My concern is that there would be some involvement by the state that would cost me' ...
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'My house is paid off': How do I ensure my son-in-law never gets my money - even if my daughter dies before he does?
I am a divorced woman in my 70s. I have accumulated a nice retirement fund and my house is paid off. I will definitely be consulting an estate attorney, but I would like to go in with some knowledge.
Smart Investor: Is It Time to Buy Healthcare Stocks, Stocks With Big Valuation Boosts, Nvidia Takeaways
Tom Lauricella is chief markets editor for Morningstar.
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8 ways almost anyone can create a happier retirement
From retirement 'euphoria' to a search for meaning: Retirement isn't a decision, it's a process. After eight years conducting more than 200 interviews with 120 people who were mostly either retired or ...
Investors can look ahead to Nvidia, Treasury bonds and a bullish finish to 2024
This buying surge caused a rally in small-cap indexes, such as the Value Line Index or the Russell 2000 index RUT. As is often the case on Wall Street, when a winning strategy is discovered, traders ...