'She has been telling him lies': My sister convinced my father to sign everything over to her. What can I do?
By your telling, your father has been bullied, ambushed and coerced into signing a new will. There are two people at fault here: Your eldest sister and the attorney she used to draft these documents ...
My mother, 81, is a hoarder and lives in squalor. What happens if her condo board finds out?
What if the management company ever had to access her unit?' My 81-year-old mother lives one mile away from me. I have not been inside her house for probably a year or more. She doesn't want me in ...
Everything you wanted to know about a recession but were afraid to ask
Prominent independent economists are more worried in public about the outlook. "If I had to make a bet, it would be a recession," said former Fed Vice Chairman Alan Blinder in a CNBC interview ...
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'Would you post your DNA on Facebook?' Why I'd never use 23andMe or any other DNA testing service
I was sorry that 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, but there would be a blizzard in Death Valley before I would ever use an online DNA kit company. I don't feel comfortable ...
Social Security says it's only closing one field office. So what about the 22 leases that were terminated?
The Social Security Administration has said it is only permanently closing one hearing office - in White Plains, N.Y. - and that news of any other such closures is "false." ...
I met a friend for lunch. When the check arrived, she said, 'Thank you so much for paying!' Was I taken for a fool?
Since you like the tea, I thought I might share a story that happened to me. A female high-school friend and I had decided to reunite and have lunch. She was always very kind and I thought we could ...
23andMe's failure shows how risky it can be to invest in a SPAC
Then the SPAC converts its ticker symbol and name over to one matching the name of the acquired business. This process in the past initially tended to attract higher risk, early stage companies ...
I ate noodles during law school and graduated debt-free. Now my sister needs money. Is it OK to say no?
My then-wife and I made enormous financial sacrifices during my college years. We spent almost nothing on groceries, eating potatoes, ramen noodles and Rice-A-Roni almost every night. We would not ...
'I'm absolutely terrible at managing money': I'm 35 with zero savings and $8,000 debt. How do I turn my life around?
I am absolutely terrible at managing money. I need help, I need someone to lead me in the right direction and to tell me how on earth to do and how to get on top of this. It's driving me crazy. I've ...
Smart Investor: Where to Invest in Q2, Trump Tariffs and the Economy, and What’s Next for Chip Stocks
Taking a step back, in some ways, stocks haven’t really suffered much of a hit. The market is roughly back to where it was six months ago, and equities are still up from a year ago. But should ...
My father died, leaving everything to my 90-year-old stepmother. Do I have a right to ask her if I'm in her will?
My stepmother appointed my stepbrother as the executor of her will. My father passed away in 2004. My stepmother has a condo and a fair amount of investments, although I have no idea how much she has.
Stocks are on pace for their worst month since 2022. Could April bring buying opportunities?
To be sure, investors want to know how the sharp selloff in March sets the stage for April - one of the best-performing months of the year for U.S. stocks - and whether that strong seasonal trend ...