Gail Marks Jarvis – Page 37

The saver's credit gives a special tax break to low- and moderate-income taxpayers who are saving for retirement.

Tax credit helps low-income workers save for retirement

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

If a stranger walked up to you today and offered to give you $1,000, and it wasn't a con job, would you take it? How about $200 or $100? If...

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 30, 2015, in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose sharply that morning, though it ended the first quarter slightly below where it started the year.

1st quarter ends with stocks down, disappointment over economy

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

The first quarter has come to an end with analysts much less certain about the strength of the economy than they were late in 2014 and the Dow Jones Industrial...

For Americans, bargains have been sharply reduced in European and Japanese markets.

Few bargains to be found in foreign funds

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

It seems so obvious. Smart investing means looking for bargains and buying the type of stocks and stock funds that are cheaper than others. On that basis, you might assume...

A screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Nasdaq composite index March 20, 2015.

Deflation fears rise as prices fall

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

One of the spooky words kicked around by stock market watchers during the last few months has been deflation. It conjures up the idea of people standing in bread lines...

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday is expected to prepare investors for a day soon when interest rates will rise.

Is economy ready to fly or headed for crash landing?

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

Is the mommy robin getting ready to push her fledglings out of the nest? If you were to talk with most economists, they probably wouldn't express the angst about Wednesday's...

With recent losses, the S&P and the Dow have given back all the gains they'd made so far in 2015.

Stocks plunge on dollar’s strength, possible rise in interest rates

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

You might think one of the strongest unemployment rates in years would be viewed as good news for the stock market. But with investors used to coddling from the Federal...

Financial advisers are bolstering their efforts to attract female clients.

Financial advisers strengthen focus on attracting female clients

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

They are swarming around women and trying to perfect their pickup lines. Financial advisers want women clients, and consultants are busy suggesting ways to woo them. Firms ranging from Fidelity...

Apple's Fifth Avenue Store in New York. The company, which may become the first trillion dollar firm, will join the Dow Jones industrial average on March 19.

Take a Dow, Apple

May 25, 2019 at 1:49 p.m.

In a sign of the times, Apple is about to take its place among the 30 bluest of the blue chip companies — in other words, among the nation's premier...

Worried about another Nasdaq crash? ‘We’ve learned’ those lessons

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

Is this a reason to celebrate or to cower? The Nasdaq stock market index has just about clawed its way back to 5,132, the high point it reached 15 years...

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds up a copy of the Federal Reserve's 100th annual report as she testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing Feb. 24, 2015.

Stocks rally on Greece deal, Fed remarks … but will good feelings last?

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

Another intermission in the Greek debt drama and pacifying words from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen have lifted stocks once again to new record highs. Yet neither Greece nor the...

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