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07/01/2025

68% of couples without children said they are willing to go into debt to take care of their pets in a medical emergency, with the average couple claiming they would spend an average of $5,004 for pet treatment, according to a new survey.

Pet owners share the financial hoops they’ve jumped through for their cats and dogs — from taking out loans and eating ramen noodles for a month, to shelling out $500 for a dog fart.

07/01/2025

Research shows that one branch of healthcare services can be particularly difficult to access under Medicare — and seniors can pay a high price.

Mental-healthcare services are more difficult to access under Medicare.

07/01/2025

How hard is it to land a good job these days? Many businesses are turning hiring into a hoop-jumping affair. But does that really find the best candidate?

These days, many businesses are turning hiring into a hoop-jumping affair. But does that really find the best candidate?

07/01/2025

Americans are having fewer babies. These large families share how they’re making it work in this economy: Up at 4:45 a.m., driving a 12-passenger van, and no big vacations.

People have a vision of what success in America looks like — a big house, new cars — but “we’ve done what’s best for us,” one mother in Jacksonville, Fla. told MarketWatch. As her kids start going to college, the former accountant plans to return to work to offset new costs.

While family-friendly policies can ease the serious economic challenges weighing down many American parents today, they are unlikely to set off the “baby boom” President Donald Trump hopes to ignite.

07/01/2025

Shares of most solar-power companies and those in the nuclear-power business were headed in opposite directions on Monday, as the Senate’s final version of its tax and spending bill was worse than the previous one for the solar and wind industries.

The Senate’s tax-and-spending bill gives a boost to nuclear power stocks, but knocks down shares of solar companies.

07/01/2025

Opinion: Countries like Denmark and China show that innovation and investment are essential to meet the needs of people who are living and working longer

Countries like Denmark and China show that innovation and investment are essential to meet the needs of people who are living and working longer.

07/01/2025

The market is getting increasingly excited about the possibility of interest-rate cuts from the Fed, but strategists at JPMorgan say the reasons behind the reductions are not likely to be supportive for stocks.

The market is getting increasingly excited about the possibility of interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, but London-based strategists at JPMorgan say the reasons behind the reductions are not likely to be supportive for stocks.

06/30/2025

Women are about to inherit trillions of dollars of wealth — and have plenty of their own earned money to worry about, thank you very much — so why is it still so hard for them to find the kind of help they want from the financial-advice industry?

The financial advice industry is still chewing up and spitting out female advisers

06/30/2025

Independence Day comes with many closures, though it may be a good time to hit the stores.

06/30/2025

Robinhood shares soared into record territory Monday, lifted by the financial services platform’s launch of U.S. stock and ETF tokens for customers in the European Union.

The stock tokens give E.U. investors exposure to hundreds of U.S. stocks, as well as to private companies SpaceX and OpenAI.

06/30/2025

Some same-sex couples fear that their right to marry, which gave them the same legal standing and protections traditionally afforded to heterosexual couples, is increasingly vulnerable.

“Marriage gives you privilege. Estate planning gives you power,” said one estate-planning lawyer. Here are some LGBTQ-focused tips.

06/30/2025

The streaming landscape is cooling off just as summer’s heating up.

Netflix’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2,’ Hulu’s ‘It’s Always Sunny,’ Paramount’s ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ and Max’s streaming debut of ‘Sinners’ are the highlights of a slow month