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Is it better to be a W-2 payroll employee or a self-employed 1099 worker?

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Hello and welcome to Financial Face-off, a MarketWatch column where we help you weigh financial decisions. Our columnist will give her verdict. Tell us whether you think she’s right in the comments. And please share your suggestions for future Financial Face-off columns. Whether you call it the Great Resignation, the Great Renegotiation or the Great…

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New research casts doubt on rent control as a way to help the poor: ‘Tenants who gained the most from rent control had higher incomes and were more likely to be white’

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Rent control was supposed to make housing more affordable for lower-income Americans. Turns out, it may be doing just the opposite. Rent control efforts in St. Paul, Minn. have benefited more white, higher-income tenants, a new study authored by researchers at the University of Southern California and distributed by the National Bureau of Economic Research…

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I received a $ 130,000 inheritance from my mother. My husband says it’s mine to spend. What should I do with it – and why do I feel so guilty?

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Dear Quentin, My dilemma involves a small inheritance that I have recently received upon my mother’s passing. It’s about 130,000. I need advice about what to do with it. A little background: My husband has been very diligent about our retirement savings over the years, and although we might not be considered wealthy, we are…

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Americans Will Never Forget The Historic Economic Collapse During Joe Biden’s Presidency – Investment Watch

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by Michael We have faced a lot of significant challenges in modern American history, but nobody will ever forget the economic horror that is breaking loose during Joe Biden’s time in the White House. For years, we were warned that the policies that our leaders were pursuing would destroy the value of our currency and…

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Why I’m not celebrating National Donut Day

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Friday should be a cause for celebration. And not because it’s the kickoff to Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Instead, it’s something much more important – at least to those of us living on this side of the Atlantic. Namely, it’s National Donut Day, an occasion that will have us seeking free offerings of the…

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Opinion: Inflation has peaked – now it’s time to go bargain shopping for consumer-discretionary stocks

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It’s time to buy consumer-discretionary stocks. Why? Investors hate them so much, they now look attractive. Beyond the contrarian angle, here’s the high-level reasoning. When inflation rages, consumers get scared. Investors notice the weak sentiment and sell consumer stocks. But if inflation has peaked, that means these dynamics will reverse and the stocks will go…

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Dow up nearly 300 points, Nasdaq leads stocks higher despite Microsoft cutting guidance

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Stocks turned higher Thursday, shrugging off earlier weakness, after Microsoft Corp. cut its fourth-quarter guidance ahead of the opening bell, citing the toll taken by a surging US dollar. Investors were also digesting comments from several Federal Reserve officials, labor-market data and a decision by OPEC + members to boost daily oil production. How are…

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‘I am a 53-year-old single man with very little savings’: I want to take out a 30-year mortgage, but pay it off in 7 years. Is that possible?

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I am a 53-year-old single man with very little in savings. I paid off all my credit-card debt a couple of years ago. I have now decided to purchase a home. My rent has increased to the point where it is almost as much as a mortgage, and that is why I am purchasing a…

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A Lesson in Bear Market Bounces – Investment Watch

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By Michael Lebowitz On Sunday, March 16, 2008, Bear Stearns was bought by JPM, with support and financial guarantees from the Fed, for $ 2 a share. It was quite the fall from 170 a year earlier. Wall Street was in the early rounds of a bout with unprecedented financial instability, and the economy would…

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