In the world of exchange-traded funds, the big keep getting bigger, not just drawing more of the investing pie but also making a mark on how the industry defines itself. Meanwhile, several funds with exposure to commodities have spent the past several weeks blowing up.For all that, Jan van Eck, CEO of a small family…
Christopher Wells believes his employer didn’t have any business seeing his mother’s COVID-19 test results. Now he’s out of a job and suing his prior company, alleging wrongful termination.In a case highlighting thorny issues on medical privacy and public health during the coronavirus outbreak, Wells filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging Enterprise Rent-A-Car went…
The COVID-19 pandemic demanded quick and drastic federal government intervention to save jobs and keep the economy from going into a total tailspin. But the legislative process was quick and dirty — with all the inevitable errors, omissions, and unintended consequences. You know that’s true when the Los Angeles Lakers and the Ruth’s Chris Steak…
On a Saturday morning earlier this month, Brooke Evans was participating in a conference via Zoom ZM, -0.56% when a distraction popped up. An email from Credit Karma, a company consumers can use to access their credit score, notified her that a remark had been added to her credit report via Equifax EFX, +0.22%, the…
More than 130 million stimulus checks are already winding their way to millions of Americans. They’re a key part of the government’s $2.2 trillion CARES Act, but furloughed and laid-off workers say a maximum $1,200 payment is not nearly enough to see them through what could be an even bigger economic crisis than the Great…
Fewer Americans are calling their mortgage servicers to ask for relief from mortgage payments, but the housing industry isn’t out of the woods yet. More than 4.1 million homeowners are in forbearance plans now, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. While mortgage servicers are still facing stress because of the record…
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My father had plenty of habits that irritated my mother. But nothing irritated her more than “Marty being cheap.” As a child, I didn’t understand it either. For instance, my father turned off the lights in rooms that people had just left. Sometimes we were leaving just to come right back in, but whenever he…
In light of the continuing pandemic, Congress has temporarily changed the rules on hardship withdrawals from your 401(k). It’s easier to take money out penalty-free, up to $100,000, and you can pay it back and avoid the tax hit. But should you even think about raiding your 401(k) plan? Vanguard, the investment firm founded by…
Long Island and the Hudson Valley could potentially begin the first phase of reopening next week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Friday, which would leave New York City as the only region of the state still shut down. “If the number of deaths continues to decline, they get their tracing up and online,…