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Happy New Year, MarketWatchers! Here are some of the day’s top stories to carry you into 2020.
Personal Finance
Your no B.S. guide to losing weight in the New Year
No fads. No junk science. Here’s what to eat and how to get moving to slim down — and stay that way — in 2020 and beyond.
Secure Act includes one critical tax change ‘that will send estate planners reeling’
The Secure Act includes some other important tax changes that have nothing to do with retirement.
‘She brought nothing of substance into the marriage except debt.’ My stepmother buried my father’s will — then left everything to her kids
‘Her adult children gave me a box of my father’s old family photographs they found in storage.’
10 travel hacks for 2020 — avoid these sudden price hikes and time your vacation so you can fly for free
From Tokyo to ‘transformational’ travel, here are some of the hottest tips for budget-conscious jet-setters for the New Year.
Welcome to America in 2019! It cost this woman $25,000 to treat her strep throat
A series of unfortunate, but often common, choices led to a medical bill that should have cost closer to $600.
Want to get your finances in order in 2020? Make this one New Year’s resolution
‘With effort and perseverance, many in our nation could change from a state of financial fragility to one of financial resilience.’
Opioid deaths rise after car-factory closures, according to major study over two decades
‘Automotive assembly plant closures were associated with statistically significant increases in opioid overdose mortality,’ the researchers concluded.
Mike Bloomberg says his White House will have an open office, but these people spend $500 a month to AVOID their co-workers
Some people with desk jobs are sick and tired of their colleagues, but their solutions could cost them promotions and raises.
My stepfather wants to move his new wife into my late mother’s house: Can I evict her after he dies?
‘Does she have any right to the house?’
I’ve been married 7 years and have 8 kids from a previous marriage — will I be entitled to my mother-in-law’s home when she dies?
‘My mother-in-law does not like me, so I can’t talk to her about this.’
Elsewhere on MarketWatch
Consumers confident in the economy at the end of 2019, but don’t expect faster growth
Americans felt very confident in the U.S. economy at the end of 2019, but they were not quite as optimistic as they were last summer, according to a new survey. The U.S. Conference Boar’s index of consumer confidence fell slightly to 126.5 in December.
These 2 stocks dominated S&P 500 returns in 2019 — and the decade
Apple and Microsoft were the two powerhouses of the stock market’s return over the course of the past 12 months, and 10 years
Cash in on 2019 gains and rebalance portfolios in this way in 2020, Wells Fargo strategist says
As the final trading session of the year gets under way, the three major U.S. benchmark indexes look set for a subdued end to a bumper 2019.
