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Market Snapshot: Stocks Close Lower As Optimism Over Upcoming U.S.-China Trade Meeting Wanes

U.S. stocks close lower ahead of a fresh round of high-level tariff negotiations between Beijing and Washington, schedul... Read more

Economic Report: U.S. Consumer Credit Growth Weakens A Bit In August

Consumer borrowing rose $17.9 billion in August, below the strong $23 billion pace in July, but still above recent trend... Read more

Asia Markets: Asian Markets Mixed Ahead Of Renewed U.S.-China Trade Talks

Asian shares were mixed Monday, following a healthy report on U.S. jobs, while investors cautiously awaited the upcoming... Read more

Mutual Funds Weekly: Find Your Balance As Stock Market Uncertainty Kicks Up Money Worries

Money and investing features popular with MarketWatch readers this past week. Read more

The Cost Of Withdrawing Cash From An Out-of-network ATM Just Hit A Record High

The average overdraft fee for checking accounts has also increased. Read more

The Downside To Charles Schwab And TD Ameritrade Eliminating Trading Fees (yes, Really)

Financial advisers discuss the real cost of free stock trades. Read more

The Moneyist: My Sister Looks After My Moms Business And $3 Million Estate — Should She Have All This Power?

‘We have no idea what she is being paid or if she and my mom are making the best financial decisions.’ Read more

The Moneyist: My Husband Sponsored Me To Move To The U.S., But He Makes Me Pay All The Bills And Keeps His Own Salary

‘We went to couple’s counseling and decided to stay together, but his lies and deception have taken a toll on our ma... Read more

Outside The Box: Your Questions About Retirement Planning Boiled Down To 20 Answers

Confused about investing, Medicare, Social Security? Start here. Read more

Americans Are Not A Fan Of Universal Basic Income For Families, But These Two G7 Countries Feel Very Differently

American respondents with more education also showed greater levels of support for UBI than those with less education. ... Read more

PayPal Drops Out Of Libra Project: Report

In what could be a lethal blow to Facebook Inc.’s controversial Libra project, PayPal Holdings Inc. is reportedly on t... Read more

Economic Report: U.S. Adds 136,000 Jobs In September, Unemployment Rate Hits 50-year Low

The U.S. created 136,000 new jobs in September, while the unemployment rate hit a new cycle low of 3.5%, the Labor Depa... Read more

The Fed: Feds Mester Says September Job Report Was Pretty Solid

Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said Friday she was pleased with the ‘pretty solid’ September employment repo... Read more

The Fed: Feds Rosengren Says Soft Data This Week Shouldnt Have Come As A Surprise

Some of the weakness seen in the economic indicators that gave the market heartburn really wasn’t all that surprising,... Read more