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Currencies wobble as Trump announces new trade tariffs
There’s been a historic amount of earthshaking stock-market volatility this year
S&P 500 erased all of its gains for 2018 to mark 1.1% year-to-date decline as trade-war anxieties intensify

The S&P 500 index on Thursday turned sharply negative for 2018, erasing its year-to-date gain amid a broad downturn for Wall Street equities. The S...
Dow's roughly 724-point decline marks worst 1-day stumble in 6 weeks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished sharply lower as losses gathered steam late Thursday, producing the worst loss in a single-session for th...
All 30 Dow components end in the red, powered by a 200-point drag by Boeing, 3M's stocks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled on Thursday, with all of its 30 components finishing an ugly session in negative territory, led by a sharp...
Dow skids below level at 24,000 as blue-chip stocks close with 724-point loss

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 700 points Thursday as losses accelerated late in the session, pushing the blue-chip gauge benea...
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Bitcoin stumbles as Binance faces potential regulatory backlash
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Terminix seeks to add 700 at national hiring event

Pest control company Terminix, a ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc. brand, seeks to fill 700 open positions at its National Hiring Day event on Ma...
- SPX -2.52%
- SERV -1.88%
Nike swings to loss, but sales beat expectations; shares rise

Shares of Nike Inc. rose more than 2% late Thursday after the company swung to a surprise loss in the fiscal third quarter thanks to the U.S. tax ...
- NKE -2.91%
Consumer staples ETF suffers longest-ever losing streak

The SPDR Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF slumped 0.8% Thursday, and while it was the third-best performing tracker of the 11 key S&P 500 secto...
Micron shares fall even as results beat Street views

Micron Technology Inc. shares fell in the extended session Thursday after the chipmaker topped Wall Street estimates following a weeks-long run-up...
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A long-term bet on an essential commodity with a limited supply—and it’s liquid

Why you should think of investment managers as personal trainers

Stocks to Watch
Markets Now: Dow Slumps 724 Points as Tariff Tantrum Sinks Stocks

Stocks slumped today after the Trump administration announced tariffs against China.
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Micron Slips Despite FYQ2 Beat, Higher Q3 View

Micron shares quickly dropped 8 points in late trading, despite beating even its own heightened quarterly outlook, and despite a higher forecast fo...
Focus on Funds
5 Things to Know About the Coming Sector Shuffle

Morgan Stanley's quant Brian Hayes lays out investor implications
Asia Stocks to Watch
Tech Stocks Lead Asia Markets Higher

The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits drops to 45-year low

Initial U.S. jobless claims rose by 3,000 to 229,000 in mid-March, but they remain near the lowest levels since 1970.
Trump Today: President says China tariff action ‘first of many’ against unfair trade

President Donald Trump said Thursday that new tariffs on Chinese goods were the first of many actions to address unfair trade, as he lashed out on ...
Hedge funds are studying Jerome Powell’s facial expressions to predict interest rates

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spent about 40 minutes trying to explain to reporters the central bank’s latest thinking about interest rate...
Trump, Xi enter rockier phase as U.S.-China trade fight heats up

Kellyanne Conway on avoiding opioids: Eat the ice cream, have the french fries

Departing Tillerson: ‘This can be a very mean-spirited town’

Mr. Roboto? Trump sells China tariffs as fight over robots, other future technologies

Filing your tax returns online? Watch out for these surprises that bump up your fees

Make sure you know what you’re paying for before filing.
San Francisco bans sale of fur, but Americans can’t get enough of it

Demand for fur in the U.S. has actually increased.

5 popular tax tips you shouldn’t follow

Here are five misguided, worthless or flat-out bad pieces of tax advice that tax pros say they wish never existed.

Gallup: Only 7% of K-12 teachers want to carry guns in the classroom

A new poll asked teachers how they would like to deal with gun control.

Today's Interest Rates

mortgage
equity
savings
auto
credit cards

30 yr fixed Jumbo	4.60%
30 yr fixed	4.36%
15 yr fixed	3.79%
10 yr fixed	3.69%
30 yr fixed refi	4.33%
15 yr fixed refi	3.76%
5/1 ARM	4.24%
5/1 ARM refi	4.17%

National averages from Bankrate.com

$30K HELOC	3.45%
$50K HELOC	3.52%
$75K HELOC	3.42%
$100K HELOC	3.52%
$30K Home Equity Loan	5.14%
$50K Home Equity Loan	4.84%
$75K Home Equity Loan	4.84%
$100K Home Equity Loan	4.72%

National averages from Bankrate.com

5 yr CD	1.65%
2 yr CD	1.04%
1 yr CD	0.89%
MMA $10K+	0.29%
MMA $50K+	0.45%
MMA Savings	0.35%
MMA Savings Jumbo	0.49%

National averages from Bankrate.com

60 Mo Used Car	3.90%
48 Mo Used Car	3.92%
36 Mo Used Car	3.93%
72 Mo New Car	3.84%
60 Mo New Car	3.71%
48 Mo New Car	3.62%
60 Mo Auto Refi	2.98%
36 Mo Auto Refi	2.57%

National averages from Bankrate.com

	Avg APR	Last Wk	6 Mnths
Low Interest	13.14%	13.14%	12.89%
Business	13.93%	13.93%	13.68%
Balance Transfer	15.63%	15.63%	15.38%
Student	15.92%	15.92%	15.70%
Airline	16.41%	16.41%	16.07%
Reward	16.51%	16.51%	16.24%
Cash Back	16.67%	16.67%	16.40%
Instant Approval	18.82%	18.82%	18.60%
Bad Credit	23.62%	23.62%	23.46%

Source: CreditCards.com

Quentin Fottrell answers your questions about inheritance, tipping, weddings, re-gifting, or any tricky money issues relating to family and friends. Have a question? Send it to the Moneyist.

My husband inherited money — should I divorce him after he pays off our mortgage?

This woman appears to be planning an exit from her marriage, helped by her husband’s windfall.
My husband sold his grandmother’s house and paid off our mortgage — now his family is threatening to sue

Her husband was power of attorney to his grandmother and his mother is now threatening legal action.
My father is moving to a retirement community — do we sell or rent his $1.8 million home?

This son and daughter wonder whether they should sell, rent or wait to inherit it.
My sister lent my father the down payment for his home and put her name on the mortgage — then he refinanced

She’s concerned her sister will end up carrying the can for the down payment.

What’s a required minimum distribution and what happens if you don’t take it?

If you turned 70 ½ last year, make sure you take your RMD
Train your brain to save more and spend less

Fresh ways to use your mental quirks to your economic advantage.
How ‘easy’ target-date funds can endanger your retirement

Human behavior and investing aren’t simple
Absolutely do not be tempted to pay for college this way

Relying on a credit card to pay for your tuition and fees can cause serious problems later on.

A long-term bet on an essential commodity with a limited supply—and it’s liquid

World Water Day has triggered a flurry of reports and analyses on the challenge facing many countries in managing their supply, as incidents of drought increase and climate change makes dry regions even dryer
Mortgage rates edge up even as trade war worries loom ahead

Rates for home loans rose, but barely, as competing market forces sent investors selling - and then buying - bonds.

Existing-home sales snap back in February even as inventory slides to a fresh low

Sales of previously-owned homes jumped sharply in February, but inventory headwinds persist and high prices are keeping marginal buyers like first-...
After brief hurricane spike, foreclosures fall to new depths

The number of new foreclosure actions fell to among the lowest in two decades once the 2017 storm effects receded.

Workers in this field are the least likely to have health insurance

These workers also happen to work in some of the most dangerous professions.