Beware our “Marie Antoinette” market. Poor Marie Antoinette. The late French queen is best known for her supposedly callous, clueless, privileged suggestion that if the peasants couldn’t get enough ...

’Tis the season for twinkling lights, overflowing inboxes — and scammers working overtime. As Americans rush to buy gifts, book travel and spread holiday cheer, fraudsters are decking the halls with ...

We’ve all heard the phrase “Buy it nice or buy it twice.” Yet most of us are buried in cheap crap we impulse-buy online. It works well enough at first but soon disappoints or wears out. This goes for ...

Never look a gift horse in the mouth, goes the old saying. The stock market was happy to welcome a cooler-than-expected inflation reading, while putting aside worries about the reliability of the data ...

Forecasting a central scenario for the U.S. economy in 2026 appears to be a straightforward exercise. But the probability that this baseline forecast would materialize probably does not exceed 50%: ...

The Car Wizard explains the risks of buying vehicles at auctions, from hidden issues to misleading appearances, and what to watch for before placing a bid. An all-time classic Ole Miss-Georgia Sugar ...

The economy has shifted from a lowercase k to an uppercase one, a Wall Street researcher told me this past week. I nodded and hoped it wasn’t a Kevorkian reference. It turns out it’s all in the arms.

Javier Estrada’s latest research, “Expected Stock Returns in Bullish Times,” shines a spotlight on the mathematical drivers of stock returns—and why today’s market exuberance should be met with ...

Q: Are Windows Defender warnings that pop up with a phone number legit? A: Microsoft’s built-in security tool has improved over the years, and it still blocks plenty of everyday threats. But the ...

Beware the bears: that's the grizzly warning from the U.S. Embassy to Americans living in Japan, after a record spate of attacks in recent months. “Bear sightings and attacks have increased in parts ...

Editor: CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global, paid $16 million to settle a lawsuit with the current president. He anticipates receiving an additional $20 million in advertising or public service ...