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The California wildfires could push more people toward travel insurance. This type offers extra peace of mind — for a price.

Insurers have seen a rise in cancel-for-any-reason policies. Here’s what travelers should know before buying in.

Here’s when you can file your 2024 taxes — and what’s new this year with refunds, tax laws and free tax prep

Income-tax refunds averaged more than $3,100 last year. How much will they be this year?

Can I move money from my IRA to an HSA? ‘Medical expenses keep growing.’ 

“If there was a way to pay for them out of pretax funds, it would be most helpful.”

Cinemark’s stock is dubbed a top pick amid ‘compelling’ slate of 2025 movies

Movie-theater chain Cinemark will reap the benefits of an improving box office in 2025, according to analyst firm Benchmark.

What may happen in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires

The quantum-computing-stock meltdown, surging bond yields and how to decide whether or not a Roth retirement account is best for you.

Cooking the books: Pals Donald Trump and Vince McMahon both resolve hush-money cases

Trump was sentenced Friday to no jail time for covering up payments to women, while McMahon settled with the SEC for similarly hiding payoffs from WWE’s books.

Shares in TikTok’s rivals gain as Supreme Court weighs U.S. ban for social-media app

The shares of publicly traded companies that compete with TikTok were gaining Friday as the video-sharing platform’s attorney faced tough questions from Supreme Court justices during oral arguments over a law that could ban the service in the U.S. on national-security grounds.

Major corporations are rushing to issue bonds as Treasury yields spike

Higher bond yields are spooking stocks, but retirees are helping to drive demand for annuities and corporate debt.

Nvidia’s stock is down 9% from its recent record. That shows the short term is winning out for now.

Nvidia’s stock is off 9% from an all-time high hit earlier this week, with investors focused more on the here and now than on new eye-popping projections of market opportunity.

Bitcoin may fall 20% to $73,000 if it breaks below this key support level 

Bitcoin may face a downside potential to $73,000 if it breaks below its support level at around $90,680, according to Kim Kramer Larsson, analyst at Saxo Bank.

Surprising December jobs growth is denting chances of a first-half Fed rate cut

Friday’s unexpectedly big increase in December nonfarm payrolls was leading to a reduced market-based likelihood for any rate cut by the Federal Reserve until September, based on one method of calculating expectations — and one big bank sees the risks tilting toward a rate hike.

Consumer expectations for higher inflation soar in early January

Americans’ expectations for overall inflation over the next year jumped to 3.3% in January from 2.8% in the prior month, according to the University of Michigan’s gauge of consumer sentiment.
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