Search

How to Decide When to Switch From Bonds to Annuities 11/15/2018 07:00pm • While savings accounts or certificates of deposit should get a bump from continued interest rate hikes, the bonds in your portfolio may not fare as well. The State Street Investor Confidence Index, which measures investor sentiment, lost 3.4 points in October, falling to 84.4 on the heels of the Fe The 7 Best Podcasts for Investors 11/15/2018 07:00pm • Podcasts to make you smarter with your money.If you aren't listening to investment podcasts, you're missing out. Listening to the best investment podcasts is like sitting on the couch with the top investment minds in the country. From legacy index investor Paul Merriman's "Sound Investing" to "Chat Becoming an Executor of an Estate: What You're In For 11/15/2018 07:00pm • If you've been named executor of an estate, you carry the burden of a variety of duties and legal responsibilities, including filing and paying remaining local and federal taxes, assessing the worth of assets, distributing property and sending records to beneficiaries. While you may feel privileged DC play group for 2-year-olds challenged by bureaucracy 11/14/2018 10:15pm • WASHINGTON — For a few hours a week, parents and their 2-year-olds meet for a play group on Capitol Hill. But, the kids and their parents drew scrutiny from the D.C. government, which threatened regulation, setting off alarms among parents and the city council. The Office of the State Superinte How to Use AMCAS to Apply to Medical School 11/14/2018 07:00pm • Aspiring physicians who dream of attending a U.S. medical school should know that getting an acceptance letter from one of these institutions is not an easy feat. In the 2017-2018 school year, the average medical school acceptance rate among the ranked institutions that submitted admissions data to Why Retail Stocks May Have a Good Holiday Season 11/14/2018 07:00pm • The holiday season can be make-or-break time for retail stocks. As malls see lower foot traffic and more shopping moves online, affecting stores like Sears Holding Corp. (ticker: SHLDQ) and J.C. Penney Co. ( JCP), there are questions about the viability of brick-and-mortar retail stores in the era Can Nurse Practitioners Help Ease the Growing Physician Shortage? 11/14/2018 07:00pm • When you're sick, you head to the doctor. But these days, you may have some other options for other health care providers who can take care of you. One in particular that you may be seeing more often is the nurse practitioner, who isn't a doctor but can help patients with some of the same issues and How can the DC area ease traffic? Task force releases suggestions 11/14/2018 06:08pm • WASHINGTON — Motorists waste so much time in D.C.-area traffic, and a Council of Governments task force that has recently released suggested solutions for easing congestion has an ironically appropriate acronym: TIME. The Traffic Incident Management Enhancement Task Force outlined several actio How Investors Can Win as Interest Rates Rise 11/13/2018 07:00pm • If you have a savings account or variable-rate debt, you might be aware that interest rates are rising. But a bit of strategy can help you profit from rising interest rates and avoid a few potential pitfalls. Most interest rate movements are driven by the monetary policy of the Federal Open Market 7 Country ETFs for Global Investors 11/13/2018 07:00pm • Investing outside the U.S. is easy with ETFs.In the recent hard-fought midterm election, there was a lot of rhetoric about America's economic relationships with other nations. Whatever you feel about trade policies, it's important to understand that in 2018 it has been "America first" in terms of in 3 reasons investors shouldn't leave the old 401(k) behind 11/12/2018 08:00am • Many workers leave a 401(k) or 403(b) retirement plan behind after switching jobs for one of two reasons: they didn't know what to do with the account or they never got around to calling the plan provider to have the funds rolled over into an individual retirement account. For individuals in industr More bodies found as officials fight California wildfire 11/11/2018 09:17pm • PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — As relatives desperately searched shelters for missing loved ones, crews stepped up the search for bodies in the smoking ruins of Paradise on Sunday, loading the remains of at least one victim into a hearse. Wildfires continued to rage on both ends of the state. A Northe Is Dust Mite Immunotherapy Right for You? 11/11/2018 07:00pm • Dust mites are one of the most common causes of allergy in the United States. These creepy critters are so tiny you could fit thousands on the head of the pin. Every home has them. They live in mattresses, pillows and upholstered furniture -- anywhere they find moisture along with their favorite fo Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) Stock Falls Despite Record Singles Day 11/11/2018 07:00pm • Less than three weeks before American retailers and shoppers kick of the massive Black Friday holiday sales event, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) reported a record $30.8 billion in gross merchandise volume (GMV) for its Singles Day shopping event over the weekend. Analysts say long-term inve New allegations emerge against DC priest charged with abusing teen girl in 2015 11/10/2018 06:43pm • WASHINGTON — A D.C. priest who was arrested and charged with sexually abusing a teenage girl in May of 2015 is also being accused of inappropriately touching two other girls during the same month and year, court documents say. Urbano Vasquez, 46, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of second d