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Market Snapshot: Dow Ends Lower As Slide In Apple Offsets Gains In Retail, Energy Stocks

U.S. stocks Tuesday finish slightly lower as a decline in Apple Inc. more than offset postholiday gains in the retail se... Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yield Curve Resumes Flattening To Kick Off Postholiday Trade

Long-dated yields fall further than their short-dated peers on Tuesday amid expectations for an aggressive Federal Reser... Read more

One Sure-fire Prediction For 2018: Americans Will Take On Even More Debt

Consumers have an increasingly complex relationship with credit. Read more

The Wall Street Journal: How To Find Part-time Work To Boost Your Retirement

Part-time work enables people to beef up their retirement savings. But other benefits are equally important. Read more

The Tell: I Need A Blockchain Vacation — Heres What Looks Overhyped In Fintech For 2018

We asked players in the fintech industry what looks overhyped as 2018 nears, as well as what appears underappreciated. T... Read more

Asia Markets: Asian Markets Lag In Meager Christmas Trading

Chinese stocks dropped by midday Monday after opening higher, led by smaller, more tech-focused markets, in slim Christm... Read more

CryptoWatch: Ho, Ho . . . Whoa: Bitcoin, Other Cryptocurrencies Take Wild Ride On Christmas Eve

The price of bitcoin veered as sharply as Santa’s sleigh in pre-Christmas weekend trading, plunging more than 14% at o... Read more

CryptoWatch: Bitcoin Back Above $15K, A Roughly 40% Bounce From Fridays Lowest Level

Bitcoin is back north of $15,000 in Saturday’s trading, according to price tracker CoinDesk, a some 40% bounce from it... Read more

Hedge Funds: The Hedge-fund Industry Just Did Something Not Done In More Than Two Years

While overall performance continues to lag the broader market, the news continues to improve for the beleaguered hedge-f... Read more

The Wall Street Journal: Prosecutors Examine Loan Made To Kushner Cos. Before Election

Federal prosecutors in New York are examining a $285 million loan that Deutsche Bank AG made one month before election d... Read more

CryptoWatch: Bitcoin Investors Could Have Avoided Huge Losses By Respecting Price

Support levels broke on Dec. 19, an ominous warning, says Thomas H. Kee Jr. Read more

CryptoWatch: Bitcoin, Because Of Massive Borrowing, Could Crash The Financial Markets

An exchange’s member brokerage firms promise to absorb any losses, and that’s where the danger lies. By Patrick Wats... Read more

The Moneyist: My Sisters Only Spent $2 On My Christmas Gift

‘I give them thoughtful presents,’ this woman writes, ‘but they give me hostile and trivial ones’ Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yields Tick Higher After Mixed Economic Data

The yield curve took a break from its flattening this week after the tax bill drew fears that the GOP tax bill would sto... Read more