Here’s some welcome news for people putting money away for retirement: The IRS has raised the 2019 contribution limits for various types of retirement savings accounts and for health savings accounts. If you participate in a 401(k) or similar plan, you should keep the new limits in mind as you think about your cash flow…
U.S. stocks closed higher for a fourth session Tuesday with the S&P 500 notching an intraday record on the back of optimism over U.S.-China trade talks against the backdrop of a healthy economy and solid corporate earnings. The gains come on the day stocks tie a record for the longest bull market in history. How…
U.S. stocks rose Tuesday following Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Senate testimony, while investors also continued dissecting the latest round of corporate earnings results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 55.53 points, or 0.2%, to 25119.89. The S&P 500 rose 11.12 points, or 0.4%, to 2809.55, and the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite climbed 49.40 points, or…
(Reuters) – Wall Street ended higher on Monday after a choppy session, with gains in Apple and other technology stocks offsetting worries about an escalating trade war between Washington and its trading partners. Microsoft Inc (MSFT.O), Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Apple Inc (AAPL.O) each rose 1 percent or more, pushing the S&P 500 information technology…