Happy Tuesday, MarketWatchers! Here are the top personal finance stories of the day.
Personal Finance These 5 Mega Millions numbers come up most often
Numbers for the largest lottery jackpot in history will be drawn tonight.
5 reasons NOT to play the Mega Millions lottery
Wealthy people tend to jump in when the jackpot hits $1 billion.
Citi prepares to relaunch its top credit card with focus on dining and travel rewards
Competition among premier rewards credit cards is heating up.
Without intervention, the gender pay gap won’t close until 2106
A new report urges salary negotiation as one of many strategies for reducing the gender pay gap
Child-care costs in America are getting close to $10,000 per year
A study released Monday calculates the annual average cost to send one kid to day care.
7 year-end tax planning strategies for small business owners
There’s still time to cut your tax bill.
This watchdog agency is supposed to protect consumers but somehow complaints dodge scrutiny
Two fast-growing financial institutions seem to be escaping scrutiny.
Now you can pay for things with your body, your car, or your refrigerator
Payment networks and manufacturers are building payment functions into more devices.
Got unpaid bills? Try negotiating with a robot
Digital debt collection can help you avoid the discomfort of discussing your finances with another human.
Witches and Wall Street: The black magic of Halloween on the stock market
It’s illegal for fortune tellers to answer certain financial questions in Salem, Mass.
Elsewhere on MarketWatch New White House report echoes Trump’s campaign rallies in attacking socialism
A new White House report published Tuesday took aim at socialism, providing more intellectual firepower for the argument President Donald Trump has been making at campaign rallies.
Here’s an estimate of how much Trump’s 10% tax cut would cost
It’s still not clear what President Donald Trump’s mooted 10% tax cut to middle-income workers actually entails, much less its chances in Congress. But even in the smallest possible construction, the cost of funding such a reduction would be several times the size of the funding for the wall the president wants on the southern border of the U.S.
Government dysfunction could doom us to a never-ending financial crisis when the next one hits
Budgetary and financial constraints as well as toxic politics may well tie the hands of regulators and central bankers, writes Howard Gold.
Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, diagnosed with dementia
Sandra Day O’Connor announced Tuesday she has been diagnosed with dementia and is withdrawing from a post-retirement career.
Volcker says he’s already worried about next financial crisis
Former Fed chairman Paul Volcker told the New York Times that he’s already worried about the next financial crisis and the U.S. needs stronger oversight over the financial system.
Trump’s trade fights and a hard Brexit could take tariffs to levels not seen in 15 years
U.S. trade fights and a so-called hard Brexit could lift a key metric for global tariffs to levels last seen roughly 15 years ago, say UBS economists. And the recent U.S. tariffs, along with retaliatory measures, are viewed as the biggest factor in boosting this metric.
Rohrabacher sees small boost in poll of tight California House race
California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher got a small boost over his Democratic challenger in a new poll that shows the Republican benefiting from GOP enthusiasm as the midterm elections draw closer.
White House’s Kudlow says new tax cuts in ‘planning stage’
New tax cuts floated by Donald Trump are in the “planning stage,” the head of the White House National Economic Council said Tuesday, a day after the president told reporters the administration would put in a “resolution” in the next week or two.
China’s entrance into WTO cost U.S. 3.4 million jobs, new study finds
The explosive growth in the U.S. trade deficit that came from China joining the World Trade Organization cost an estimated 3.4 million jobs, according to a new report released Tuesday.
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