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Prospects for larger direct payments to Americans from Washington dimmed Wednesday, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will not allow a stand-alone vote on the proposal passed in the House on Monday.

President Trump signed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill on Sunday night.

A speculative portfolio can add some spice to the buy-and-hold portion of your investments.

More time spent expecting an unplanned sum can lead to less spending of the money and more saving, a new paper says.

The U.S. trade deficit in goods climbed 5.5% in November to a new record of $84.8 billion, reflecting weaker U.S. exports due to the coronavirus pandemic.

These stocks aren’t in the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq-100.

‘Adults of any age with certain underlying medical conditions are at increased risk for severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19.’

U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly on Wednesday as bond-market trading remained calm in a holiday-shortened week.

Oil futures rise Wednesday, buoyed by industry data that shows U.S. crude inventories fell last week.

While the pandemic eventually will be brought under control, there is still no end in sight for the epidemic of deaths of despair.

Around 1,000 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine, which needs to be stored at about -70C, were returned after being transported in a picnic hamper cool box, as the EU’s mass vaccination campaign comes under fire.

“Today we discovered Colorado’s first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK.,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said in a tweet Tuesday.

The euphoria of both year-end 2019 and year-end 2017 led to nasty market declines the following February.

President-elect Joe Biden delivers an address on the COVID-19 crisis on Tuesday afternoon.

The Senate adjourned Tuesday without taking any action on a House bill to up the size of the new stimulus checks, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s hint he would like to tie the issue to several others left the chamber in a holding pattern.

U.S. stocks ended the Tuesday session modestly lower, giving up early gains that saw major benchmarks score another round of all-time intraday highs.