The Secure Act changes the way people will inherit money — are you affected by the new rules?

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

The new legislation eliminated the ‘stretch IRA’ provision, but you may not be impacted See full story.

Here’s how the Dow and S&P 500 perform in years after they ring up gains of 20%

If statistics over the past 70 years hold true, next year is likely to produce healthy, if not stellar, gains. See full story.

Christmas shoppers, don’t make these costly mistakes when returning your gifts

You may only have 14 days to return unwanted presents. See full story.

Your electric car and vegetarian diet are pointless virtue signaling in the fight against climate change

The real way to fight climate change is to demand a vast increase in spending on green-energy research and development. See full story.

Numbers that older workers and retirees need to know in 2020

From retirement plans to health care, things are changing See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

‘I give them thoughtful presents,’ this woman writes, ‘but they give me hostile and trivial ones’ See full story.