Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about insurance, investing, personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina ...

Timothy Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the Discovery Project, 'Understanding and Combatting "Dark Political Communication"'. A new study published today in ...

On the heels of Valentine's Day 2026 comes Presidents Day. Officially known as "Washington's Birthday," it was the first holiday to be named after an individual president. It was established in 1879 ...

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Algo Trading Space, an algorithmic trading education platform, has announced the release of a comprehensive beginner-focused course on automated forex trading. The Algorithmic Trading Start-Up Course ...

Jim Simons wasn’t a finance guy — he was a mathematician and Cold War codebreaker. Instead of hiring traders, he hired scientists who knew nothing about markets. His hedge fund, Medallion, used ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Officials with Zoo Knoxville said Dolly, the giant reticulated python, got a comprehensive health evaluation for the first time in five years. Dolly got a full physical assessment, ...

For some service members, the action they’re seeing isn’t on the battlefield — it’s in the markets. While some are making big money through high-risk stock trading and other short-term, risky ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Wall Street closed higher and reached more records Wednesday on a holiday-shortened trading day. The Standard & ...