If you feel like spending on your kids took a toll on your summer budget, you’re not alone. A new survey from TD Ameritrade finds that 52% of parents with children under 18 spent more than they intended to this summer. Hero Images | Getty Images The average summer debt …

Small caps need a big reversal to make up for their recent performance. The Russell 2000, the index that tracks small cap stocks, is down over 5% this quarter. Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer, says while small caps should rise with the overall market, he’d be siding …

Safety trades are smoking hot. While investors largely sold out of domestic and international equities in August amid a broader push for protection, several key safety trades in the exchange-traded fund market saw huge inflows. The iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV), the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), the iShares Edge …

Investors remain concerned that August’s negative sentiment could carry into September. They have good reason: September tends to be among the worst months of the year. Since 1989, history shows that betting on the major U.S. equity indices in September is no better than a coin flip. Since 1989, the …

Investors were all-in on casino stocks Wednesday. The rebound rally follows on from a major sell-off a day earlier triggered by a sharp drop in Macao gaming revenue in August. MGM, Wynn, Melco and Las Vegas Sands all came under pressure as protests in nearby Hong Kong and a slowing …

LOS ANGELES — Bob Newhart didn’t invent stand-up comedy, but more than any performer he can lay claim to giving birth to the modern industry of the comedy special. His still-funny 1960 album, “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart,” was arguably the first blockbuster special, selling more than one million …

Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, will not run for reelection next year, joining a growing wave of House GOP retirements and departures from his home state, in particular. In a statement Wednesday, the fifth-term congressman said he made …

Take in all of “1000 gecs” — the debut album by the band 100 gecs — in one sugar-rush gulp. Gorge on it. Let it pummel your ears from the outside, and rattle your brain from the inside. To listen to this album is to cede a certain amount of …

2020 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, August 10, 2019. Scott Morgan | Reuters Former Vice President Joe Biden is heading back to Wall Street for two fundraisers Thursday, the day after he participates in …

It could be a September to remember. Stocks started the month — historically one of the weakest of the year for the market — with a heavy sell-off, fueled by concerns around U.S.-China trade tensions and weaker-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data. The action, which sunk the major averages by roughly 1% …