Happy Friday, MarketWatchers! Here are the top personal finance stories of the day.
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Jersey Shore’s Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino is going to jail for tax evasion — how to avoid the same fate
How easy (or difficult) is it to be convicted for not paying your taxes?
Female executive at fund manager was fired for fulfilling jury duty, lawsuit claims
A former top executive at asset manager VanEck Associates alleges gender discrimination.
‘Alexa, buy me 10 shares of Boeing’
TD Ameritrade partners with Amazon to bring stock trading capabilities to the digital assistant.
How #fakenews about migrant caravan and terrorism fools so many people
False stories like the one shared by wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may be more appealing during uncertain times.
Charles Schwab’s daughter on the ‘most disturbing’ trend in people’s finances
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, a senior vice president at Charles Schwab and daughter of the firm’s founder, on the findings of a new survey.
People protest Trump’s proposed transgender policy with donations
The administration is proposing to roll back legal recognition of the transgender community.
Most Americans say their finances have not improved since the 2016 election
How you feel about the economy often depends on whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican.
Is Halloween really the best time of year to invest in the stock market?
After studying over 300 years of stock-market data, two finance professors say Oct. 31 is a good day to invest.
Americans are plagued by one financial fear that has nothing do with the stock market
Two-thirds of people in a new survey believe the economy will get scarier in the next 12 months.
This woman was forced to live with her husband’s stepmother for 8 years
‘I don’t even remember the amount of times I’ve cried.’
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Suspect Cesar Sayoc in custody over series of letter bombs
Authorities have a Florida man in custody in connection with the 13 packages containing suspected explosive devices sent to prominent Democrats and outspoken critics of President Trump this week.
Slump in capital spending hints that corporate tax cut is fizzling
The evidence is mounting that the corporate tax cut won’t transform the U.S. economy, writes Rex Nutting.
Ted Cruz leads Beto O’Rourke by 6 points in new poll
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz leads Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke by 51% to 45% among likely voters in their race to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, according to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll released Friday.
Fed officials stress future interest-rate hikes not set in stone
Two Federal Reserve officials stressed Friday that future rate hikes are not on a predetermined course.
This map shows how far the migrant caravan is from the U.S. border
The migrants are making their way from Mexico’s southern border
GDP ‘impressive,’ but investment is a weak spot, economists say
Economists called third-quarter gross domestic product figures “impressive’ overall, but saw soft spots in areas like investment and trade.
Lack of wage growth brings down consumer sentiment in October
Consumers sentiment dropped in October as wage growth remained dismal, according to the University of Michigan survey released Friday.
Trump’s nutty views on trade are infiltrating foreign policy
Donald Trump’s ass-backwards views on trade are starting to influence foreign policy, international relationships and even national security.
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