A bad word was found, not even. Tw investors allatched the market with care in the hopes that st. Nicholas s would be there. Alas, there was no rally, bri its all t. Because compared to last year, calm was ame wel sight. Apologize to Clement Clark moore, but investors might well had been relieved tre wasnt the same turmoil we saw last Christmas Eve when the dow fell more than650 points and the s p briefly entered bear market it tey. Today in our holiday shortened session, the dow fell just 36 points. Nasdaq climbed another seven to close at its ninth straight record. Thats the first time thats happened since 1998. The s p 500 was off. What a difrence a year makes. Reporter this time last year, the dow was closing on the what made the difference . A combination of four factors, the fed cut rates and added liquidity to the market. Economic data has been strong to indicate no recession. Third, hopes for a truce on the tariff and trade wars and the Global Economy may be botts ing. Is up 28
Your money, your life, your future now becky quick. We begin with a blended family thats when one or both spouses bring at least one child from a previous relationship to their new marriage and as Sharon Epperson reports, for many step parents, combining families and finances can be particularly challenging special blend is this weeks cover story. At first glance, ronnie and lamar are a typical family they own a Media Company and live outside of atlanta with their four children. The two got married 14 years ago. It was basically love at first sight for lamar. For ronnie. They are blended. A couple that joins together with the children from one or both of their previous relationships. Ronnie already had two children before meeting lamar the couple had the youngest two after they married it kind of blindsided me. I wasnt intentional about what does this mean for me, my husband, for my kids navigating the complexities of a blended family can be difficult enough so couples often put off ha