Quentin Fottrell
35 stories across 1 outlet
MarketWatch 41
SpotlightBusiness & FinanceBreaking NewsExternalTrackersExplainers
Published work
My friend grosses $300,000 a year with her pet-sitting business. She pays herself $50,000. Should I do the same?
MarketWatch - External
‘We lived within our means’: I earned $30,000 as a pastor and still retired comfortably. Why don’t you tell people that?
MarketWatch - Breaking News
‘She says it’s just money’: My friend pays for everything. I should be grateful, but I can’t stand her anymore.
MarketWatch - Breaking News
My husband and I are in our 50s and have no kids. We have $2 million in IRAs and 401(k)s. Do we really need a will?
MarketWatch - Breaking News
My friend is terminally ill. Should she sell her rental home and pay $100,000 in capital gains?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
I’m 77, pay rent and live off Social Security, but I help homeless people. Why are so many people going hungry?
MarketWatch - Trackers
I spend my time and money caring for my aging mother — yet she gave my brother $100,000. Should I pull back?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
‘We made a bad, bad decision’: I learned the hard way how to manage my aging father’s money
MarketWatch - Spotlight
‘I feel tricked’: My contractor handed my $42,000 pool upgrade to a subcontractor I had already rejected. What can I do?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
‘Poverty doesn’t have to be my reality’: I thought I’d have to rely on Social Security. Then I taught myself how to invest.
MarketWatch - Spotlight
‘We fear financial exploitation’: Who will manage our finances if my wife and I become incapacitated?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
‘I’m the executor’: My two siblings and I inherited an IRA. Can we just cash it out?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
My 87-year-old mother wants to pay for my brother’s kids’ education. I don’t have children. Is that fair?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
I have two sons. Should I allow one son to build a $400,000 house on my land?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
I’m a single 58-year-old veteran in California with $1.5 million and a VA pension. Can I retire?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
Why does almost nobody want to befriend older people like me — except scammers?
MarketWatch - Explainers
On my late husband’s birthday, I want to pay for every customer at his favorite restaurant. Is this a good idea?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
‘I still don’t have my MRI’: My health insurer canceled my plan without warning. Is that legal?
MarketWatch - Spotlight
‘My total balance should be worth $20 million’: I invested $1.1 million in a crypto platform. Have I lost it all?
MarketWatch - Business & Finance