Happy Friday, MarketWatchers! Don’t miss these top stories:
The No. 1 job in America with the ‘best career opportunities’ pays $112,000 a year — and it’s not in tech
Here’s one thing to get you out of bed in the morning: a meaningful job with a high possibility of advancement.
Housing starts slump 4% in July, but there’s one silver lining for the real-estate market
A slowdown in apartment construction prompted the monthly decline.
Meet the financial blogger who paid off $10,000 in credit-card debt after having a revelation (at the Gap)
‘As I bought things, I started feeling good about myself.’
A letter from a reader on the poverty line: ‘I know what it means to go hungry for five days until you get your next paycheck’
This woman asked the Moneyist for advice on how to invest a $150,000 inheritance: ‘This money has been a life changer for me’
My dad is difficult and even refuses to use his oxygen tank — will our stepmother get all his money if he dies without a will?
‘The only end-of-life planning he will allow is that we need to throw a big party and have the funeral at his church.’
The No. 1 mistake rookie investors make — and how to avoid it
Amateur investors rely on a definition of risk that greatly differs from the objective definition of portfolio risk.
My husband and I paid off $193,000 in debt — but we are still saving and have no life
‘We don’t have children, we don’t travel, we don’t see or experience many new things, and we don’t have much of a social circle at all.’
90% of towns qualifying for the Little League World Series reveal an uncomfortable truth about organized sport
The Little League World Series, which starts Thursday, celebrates Americana and youthful athletic glory.
How one man spent $745 on flights to four continents — flying business and first class all the way
He traveled across the Middle East, Australia, Southeast Asia and Europe.
This 31-year-old sold $700,000 of stuff online without buying any inventory
‘Two years ago, I couldn’t afford a taxi,’ says independent online retailer Christopher Wane
Elsewhere on MarketWatch
Investors might be disappointed in Fed’s message from Jackson Hole
Federal Reserve communication will dominate the U.S. economic landscape next week.
The trade war won’t kill the economic expansion, but the Fed might
The trade war won’t cause a recession, because the real threat to the U.S. expansion comes from a failure on the part of the Fed to respond to weakness in aggregate demand.
It’s not the first time U.S. has tried to buy Greenland
The U.S. in 1946 proposed to pay Denmark $100 million (in gold) to buy Greenland, the Associated Press reported in the early 1990s, citing Danish press and the newly discovered documents that had been classified since the 1970s.
#BoycottMulan trending after star Crystal Liu Yifei posts ‘I support the Hong Kong police’
“You can beat me up now” the Disney star added — and has taken a Twitter pummeling for it.
Americans’ confidence in the economy droops in August, sentiment survey shows
A measure of consumer confidence . The consumer sentiment survey index edged up to 98.4.
Investors who want to buy sports teams look to Europe, not the U.S.
It’s cheaper, there are more teams and regulations are lighter.
Why this is the go-to asset when ‘monetary policy lunacy’ starts hitting markets
Our call of the day from Otavio Costa, global macro analyst at hedge fund Crescat Capital advises buying gold ahead of “monetary policy lunacy.”
