July set a record for companies buying back their own shares. They did it to the tune of $166 billion. Are the companies whose stocks you own buying back their own shares? It’s worth checking.

Michelle Singletary writes the nationally syndicated personal finance column “The Color of Money,” which appears in The Washington Post on Wednesdays and Sundays. If you have a personal finance ...

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My Mother-in-Law Wants the Whole Family to “Honor” Her Vile Chihuahua. I Won’t Participate in This Circus.