Several ominous signs face the housing market. First, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage soared to a three-year high of 4.67% in the week ended March 31, according to housing agency Freddie Mac. ...
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New Jersey ordered Voyager to ‘cease and desist’ -know why –
Voyager Digital has been given a cease and desist order by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities for marketing unregistered securities through its Voyager Earn program. New Jersey’s action is the latest...
Amazon Workers In Staten Island Vote To Unionize In Blow To Retail Giant
Topline Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island voted in favor of unionizing on Friday, in the first success the labor movement has had in organizing workers at the country’s second-largest pri...
Binance hires ex-Microsoft and Agoda execs to develop web3 offerings
Binance announced Friday that it recently hired two executives with decades of tech experience to focus on expanding its Web3 offerings. Binance has appointed former Microsoft corporate vice-presiden...
Solana NFT will now be traded on OpenSea –
OpenSea announced the news earlier today on Twitter (Mar. 29, 2022). Solana will become the fourth blockchain network whose NFTs can be traded on OpenSea as a result of this move. OpenSea had previous...
The Fall And Rise Of The U.S. 1% [Infographic]
The Biden administration is in the process of proposing a minimum income tax rate of 20% on households worth $100 million and more. The proposal, which is expected to be released Monday, will also tar...
I’m 67 and retired with $57,000 left on my mortgage and $600,000 saved for retirement — should I pay off my home now?
I am 67 years old, single and retired at 66. After taxes, I receive $3,100 per month from a pension. After taxes and my Part B Medicare payment, I receive $2,100 per month from Social Security. I have...
Cryptocurrency interest increases in the United States in Q1 2022
TL;DR Breakdown • Bitcoin represents the most-used crypto by Americans.• Cryptocurrency interest could be due to state of the global economy, according to experts The first quarter of 2022 has proven ...
More Americans Support 15-Week Abortion Ban—But Don’t Want Stricter Restrictions—Poll Finds
Topline A slightly larger share of Americans supports a 15-week abortion ban—which more states are passing and the Supreme Court could soon greenlight—than oppose it, a new Wall Street Journal poll fi...
My husband and I bought a retirement condo in 2008, and he died two years later. The condo is worth $50,000 more than we paid. Should I sell it now or wait?
Dear MarketWatch, I have a condo in Palm Desert, Calif., that my husband and I were going to retire to. We also have another primary residence in nearby Riverside. We bought the condo in 2008 for $363...
My financial adviser seems deeply Republican, and I’m liberal. Does this matter?
Should you let differing political beliefs impact your choice of a financial planner? Getty Images Question: I’ve worked with the same financial adviser for about 10 years — and I feel like he’s done ...
NYC DOE Jogs Memory On Encryption Trust But Validate –
A total of 820 New York City got impacted by attackers in 2022 so far, who found weaknesses in the school system’s technology framework. Perhaps it may make sense to reelected individuals not familiar...
White House is worried about famine overseas
The Biden administration is worried Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will cause famine in parts of the world, White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Cecilia Rouse told CNBC on Friday. In an ...
Costco’s Rotisserie Chicken Supply Is At Risk, Why Food Should Not Be Used As A Weapon, Grocery Workers To Strike
I’m out this morning with a feature that tugs on the heartstrings in some weird ways: There’s a tale of pet peacocks sent to auction and the baby ducks purchased for a grandson for Easter that had to ...
Turkey Seeks Jail Sentences of over 40,000 Years for Thodex Founders
Turkish prosecutors are seeking jail sentences totaling up to 40,564 years for 21 of the founders and executives of the crypto-exchange Thodex. Bloomberg reported that TRY 356 million ($24 million) in...
U.S. Fee Hikes on Vacation-Home Loans to Boost Long-Quiet Private MBS Market
(Bloomberg) — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are making it more expensive for lenders to offer mortgages on vacation homes, a move that could give additional life to a risky corner of the bond marke...
Why does DEC delay the air permit renewal of Greenidge?
The company applied for renewal of its permit is yet to be decided by authority due to several reasons Bitcoin mining company Greenidge applied for its permit renewal, but the authority has delayed it...
Myocarditis risk higher after Covid infection than vaccination, CDC finds
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images People infected with Covid-19 face a higher risk of...
‘The Batman’ Passes ‘Aquaman,’ ‘Joker’ And ‘Spider-Man 3’
Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in ‘The Batman’ Warner Bros. The Batman earned another $1.325 million on Thursday (-9% from Wednesday and -46% from last Thursday), bringing its domestic c...
Stewart Rhodes And Five Other Members Of Oath Keepers And Proud Boys Added To D.C. Lawsuit Over Jan. 6 Attack
Topline Oath Keepers founder and leader Stewart Rhodes, four other members of the extremist group and a member of the Proud Boys have been added to a civil lawsuit filed by District of Columbia Attorn...
Jeff Mills: these two growth stocks are still cheap to own
The Nasdaq 100 index has recovered just under 15% over the past couple of weeks. But there are high-quality, growth names in the tech space that are still lagging; and that’s where the opportuni...
China Chipmaker’s Buyer Missed $9 Billion Payment Deadline
(Bloomberg) — The winner of a bidding process for Tsinghua Unigroup Co. has missed its March 31 deadline to complete a 60 billion yuan ($9.4 billion) takeover payment, according to people famili...
Satoshi Island integrates Chainlink VRF to power its Citizenship NFT mint
Satoshi Island, a crypto-centric private island in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, has moved another step towards the highly anticipated minting of its first Citizenship NFTs. The island, which a...
Strong Guidance Signals Opportunity With Software Giant
Software stocks have taken a beating lately. One especially stands out to Real Money Columnist Stephen “Sarge” Guilfoyle. The software services giant Salesforce.com (CRM) – Get salesforce.com, ...
Thodex indictment demands 40,564 years prison time for CEO
TL;DR Breakdown The Turkish prosecutor has called for a 40,000-year sentence for Thodex Rugpull’s founder. Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of Thodex, is still missing and wanted by Interpol. Last April,...
Saperstein just called it quits on the sinking Citigroup stock
2022 has been rather rude to Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) that’s down 20% for the year – a decline big enough for Richard Saperstein to call it quits on the Wall Street bank. Why Saperstein pul...
SIX Swiss Exchange Sees a 29.5% Surge in Trading Turnover for March
SIX Swiss Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessi...
Vietnamese Carmaker Makes Bold and Risky Move to Challenge Tesla, Ford
It’s a bold and risky bet but it sends a clear message to local vehicle manufacturers: the cards for the American electric vehicle market are not yet completely distributed. There are still plac...
What are Smart Contracts, and what’s their significance?
The present times in this era are full of technological advancements, and Smart Contracts are undoubtedly among them In a nutshell, smart contracts are an essential building block of the crypto ecosys...
Opinion: I’ve always pounded the table on revolutionary companies. Now I’ve found myself buying Intel’s stock
This may be a surprise for those of you who have been following me on MarketWatch, as I have focused on finding Revolutionary companies early on and holding on to them, usually forever. Intel is a com...