Why the Bank of Japan’s surprise policy twist is rattling global markets

Anchors aweigh? The Bank of Japan sent shock waves through global financial markets Tuesday, effectively loosening a cap on 10-year government bond yields in a surprise move seen as potentially pointi...

Arcus Biosciences, Gilead shares are down after sharing data about new lung cancer drug

Shares of Arcus Biosciences Inc. RCUS, -27.76% were down 17.2% in premarket trading on Tuesday, the day after the company said the experimental treatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer that...

New electric car buying incentives kick in Jan. 1, and a lot has changed. Here’s an explainer.

Congress changed the rules governing electric car tax credits over the summer, but the changes didn’t immediately take effect. Some will kick in soon, while others will taper in over time. The evolvin...

Disney stock on its way to worst year since 1974 after ‘Avatar’ sequel disappoints

“Avatar: The Way of Water” couldn’t reverse Walt Disney Co.’s recent funk, which has the stock on a path for its worst year since 1974. Disney shares DIS, -4.77% sank nearly 5% to their lowest level s...

Tesla stock closes lower than $150 for first time in more than two years as analysts say they can’t ignore Elon Musk’s Twitter ‘nightmare’ anymore

Tesla Inc. shares closed lower than $150 for the first time in more than two years Monday, after analysts said they are concerned that Chief Executive Elon Musk is being distracted from running the $4...

Amid inflation and recession fears, 10 money moves you should make in 2023

Getty Images/iStockphoto While inflation is cooling, projections still point to elevated consumer prices next year. What’s more, recession threats remain high, unemployment may rise and investors are ...

AMC highlights strong opening weekend for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, raises $162 mln through APEs

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC, -8.00% says that “Avatar: The Way of Water” has enjoyed a strong opening weekend, with U.S. and global admissions revenue and food and beverage revenue...

Altria to claim $483 mln capital loss on cannabis company ownership stake

Altria Group Inc. MO, -0.56% said Monday it will continue to evaluate prospects of cannabis company Cronos Group Inc. CRON, -3.86% on whether it will acquire additional common shares of Cronos or disp...

Viking Therapeutics’ stock rallies after Madrigal shares positive data about its liver drug

Shares of Viking Therapeutics Inc. VKTX, +77.61% jumped 55% in premarket trading on Monday after a company that is also developing a selective thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist as a treatment for ...

Benchmark Treasury yields firm but near recent lows on slowdown fears.

Longer-term bond yields rose on Monday, but remain near 3-month lows as investors continue to fret about a global economic slowdown. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury TMUBMUSD02Y, 4.18...

FedEx and Nike earnings will hold vital hints on holiday-shopping strength

After investors raced for the exits following their last earnings reports, package-deliverer FedEx Corp. and athletic-gear maker Nike Inc. will try it again. And they’ll offer important reads on deman...

These money and investing tips can help you plan for a new year as 2022 comes to an end

Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Why the stock market’s painful...

New tax rule for eBay and Venmo will cause ‘significant confusion,’ CPAs say

As Congress concludes 2022 with a sprint to pass laws and a spending deal, tax accountants are joining a chorus of e-commerce companies and pay platforms who say a revamped tax form is about to cause ...

Cosmos Health stock nearly triples after reverse stock split, then gives it all back in late trading

Cosmos Health Inc.’s stock price nearly tripled Friday as investors responded to the company’s reverse stock split, but those gains disappeared in after-hours trading. The Chicago-based company announ...

The stock market is tumbling because investors fear recession more than inflation

A stock-market paradox, in which bad news about the economy is seen as good news for equities, may have run its course. If so, investors should expect bad news to be bad news for stocks heading into t...

Still a bear market: S&P 500 slump signals stocks never reached ‘escape velocity’

The S&P 500’s close below 3,900 on Thursday signaled the stock market’s rally off the October lows was merely a “tactical bounce,” according to a top Wall Street chart watcher. “The market’s 20-da...

Given up on Wall Street? Here’s how stocks could rally 20% next year, says veteran analyst

Just two weeks of 2022 to go and the stock market mood remains grim. The latest burst of optimism, on further evidence that U.S. inflation continues to ease, has again evaporated. Equity investors fea...

Gold prices end higher, pare their loss for the week

Gold futures ended higher on Friday after a volatile week that saw prices climb to a nearly six-month high but post a weekly decline, pressured by expectations for higher U.S. interest rates. Price ac...

Moving into a retirement community, how to know when you have enough saved, the best RMD strategies and more retirement news

From MarketWatch Retirement:  How much should you have saved for retirement? Aim for these age-related benchmarks as you save for retirement. These are the top 10 mistakes people make when planning fo...

What can we expect from meme stocks AMC, GameStop and Bed Bath & Beyond in 2023?

Meme stocks AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., GameStop Corp. and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. have had an eventful 2022, but what can we expect from them in 2023? AMC AMC, -5.18% and GameStop GME, +1.07%...

My mom spent $90K on bitcoin and gifts in a romance scam. Can the tax code help her?

My mom went into debt to buy bitcoin for a scammer because she thought she was in a romantic relationship with him. She also racked up credit-card debt to mail computers and gift cards to the scammer....

Amazon stock still a ‘compelling opportunity’ despite cloud concerns, says JPMorgan

Sentiment toward Amazon.com Inc.’s stock “is at a multiyear low,” according to JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth, but he thinks investors aren’t giving the e-commerce giant enough credit. A main source of ...

Tesla stock suffers worst week since 2020 as Elon Musk sells, large shareholder asks for new CEO

Tesla Inc. shares Friday wrapped up their worst week since 2020, as Chief Executive Elon Musk sold billions in stock and faced a call from a prominent investor to step down from the helm of the electr...

SPAC buying Trump’s Truth Social sees stock fall amid CFO exit

Digital World Acquisition Corp. DWAC, -3.15%, the special-purpose acquisition company looking to take public Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, disclosed in a Friday filing with the Securitie...

How much should you have saved for retirement?

When I was in my 20s, I was lucky to work for a company that offered a pension plan—and that put me on the road to retirement. Today, unfortunately, company pensions are rare. How can you ensure a com...

ECB slows rate hikes, but signals it’s far from done

The European Central Bank delivered a half-point rate increase Thursday, slowing the speed of its monetary tightening after a pair of larger rate moves. But policy makers emphasized that market partic...

BioNTech upgraded to buy on high hopes for combined flu/COVID vaccine and oncology pipeline

Bank of America analysts upgraded BioNTech SE stock to buy from hold on Thursday, citing excitement about its mRNA technology and the outlook for a combined flu/COVID vaccine and oncology vaccines tha...

Tesla and four other laggards should be avoided next year, this technical analyst says

Stocks seem stuck. The S&P 500 SPX has been wobbling within a 200-point channel for about a month. Market frenemy Jay Powell on Wednesday made sure with his hawkish stance that it didn’t challenge...

Nvidia stock is top pick as ‘fundamental bottom’ nears for chips, analyst says

After a semiconductor shortage flipped into a glut in 2022, chip stocks are headed for a strong entry point and will lead the broader market in the new year, with Nvidia Corp. the best pick among them...

Stocks could face another explosion of volatility Friday as $4 trillion of options expire in ‘quadruple witching’

Stocks have been on a wild ride this week, and conditions could still get weirder as traders brace for “quadruple witching” on Friday, when a flurry of equity options and futures contracts expire. In ...

Roblox stock tanks after disappointing November billings numbers

Roblox Corp. shares were falling more than 14% in Thursday morning trading after the gaming company posted November bookings metrics that seemed lower than what some analysts were expecting. The compa...