Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY, -0.03% fell in the after-hours session Monday after the energy company reported profit and revenue below Wall Street expectations. Occidental also announced a...
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How investors can learn to live with inflation: BlackRock
Growth stocks may have led the early 2023 rally, but stubbornly high inflation means that won’t last. That’s the main message from the BlackRock Investment Institute on Monday, as U.S. stocks attempte...
‘You can learn a lot from dead people.’ Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s 99-year-old partner, doles out investing wisdom.
You have to keep learning if you want to become a great investor. When the world changes, you must change. That was Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s long-time partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Ha...
This is what Warren Buffett, a self-described ‘so-so investor,’ says is his ‘secret sauce’
Stocks are rebounding on the heels of a rotten week — the worst since December for the S&P 500 SPX, +1.15% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +1.39%. And as Wall Street analysts go dark, with talk of ...
Ready Capital and Broadmark Realty Capital to merge and create company with equity capital base of $2.8 billion
Real estate finance company Ready Capital Corp. RC, -14.24% and Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. BRMK, +17.09% said Monday they have agreed to merge in a deal that is expected to create a company with a ...
How can I save my long-term care insurance after a premium hike?
I am 78 years old and have been a long-term care policyholder for approximately 20 years. My premiums started around $1,500 per year. The annual rate was scheduled to increase every five years. By the...
Retirees struggling to stay afloat: How to keep health and economic issues from draining your savings
Dorri Olds, a 61-year-old freelance writer and graphic designer, says she has spent nearly all her savings to refurbish her New York City apartment. In an emergency, she says she would sell it and con...
Asian shares follow Wall Street lower after stronger-than-expected data
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Monday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks closed out their worst week since early December. U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices fell. Reports on inflation, the jobs...
Warner Bros. Discovery sues Paramount over $500 million ‘South Park’ deal
NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. WBD, -1.14% is suing Paramount Global PARA, -4.86%, saying its competitor aired new episodes of the popular animated comedy series “South Park” after Warner paid...
What’s next for stocks as investors realize Fed’s inflation fight won’t end soon
The stock market is ending February on a decidedly wobbly note, raising doubts about the durability of an early 2023 rally. Blame stronger-than-expected economic data and hotter-than-expected inflatio...
This little-known indicator with an excellent record is projecting below-average long-term returns
Small- and midcap stocks will be below-average performers over the next five years. That’s a discouraging prospect, since these sectors have already suffered more than the broad market. The Russell 20...
Global financial markets have had a rough time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but it is not over yet
A year after Russia invaded Ukraine and set off the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II, global financial markets seem to no longer carry on the lasting shocks on a daily basis, but the fu...
Autodesk stock is biggest loser on S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 as Wall Street focuses on cash flow
Autodesk Inc. shares suffered their worst drop in more than a year after Wall Street focused on how the computer-assisted design software company’s shift in billing customers became a major drag on it...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is the largest investor in these 8 stocks
As 2022 wrapped, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway was the largest shareholder of eight stocks that include traditional oil companies and financial-services giants. “Berkshire now enjoys major owner...
I’m retiring, what do I do with my 401(k)? You have 4 choices, but only 3 are good.
You have to make a lot of decisions when you retire, and among the biggest is what to do with your workplace retirement savings. No matter how much money you have or how you intend to invest it, you h...
I’m 73 and will only have my 401(k) after retiring. How do I make it last?
I am 73 years old and still employed full time. I will receive no retirement benefits when I leave my job except for a 401(k). My question is: what is the best way to handle this 401(k) without losing...
3M stock sinks toward 10-year closing low, and longest losing streak in nearly 4 months
Shares of 3M Co. MMM, -1.02% fell 1.6% in afternoon trading Friday, putting them on track for a 10-year closing low, as the maker of Scotch adhesives, Command hooks, N95 masks and Post-it Notes, conti...
One laid-off tech worker’s odyssey: 5 months, 25 interviews, 100 job applications
At times, Todd Erickson’s search for a tech job felt more like an odyssey. But after five months, about 100 job applications and more than two dozen interviews with recruiters and companies — includin...
‘We love our forest life’: I’m 62 and work full-time. I own a $600,000 California home perched on the edge of wilderness. Has the time finally come to downsize?
Dear MarketWatch, I’m 62, and working full time making $60,000 a year. I have $31,000 in liquid assets and another $10,000 in a Roth IRA. I owe about $200,000 on my home in Northern California, which ...
Sellas Life Sciences raises $20 million from public offering of stock, warrants
Sellas Life Sciences Group Inc. SLS, -53.25% said Friday that it raised $20.0 million, through the public sale of common shares and warrants to buy stock. Shares of the biopharmaceutical company, whic...
Nearing retirement? Here’s how to shift your portfolio from growth to income.
Over the decades, perhaps you’ve been very good at saving your money and investing it for long-term growth. But when the time comes for you to stop working or to step back to a part-time job, you migh...
Cingulate stock skyrockets after ADHD treatment shows positive trial results
Shares of Cingulate Inc. CING, +51.30% skyrocketed 82.9% toward an 11-month high in active premarket trading Friday, after the biopharmaceutical company reported positive results from a trial of its a...
Bonds are right and stocks are wrong. Here’s what you should do about it, says BlackRock
The final session of Wall Street’s holiday-shortened trading week will see the S&P 500 open pretty much smack in the middle of the 3,800 to 4,200 range it’s inhabited for more than three months. D...
We’re in our 60s and have lost $250,000 in our 401(k) plans — can we still retire?
I am a 61-year-old female who has worked for the same financial institution since the age of 16. I will have 50 years at the company if I retire at 66. I’ve lost over $150,000 in my 401(k) this past y...
U.S. stock futures weaken ahead of key inflation data
U.S. stock futures on Friday edged lower, as investors awaited key data on inflation for further clues on whether the Federal Reserve will have to keep lifting interest rates. What’s happening Dow Jon...
BASF plans further cost costs after posting $5.16 billion loss
BASF SE on Friday said that it is implementing further cost-saving measures at its Ludwigshafen facility as the German chemical company seeks to cut costs after a year which saw earnings fall. BASF BA...
Biden taps former Mastercard executive Banga to lead World Bank
The White House announced Thursday that President Joe Biden has decided to nominate Ajay Banga, a former CEO of MasterCard, to lead the World Bank In a statement, Biden said that Banga will be able to...
AMC stock soars more than 13% a day before quarterly results
Shares of AMC Entertainment Inc. AMC, +22.74% surged 13.6% toward a 12-week high in afternoon trading Monday, a day before the movie theater operator is scheduled to report fourth-quarter results. Wed...