Lordstown Motor shares up 4.8% premarket after posting small Q2 profit and affirming on track with Endurance electric pick-up truck

Lordstown Motors Corp. shares RIDE, +7.18% rose 4.8% in premarket trade Thursday, after the company surprised with a small second-quarter profit as it gears up for the launch of its Endurance truck in...

‘I’m stuck in a penny-pincher mindset’: My spouse and I bought a home, but he only wants to buy high-end items. How can we agree?

Dear Quentin, My spouse and I spent years saving for a new house, and living well below our means. It may sound weird, but now that we have a new home, we feel overwhelmed by the prospect of spending ...

I started the year with $3.85M but ‘have watched my accounts drop 20%.’ When I asked about it, I got ‘unsatisfactory’ answers from my financial adviser. That said, he ‘by and large has done well for me.’ What’s my move?

Do you have the right communication going on with your financial adviser. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I have watched my accounts drop 20% this year, which is better than the market, but startin...

Cigna shares up 1.7% premarket after Q2 earnings beat

Cigna Corp. shares CI, +0.11% rose 1.7% in premarket trade Thursday, after the health care services company beat earnings estimates for the second quarter. Cigna posted net income of $1.981 billion, o...

When can you retire? This beginner’s guide can help you find the answer.

“I want to know if I can retire,” Marie said, dropping her investment file on my desk and sitting down across from me. She was typical of many preretirees everywhere, trying to figure out when they co...

Why Mark Mobius thinks U.S. stocks haven’t bottomed — and where he sees emerging-market opportunities

U.S. markets have provided plenty of excitement this year to keep investors on their toes. But as badly as U.S. and European stocks have performed since the start of the 2022, emerging-market equities...

Fortinet stock falls following split outlook

Fortinet Inc. FTNT, +4.16% shares fell in the extended session Wednesday after some of the cybersecurity company’s outlook slipped below the Wall Street consensus following a slight beat. Fortin...

Why the U.S. stock rally looks more like a new bull market than a bear bounce to these analysts

Broader is better when it comes to the stock market rally and some analysts see technical signs that gains may be signaling the end of the 2022 bear market, though it’s too early to say for sure. “The...

Lucid stock plunges after electric-vehicle maker cuts production guidance for the year

Shares of Lucid Group Inc. LCID, +4.21% fell more than 10% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the electric-vehicle maker announced a reduction in its production forecast. Lucid said it now expects...

Why an Arkansas town could provide a grim road map for America if car repos blow up

As recession worries loom over America, a debt crisis already bearing down on wage workers in northwest Arkansas could foreshadow bigger problem for a nation on high alert for a flood of car repossess...

AMTD Digital is worth more than 480 of the S&P 500 companies after stock rockets over 3,000% in 7 days

Early investors in AMTD Digital Inc. have basically won the lottery, as the Hong Kong-based digital business developer’s stock has zoomed 3,165% higher over the past seven days. The stock HKD, -30.89%...

Applied DNA stock soars more than 80% active trading, after quadrupling in the previous session

Shares of Applied DNA Sciences Inc. APDN, +46.30% shot up 84.0% in premarket trading, after they more than quadrupled in the previous session (up 311.2%) in the wake of the biotechnology company’...

Southwest Gas stock sinks after decision to not sell the company

Shares of Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. SWX, -13.50% sank 8.4% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the Nevada-based gas and electric utility determined that the best way to maximize shareholder value ...

Here’s exactly how much Americans have in savings at every age — and (yikes) here’s what they should have

How much savings you need Getty Images/iStockphoto No matter your age, savings is a necessity. But depending on your age, the amount of savings you will need changes according to life stages and your ...

Airbnb stock falls sharply despite earnings beat, plan to repurchase $2 billion in stock

Airbnb Inc. said Tuesday that it had its first profitable second quarter as a public company, and that it is so confident in its business that it is buying back $2 billion of its stock. “Our Q2 result...

PayPal stock jumps 12% as company confirms Elliott stake and names EA exec as new CFO amid earnings beat

After seeing its shares lose roughly two-thirds of their value in the past year, PayPal Holdings Inc. delivered a packed earnings report Tuesday, announcing a new chief financial officer, buyback auth...

AMD stock slips as revenue forecast dips below Street consensus

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares declined in the extended session Tuesday after the chip maker’s revenue forecast fell below the Wall Street consensus after posting record sales, topping Street expe...

SoFi stock gains after earnings as revenue beats and losses shrink

Shares of SoFi Inc. were up nearly 3% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company beat expectations with its latest results and delivered an upbeat earnings forecast for the current quarter. The ...

AMTD Digital issues ‘thank you note’ to investors as stock trades about 23,650% above IPO price

The U.S.-listed shares of Hong Kong-based investment holding company AMTD IDEA Group AMTD, +236.54% skyrocketed 312.5% and subsidiary AMTD Digital Inc. HKD, +126.28%, a Hong-Kong-based digital solutio...

Applied DNA Sciences blasts more than 350% higher after initiating validation of monkeypox virus test

Shares of Applied DNA Sciences Inc. APDN, +311.16% skyrocketed 353.7% higher in very volatile trading Tuesday, after the biotechnology company said it initiated validation of a monkeypox virus test. T...

Beyond Meat’s cash burn is putting the stock at risk of falling to $0, warns New Constructs

Beyond Meat is the latest addition to the list of “zombie stocks” compiled by independent equity research firm New Constructs. The research firm, which uses machine learning and natural language proce...

We have $1.1 million to spend on a new house for retirement, but we also want to travel – is buying a home even worth it right now?

Dear MarketWatch,  My wife and I are 64 and 65 years old, respectively. I plan on retiring in two years when I’ll be fully vested with my current employer, avoiding early stock withdrawal penalties, a...

I’m the chief economist of a mortgage firm that has funded more than $100 billion in loans. These are 3 things to know about the housing market now.

Cameron Findlay As home prices and mortgage rates march upwards, and housing inventory remains seriously constrained, many buyers are wondering: Should I buy? And if I want to buy, what do I need to k...

5 things Warren Buffett does to save money — that you should too

Warren Buffett is known to be frugal. Getty Images Warren Buffet is worth about $100 billion, and clearly doesn’t need to worry about how much money he spends on a daily basis. But the famed billionai...

‘I have watched my accounts drop by 22%.’ My financial adviser has usually ‘done well’ but now it feels like he’s not making enough adjustments in this tough market given that I’m losing ‘large chunks’ of money. What’s my move?

How to know if your financial adviser is doing a good job. Getty Images/iStockphoto  Question: I have had a financial advisor with a national firm for more than a decade. We have done well and his fee...

BP raises dividend and buyback after profit surge

BP PLC BP, +3.29% on Tuesday reported that its profits rose further in the second quarter of the year, and increased both the dividend and the quarterly share buyback. The multinational energy group m...

Apple is again borrowing in the debt market to raise money to reward shareholders

Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.62% is again planning to issue debt to reward its shareholders by buying back its own shares and paying dividends, according to a regulatory filing. The iPhone maker is planning a ...

Will the stock-market rally turn into a selloff? This bond-market gauge could tip investors off

Now that the Federal Reserve appears to have abandoned its forward guidance tool in favor of being “data dependent” to help inform its future path for rates, investors should keep an eye on this gauge...

Far from Putin’s claims of resilience, Russian economy is being hammered by sanctions and exodus of international companies, Yale report finds

Media reports trumpeting the resilience of the Russian economy in the face of the international response to its invasion of neighboring Ukraine are based on misunderstandings that don’t reflect what’s...

FAA Boeing 787 approval could spell good news for these stocks

The companies that supply components for the 787 Dreamliner could benefit from the FAA’s reported approval of a Boeing Co. process for validating fixes to each plane before they are shipped to custome...

My boyfriend, 68, has almost no ‘mad money’ for fun activities and trips. He lives with his father, 95, and expects to inherit his house. Is it unreasonable to expect him to get a part-time job?

I am a 65-year-old retired woman with modest Social Security and annuity payments. I also own my own home and have savings. I’ve been seeing a 68-year-old retiree since just before the pandemic. He li...