Gold prices settle at a 2-month low as investors sidestep the metal for more attractive safe havens

Gold futures on Monday posted their lowest finish since late February, with the traditional haven failing to find support as investors dumped equities and other assets perceived as risky, while jumpin...

Market ‘not seeing a low yet,’ says Morgan Stanley’s Wilson after ‘ominous’ signal late last week

“‘Unfortunately, we’re just not seeing the low here yet. We’re students of the market, we respect what the markets are telling us. As we’ve said many times, the best strategist in the world is the int...

Deere’s stock sinks toward 5th-straight loss after BofA downgrade on order concerns

Shares of Deere & Co. DE, -4.48% dropped 4.6% in morning trading Monday, putting them on track for a fifth-straight loss, after BofA Securities downgraded the agricultural and construction equipme...

Stock of SPAC buying Trump’s Truth Social extends plunge after reports Twitter buyout deal is close

Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. DWAC, -12.90% tumbled 9.5% toward a six-month low in morning trading Monday, in the wake of reports that Twitter Inc. TWTR, +5.66% may be close to a deal to b...

AMD stock gains after Raymond James upgrades, citing ‘strong confidence’ in datacenter business

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, +2.89% rose 0.5% in premarket trading, to buck the selloff in its semiconductor peers and the broader stock market, after an upgrade at Raymond James. AMD...

Carvana to offer $2.275 billion in 8-year junk bonds to fund acquisition of Adesa’s auction business

Car selling platform Carvana Co. CVNA, -6.76% said Monday it is offering $2.275 billion in senior unsecured high-yield bonds that mature in 2030. The company will use the proceeds, along with $1 billi...

The stock market selloff still has another 20% to go, says the godfather of liquidity

As the meat of earnings season begins, it’s worth noting what investors have learned so far. The short version is, apart from a few isolated companies (cough, Netflix, cough), not a whole lot: the pro...

Oil joins tumbling commodities as China COVID spread triggers fresh demand worries

Oil prices tumbled on Monday, amid fresh worries that spreading COVID cases and more lockdowns in China will hurt demand. That has added to concerns that Federal Reserve tightening could also weaken p...

Asian markets tumble amid worries about earnings, Fed rate hike

TOKYO — Asian shares declined Monday after U.S. stocks ended last week on a tumble as global markets’ expectations for higher interest rates continued to set the tone. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 NIK...

U.S. stock futures sink, suggesting more losses Monday

After sharp losses Friday, Wall Street is poised for more declines as stock-index futures slid Sunday night. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.46% were last off more than 170 points — an i...

What to expect if you’re thinking about buying an investment property

Think about your objective as it will inform what kind of property you’ll buy. Getty Images Many people dream of owning real estate that nets them a rent check each month, but knowing what you might a...

4 ETF ideas targeting clean water, wind, the smart grid — and a catch-all

For some investment advisers and stock-pickers, so-called green investing is far from just a feel-good move. There are population demographics, a private-public mandate to meet international greenhous...

These money and investing tips can be keys to success when stock and bond markets fail

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 4 Earth Day ETFs targeting cle...

Gap stock sinks 18%, heads for lowest close since July 2020

Gap Inc. stock plunged 18% in Friday trading after the company announced Old Navy’s Chief Executive Nancy Green is leaving the role, and the company lowered first-quarter sales expectations. Green is ...

‘The issues with the IRS are still present and very real’: Millions of Americans are racing to file their tax returns, and filing extensions

Tax Day came and went earlier this week, so if your upcoming weekend plans are just chilling after the last-minute tax time bustle, you might have company. April 18 marked the deadline in most states ...

What’s next for stock market as Federal Reserve moves toward ‘peak hawkishness’

Investors will watch for another gauge of U.S. inflation in the week ahead after the stock market was rattled by the Federal Reserve ramping up its hawkish tone and suggesting large interest rate hike...

Dow’s biggest drop since 2020 has bulls nervously watching this support level, says chart watcher

The stock market’s Friday plunge will have market bulls looking for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to hold important support tied to the market’s gyrations all the way back to the 2007-09 financial ...

Amid a storm in tech sector, Google is staying relatively dry and happy

While other tech companies have faced the fury of Wall Street because of a host of issues, Google parent Alphabet Inc. has largely withstood the storm, and analysts believe it will continue to do so w...

Netflix is the S&P 500’s worst performer this week — here are the next 14

Investors remained sour for a second consecutive session on Friday as they continued to digest comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the prospect for rapidly rising interest rates...

Stocks got clobbered Friday. Here’s why investors should focus on the long game

The stock market ended a volatile week on a gloomy note Friday, with the three major U.S. indexes plunging as investors got tripped up in worries like inflation, the Fed’s fight against it and fears o...

Why did the stock market fall? Dow finishes nearly 1,000 points lower in worst day since October 2020

U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday to suffer their biggest one-day drop since 2020, as investors continued to weigh hawkish comments on interest rates a day earlier by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome ...

Apple gave investors more than $100 billion last year — how much more is coming?

Apple Inc. is getting ready to show investors the money. Apple’s AAPL, -2.78% Thursday afternoon earnings report not only will reveal how the consumer-electronics giant is managing supply-chain and ma...

Verizon stock heads for sharpest drop in two years as earnings show ‘challenging’ path ahead

Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. were on pace for their biggest drop in more than two years Friday after the telecommunications company showed a net loss of postpaid phone subscribers amid a diff...

‘I feel deceived’: After 20 years of paying my student loan, I discovered I don’t qualify for forgiveness. My loans total $167,000. What can I do?

I took out loans for professional/graduate school during the years 1993 to 1996. I took out about $54,000 in loans. In 2002, I consolidated all my federal loans. The balance is approximately $167,000....

Weekend reads: How to position your investments before the Federal Reserve causes a bear market

Do you remember all the times Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was quoted as saying inflation in the U.S. was “transitory”? With the Fed now ready to fight inflation, the bond market has quickly...

Investors just pulled a massive $17.5 billion out of global equities. They’re just getting started, says Bank of America.

Are the bears just getting started? That’s a question posed by strategists at Bank of America, who noted Friday that investors pulled $17.5 billion out of global equities over the past week, making fo...

How to prepare your finances for another recession: ‘We think a hard landing will ultimately be unavoidable’

Two years after the short, sharp pandemic-related recession, Wall Street is once again warning of a new recession on the horizon. That’s not a lot to go on, but financial-planning experts say it ought...

Walt Disney stock heads for 17-month low as Florida, streaming troubles weigh

Shares of Walt Disney Co. DIS, -2.34% slumped 2.3% in afternoon trading, putting them on track for the lowest close in 17 months, after Florida lawmakers reportedly approved a bill to end a special ta...

Coinbase stock sinks toward a record low, after J.P. Morgan says it expects surprise ‘bigger loss’ in Q1

Shares of Coinbase Global Inc. COIN, -6.67% sank 7.2% in afternoon trading Thursday toward yet another record low, after J.P. Morgan analyst Kenneth Worthington cut his stock price target by about 31%...

Here’s how to craft student-loan forgiveness in a way that cuts out those who don’t need help

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Thursday released new analyses on student loans, with one blog post focused on who would benefit from various approaches to canceling such debt — as well as eac...

Fed chief Powell backs moving more quickly on interest-rate hikes

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday joined the chorus of U.S. central bankers who want to move faster on raising interest rates. “It is appropriate in my view to be moving a little more...

Netflix sheds subscribers and CNN+ will shut down amid competition from Disney, Hulu, HBO, Amazon Prime and Apple. Have we finally hit peak streaming?

Media companies keep dueling for more streaming subscriptions, but viewers might be tapping out in the clash for their attention — and their cash. Netflix on Tuesday reported a first-quarter net loss ...