Opinion: Elon Musk doesn’t want to buy Twitter anymore, but Twitter should make him pay for it

It’s becoming quite clear that Elon Musk no longer wants to buy Twitter Inc., at least not at the price he negotiated. But Twitter should not walk away without at least $1 billion — and potentially mu...

Opinion: Amazon’s stock price has slumped almost 34% this year. This money manager says it’s a steal and could surge 76% to $3,900 in 2 years

The stock market is a funny place: When great businesses go on sale, most people don’t rejoice. Instead they freak out. This presents an excellent opportunity for long-term investors who keep their wi...

Opinion: This pre-retiree was just terminated at work — is it worth paying off the mortgage with the severance money?

Dear Ms. MoneyPeace: I have a question for you, and I would prefer a yes or no answer. When I am “termed” later this year, I’ll have about $150,000 in cash between service-termination money and saving...

Opinion: 12 stocks to consider for the next leg of the bull market

You may want to wait until the stock market turns up again before expending energy on trying to pick individual companies. That’s because, during bear markets, almost all stocks become correlated with...

Opinion: Elon Musk is likely trying to get a lower price for Twitter

Is Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for Twitter actually a $1 billion joke by the world’s richest man? That’s a possibility that cannot be ignored, as investors scramble to make sense of Musk’s latest shen...

Opinion: This giant pension scandal is hiding in plain sight

Hard working Americans, many on low wages, are losing pension dollars they earned. It affects millions. And it’s legal. In a nutshell: Some of America’s biggest companies run their shop floors so that...

Opinion: Our student-loan system needs fixing — and this change would be smarter than just forgiving debt

Most of the recent discussion of student debt has focused on the prospect of forgiving that debt—telling borrowers that they don’t have to repay the funds the federal government provided to help them ...

Opinion: When is it safe to start buying stocks again? We’re not there yet, but these are the six signs to look for

Big stock market drawdowns like the current one often end with a selling frenzy, called capitulation. So, you’ll want know how to spot capitulation — a sign that it’s safer to start buying. To find ou...

Opinion: Keep calm — there’s no recession on the way. These 13 stocks may rise as investors figure this out

A so-called hard landing of the U.S. economy is not going to happen. It’s a false fear. We may have a bumpy landing, but the odds of hard landing — a possible recession — are low for the reasons below...

Opinion: The Dow and the S&P 500 are likely falling into a bear market but your portfolio doesn’t have to sink with them

After talking to my nervous neighbors about the Nasdaq stocks they own, I discovered that most don’t want financial advice. So I’ll offer it here. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -1.40% is in a bear ...

Opinion: Which jobs have come back, and which ones haven’t

Although the recovery in output, wealth and hours worked has been remarkable since February 2020, the U.S. economy remains deeply scarred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Total hours worked in the nonfarm ec...

Opinion: What does Social Security insolvency mean, and how can it impact your retirement?

In the last several months you may have seen news headlines announcing that the Social Security program will be insolvent by 2033. This could be alarming if you’re planning to retire, but it doesn’t n...

Opinion: 8 ways to protect your money if you think stocks are headed even lower

I know what you’re thinking: Why, oh why, didn’t we all just “sell in May and go away” like that stupid Wall Street saying recommended? Plenty of other articles will hash out the hows and whys behind ...

Opinion: Once richly valued, ‘unicorn’ startups are being gored and investors and funders have stopped believing

When Homer Simpson was asked, “How are we going to get out of this hole?,” he replied, “We’ll dig our way out!” Many people who find themselves in holes they can’t climb out of think that the solution...

Opinion: AMD will finally give investors its data-center data as business soars

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s data-center business will finally get its own spotlight. After reporting record sales Tuesday and predicting another record this quarter, AMD AMD, +6.25% Chief Financial ...

Opinion: Big Tech is no longer winning as big, but these two stocks still seem safe

The Big Tech earnings boom is officially over, but some of the world’s most powerful and valuable companies are breaking off from the pack. As this column told you months ago, profit increases are no ...

Opinion: Warren Buffett’s investing prowess will go on forever after researchers cracked his investing code

If you’re an investor in Berkshire Hathaway Inc., your performance need not suffer when Warren Buffett stops running the company. That’s according to researchers who claim to have created a stock-pick...

Opinion: There’s a big hole in the Fed’s theory of inflation—incomes are falling at a record 10.9% rate

The most concerning thing about Thursday’s report on U.S. gross domestic product for the first quarter wasn’t that the first line of the first table showed that real GDP fell at a 1.4% annual rate. It...

Opinion: Berkshire and Buffett have 5 words for sellers who want their money: ‘Take it or leave it’

As fans flock this weekend to Omaha, Neb. for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting hosted by Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about.  The answer: ...

Opinion: Why I don’t want bitcoin in my 401(k)

Hooray! At long last, the company managing my 401(k) plan will allow me to bet up to 20% of my retirement funds on a digital Ponzi scheme that generates no income and has no practical use. Fidelity In...

Opinion: Google’s earnings should be a warning to investors in Facebook and other online-ad companies

Google’s earnings shortfall is an indication of trouble across the online-advertising industry, and should scare investors in Facebook and other competitors. Google parent company Alphabet Inc. GOOGL,...

Opinion: This will be a year for stock market traders — here are 12 companies to favor, says 40-year investing veteran Bob Doll

If you’re relatively new to investing, and you think 2022 has been a year from hell, imagine being in the stock market for over 40 years. That would’ve put you through the Great Financial Crisis in 20...

Opinion: Are you sharing a Netflix password? Not for long …

After an unprecedented downturn in subscriber growth in the first quarter, Netflix executives are eyeing the millions of people using other subscribers’ accounts as a way to reverse the streaming serv...

Opinion: Do poison pills work? A finance expert explains the anti-takeover tool that Twitter hopes will keep Elon Musk at bay

Takeovers are usually friendly affairs. Corporate executives engage in top-secret talks, with one company or group of investors making a bid for another business. After some negotiating, the companies...

Opinion: Have semiconductor companies’ performance decoupled from the economy? Taiwan Semi earnings say yes, but we’ll get a clearer picture soon

Sentiment around technology and growth has sunk as rising interest rates, persistent inflation and a less accommodative Federal Reserve have sent investors running for safer bets. Although the fourth ...

Opinion: Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter spells trouble for Tesla investors — here’s why

For years, Elon Musk has used hype to prop up Tesla’s stock. It’s worked so well that other companies have followed his lead. But now we think the world has seen that the emperor has no clothes. The a...

Opinion: Why the United States is reluctant to become the Saudi Arabia of natural gas

OXFORD, England (Project Syndicate)—With images of Russian aggression and war crimes in Ukraine continuing to dominate the media in Europe and around the world, Germany has pledged to cut its imports ...

Opinion: The best retirement investment strategy Generation Z can learn from boomers

Generation Z will soon surpass millennials as the most populous generation on earth, with more than a third of the world’s population counting themselves as Gen Z. And this group is motivated to retir...

Opinion: Want to beat the stock market over the next decade? Add bonds to your portfolio

The death of the 60/40 portfolio has been widely accepted as growth and technology stocks overwhelmed gains in fixed-income securities since the end of the financial meltdown over 10 years ago. Howeve...

Opinion: This simple change in words can dramatically increase retirement savings

In today’s increasingly complex financial world, individuals are faced with many competing financial priorities — from student debt to emergency healthcare expenses, just to name a few. As a result, n...

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...