I’m 68, my husband is terminally ill, and his $3 million estate will go to his son. I want to spend the rest of my days traveling – will I have enough money?

Please help me. I am a 68-year-old woman married 17 years to the love of my life. Our finances have always been separate, and I signed a prenuptial acknowledging that his son will inherit his estate h...

‘The Fed might have to really stop on the brakes’: Mortgage rates surge to highest level in over a year

Mortgage rates rose markedly in the first week of 2022 — potentially setting the tone for a year in which economist expect interest rates to move steadily higher. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage avera...

20 cheap value stocks that Wall Street expects to rise up to 58%

There are plenty of arguments for why the bull market for U.S. stocks will continue in 2022. But investors’ focus appears to have shifted recently in favor of value stocks, rather than the growth stoc...

Bitcoin Tanked After the Fed Minutes Were Released. Here’s Why.

Text size Proponents of Bitcoin argue that its limited supply should make it an inflation-proof asset akin to gold. Dreamstime Bitcoin slid sharply after the Federal Reserve released minutes of its De...

IBM Seeks Buyer for Watson Health Unit: Report

Text size IBM has hired BofA Securities to solicit bids for artificial-intelligence unit Watson Health, according to Axios. IBM’s looking for a price of more than $1 billion. Dreamstime In the l...

Citi Is Bullish on Lucid Stock. Where Is the Rest of Wall Street?

Text size A Lucid Air Grand Touring electric luxury car. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Citigroup is staying bullish on electric-vehicle startup Lucid to start the new year. Analyst Itay Michaeli ...

These are the stocks Wall Street analysts heavily favor for 2022 and also expect to rise the most

As the coronavirus pandemic has stretched out, investors have continued to pour money into stocks, in part because the alternatives have been dismal. Why bother with 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds that y...

The $2 Trillion Cryptocurrency Market Is Drawing Interest From Investors, Scrutiny From U.S. Regulators

WASHINGTON—As cryptocurrencies go mainstream, prices for bitcoin and other digital tokens are often displayed on cable-news tickers and finance apps as though they were just like regular stocks, bonds...

Trump-Appointed Chairman’s Resignation Hands Control of FDIC to Democrats

WASHINGTON— Jelena McWilliams’s decision to resign as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. paves the way for Democrats to gain control of the agency’s agenda in the coming weeks, potentiall...

The Warren-Biden Bank Heist – WSJ

Elizabeth Warren finally got her woman—that is, the Senator and her many acolytes in the Biden Administration have succeeded in ousting Jelena McWilliams as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp...

Weekend reads: Your money and how to invest in 2022

Happy New Year! As 2021 ends, we once again hope for the new year will bring a pandemic recovery. Here are some looks ahead at what may affect financial markets, companies and even you in 2022. Turn a...

Peloton Stock Fell 76% in 2021

Text size A Peloton stationary bike at one of the company’s showrooms. Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg Peloton Interactive shares had already lost roughly 75% of their value this year, when analysts at ...

These are the best-performing S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 stocks of 2021

The performance of the stock market in 2021 has been nothing short of remarkable, surprising many investors after the dramatic crash-and-recovery cycle of 2020. A continuing recovery for the world eco...