We’re in our 60s, my husband plans to work until he ‘drops dead’ and our medical bills are overwhelming – how can we retire like this?

My husband works for the county making approximately $55,000 a year but before that was in retail with earnings of only about $36,000. In 1996, our daughter was diagnosed with a life threatening incur...

Bitcoin drops below $40,000 as global market selloff spreads to cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin prices were trading at levels not seen since August, pushing below a key support level on Friday, as a selloff of perceived riskier assets spread to cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -6.06%, t...

I’m an attorney with more than $200K in student loans. How should I handle this?

Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I’m an attorney with over $200,000 in federal student loan debt, and I desperately want to file for bankruptcy on these loans. I’m on an income-driven repayment plan...

SoFi stock surge continues on record volume

SoFi Technologies Inc. shares are soaring for the second-straight day on heavy volume as optimism continues to build for the company’s banking ambitions. SoFi’s stock SOFI, +9.41% is up more than 15% ...

Banking Giant BNY Mellon Expects Significant Revenue From Its Crypto Services: Report

America’s oldest bank is eager to capitalize on the cryptocurrency revolution but remains concerned that the government still has not provided regulatory clarity. According to a new Bloomberg report, ...

Digital Asset Banking: Traditional Allies

January 20, 2022, 1:52PM EST • 12 min read Quick Take Client demands push Wall Street investment banks to onboard new products to deliver cryptocurrency exposure BNY Mellon, Citi, J.P. Morgan, Morgan ...

Bitcoin vault converted by Swiss ‘Unicorn’ banking app

Bitcoin vault converted by Numbrs which is a rare Swiss FinTech unicorn Two million user applications have been deactivated by the app in a strategic change  Users have access to the private keys of t...

American Banker Plans to Debut Bitcoin Buying and Selling Using Mobile Banking

Users of selective U.S. banks will be able to conduct the transaction of Bitcoin through their current accounts, according to crypto custody firm NYDIG. According to estimates, 300 banks disclosed the...

Virgin Galactic Stock Is Worth Just $10, Analyst Says

Text size Virgin Galactic stock closed on Tuesday down 85% from an all-time high of almost $63 set back in February 2020. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Investors in space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic Ho...

The 60/40 portfolio ‘is in danger’ as Federal Reserve gears up for a rate-hike cycle in coming months

The traditional portfolio mix of 60% stocks and 40% bonds, historically seen as the safest allocation for investors of moderate-risk tolerance, “is in danger” as the Federal Reserve gears up for its f...

Bank of America Earnings Rise 28% and Top Forecasts. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size A Bank of America branch in New York. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Bank of America delivered strong fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, bucking a trend seen across much of the sector this earning...

Brace for a volatile 2022, but cling to this tech stalwart when the storm comes, says investment adviser

The pain is piling up for equity investors after the long U.S. holiday weekend, with bond yields at levels not seen since early 2020, and oil prices tapping 2014 highs. The pace of Federal Reserve mon...

I only make $41K a year, but owe $189K in student loans. What should I do?

Advice for paying down student loans Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: “I will owe about $189,000 on my student loans when repayment starts. I’m so stressed. I got let go from my job and lost my apar...

Bitcoin’s Fair Value Is a Lot Less Than the Market Thinks

Text size Dreamstime Bitcoin’s fair value is $20,851, according to the only valuation model I’m aware of for this best-known cryptocurrency. Your reaction to this depends in part on whether you see th...

Credit Suisse Chairman Quits After Breaching Covid-19 Rules

Text size António Horta-Osório, former chairman of Credit Suisse AFP via Getty Images Credit Suisse Chairman António Horta-Osório has resigned only 8 monthsafter being appointed, following a board inv...

Amazon Scraps Plan to Stop Accepting Visa’s U.K. Credit Card

Text size British shoppers will continue to be able to shop on Amazon with their Visa credit cards. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Amazon.com will continue to accept Visa credit cards in the U.K., the e...

I’m a nurse with $106K in student loan debt. How can I get out of debt faster?

Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I have a graduate degree in nursing and a stable job, but I’m still $106,000 deep in student loan debt. Recently, when all student loan payments were suspended, I wa...

First-time home buyers are selling crypto to fund down payments — here’s what to know before you do it

Many Americans are using their tendies to tap into the American Dream — and the trend doesn’t show signs of stopping. Nearly 12% of first-time buyers indicated that selling cryptocurrency holdings con...

Fed needs to ‘shock and awe’ the market with one big rate hike, Bill Ackman says

Billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman said the Federal Reserve needs to deliver old-fashioned “shock and awe” to financial markets by delivering a much larger onetime increase to benchmark intere...

Banks’ Earnings Show Lenders Aren’t All the Same. It’s Time to Pick and Choose.

Text size JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup both reported declines in trading revenue. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The time has come to take a stock-picking approach to investing in banks. That was the le...

Wells Fargo Rally Shows Warren Buffett’s Mistake in Selling Big Stake in Bank

Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images One of Warren Buffett’s worst investment moves in an otherwise fabulous career was Berkshire Hathaway ‘s sale in 2020 of a big stake in Wells Fargo a...

Roaring U.S. housing market may cool, keep climbing as Fed ends emergency support

U.S. home prices roared almost 20% higher in the past year, giving families who own properties a major boost to their finances during the pandemic. But Wall Street, a key source of home mortgage finan...

Revolut to expand prospects in Spain with its new banking system

Revolut, the leading fintech platform, and neobank has secured a specific banking license to operate in Spain. Individual deposits are insured up to €100,000, with protection provided by Deposit and F...

I’m buying a home with my 74-year-old mother, but the mortgage will be in my name. How should we title the house?

Dear MarketWatch, I would like to see if you can provide me with some advice on purchasing a home with my mother who is 74. I will be putting down $240,000 — using the proceeds from the sale of my own...

Variable Dividends Are a Growing Trend in Resources and Energy. How to Play the Stocks.

For companies that pump out cash, dividends are a popular way to share some of it with their shareholders. But that cash-generation power may fluctuate, so many companies in the energy and resources s...

Get ready for the climb. Here’s what history says about stock-market returns during Fed rate-hike cycles.

Bond yields are rising again so far in 2022. The U.S. stock market seems vulnerable to a bona fide correction. But what can you really tell from a mere two weeks into a new year? Not much and quite a ...

‘We absolutely believe Ether’ surpassing bitcoin’s total market value ‘can happen this year,’ says ETF expert: ‘The bull case is an Etherum ETF in 2022’

Hello there! The Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ is up over 2% so far this week. That is not where many investors would have bet that the popular exchange-traded fund would be trading now based on the wild acti...

Value Gets Its Moment. Consider These Stocks and ETFs.

Buy the dip, wrote J.P. Morgan’s strategists early this past week. As calls to courage go, it wasn’t exactly Churchill during the Blitz. The dip in this case was a 2% decline, year to date, in the S&a...

I’m a teacher, still live with my parents, and have $103K in student loan debt, which is more than 2x my salary. What are my options?

Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: “I’m a 33-year-old fourth-year teacher earning $41,098 a year before taxes with about $103,000 in student loans. I still live with my parents because I can’t afford ...

Swiss National Bank partners with five banking giants to test CBDCs

The Swiss National Bank has worked with some leading financial institutions globally to look into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Through this partnership, the institution successfully integr...

Five overlooked tech stocks poised to be the ‘household names of the future,’ according to this money manager

A much-needed market distraction from the churn of inflation worries is getting under way, but it’s not looking like what investors were hoping for as some big bank names are sliding on disappointing ...

Citigroup’s Adjusted Earnings Top Expectations. But the Stock Is Falling.

Text size A ‘Citi’ sign is displayed outside Citigroup Center near Citibank headquarters in Manhattan Mario Tama/Getty Images Citigroup stock was falling Friday even after the bank’s fourt...