The word recession is on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Influential investor and philanthropist George Soros is talking about it in Davos. The Federal Reserve, on the day minutes are published, is cons...
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Snowflake May Have Upside After a Big Drop in the Bear Market
Text size Snowflake, the cloud-based data warehouse company, has been pummeled in the bear market. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg Snowflake publishes results on Wednesday, giving investors a fresh look after a...
The Great Resistance is here. Companies and employees are in a battle of wills over returning to the office.
Amy Faust Liggayu, 32, a market-research project manager based in Tinley Park, Ill., and mother of a 7-month-old son, never imagined she would have a life where she could spend five days a week with h...
Opinion: This plan to tax the ultrarich is much simpler and better than Biden’s idea
President Joe Biden and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) have proposed different ways to tax unrealized capital gains every year. Their shared goal is understandable, with trillions of ...
‘The dip is your friend’: Why some advisers are telling young investors to buy stocks, despite stagflation fears roiling markets
How low can stocks go? This question has made investors nervous, as they fear one bottom after another. The answer: Pick a number. Some analysts say brace for further drops, others expect a bounce. Wa...
Nvidia’s data-center sales likely to eclipse gaming — that might not be a good thing
Nvidia Corp.’s data-center sales are expected to edge out its gaming sales in fiscal first-quarter results, as demand from server farms remains high and gaming interest has subsided from rabid levels ...
5 smart money moves for your first 5 years of retirement
When you dream of retirement, you figure you’ll finally enjoy worry-free living. But the first few years can prove surprisingly tense. A big cash outlay or costly divorce can upend your best-laid plan...
Alibaba Leads Chinese Tech Stocks Into Another Slump. Why More Pain Could Come.
Text size Alibaba stock is down almost 30% this year. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Chinese tech stocks can’t catch a break. Overseas markets have followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the ug...
A larger share of younger investors say they’re not afraid to buy the dip in the pursuit of long-term gains — but there’s one big caveat
The stock market is taking on a deepening red hue as steep sell-offs continue, but a new report says some younger retail investors are seeing red meat for ‘buys.’ Fewer than two in ten people, 18%, sa...
‘I partially support my partner of 12 years as his business is, sadly, failing’: I’m 33, and have $300,000 in company stock. Should I sell those shares to pay off my debt of $56,000?
I am 33 years old, I currently make just over $120,000 a year, including an annual bonus, and my company has gifted me with around $300,000 in equity in the firm, although our stock is brand new, so i...
What is retirement really like?
We hear a lot about how prepared (or ill-prepared) people are for retirement. But what’s life really like for people in retirement? A fascinating new survey from the Age Wave research and consulting f...
Which of Buffett’s bank stocks might make you the most money?
This is the time of the quarter when investors get to see what changes Warren Buffett and the management team at Berkshire Hathaway have made to the conglomerate’s stock portfolio. The big splash in B...
J.P. Morgan Says Buy Tencent and Alibaba. Why They’re Now Positive on Chinese Tech Stocks.
Text size Regulatory change had come sooner than the analysts had anticipated. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group saw their stock jump Tuesday after catching an upgrade...
Berkshire Hathaway Didn’t Have to Disclose Earlier its 10% Stake in Paramount. Here’s Why.
Text size Berkshire Hathaway now owns 10.6% of Paramount Global. Dreamstime Berkshire Hathaway ’s purchase of more than 10% of Paramount Global , disclosed late Monday, normally would have triggered a...
Seagate and Western Digital Should Top Estimates On Cloud Demand, Analyst Says
Text size Nearline drives account for between 70% and 80% of overall revenue for the disk-drive industry. Dreamstime Thanks to strong demand from cloud computing providers, the June quarter should be ...
Here’s what just happened that triggers stock market drops 71% of the time, warns Credit Suisse
Wall Street’s in an unusually bullish mood Tuesday morning. Tim Holland, chief investment officer at Orion Advisor Solutions, argues the market has just notched two peaks. Last week, the Labor Departm...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reveals new stakes in Paramount, Citigroup
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company on Monday revealed all the investment moves it made in the first quarter, when it spent more than $51 billion on stocks. But Buffett had already shared the bigge...
Berkshire Hathaway Sold Nearly All Its Verizon Stake in the First Quarter
Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire bought stakes in Paramount Global and Market in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway bought stakes in Citigrou...
SoFi shares have taken too heavy a beating ahead of ‘significant earnings momentum,’ analyst says
SoFi Technologies Inc. shares have taken too much of a beating, according to a Piper Sandler analyst who upgraded the stock Monday. Piper Sandler’s Kevin Barker said in a Monday note to clients that t...
Chevron, Micron and 18 More Stocks Goldman Recommends to Ride Out the Storm
Text size Qualcomm is one of the 20 stocks on Goldman Sachs’ ‘margin of safety’ list. Pau Barrena /AFP via Getty Images Exxon Mobil , Qualcomm , Micron and Chevron are just some of t...
SoFi Stock Spikes. Market May Be ‘Over-Discounting’ Growth Potential.
Text size Dreamstime Sofi Technologies stock was spiking Monday after it was upgraded by Piper Sandler analyst Kevin Barker, who said the market may be over-discounting the financial services company’...
Warren Buffett Spends Big as Stock Market Sells Off
The stock market’s selloff has been bad news for most investors. The Omaha-based company bought 901,768 shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY 8.21% last week, according to a regulatory filing. The ...
‘I have great plans for myself’: My girlfriend doesn’t understand how her student loan works and rents a pricey apartment. What if we marry — and divorce?
My girlfriend and I have been in a relationship for seven months, and it is getting more serious. I don’t expect us to get married in the next year but I like to plan ahead and if things keep working ...