Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who founded the e-tail behemoth Amazon, has some spending tips as Americans gear up for the holiday shopping season — amid four-decade-high inflation and recession worries. Her...
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The secret to a happier retirement might be in your ‘retirement quotient’
You know all about IQ (intelligence quotient) and probably EQ (emotional quotient or emotional intelligence). But if you’re getting close to retirement or in retirement, you might also want to know ab...
ZoomInfo Shares Plunge on Disappointing 2023 Outlook
ZoomInfo Technologies shares hit an air pocket Wednesday after the company issued disappointing guidance for 2023 at an RBC Capital Markets investment conference. ZoomInfo (ticker: ZI) Chief Financial...
Opinion: The new bull market will be led by stocks in these three industries.
We don’t know yet if the recent rally kicks off a new bull market in stocks. But here’s a safe bet: Once the new bull market is here, entirely different groups will lead. It’ll be out with the old — t...
Why do people invest in crypto? ‘It’s partly fraud and partly delusion’: Charlie Munger
““The country did not need a currency that’s good for kidnappers.”” — Charlie Munger Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +0.35%, is not a big fan of crypto, and he shared some f...
Berkshire Bought Taiwan Semi Stock. Here’s What Else It Bought and Sold.
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Alibaba, Tencent, lead Hong Kong tech stocks higher after upbeat China online retail sales data
Shares of Chinese internet giants jumped in Hong Kong, after official data showed better-than-expected October retail sales in the world’s second-largest economy. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA, +0.7...
Dear Tax Guy: ‘What happens if I sell my existing house to pay off the loan on my new home? How much tax will I owe?’
Greeting, readers. I’m Andrew Keshner and I’m the tax reporter for MarketWatch. I write about the controversies, open questions and best strategies about taxes. For the purposes of this new column, th...
Opinion: The floodgates are open for grandparents to super-size college savings for grandkids
If you’re a grandparent looking to save the day by helping your grandchildren pay for college, take a second look at a tax-advantaged 529 college savings plan before the end of the year. Rule changes ...
Retail analysts foresee holiday-season sales growth. Now we’ll hear from retailers themselves.
Even as price increases squeeze shoppers, analysts expect holiday-season sales to increase this year. With Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and discounters TJX Cos. and Ross Stores Inc. reporting results in...
A Berkshire Hathaway Bright Spot: Energy. Here Are the Numbers.
Warren Buffett likes energy. Berkshire Hathaway now owns some $58 billion of Chevron and Occidental Petroleum securities. It isn’t Berkshire’s largest holding; that would be insurance, led by auto ins...
FTX bankruptcy: Can account holders expect to get their money back?
FTX, the unraveling cryptocurrency exchange, has plummeted from its high-profile perch straight into bankruptcy court. On Friday morning, FTX and related entities including Alameda Research, its affil...
How to get a guaranteed retirement spending rate of 4.3%
Stop the presses! The 4% spending rule may be alive after all—at least for now. I’m referring to the famous research from William Bengen in 1994 that focused on how much a retiree could withdraw from ...
Crypto and tech are the first dominoes to fall as stimulus liquidity dries up, says this money manager. Here’s what could happen next.
Read: Sequoia on its FTX investment: Some surprise to the upside, and some surprise to the downside JPMorgan is predicting a “cascade of margin calls, deleveraging and crypto company/platform failures...
Bonds Look Attractive Now. Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Like Them.
Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Alex Wong/Getty Images Bonds don’t excite Warren Buffett even after the sharp rise in yields this year. The Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) C...
Elon Musk Made Unusual Request in Falling Out With Top Tesla Lieutenant
Last year, Elon Musk parted ways with one of his top deputies at Tesla Inc., a French auto-industry executive named Jerome Guillen. Mr. Guillen worked at Tesla for roughly a decade, rising to oversee ...
‘Voters are looking for help’: With control of Congress too early to call, here are 3 burning tax questions
A day after midterm elections, it remains uncertain whether either party will end up with Congressional control or whether it will be a divided Congress — and that has consequences for these tax quest...
Berkshire Hathaway Cuts Stake in U.S. Bancorp By More Than Half
A new filing indicates that Berkshire Hathaway cut its stake in U.S. Bancorp by 56% to 52.5 million shares that are now worth $2.4 billion. In a form 13-G filing dated Thursday, Berkshire Hathaway (BR...
‘It’s a touchy subject’: My in-laws live in our basement. They gave us our 20% down payment. Should we charge them for renovations?
Last year, my husband and I approached my in-laws to see if they wanted to live with us. We had learned that my father-in-law had terminal cancer but could still live five to seven years in remission,...
Qualcomm, Nvidia Are Top Picks Among Semiconductor Stocks, Analyst Says
Text size For investors looking for near-term protection, Credit Suisse analysts said wireless-device specialist Qualcomm was their top pick. Dreamstime Semiconductor stocks have fallen far enough to ...