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Media companies keep dueling for more streaming subscriptions, but viewers might be tapping out in the clash for their attention — and their cash. Netflix on Tuesday reported a first-quarter net loss ...

‘I’m already feeling guilty’: My uncle is leaving me a large inheritance, but excluding my siblings. Should I gift them money every year, or set up a trust?

Dear Quentin, I am soon to inherit a sizable sum of money from an uncle with whom no one in my family still speaks; I’m the only one who has stayed in contact with him. While it seems a bit grotesque ...

‘Life is measurably better without the burden of this debt’: As Biden reviews student-debt cancellation, young people with debt delay buying a house and even having kids

Young Americans are buckling under the weight of their student debt. A large majority (74%) of Generation Z (ages 18 to 25) and 68% of millennials (ages 26 to 41) who took on student debt delayed a ma...

Tech

IBM Stock Soared. Why the 111-Year-Old Tech Company Outperformed Today.

Text size IBM’s results lifted other low-multiple, legacy-tech stocks including Oracle and HP. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Score one for the old timers. On a day when Netflix stock plunge...

IBM stock rises following Street beat, optimistic outlook despite lost Russia business

04/20/2022

International Business Machines Corp. shares rose in the extended session Tuesday after Big Blue forecast an optimistic 2022 with the only headwind being a loss of Russian business following quarterl...

Here are 30 stocks that Goldman Sachs likes when the economy stutters and markets gyrate

Wall Street is finding some traction for Tuesday, as investors wade through big earnings and ample, gloomy distractions. Fighting has ramped up again in Ukraine as the battle begins for the country’s ...

IBM Sales Growth Tops Estimates, Powered by Software and Consulting

Text size IBM has a dividend yield of 5.2%, the highest of any stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Ethan Miller/Getty Images IBM posted better-than-expected first-quarter financial results, as ...

Delta Tested Elon Musk’s Wi-Fi. That’s Not Why SpaceX Is Worth $100 Billion.

Text size A Delta Air Lines plane Al Drago/Bloomberg Delta Air Lines tested SpaceX Starlink internet service for in-flight Wi-Fi. It’s another milestone for the privately held space company that broug...

Commodity prices are going haywire, prompting fears of the next financial crisis

The prices of commodities including oil CL00, +1.24%, wheat W00, and palladium PA00, -0.50% have surged this year as much of the global economy shakes off COVID restrictions and as Russia’s invasion o...

I have a government job and a small pension. I’m planning to work a few more years. Should I file for Social Security now or wait?

A recent reader email introduced the very common question: Should I file for Social Security now or wait? Here’s the email: I am turning 66 in June, approaching full retirement. I am a federal employe...

Tech

Alibaba, Bilibili, and China Tech Stocks Slide on Livestreaming Crackdown

Text size DiDi headquarters in Beijing. AFP via Getty Images Chinese technology stocks stumbled Tuesday in Hong Kong amid tighter regulations from Beijing on the country’s livestreaming sector, and on...

These 20 highly rated stocks are expected to rise at least 70% over the next year

A sliding stock market means many companies are on sale, which spells opportunity for investors with investment horizons of several years. A list of the most favored names among analysts, along with c...

Why consider the Dow transports when they point to a slowing economy? Because these 7 stocks are cheap

The Dow Jones Transportation Average has long been considered a good forward indicator of the direction of the U.S. economy. With early signs that an economic slowdown is coming, this might be an obvi...

Berkshire Hathaway Is Likely to Buy Alleghany. No Rival Bids Emerged.

Text size Alleghany’s noninsurance operations include a toy business and a steel fabricator. Dreamstime It looks like Berkshire Hathaway will succeed in buying the insurer Alleghany for $11.6 bi...

IBM Reports Earnings Tuesday. What to Expect.

Text size Wall Street projects IBM will post revenue of $13.8 billion for its first quarter. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images When IBM reports first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, Wall Street will be ...

IBM Reports Earnings Tuesday. Wall Street Is Watching for Software Growth.

‘The graveyard shift is the most understaffed:’ I work as a waiter on the Las Vegas Strip. We are overworked, underpaid, and our drunk customers often don’t tip

Dear Quentin, I currently work at a fast-casual restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip. I have worked at the company for three years. I work at the busiest outlet of this restaurant in the world. During t...

Crypto

Financial Face-Off: Should you use your tax refund to buy I bonds or crypto? One of these options could get a 9.6% return. Let us explain.

Hello and welcome to Financial Face-off, a MarketWatch column where we help you weigh financial decisions. Our columnist will give her verdict. Tell us whether you think she’s right in the comments. A...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are Hours for Easter Monday 2022.

04/17/2022

Text size Dreamstime U.S. investors eager to trade after the holiday weekend will have plenty of news to digest, thanks to corporate earnings. More than 100 companies are slated to report this week—an...

Warren Buffett Says He Is in Great Health With No Plans to Step Down as CEO

04/15/2022

Text size Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Warren Buffett says he is in excellent health and has no plans to step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway as he eagerly anticipate...

Worried About a Recession? Buy IBM Stock, Morgan Stanley Says.

Text size IMB stock is a buy according to Morgan Stanley. Dreamstime Worried about recession? Then maybe you want to take a fresh look at IBM stock. That advice comes courtesy of Morgan Stanley analys...

Inflation is raging, but these 16 companies have pricing power

Decades of deflationary forces that helped feed booming prices for U.S. stocks are over, at least for now. But some companies are countering the trend, by a combination of holding down expenses and ra...

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Nvidia Stock Gains on Upgrade. Ethereum Won’t Crash It the Way Bitcoin Did.

Text size Gamers compete at the ‘Nvidia’ booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3 in Los Angeles. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Nvidia stock was rising Wednesday after it receiv...

‘Please help!’ It seems like I have been paying my child’s student loan forever. How much longer must I pay it off?

Dear Quentin, It seems like I have been paying my Parent PLUS Loan forever. Someone told me that when my husband passed away, even though we were divorced at the time, I wouldn’t have to keep paying t...

Meta Stock Might Have Another Round of Weaker Earnings Ahead

Text size Meta stock saw a couple of price target cuts as analysts worried about its coming earnings report. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Wall Street is bracing for another rough quarter for Facebook ...

Nvidia’s Gaming and Datacenter Outlook Is Strong. The Stock Gets an Upgrade.

Text size Gamers compete at the ‘Nvidia’ booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3 in Los Angeles. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Nvidia stock was rising Wednesday after it receiv...

Boeing Stock Climbs Higher, Shrugging Off India’s 737 MAX Pilot Ban

Text size A Boeing 737 MAX jet. Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images The Indian aviation regulator has barred 90 pilots from flying Boeing 737 MAX jets due to concerns over the simulators used to trai...

Here’s the playbook if the rest of the world breaks free from the U.S. dollar, says Credit Suisse’s monetary plumbing guru

It’s pretty well accepted that no one knows as much about the plumbing of the world’s financial system as Zoltan Pozsar, global head of short-term interest-rate strategy at Credit Suisse, who was the ...

Boeing Stock Shrugs Off Concerns Over 737 MAX Simulator

‘The weight of this debt is crushing’: I’m 74, and a retired speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200K. Am I obliged to pay it off?

Dear Quentin, I have not seen anyone address student-loan debt for people over 70 years of age. I am a 74-year-old retired speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200,000. I’m on a ...

Sierra Oncology Stock Soars After $1.9 Billion Takeover by GSK

Text size The deal comes ahead of GlaxoSmithKline’s planned spinoff of its consumer health division in July. AFP via Getty Images GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy U.S. rare cancer therapy compa...

Sierra Oncology Stock Soars After $1.9 Billion Takeover by GlaxoSmithKline