Investors with taxable accounts—as opposed to tax-favored retirement accounts such as individual retirement accounts or 401(k)s—are often eligible for lower tax rates and other benefits. When an inves...
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Rivian Stock Slumps After Earnings. Wall Street Says Buy the Dip Of Course.
Text size Courtesy Rivian If we learned anything from Rivian Automotive earnings and the reaction of the stock, it’s that the company’s production ramp-up isn’t happening fast enough for the market. W...
Standard Deduction 2021-2022: How Much Is It?
The standard deduction is the amount taxpayers can subtract from income if they don’t break out deductions for mortgage interest, charitable contributions, state and local taxes and other items separa...
JD.com Stock Falls After Earnings Top Estimates but Revenue Growth Slows
Text size A JD.com distribution center in Beijing. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares of JD.com fell in premarket trading Thursday after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported fourth-quarter earnin...
Tesla’s China Sales Dropped. Tesla Stock Rose Anyway.
Text size Tesla delivered 56,515 vehicles from its Chinese plant in February. Sam Yeh /AFP via Getty Images Tesla sales from its plant in Shanghai fell in February from January, following the pattern ...
PayPal Stock Gets Downgraded, but Another Analyst Says Stay Patient
Text size PayPal recently suspended services in Russia. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images PayPal Holdings was the subject of debate on Wednesday, with BofA Securities downgrading the stock to Hold, while M...
Should You Buy the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Fund? It’s on Sale—and That Could Be a Trap.
In closed-end funds, anything trading around 70 cents on the dollar might seem too good to pass up. Investors can get that kind of bargain now in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust . But this may be a case w...
Frackers Say Bottlenecks Impede Output Boost as Oil Prices Soar
American shale drillers say there are limits to how much and how quickly they can boost shaky oil supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cautioning that supply-chain issues, investors wary o...
Planning to retire? Don’t get hit with a surprise tax bill for this common mistake
How much of your salary is withheld from your paycheck affects what you receive, or owe, at tax time – with the wrong number selected, you could be in for quite a surprise. Retirement Tip of the Week...
Scared of investing during the Ukraine invasion? Try this IRA maneuver
Moe, Larry and Curly have been watching stock markets plunge in the past two weeks in response to the Ukraine invasion. Each wants to invest, say, $100,000 in European stocks—for example through Vangu...
Asana Stock Tumbles. The Company Is Warning of Larger Losses.
Text size Asana reported better-than-expected fiscal fourth quarter results on Wednesday. Courtesy Asana Shares of Asana are trading sharply lower in late trading Wednesday despite better-than-expecte...
How the Federal Reserve could cut its near $9 trillion balance sheet as it fights inflation
Slimming down might be the trickiest part after two years of the pandemic. As the Federal Reserve looks to shrink its near $9 trillion balance sheet to help cool U.S. inflation pegged at a 40-year hig...
Opinion: The Fed needs to target a floor for the 10-year Treasury, in addition to radically raising the fed funds rate
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell faces the toughest task since Chairman Paul Volcker tamed the Great Inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s. And a lot of the pressures driving the most virulent ...