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National Storage Sees Big Insider Stock Buys
Shares of self-storage firm National Storage Affiliates Trust have tumbled in 2022, and are now trading near a two-year low. Two insiders, including a company founder, purchased large amounts of stock...
AllianceBernstein Executive Helps Chart Firm’s Course Overseeing Finances and Operations
AllianceBernstein Holding LP’s Kate Burke is part of a growing group of executives who lead not only their companies’ finances, but also operations, a trend that comes as firms look to retain top tale...
Opinion: Opinion: FTX was a warning. We must plug the other holes in the Swiss cheese.
FTX’s unraveling should not have come as any great surprise. When an unregulated market like crypto is opened to financial novices, mistakes are bound to be made and fraudsters are sure to take advant...
These money and investing tips can help give your portfolio a holiday makeover
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D.C. spending deal sets way for employers to help workers build cash savings
As people watch their savings sink under inflation’s pressure, one provision in the congressional year-end spending deal aims to make it easier for workers to save money for life’s unexpected expenses...
Stock Selloff Hits Life Insurers’ Fastest-Growing Product
Listen to article (2 minutes) The hottest thing in life insurance for more than a decade might be cooling off. A long-running stock-market rally and low interest rates combined to create the perfect c...
Buy now pay later vs. credit cards — which one is better for you?
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...
A Reckoning for Crypto and FTX
To the Editor:I’ve been hoping for some sort of catalyst that would implode the crypto market, and it has finally happened (“The Crypto Ice Age Is Here. What’s Ahead for Bitcoin and the Stocks,” Dec. ...
From T-Mobile to Starry Group Stock. Lessons From My Picks in 2022.
The year was humbling for many in markets. Growth stocks, the dominant trade for much of the past decade, fell out of favor. There were few winners to be found outside of the energy sector. Bond price...
Meme Token Dogecoin Edges Past Coinbase. It’s Been That Kind of Year in Crypto.
Coinbase Global went public in 2021, with a debut valuation of a snappy $85 billion. This year hasn’t been exactly bountiful for the U.S.-based online crypto broker, with rising interest rates hitting...
Oil books biggest weekly gain since October as concerns rise over Russia supplies
Oil futures rose Friday, booking strong weekly gains, as concerns grew about a drop in Russian exports following the imposition of a price cap by G7 countries earlier this month. Russia’s deputy prime...
Are Warren Buffett’s Investment Aides Beating the Stock Market?
Todd and Ted may be having a tough year in the stock market. Todd Combs and Ted Weschler each were hired by Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) CEO Warren Buffett more than a decade ago to manag...
A stock market gauge with one of the best track records is cheering investors
It’s bullish for the stock market that the average household’s equity allocation has declined as much as it has. I’m referring to an indicator that its creator, the anonymous author of the Philosophic...
The bright side of the chip glut: Nvidia, AMD and Intel gaming cards are cheap and very available for Christmas
Plenty of gamers have woken up on Christmas morning in the past two years feeling disappointed that there wasn’t a gaming card under the tree — the gear was too often unavailable, or selling for much ...
Avocado prices are plunging, sending Mission Produce stock toward its worst day ever
Mission Produce Inc. shares headed for their worst day yet on Friday, following an earnings report that showed the effects of rapidly declining avocado prices. Mission Produce AVO, -15.20% reported a ...
Expion360 stock skyrockets in active trading after exclusive lithium battery supply deal
Shares of Expion360 Inc. XPON, +139.19% rocketed 154.5% in very active midday trading Friday, enough to make them the biggest gainers listed on major U.S. exchanges, after the maker of lithium batteri...
Micron’s recovery from ‘worst memory downturn in 13 years’ will take time, analyst says
Micron Technology Inc.’s results and outlook show the memory-chip market is probably at its worst downturn in 13 years and analysts expect the bounce back may take a while. Late Wednesday, Micron MU, ...
Carnival stock is suffering its worst year on record, but looks ‘overly compelling’ to this analyst
Shares of Carnival Corp. have had a really bad year, even worse than the pandemic year of 2020. And that’s what makes Stifel Nicolaus analyst Steven Wieczynski believe the stock is now “overly compell...
What to expect for the stock market in 2023 after the biggest drop in 14 years
Investors have had a rough 2022 — the worst year since the financial crisis in 2008. There’s been a perfect storm of falling stock and bond prices as the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to b...
IRS pauses rule requiring people to report PayPal, Venmo transactions over $600. Here’s what went wrong.
To avert taxpayer confusion in the upcoming tax season, the IRS is delaying a rule that would have required e-commerce sites and payment platforms like eBay EBAY, +0.12%, Etsy ETSY, -0.32% and PayPal ...
Tesla stock suffers longest losing streak since March 2020 after Wedbush slashes price target by 30%
Shares of Tesla Inc. suffered their longest losing streak since the start of the COVID pandemic, after Wedbush analyst Dan Ives slashed his price target by 30%, citing “demand cracks” for the fourth q...
Are high-deductible health plans worth it? Here’s who can benefit the most.
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...