Another sign of a looming recession? Americans’ ‘financial health’ fell for the first time in five years

Are you late paying for your utilities? Do you have enough set aside for a rainy day? Less than one-third (31%) of Americans are “financially healthy” in 2022, down 3% from a year ago, according to th...

When can I apply for student loan cancellation? How much will I get? Here are answers to some of the big questions.

President Biden’s highly anticipated federal student loan cancellation announcement last month created as many questions as it answered, prompting at least one major loan servicer’s website to crash a...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Bristol Myers, Carvana, and MicroStrategy

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MicroStrategy Plans to Sell Shares. It’s Not the Only Reason Why the Stock Is Rising.

Text size MicroStrategy stock is sensitive to swings in the price of Bitcoin. Dreamstime MicroStrategy stock has surged in recent days amid a rally in cryptocurrency prices—but one of the latest catal...

Nikola Founder Faces Securities-Fraud Trial Over Promises About Electric Trucks

Trevor Milton, the Nikola founder who enticed auto-industry leaders and investors with his promise for a revolution in electric trucks, faces a securities-fraud trial beginning this week on allegation...

U.S. plans new curbs on exports of chips, chip-making tools to China: report

The Biden administration plans to expand export restrictions for U.S. chip companies to China, according to a new report. Reuters reported Sunday night that the new curbs on artificial-intelligence se...

These money and investing tips can give you a head start when the bulls run again

Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS What the oil market can teach ...

Singapore Hits the Brakes on Crypto Ads at F1 Grand Prix

Crypto.com has paid millions to sponsor Formula One. When the event comes to Singapore later this month, that could mean a lot of empty space. The company has been part of a drive by cryptocurrency fi...

IHS Is a Play on Emerging Market Cellphones. Why the Stock Looks Like a Buy.

Text size IHS’s organic revenue growth has been 18% a year over the past half-decade. Dreamstime IHS Holding is the new kid on the block in the cell-tower world—and its stock may be worth buying. Runn...

Why Total Yield Can Be a Savior in Volatile Markets

Text size MetLife is one of the financial firms that has thrived this year. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Income investors are finally having their moment. In a volatile year for markets, which saw major in...

If you’re losing your taste for highly juiced meme stocks, these low-risk ETFs will surprise you

Call it the revenge of the anti-meme stocks. I’m referring to low-volatility stocks’ huge alpha so far this year: Through Sep. 8, according to FactSet, the  iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF USMV, +...

Polestar Gets Sell Rating. Its Shares Rise.

Text size Lucid stock is down 74% from its 52-week high. Courtesy Lucid Motors The bubble in small capitalization electric vehicle stocks inflated then popped. Small EV shares still trade strangely, h...

T-Mobile Stock Market Value Has Been Rising. It’s Bigger Than Verizon.

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size There’s a new top dog in U.S. telecom. This past Tuesday, T-Mobile US nosed ahead of Verizon Communications , and AT&T in market capitalization—an exclamation...

These two ETFs point to a potential stock-market drop, says this market analyst

Growth and technology stocks, as measured by the Nasdaq-100 index, have gotten more expensive and appear poised for a potential fall in the next couple weeks, according to Michael Kramer, founder of M...

Chinese Banks Lose a Mortgage Safety Net as Developers Slide Into Distress

Listen to article (2 minutes) China is increasingly counting on its banks to step up mortgage lending and help boost a sinking housing market. But there is a problem: Lenders are stuck with many mortg...

Elon Musk Gives a New Reason to Cancel Twitter Deal

Text size Lawyers for Elon Musk said on Friday that Twitter’s severance payments to a former employee violate the merger agreement. AFP via Getty Images Lawyers for Tesla CEO Elon Musk said late...

Biden finalized his plan to rein in Big Tech. Big Tech wasn’t invited.

President Joe Biden’s administration issued a checklist of actions needed to rein in Big Tech on Thursday, after a roundtable “listening session” on issues within the technology industry. But administ...

A strong market rally could be just weeks away if the U.S. midterm elections can put anxious stock investors at ease

If the U.S. midterm election cycle this year is like past ones, the stock market will carve out an important low right around Election Day in November. That should give some hope to beleaguered invest...

Volkswagen Is One of the Cheapest Stocks. A Porsche IPO Could Change That.

A successful Porsche IPO could unlock value at Volkswagen, an emerging Tesla rival. Here, a 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS Hockenheimring edition is being painted. Porsche Text size With the exception of Tes...

Trump Media SPAC Extends Merger Deadline, Paying Nearly $3 Million for Three Months

Updated Sept. 9, 2022 4:26 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) The special-purpose acquisition company trying to take Trump Media & Technology Group public will pay nearly $3 million to get three ...

Robinhood users buy and hold companies ‘they know, understand and believe in for the long-term.’ Here are their favorite stocks.

Tech companies, electric-vehicle makers and some meme stocks are part of the aggregate mix of equities inside the portfolios of Robinhood users, according to a new index from the brokerage app geared ...

Senators introduce the next retirement savings proposal – the EARN Act

The EARN Act is the latest addition to the lineup of proposals legislators have put forth to bolster retirement savings.  Senators Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, and Mike Crapo, a Republican from ...

3M stock extends bounce after UBS recommends investors stop selling, saying sentiment is ‘washed out’

Shares of 3M Co. extended their bounce Friday, after a long-time bearish analyst said investors should stop selling, as the recent “derating” in price suggests all litigation liability has already bee...

Nursing homes suing caregivers for debts they don’t owe, regulator says

Nursing homes and debt collectors are billing and suing long-term-care residents’ family members and friends, demanding payments for debts these individuals don’t legally owe, consumer attorneys and f...

Apple’s satellite deal with Globalstar could spell good news for this company

Apple’s partnership with satellite company Globalstar was one of a slew of announcements at the technology giant’s eagerly-anticipated iPhone 14 launch event this week. Under the terms of the deal, Gl...

Shopify Announces Changes in Top Leadership

Text size The company announced a 10% cut to its workforce in July. Dreamstime Shopify announced a new chief financial officer and chief operating officer on Thursday, a little less than two months af...

Verizon says it’s ‘very challenging being the premium brand’ but that new efforts will pay off

The iPhone 14 arrives during a tough climate for the U.S. wireless market, but a Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, +0.58% executive is upbeat about the efforts her company has taken both before and in r...

T-Mobile Stock Buyback Is Here. There’s More Where That Came From.

Text size T-Mobile management has said the company could direct some $60 billion toward share repurchases between 2023 and 2025. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg T-Mobile US announced a $14 billion share r...

DocuSign Stock Surges on Earnings Beat, Boost to Billings Forecast

Text size Courtesy DocuSign Shares of DocuSign were surging Friday after the e-signature company posted quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts’ estimates and raised its forecast for fisca...

Snap stock extends rally as CEO calls out ‘enormous’ opportunity

Snap Inc.’s stock was powering toward another session of strong gains Thursday in the wake of Chief Executive Evan Spiegel’s presentation at a conference as well as some upbeat analyst commentary abou...

Globalstar Sinks on Apple Deal. ‘Buy the Rumor; Sell the News.’

Text size Globalstar will be a big winner as Apple needs satellite connectivity for its iPhone 14. VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images Apple ’s iPhone 14 will have some satellite connectivity. It’s a big ...

With inflation, many retirees will pay more federal income taxes

The federal income tax is generally indexed for inflation. Most particularly, the income brackets to which the marginal tax rates apply are increased in line with the “Chained CPI-U.” While the chaine...