As inflation rises, another low-risk investment is getting more attention: the tried-and-true Series I savings bond known as inflation or I bonds. These federally guaranteed instruments currently hav...
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These end-of-life planning forms will save your family a lot of heartache, the trouble with Alaska’s oil fund and more retirement news
From MarketWatch: Opinion: Big money trouble with Alaska’s $80 billion oil fund: A major political row has broken out at Alaska’s Permanent Fund, the state’s giant $82 billion oil fund, where the firi...
Nearly two years into the pandemic, Uber and Lyft still looking for a consistent lane
Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the ride-hailing industry is still seeking stability. Uber Technologies Inc. UBER, +7.27% and Lyft Inc. LYFT, +3.63% are scheduled to release fourth-quarte...
‘This is not 1980’: What investors are watching as next U.S. inflation reading looms
Investors next week will be closely watching for the latest reading on U.S. inflation, which has been running hot against the backdrop of a volatile stock market in 2022. “Inflation will be the data p...
Knightscope Stock—Like Its Security Robots—Has Its Ups and Downs
Text size Knightscope’s robots—and shares—have had their ups and downs. Dreamstime Knightscope is a tiny firm that’s familiar to many investors, if only from news reports about its “autonomous securit...
Wells Fargo Won an Investor Dispute. Judge Says It Gamed the System.
In 2017, Brian Leggett, a Wells Fargo customer, filed an arbitration claim against the bank and one of its financial advisors, accusing them of negligence and breach of fiduciary duty in how they hand...
Royal Caribbean may finally be confident enough to provide long-term financial guidance
Royal Caribbean Group looks poised to report the first billion-dollar quarter since the pandemic, and may finally be confident enough about the post-pandemic outlook to provide long-term financial tar...
Corporate Adoption: Restaurant Chain Everbowl Embraces The Bitcoin Standard
Another restaurant company is adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet. On Everbowl’s website, they claim “At everbowl, we believe the key to life is motion,” and they’re putting their money where their mo...
This way of picking value stocks has actually worked — and Berkshire Hathaway screens the best
Amazon.com’s earnings surprise is the story of the day, pushing even the jobs report into second billing. More on that in a second. But the broader story of the markets is unchanged. Interest rates ar...
CEO of Self-Driving-Car Firm Luminar Buys Stock
Text size A vehicle with Luminar LiDAR Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Luminar Technologies stock has been slumping, and founder and CEO Austin Russell scooped up the cheaper shares. Luminar (ticke...
Unity Software Stock Rises as 2022 Revenue Forecast Tops Estimates
Text size Dreamstime Unity Software stock traded higher Friday after the fourth-quarter adjusted loss at the videogame developer tools maker was narrower than Wall Street expected and the company issu...
Ford Stock Falls After Earnings. What Wall Street Thinks.
Text size Ford’s Maverick in hybrid form, with 37 mpg combined. Ford photo Ford’s fourth-quarter earnings, reported Thursday evening, came in a little light and financial guidance for 2022 didn’...
Why Medicare Surcharges Can Shock Retirees
I would like to see you write, and warn your readers, about Medicare surcharges. I was insufficiently aware of the impacts. Perhaps you can cushion the shock for others. “Shock,” often, is the right w...
Snap earnings spark stock rally that’s so big, it’s making people nervous
A stock moving more than 50% higher in a single session is normally cause for celebration on Wall Street, but Snap Inc.’s big rally Friday was met with skittishness. Shares of the Snapchat parent comp...