The secret to a happier retirement might be in your ‘retirement quotient’

You know all about IQ (intelligence quotient) and probably EQ (emotional quotient or emotional intelligence). But if you’re getting close to retirement or in retirement, you might also want to know ab...

Muddy Waters takes short position against U.S.-listed Uruguayan payments company

Short seller Muddy Waters Capital announced it has taken out a short bet against Uruguayan payments firm dLocal, calling the company “likely a fraud,” which caused its shares to dramatically drop on W...

Buy American Tower, Crown Castle, and SBA Communications Stock. The REITs Look Ready to Rebound

Certainty during rocky macroeconomic times deserves a premium. Predictable and dependable profits are exactly what cell-tower real estate investment trusts provide, and yet their stocks are selling at...

Qualcomm, Nvidia Are Top Picks Among Semiconductor Stocks, Analyst Says

Text size For investors looking for near-term protection, Credit Suisse analysts said wireless-device specialist Qualcomm was their top pick. Dreamstime Semiconductor stocks have fallen far enough to ...

Oil Prices Could Rise After Latest EU Sanctions on Russia

The European Union’s ban on seaborne imports of Russian oil, along with the Group of Seven’s plan to cap prices of oil from Russia early next month won’t guarantee that prices for the commodity will s...

Opinion: This record number in Nvidia earnings is a scary sight

Nvidia Corp.’s financial results had a bit of a surprise for investors, and not on the good side — product inventories doubled to a record high as the chip company gears up for a questionable holiday ...

Cisco Stock Gains on Earnings. Layoffs Are Coming. 

Cisco Systems shares are trading higher after the networking-infrastructure company posted better-than-expected revenue and profit growth for its fiscal first quarter, ended Oct. 29. The company also ...

Nvidia earnings chopped in half, but tweaked servers to China offset earlier $400 million warning

Nvidia Corp. shares ticked higher in the extended session Wednesday after the chip maker said modified servers to China mostly made up for an expected $400 million shortfall due to a U.S. ban on certa...

ZoomInfo Shares Plunge on Disappointing 2023 Outlook

ZoomInfo Technologies shares hit an air pocket Wednesday after the company issued disappointing guidance for 2023 at an RBC Capital Markets investment conference. ZoomInfo (ticker: ZI) Chief Financial...

Sam Bankman-Fried, Tom Brady and Steph Curry named in lawsuit over FTX collapse

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has not had a good couple of weeks. The crypto maven known as SBF has seen his company go bankrupt and his net worth drop by billions of ...

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Has Gotten Too Cheap. ARK’s Cathie Wood Noticed.

The price of Bitcoin has plunged this year but shares of a trust that has been an easy way for investors to get access to the cryptocurrency have fallen even further. Tech investor Cathie Wood has tak...

Opinion: The new bull market will be led by stocks in these three industries.

We don’t know yet if the recent rally kicks off a new bull market in stocks. But here’s a safe bet: Once the new bull market is here, entirely different groups will lead. It’ll be out with the old — t...

Carnival stock dives after private sale of $1 billion in convertible debt

Shares of Carnival Corp. pulled back sharply on heavy volume Wednesday, after the cruise operator took advantage of a recent big rally to commence a private offering of debt that can be converted into...

They pulled money out of FTX at last minute: ‘Thank God I dodged it twice’

As the FTX debacle started to unravel last week, a 26-year-old customer of FTX.US who lived in the New York City area faced a thorny dilemma. While he was concerned about the situation that was unfold...

Nouriel Roubini attacks Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao and says Kevin O’Leary should lose his role at CNBC over ties to FTX

“What are the 7 C’s of crypto? Concealed. Corrupt. Crooks. Criminals. Conmen. Carnival barkers. And finally, CZ.” That was famed economist Nouriel Roubini, a longtime critic of cryptocurrencies, attac...

I retired at 62, am living on a pension and Social Security, and have an IRA but haven’t withdrawn from it. For my whole life, I did all my investing on my own. But with so much at stake now, do I need professional help?

Do you need a financial planner? Getty Images Question: I retired at 62, and I’m living on a pension and Social Security. I have an IRA but haven’t withdrawn from it. I’ve been my own planner up to th...

Cisco’s Earnings Are Today. What to Expect.

Cisco Systems could report a sharp falloff in orders when the networking giant reports October quarter earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday, but its huge backlog should help drive solid fi...

Sunrun and Other Solar Stocks With Strong U.S. Presence Are a Buy, Analyst Says

An analyst from Deutsche Bank is bullish on Enphase Energy Sunrun and First Solar due to their strong domestic presence amid new U.S. legislation. Deutsche Bank analyst Corinne Blanchard initiated cov...

Why do people invest in crypto? ‘It’s partly fraud and partly delusion’: Charlie Munger

““The country did not need a currency that’s good for kidnappers.”” — Charlie Munger Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +0.35%, is not a big fan of crypto, and he shared some f...

Warren Buffett’s chip-stock purchase is a classic example of why you want to be ‘greedy only when others are fearful’

This has been quite a year for Berkshire Hathaway and CEO Warren Buffett. The conglomerate just disclosed its investments in other companies as of the end of the third quarter, and one name — and one ...

Home of the Corporate Tax Loophole

That trial took place in Delaware because Twitter, Inc. has its corporate registration there. So do Amazon, Google, Walmart and Meta (formerly Facebook). In fact, companies responsible for an incredib...

Berkshire Bought Taiwan Semi Stock. Here’s What Else It Bought and Sold.

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Alibaba, Tencent, lead Hong Kong tech stocks higher after upbeat China online retail sales data

Shares of Chinese internet giants jumped in Hong Kong, after official data showed better-than-expected October retail sales in the world’s second-largest economy. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA, +0.7...

Icahn loads up on Twitter, oil and gas in third quarter, dumps Welbilt

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn acquired more than 12.5 million shares of Twitter Inc. during the third quarter, ahead of Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, while also boosting his holdings in Occid...

Nu Holdings sees ‘sustained increase’ in customers; shares jump

Shares of Nu Holdings Ltd. NU, -2.03% jumped 14.7% after hours on Monday after the Brazil-based digital banking platform reported a surprise third-quarter profit and revenue that beat expectations, he...

Berkshire Hathaway discloses stakes in TSMC, Jefferies, Louisiana-Pacific, sending those stocks higher

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. added positions in materials manufacturer Louisiana-Pacific Corp., investment bank Jefferies Financial Group and chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. d...

Dear Tax Guy: ‘What happens if I sell my existing house to pay off the loan on my new home? How much tax will I owe?’

Greeting, readers. I’m Andrew Keshner and I’m the tax reporter for MarketWatch. I write about the controversies, open questions and best strategies about taxes. For the purposes of this new column, th...

Palantir Stock Is Sliding. One of Its Investments Just Went Bankrupt.

Palantir stock is coming under selling pressure amid concerns about the implications of a chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last week by Fast Radius a provider of cloud-based manufacturing and supply chain...

‘Embarrassed’ Tyson Foods CFO apologizes to investors for arrest

Tyson Foods Inc. reported mixed fourth-quarter results Monday as chicken prices soared while beef slumped — but perhaps the most interesting part of the post-earnings conference call was Chief Financi...

Elon Musk Complains of High Workload After Twitter Takeover

Elon Musk said he has “too much work” as the chief executive of both Twitter and Tesla as he undertakes mass layoffs and grapples with an advertising backlash at the social-media company.   “I am real...

Binance CEO tweets regret at not shorting FTX token

The chief executive of Binance said he regretted not betting against the token tied to the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange. Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of Binance who is known by initial...

Markets are getting a wake-up call in 2023, says Morgan Stanley, which offers a plan for investors to get ready.

According to Fed Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller and several strategists, last week’s softer-than-expected October CPI that sent the S&P 500 to its best level in five months was overdone. His word...