Third-party silicon-wafer manufacturer reported Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported a stronger-than-forecast 80% increase in profit for the third quarter. The chipmaker said earnings rose ...
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Corporate insiders buy up their company stock again amid the latest sell-off
When participating in the stock market, investors often need to explore areas where others are not looking in order to maximize their potential for making substantial returns. Monitoring the transacti...
U.S. Suppliers Halt Operations at Top Chinese Memory Chip Maker
BEIJING–U.S. chip-equipment suppliers are pulling out staff based at China’s leading memory-chip maker and pausing business activities there, according to people familiar with the matter, as they grap...
Moderna Stock Takes Off on Cancer Vaccine News
Moderna stock shot up after Merck said it is exercising an option to work on a personalized cancer vaccine with the Covid-19 vaccine maker. Merck (ticker: MRK) will pay Moderna (MRNA) $250 million for...
5 Chip Stocks for Investors Who Want to Buy the Dip
Text size Cowen has a $70 price target for Marvell Technology Remusrigo/Dreamstime It has been a rough year for chip stocks, but investors should look beyond short-term weakness. Five semiconductor st...
Layoffs at Intel Could Spell a Bitter Winter for Tech. It’s Not All Bad News.
Intel looks set to be the latest tech company to announce job cuts in the face of a gloomy macro outlook—a sign that a bitter winter is coming for the sector. From a more macro perspective, there are ...
Intel reportedly plans to lay off thousands of workers, with details potentially emerging alongside quarterly earnings
Intel Corp. may fire thousands of workers by the end of the month, around the same time the chip manufacturer reports quarterly results amid a tough year for semiconductor makers, according to a repor...
Robert Shiller created an index that shows investors’ fear of a stock market crash. Here’s what it’s saying now.
A sizeable majority of individual investors are worried about a possible U.S. stock market crash — and that’s bullish. That’s because crash anxiety is a contrarian indicator. It would be a bad sign if...
This industry could be worth $180 billion by 2040. Citigroup offers four stock names to play it, and a few more to think about.
Investors are bracing for some choppiness on Wall Street, with oil prices falling as growth worries rattle around the globe. That’s as the clock ticks down to CPI and the start of a earnings season la...
Saudi Arabia Lures Executives to Neom With Million-Dollar Salaries, Zero Taxes
Saudi Arabia’s megadevelopment Neom is paying senior executives roughly $1.1 million each annually, according to an internal Neom document, showing how the kingdom is using large pay packages to lure ...
Baby boomers, Generation X expect to work past 70 — or forever
Almost half of baby boomers and more than one-third of Generation X expect to work past age 70 or do not plan to retire at all, highlighting the need for backup plans in case life’s unexpected events ...
Strong Dollar Poses Looming Threat To Corporate Earnings—But These Stocks Avoid One Of The Biggest Risks
Topline With third-quarter earnings season kicking off this week, analysts at Goldman Sachs are telling clients to buy stocks with a high percentage of sales from the United States to help protect aga...
Rivian’s big recall is a ‘black eye’ for bulls, but the stock is still a buy, analyst says
Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. took a dive Monday, in the wake of the electric-vehicle maker’s recall of nearly all of its vehicles, but Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said the news is just a “speed bump”...
‘We’re likely to see one of the greatest transfers of intergenerational wealth,’ says head of TIAA
For 25 years, we at MarketWatch have made retirement one of our core coverage areas. We have tried to help our readers navigate the fraught and often confusing issues surrounding saving, investing and...
Brace for Mortgage Rates to Climb Higher After the Jobs Report
Text size A housing development in Pearland, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The rising cost of buying a home has cooled the market this year. In a roundabout way, Friday’s jobs report will add to ho...
Opinion: The stock market is in trouble. That’s because the the bond market is ‘very close to a crash.’
Don’t assume the worst is over, says investor Larry McDonald. There’s talk of a policy pivot by the Federal Reserve as interest rates rise quickly and stocks keep falling. Both may continue. McDonald,...