How the Inspire Brands CEO Learned to Care About Company Culture

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Not Ready to Go Full EV? Some Car Companies Bet Bigger on Hybrids

Demand for hybrid vehicles is hot, reinforcing the view from Toyota Motor Corp. and other auto makers that the gas-electric approach will play an important role even as the industry races toward fully...

Chipotle Stock Could Heat Up. Here Comes a Speedy Robo Burrito Maker.

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Bank of America to Pay $1.84 Billion to Settle Last Major Mortgage-Crisis Suit

Bank of America closed the door on its last major litigation over mortgage bonds that were at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008. The Charlotte, N.C., bank said Friday it would pay $1.84 billio...

Americans are souring on the housing market and California is now giving residents up to $1,050 of ‘inflation relief’ — here’s who is eligible

Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. September jobs report highlights major shift in white-collar work — as Labor Department plans changes to jobs questionnaire ‘The old question was beco...

These Growth Stocks Have Beaten the Market. Why It Can Continue.

The stock market has tumbled recently, but growth stocks have finally stopped getting hit the hardest. Subtle shifts in the broader investing environment are responsible.  The Russell 2000 index of sm...

PVC Prices Are Falling. Why Warren Buffett Should Be Worried.

One thing leads to the other. Rising interest rates pummel housing. Lumber prices fall, some 60% this year. And, notes energy research firm and investment bank Tudor Pickering Holt, PVC—the plastic th...

Memory Chip Makers Struggle With Declines in Demand, Price

Listen to article (2 minutes) The pandemic boom in memory chips is on pause. A decline in prices in recent months has led the biggest memory players—including Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology...

Sticking with your Medicare plan this open enrollment season? You could pay a hefty price.

Even Medicare beneficiaries happy with their plans should take the opportunity this open enrollment season to comparison shop — and review their current coverage.  Medicare’s annual open enrollment pe...

Americans are souring on the housing market. Home buyer sentiment hits lowest level since 2011 — and mortgage rates reach 7%.

There’s no respite for home buyers these days. From rising rates, high home prices, and an uncertain economic outlook, shoppers are finding it hard to jump into purchasing a home.  Fannie Mae noted th...

Bank Stocks Have Gotten Slammed. Here Are 4 Worth a Look Ahead of Earnings.

Another bank earnings season is coming upon us, and no one is feeling too excited. Yet excitement isn’t what makes stocks like Citizens Financial Group and M&T Bank attractive. Make no mistake, ba...

Robert Toll, Who Headed Luxury Homebuilder Toll Brothers, Dies at 81

Robert Toll, who built Toll Brothers into the country’s largest luxury homebuilder and brought a founder’s passion to the business, died Friday at age 81 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease The e...

Opinion: Disney’s ESPN is aiming for a potential pact with DraftKings. The better bet for investors is FanDuel, which has a few aces in the hole

It can be maddening when other people don’t see the world the way we do. In the stock market, this kind of misalignment can be a source of great wealth. I was thinking about that kind of contrarian ap...

Exxon Improperly Fired Scientists Suspected of Sharing Information, Labor Department Finds

Listen to article (2 minutes) The Labor Department said it found Exxon Mobil illegally fired two company scientists over suspicions they shared information with The Wall Street Journal about concerns ...

Opinion: 4 predictable retirement problems — and how to solve them

​When modeling out retirement, people often apply rules of thumb for income timing. The classic one is the “​4% rule,” which many people now think is a bit optimistic as a “safe” withdrawal rate. ​Bey...

Weekend reads: How the Fed’s punishing policy can set you up for massive gains in the stock market

During a long bear market, investors’ moods can be so bleak and muddy that they cannot envision better times. But they always come. Warren Buffett has shown repeatedly over the decades how to enhance ...

Bond markets facing historic losses grow anxious of Fed that ‘isn’t blinking yet’

The Federal Reserve has been showing no signs of letting up on aggressive rate hikes, even as its policies fuel carnage for the ages across the roughly $53 trillion U.S. bond market. As a result, borr...

S&P 500 would be in an ‘earnings recession’ if not for this one booming sector — but that may not last long

Fears of an actual recession are weighing on investors near the end of 2022, but there is another type of recession also in sight: an earnings recession. The S&P 500 index would already be in an e...

How credit cards ruined the airport lounge

This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet.  Years ago, there were business travelers and there were leisure travelers, and nary did the perks of the high-flying former trickle down to th...

One of the world’s biggest container shipping companies is ‘too compelling to ignore,’ says analyst

With valuation at a trough and a dividend lined up for 2022, A.P. Moeller-Maersk is “too compelling to ignore” and investors should buy the shares. That’s according to analysts at Berenberg, who upgra...

Rivian Recalling Nearly All of Its Vehicles

Rivian Automotive is recalling nearly all of its vehicles to address a potential problem that could cause customers to lose steering control, the company said Friday. The electric truck and SUV maker ...

MakerDAO to Invest $500M in US Treasuries and Corporate Bonds

MakerDAO has joined hands with an asset advisory firm called Monetalis which will be assisting them in the allocation of funds across short-term US treasury bonds and investment-grade corporate bonds....

Chip stocks slammed by new ban on chip and AI technology for China

The chip sector melted down Friday after U.S. regulators moved to pump the brakes on China’s military ambitions by issuing new restrictions on semiconductor and AI technology that can be sold to the c...

OPEC Just Put a New Floor on Oil Prices. Politics Could Break It.

Text size Top oil producers agreed on a major cut in production to boost crude prices, a move denounced by the U.S. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images OPEC’s latest controversial decision to cut p...

Tesla Won’t Stop Falling Until Musk Stops Selling. Here’s Where the Stock Is Headed.

Tesla stock has been having a terrible week, and it’s likely to get worse for the shares before it gets better. There are a few reasons for that. One is technical, the other is CEO Elon Musk. The week...

Organization Behind Fourth-Largest Stablecoin To Invest $500,000,000 in US Treasuries and Corporate Bonds

MakerDAO, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) behind the stablecoin DAI is kicking off its $500 million investment strategy to allocate funds for traditional assets. The issuer of the four...

Buy Verizon Stock for a Turnaround and Its Big Dividend, Says Analyst

Text size The Verizon logo is seen at a Verizon Wireless store in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Oppenheimer believes Verizon Communications stock is now too cheap to ignore. On Wednesday...

Will the stock market be open on Columbus Day?

It’s a regular day of business for the U.S. stock market on Monday, October 10, as equity exchanges stay open for Columbus Day, a federal holiday that also has been recognized as Indigenous Peoples’ D...

MakerDAO To Invest $500M in U.S Treasury and Corporate Bonds

3 hours ago | 2 mins read Altcoin News It started with a $1 million pilot transaction, and the rest will follow shortly. MakerDAO’s native stablecoin, DAI, will be converted to US dollars. In a Thursd...

MakerDAO to Invest $500M in U.S. Treasuries and Corporate Bonds

MakerDAO, the team behind the DAI stablecoin, has taken its first step in allocating $500 million worth of funds to the U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, thereby diversifying its balance sheet. The a...

Stablecoin Issuer MakerDAO Invests $500m into U.S Treasuries & Corporate Bonds

MakerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) tasked with the governance and issuance of stablecoin DAI, on Thursday allocated $500 million for investment in U.S. short treasuries and corpor...