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I’m 35 and have $380K in student loans. How to get out of student loan debt fast
Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: “I’m 35 years old, I have one kid and another on the way. My partner is afraid to marry me because of my debt, and I don’t have a steady income. I have two masters d...
Nvidia’s Earnings Are Today. What to Expect.
Text size The graphic chip giant has become the top semiconductor maker in the U.S., eclipsing Intel. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Graphics chip giant Nvidia is expected to post strong financial resul...
Retirees, pay attention – inflation is on the rise
Americans are spending more money because of high inflation — this can be a big problem for older individuals living on a fixed budget. Inflation is at a 40-year-high, at around 7.5% in January, acco...
GE’s Annual Report Is Shorter Again. Things Are Changing.
Text size General Electric plans to break itself into three parts. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images General Electric ‘s latest annual report is more evidence that the company is shaking itself up....
The average savings account pays 0.06%. Earn more at these 8 financial firms
Looking for high-interest savings? These accounts pay more than average. Getty Images/iStockphoto The national average interest rate for savings accounts is a lowly 0.06%, according to Bankrate’s Febr...
Oil is the hottest sector, and Wall Street analysts see upside of up to 48% for favored stocks
Energy is the best-performing stock-market sector this year. Given today’s strong economic growth and inflation, many believe oil prices could remain at current levels for years or maybe even move hig...
Buy SoFi Stock, Analyst Says. The Fintech Should Deliver Strong Revenue Growth.
Text size SoFi has been focused on member growth, according to BofA. Rafaelhenriquepress/Dreamstime SoFi Technologies stock is a buy because the company will deliver strong revenue growth thanks to it...
Morgan Stanley Wants to Educate Investors on Ethereum
It’s not often that one of the major wirehouses tells clients to pay attention to cryptocurrencies, so when Morgan Stanley Wealth Management introduces a 20-page primer on the cryptocurrency Ether, it...
Inflation is at a 40-year high. 10 tips from the pros on how to invest and save
Inflation is high. Here’s what money pros say to do about that. Getty Images/iStockphoto On Thursday, the Labor Department released the latest consumer price index data, which revealed that the rate o...
Credit Suisse Vice Chair Severin Schwan Faces Re-election Opposition from Shareholders
Severin Schwan, the Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse investment bank, is facing opposition from some major shareholders who are against his re-election bid to the Board of the Swiss bank in April, Reute...
‘I don’t know if it’s worth dealing with tenants’: Should I convert my home into a rental, or sell it?
I have enough money to put down on a second home — I need a slightly bigger place and another bedroom. I currently live in Portland, Ore., but I am planning to move outside of Portland. However, I’m c...
Bitcoin’s Price Isn’t Done Falling. How It Could Drop to $10,000.
Text size Stifel’s top equity strategist thinks Bitcoin prices could sink to $10,000. Dreamstime.com The bull case for Bitcoin is that it powers up to $100,000, from recent prices around $43,000...
Seized Russian Dark Web Sites—Trump’s Dumps, Ferum Shop—Raked In $263 Million In Bitcoin, Ether And Litecoin Sales From Stolen Credit Cards
Topline Amid a growing wave of cryptocurrency seizures and government cybercrime crackdowns, Russian authorities have taken down massive swaths of the illicit credit card market as the nation looks to...
I took out student loans for my now-imprisoned son. I owe $50K. Please help.
From student loan forgiveness to refinancing, some options to consider. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I just turned 60 and will probably have to work 20 more years. I currently owe about $50,000 ...
Credit Suisse AML Lawsuit Will Determine Future of Swiss Banking Rules
The trial of Credit Suisse in Switzerland court for allowing a Bulgarian drug trafficker to launder illicitly gained money has started on Monday. It is the first criminal trial of a Swiss bank and the...
Buy the dip? Why the stock market’s bounce off January lows may prove premature
A big stock-market bounce after an ugly January might reflect misplaced confidence in a previously tried-and-true trading strategy, a Wall Street analyst warned on Monday. “After a tough markdown of s...
Crypto is volatile, but KPMG Canada just added bitcoin and ether to its balance sheet. Here’s why
KPMG in Canada has added an unknown amount of bitcoin and ether to its corporate balance sheet. The firm declined to disclose the amount of cryptocurrencies it purchased, but Kunal Bhasin, blockchain...
5 popular financial rules you might want to ditch
Traditional financial advice like the kind you got from your parents is often true but even experienced investors might rely on maxims that are outdated and no longer serving your financial well-being...
Robinhood, Bitcoin, Credit Suisse, XTB: Editor’s Pick
With the first week of February almost over, let’s take a look back at the news stories that dominated the worlds of Forex, Fintech, and Crypto in our best of the week segment. Robinhood Shares ...
UNIFY Financial Credit Union starts offering crypto services
UNIFY Financial Credit Union (UNIFY) has launched cryptocurrency services. The credit union will be offering crypto services through a partnership with NYDIG. UNIFY will be the first credit union to o...
Tax season: does the IRS know if you trade crypto? Is your NFT sale or mining income taxable?
Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. It is tax season in the U.S., and I’ll ...
10 tech value stocks that at least 75% of analysts rate as a ‘buy’ right now
So far, 2022 is a year of value stocks. But some tech stocks fit that definition. Below is a high-conviction list of technology stocks among the S&P 500 SPX, +0.05% that have low valuations to ear...