Government regulators took the extraordinary step over the weekend of making whole uninsured depositors at two failed banks, but savers shouldn’t count on similar treatment if other banks fail in the ...
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First Republic Says Everything Is Fine. Why the Stock Market Is Worried.
First Republic Bank worked to reassure clients about the safety of its business Sunday evening after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week sparked fears of contagion in the banking industry. “...
No Bailout for SVB. Here’s What to Expect.
The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week segued into an anxious weekend for depositors, as start-ups and Wall Street fretted about the regulatory response to the largest bank failure since...
Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure May Lead to Smaller Fed Rate Hike
The second-largest bank failure in U.S. history might help the Federal Reserve do its job of tightening credit and slowing the economy. To be sure, the sudden collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank unit ...
Grayscale Bitcoin Fund Soars as Judges Sound Skeptical of SEC’s Arguments on ETF
Grayscale Investments for years has fruitlessly sought to convert its flagship product—the world’s largest Bitcoin fund at $14 billion—into an exchange-traded fund, most recently suing the Securities ...
Rivian, Tesla, and 2 Other EV Makers Are Recalling Vehicles
Monday is looking like recall day for electric-vehicle makers. A few have showed up on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. Recalls from the large players don’t look serious. Re...
Alibaba Stock’s Recovery Has Momentum. This Is One Potential Risk.
Analysts are increasingly upbeat about Alibaba stock in the wake of the group’s quarterly earnings, which supported the narrative that the Chinese tech company’s recovery is on track. But a familiar c...
Tech Carried the Stock Market. Now They’re Taking It Down With Them.
The prospect of still-higher short- and long-term interest rates produced the worst week for the S&P 500 index in the relatively young year, a drop of 2.67%, and the third straight down week for t...
The Stock Market Doesn’t Look Cheap, Any Way You Slice It
Stock indexes closed another losing week in a downbeat February, as investors continue to debate the path of the economy and monetary policy. It’s a decidedly muddled outlook for the market from a fun...
Any Way You Slice It, Stocks Still Don’t Look Cheap
Text size This past week’s numbers gave investors plenty to fret about. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Stock indexes closed another losing week in a downbeat February, as investors continue to debate the ...
How the Ohio Derailment May Power a Company With Deep Roots in Train Safety
Derailments have plagued trains since their invention, sometimes driving change. This past week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment and toxic s...
Moving in Retirement to Cut Tax Costs? Consider These 4 Factors First.
When an affluent suburban Chicago couple came to John Campbell, senior wealth strategist at U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management, planning to retire in New Mexico because of its weather and lower incom...
Is the U.S. Economy In Recession? What the Fed—and Everyone Else—Got Wrong.
It was roughly a year ago, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine caused an oil-price shock and the Federal Reserve kicked off its interest-rate-tightening campaign, that forecasters began warning in e...
Tech Carried This Upturn, and Now It’s Taking the Market Down With It
The prospect of still-higher short- and long-term interest rates produced the worst week for the S&P 500 index in the relatively young year, a drop of 2.67%, and the third straight down week for t...
Inflation Ran Hot in January. The Hidden Reasons Rate Hikes Aren’t Working—Yet
Inflation data published Friday show that consumer price growth reaccelerated in January, marking the latest sign that the U.S. economy is defying the Federal Reserve’s attempts to cool demand. The da...
U.S. Debt Is Over $30 Trillion. Who’s on the Other Side of Those Liabilities?
About the authors: Paul J. Simko is the Frank M. Sands Sr. associate professor of business administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Richard P. Smith is managing director...
Walmart, Alibaba, Moderna, and More Stocks to Watch This Week
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Walmart, Alibaba, Moderna, and More Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
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Companies Are Getting More Confident About Profits. What It Means for Stocks.
Companies are just beginning to get more confident in their profit outlooks, although the stock market has a lot to sort through before it is likely to stage any substantial rally. Still, the signs o...
Redfin Is Upbeat About This Year. So Is Wall Street.
Text size Redfin reported a smaller earnings loss than expected for the fourth quarter and full year. Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg Redfin has reported a smaller-than-feared earnings loss. Analysts respo...
A Debt-Ceiling Fight Could Raise U.S. Borrowing Costs and Worsen Budget Deficits
Illustration by Chris Cash Text size About the authors: Arvind Krishnamurthy is the John S. Osterweis professor of finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Hanno Lustig is the school’s Miz...
As Earnings Season Ends, Stocks Get Marked Down. The Good News: It Isn’t a Recession.
With only a few big names left to report, 80% of S&P 500 companies have now delivered results, putting the index’s earnings per share on track to contract 2.2% for the fourth quarter—the first qua...
A Sideways Stock Market and the Case for Selling in March
Investors have heard the dictum “sell in May and go away.” This year they might want to consider selling in March. The May adage follows from market seasonality. Historically, investors have realized ...
Strong Economic Data Weaken the Case for Continued Stock Rally
The dash for trash has hit a speed bump. Stocks faltered again this past week as the early-year rally, led by rebounds in 2022’s speculative-grade losers, ran into resistance from higher expected inte...
The Way Americans Retire Has Changed Forever. Saving a Nest Egg Isn’t Enough.
About the author: Martin Neil Baily is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton. He is the co-author, with Benjamin H. ...
Biden’s IRS Nominee: Agency Will Increase Audits of Wealthy Taxpayers
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service pledged to increase scrutiny of certain wealthy taxpayers at his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Committee on F...
Tesla Stock Is Down. Steering Wheels Are Not the Reason.
Safety matters a great deal in the automotive market. Safety recalls and investigations, paradoxically, don’t matter as much. Investors might not be able to tell that by looking at stocks. Tesla (tick...