Investment bankers had a brutal year. One big reason: a dearth of initial public offerings. Thirty-seven companies went public in 2022 and raised a mere $7 billion, the lowest amount of IPO proceeds s...
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Meme Token Dogecoin Edges Past Coinbase. It’s Been That Kind of Year in Crypto.
Coinbase Global went public in 2021, with a debut valuation of a snappy $85 billion. This year hasn’t been exactly bountiful for the U.S.-based online crypto broker, with rising interest rates hitting...
Inflation Is Slowing Down, PCE Data, the Fed’s Preferred Measure, Shows
Inflation is slowing, but consumers aren’t spending as much as hoped this holiday season, data showed Friday. The core personal-consumption expenditures price index, or PCE deflator, was up 0.2% in No...
Billionaire David Tepper Is Betting Against the Stock Market Because of the Fed
Text size David Tepper, co-founder of the hedge fund Appaloosa Management. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Appaloosa Management’s David Tepper says he is worried further tightening of monetary policies from g...
Your Retirement Plans Will Change With the $1.7 Trillion Federal Spending Bill
Congress is poised to approve a $1.7 trillion spending bill this week that seeks to avert a government shutdown and boost the savings of Americans by making significant changes to their retirement pla...
Secure 2.0 Act Nears the Finish Line. What to Know About the Retirement Bill.
Legislation that would encourage saving for retirement and increase the age for taking required minimum distributions is nearing passage on Capitol Hill as part of an omnibus spending bill lawmakers a...
Bill Miller Is Still Bullish on Bitcoin—and a Lot More
Professional athletes like to retire after a good run. Legendary value investor Bill Miller is taking a different route. Miller, 72, is sticking with the plan he announced in January to hang up his in...
The Crypto Ice Age Is Here. What’s Ahead for Bitcoin.
For crypto investors, the only thing to celebrate about 2022 is that it is almost over. The industry is fighting for its life amid a cascade of scandals, bankruptcies, and fury in Washington over its ...
Nike, FedEx, Micron, General Mills, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
A bevy of economic data and several notable companies reporting will keep investors busy this week, before things slow down for the holidays. On Tuesday, Nike FedEx and General Mills release quarterl...
DraftKings Is Questioned by the Market. Citi Says the Stock Is a Buy.
DraftKings doesn’t get enough credit from the market, says one Citi analyst, citing the company’s ability to grow as more states legalize online sports betting. In a research note issued Thursday, Cit...
Stocks Could Return About 10% in 2023—But First, They’re Going to Fall
For U.S. investors, 2023 could seem like two years wrapped in one, with the stock market first falling in anticipation of a recession, only to rebound as the outlook improves toward 2024. The one cons...
The Fed Is Making a Mistake—and the Stock Market Will Pay the Price
We all make mistakes—but the Federal Reserve may be making a bigger one than most. That could mean another difficult year for the stock market in 2023. Those concerns were front and center this past w...
The Crypto Ice Age Is Here. It Could Get Even Worse.
For crypto investors, the only thing to celebrate about 2022 is that it is almost over. The industry is fighting for its life amid a cascade of scandals, bankruptcies, and fury in Washington over its ...
Binance Crypto Exchange Faces Test as Customers Withdraw Funds
There’s nothing in crypto like the New York Stock Exchange, but if the industry has anything close, Coinbase Global and Binance fill that role. Coinbase (ticker: COIN) is based in the U.S. and provide...
The Fed Will Lift Rates at Its Meeting Today. What to Expect After That.
The Federal Reserve’s efforts to tame runaway inflation appear to be working, but there is still a long way to go. Investors rejoiced on Tuesday, sending stocks higher after the release of a fifth-str...
Binance and Its CEO at Risk of Criminal Charges Over AML Rules: Report
The cryptocurrency exchange Binance and executives including CEO Changpeng Zhao are at risk of U.S. criminal charges over compliance with U.S. money-laundering laws and sanctions, according to a repor...
Uncertain Plans for a New Global Minimum Tax Are Weighing on Business
Text size Complexity and uncertainty have ballooned since the 2017 U.S. tax reform normalized minimum taxes, writes Daniel Bunn. Dreamstime About the author: Daniel Bunn is president and CEO of the Ta...
More Economic Signs Point to a Recession and Higher Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve’s heavily telegraphed move to slow its pace of monetary-policy tightening next week risks sending a message to markets that the central bank is well on its way to reining in inflat...
The Fed Could Drive Bitcoin to $18,000 or Unleash More Selling Pressure
Cryptocurrency prices including Bitcoin drifted slightly higher Saturday ahead of an eventful macro week for markets. Highly anticipated inflation data and a likely increase in interest rates from the...
Boeing Retires the 747, and the Age of Jumbo Jets
The Boeing 747 has retired. The jets still fly—but new ones won’t be built. On Tuesday, the last 747 rolled off an Everett, Wash. assembly line. This is no surprise. CEO Dave Calhoun said in July 2020...
TSMC Makes a $40 Billion Bet on U.S.-Made Chips. Don’t Declare Victory Yet.
This past Tuesday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing announced that it would expand its investments in Arizona to more than $40 billion—from its initial $12 billion commitment. TSMC’s first Arizona f...
Is the Bear Market Over? Stocks Need Just One More Big Drop.
Stocks may be putting this year’s bear market behind them, but history indicates it may take one more downward jolt to end the debacle. There is some positive news. The S&P 500 has gained about 10...
Inflation Is Forcing Many Retirees to Put Long-Awaited Plans on Hold—Again
Brenda Dickason dreamed of traveling to Europe in retirement. Instead, the former teacher and police detective spent 2022 watching TV with her husband at their Tucson, Ariz., home and selling homemade...
The Stock Market Had a Terrible Week—and Now the Fed Meeting Is on Tap
Things tend to slow down for the holidays. The stock market isn’t there yet. With Christmas just a couple of weeks away, it’s easy to look ahead to candy canes, caroling, and presents under the tree, ...
Legal Pressure Grows on FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
Legal difficulties are mounting for Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX—and it doesn’t seem to be limited to the crypto exchange’s collapse last month. FTX filed for bankruptcy on Nov...
Jamie Dimon Predicts a Recession. M2 Money Supply Helps Make the Case.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon raised concerns about the economy sliding into a recession yet again on Tuesday. While the U.S. economy continues to be the strongest globally, rising interest rates and...
Markets for Critical Minerals Are Too Prone to Failure
Text size Workers inspect an open cast at Arcadia Lithium mine on January 11, 2022 in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe. Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images About the authors: Cullen Hendrix is senior fellow at the Peter...