How to Bottom-Pick a Stock

Text size Chewy stock has gained 63% since we made it a pick. That’s every trader’s dream, but it requires getting the timing right—and a whole lot of luck. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Buying winning stoc...

These companies hopped on the crypto train when times were booming. Which are exposed in a downturn?

During recent cryptocurrency booms, companies have been quick to jump on the trend, whether by reorienting their entire businesses around the buzzy theme, building meaningful crypto features alongside...

The Stock Market Had a Great Week. Can the Good Times Last?

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PayPal stock slips after downgrade: ‘Hard to ignore e-commerce woes’

PayPal Holdings Inc. PYPL shares have a “supportive” valuation after a recent slide, but the company may still face challenges stemming from pressure on the e-commerce industry, according to an analys...

These 10 stocks in the S&P 500 lost $4.2 trillion of investors’ money during the first half of 2022

The first half of 2022 is over, and good riddance for investors: The S&P 500 Index declined 20.6%. Below are two lists of the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 SPX, -0.88% this year. Firs...

I want to retire next year, but I have $25,000 in credit card debt and a major monthly mortgage payment — I also live with my three kids and ex

I’ll be 57 next month and am divorced with three kids living with me. One is 28, she’s working, another is 21 and a senior in college (with a full scholarship) and the youngest is 15 (a sophomore in h...

3 crucial financial moves to make now after the Fed’s biggest rate hike since 1994

In a matter of months, it’s become more expensive to carry a credit card balance, a car loan or a mortgage as the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes have seeped into borrowing costs. It’s tough med...

What the Fed Rate Hike Means for Your Savings, Credit Cards and Loans

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Berkshire Hathaway’s Equity Portfolio Is Down An Estimated $65 Billion So Far in This Quarter

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway wasn’t a buyer of its own stock in April, but that might have changed with the market’s recent drop. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortun...

Apple Is Delving Into ‘Buy Now Pay Later,’ or BNPL. How to Play It.

Many of us are glued to our iPhones. If Apple has its way, the device will get stickier. The company announced a new “tap to pay” feature this past week—aiming to get consumers to pull out their iPhon...

Apple is offering ‘buy now, pay later.’ 4 reasons to think twice before signing up

After months of speculation, Apple AAPL, -0.45% finally unveiled its buy now, pay later offering this week, wading into an industry that’s experienced explosive growth. But consumers should be wary of...

PayPal Stock Has Been Cut in Half. Why Analysts See Upside.

Text size PayPal stock could pass $150 a share by 2026, Mizuho says. Nuttapong Punna/Dreamstime.com There’s plenty of upside for PayPal ’s stock, analysts say. The payments app just needs to get its s...

‘I am a 53-year-old single man with very little savings’: I want to take out a 30-year mortgage, but pay it off in 7 years. Is that possible?

I am a 53-year-old single man with very little in savings. I paid off all my credit-card debt a couple of years ago. I have now decided to purchase a home. My rent has increased to the point where it ...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

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GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

He has $100K in credit card debt, $60K in bitcoin. 4 money pros on what to do

What to do when you have crypto assets and debt to contend with. Getty Images/iStockphoto “I have $100K in credit card debt, but $60K in bitcoin. Should I use it to repay the debt, or hold onto bitcoi...

PayPal borrows $3 billion to help fund debt buyback plan

PayPal Holdings Inc. hit the market on Monday with a $3 billion corporate bond financing to help the online money-transfer and payments giant fund a $2 billion tender offer for its own debt. The four-...

What the Fed’s Interest-Rate Increase Means for Your Mortgage, Loans, Savings

The Federal Reserve raised its short-term benchmark rate by a half-percentage point on Wednesday, the sharpest increase since 2000, to a range between 0.75% and 1%. Though widely expected, the move wi...

Gas prices are up roughly 40% from just a year ago. So you may want to try this method to get ‘basically free money’ for gas — but there’s a catch

Is a gas credit card right for you? Getty Images Amid high inflation, rising prices of crude oil and the war in Ukraine, gas prices have jumped from an average of about $2.88 per gallon a year ago, to...

Apple, IBM, and 14 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends

Text size IBM plans to raise its dividend. Migel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Apple, International Business Machines, and Discover Financial Services were among the large U.S. companies that announced ...

GE Stock Is Overpriced, What Ails Teladoc, and More From Analysts

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PayPal Trims 2022 Outlook But Beats Revenue Forecast

PayPal lowered its forecast for adjusted profit for 2022 to a range of $3.81 to $3.93 a share. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size PayPal Holdings said its first quarter was a “solid start” but cut...

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway are once again outperforming the stock market. Apple is one big reason but these other 10 stocks also helped

During the long, tech-driven bull market, you may have seen more than one article suggesting Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s investing style was no longer valid. With Buffett leading the congl...

These 21 large-cap stocks have now crashed at least 50%

Stocks soured on April 26, with major declines for broad indexes that underlined what a difficult year it has been, so far, for technology stocks. Below is a list of 21 large-cap stocks that have drop...

PayPal has been cut in half by Wall Street, but ‘uncertainty’ still looms as earnings approach

After losing more than half its value so far this year, PayPal Holdings Inc. still faces ‘uncertainty’ from Wall Street. PayPal PYPL, +2.03% was an investor darling in the early days of the COVID-19 c...

Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Boeing, GM, Chipotle, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

It’s the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season. A whopping 165 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2022. Big Tech giants will be among the...

Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Boeing, GM, Chipotle, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It’s the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season. A whopping 165 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2022. Big Tech giants will be among the...

Netflix is the S&P 500’s worst performer this week — here are the next 14

Investors remained sour for a second consecutive session on Friday as they continued to digest comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the prospect for rapidly rising interest rates...

Tesla, AT&T, Netflix, Bank of America, IBM, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size First-quarter earnings season picks up next week, with 67 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report.  Bank of America will be Monday’s highlight, followed by Netflix , Johnson & Johnson ...

Big Investor Sold AMC and Apple Stock. It Bought PayPal and Pfizer.

Text size An AMC theater Dreamstime A large European asset manager slashed its investment in the volatile shares of a movie-theater chain, and made other changes in its U.S.-traded stock portfolio. DN...

PayPal Stock Is Falling. It’s Not Because Its CFO Is Leaving for Walmart.

Text size PayPal’s has a new interim CFO. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Walmart said late Tuesday that it had named John Rainey as its chief financial officer. Rainey currently holds the same pos...

I’m 62 with $100K in student loans and $13K in credit card debt. What can I do?

How to get out of student loan debt Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I work as a nurse for a small for-profit agency.  I am salaried and have no option for overtime. I only have every other weekend ...