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Why Retirees Should Worry More About Longevity and Less About the Markets
A research paper by Wenliang Hou finds that retirees have an exaggerated sense of market volatility. Dreamstime Text size Market volatility may keep retirees up at night, but the biggest risk to retir...
Why the bond market should be given the benefit of the doubt
The bond market’s rout has gone too far, so look for interest rates to decline in coming months. If that happens, it certainly would be good news to beleaguered retirees and near-retirees who have an ...
A psychologist’s 5 steps to stop panicking about your 401(k)
In the fall of 2008, when global stock markets were imploding, I happened to be in New York. I switched on the TV in my hotel room and saw financial commentator Suze Orman on Larry King Live. She took...
75 or 100 basis points? Lost in market debate over Fed’s next rate hike is ‘how long inflation stays at these levels’
Debate has been simmering over whether Federal Reserve policy makers will raise the fed-funds rate by three-quarters of a percentage point later this month, as they did in June, or step up their infla...
Dow jumps 650 points as stocks close sharply higher after stronger-than expected retail sales report, surge in Wall Street bank shares
U.S. stock indexes closed sharply higher Friday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each snapping a five-day losing streak, after stronger-than-expected retail sales data and a mode...
The U.S. dollar hasn’t been this strong against the euro in 20 years. Here’s what happened next.
A gutsy contrarian bet right now is that the strong U.S. dollar will weaken, particularly versus the euro. A secondary bold bet is that U.S. stocks will lag international equities. Dollar weakness wou...
Here’s the sector most at risk from Russia permanently shutting off gas to Germany — and it’s taking a tumble
There are few companies with more at stake from Russian natural-gas flows into Germany than the chemicals sector. Shares of chemicals companies including BASF BAS, +2.61%, Lanxess LXS, +3.77% and Cove...
U.S. stock futures inch up ahead of CPI data that could show inflation at 40-year high
U.S. equity futures inched higher on Wednesday, though trading was timid ahead of U.S. data that could show stubborn inflation forcing a faster pace of rate rises from the Federal Reserve. How are sto...
U.S. June inflation report circulating on internet Tuesday is fake, Bureau of Labor Statistics says
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday that a release circulating online purporting to show June inflation data, due for release on Wednesday morning, was a forgery. “We’re aware of a fake ...
Stock market faces inflation test Wednesday: Here are ‘good, bad and ugly’ scenarios
Expectation for U.S. inflation have fallen over the past month thanks largely to the drop in industrial and agricultural commodity prices. This trend has shown up in the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yo...
Tesla Is Doing to Car Makers What Apple Did to Nokia. Will History Repeat?
Text size Volkswagen’s software delays underscore why Tesla will be so hard to catch, according to one analyst. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tesla is disrupting the car business, a little like how A...
If this stock market is shaping up like 2008, here’s where we could be headed next, says strategist
Those looking for a bit of good news to start the week may have to cast the net further out. Stocks are tilting lower as COVID-19 cases flare up in China, threatening more lockdowns. And the plate was...
These money and investing tips can help you hit the market’s curveballs
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS These dividend stocks are reco...
Will earnings season trigger another leg lower for the Dow? Investors hunt for recession clues
Stock-market investors just can’t get off the merry-go-round this summer. A stronger-than-expected U.S. June jobs report on Friday calmed fears that the economy might have already slipped into recessi...
Earnings Season Won’t Make or Break the Stock Market
Text size Investors will get the first earnings news from the big banks, which start reporting on July 14. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Earnings season is about to begin, and that means the stock market ...
Stock Outlook Brightens as Jobs Stay Strong, Commodities Prices Decline
Text size The jobless rate held steady at 3.6% in June. Above, looking for work at a job fair in Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The economy looks resilient, and inflation is coming down. That combin...
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...
GE Stock Gets a Big Cut but Investors Shrug It Off
Text size GE wind turbines. Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty Images The stock market is said to be forward looking. That seems to be the case headed into second-quarter-earnings season. Stocks are ...
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...
How you can avoid bond fund losses when rates rise
Bond funds that don’t lose money when interest rates rise? Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Such funds do exist, and my guess is that right now you’d jump at the chance to invest in them. That’...
These 10 stocks from a sector that is a bear-market bulwark have upside potential of up to 30%
During times of uncertainty, it can help to look at what happened during other down cycles for stocks. True, we don’t know when the stock market will hit bottom during this cycle, or if it already has...
The Stock Market Had a Great Week. Can the Good Times Last?
Text size *** ONE-TIME USE *** People attend the Mega Job Fair held at the FLA Live Arena on June 23, 2022 in Sunrise, Florida. The job fair had 8,000 jobs available from 100 different employers and e...
‘How much would I end up spending?’ I’ve got $10 million in assets, and am thinking about hiring a financial adviser. How much will this really cost me though?
Are you paying your financial adviser in the right way? Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: What is an appropriate wealth management rate? I’d have assets under management of $10 million, and I’m assum...
A ‘who’s who of American business’ — big Wall Street names are marking the end phase of the bear market, says adviser
The good news about this bear market in stocks is that we’re more than halfway through it. The bad news is that we’re getting close to the final stage, when “everything must fall.” That’s according to...