Elon Musk testified Monday he believed he had funding secured to take Tesla Inc. private in 2018, both from a Saudi Arabian investment fund and from his stake in SpaceX, and that one of his key tweets...
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Opinion: ‘The Fed-fueled fantasy bubble has popped.’ Stock investors are detached from reality — but they’re about to get a big dose.
After the U.S. stock market made all-time highs last year, I spoke with Jeffrey Bierman, a professional stock-trader with more than three decades of experience. Bierman also lectures on TheoTrade.com ...
Incoming Biden chief of staff Zients is nearly wealthy enough to buy the entire White House
Fixes story to reflect that Zients worked at Bain & Co. The person widely reported to be President Joe Biden’s next chief of staff has just about enough assets to swap it for the entire White Hous...
I’m about to get $130,000 from a lump sum pension payout, what do I do with it?
I am about to receive a lump-sum payout from a pension plan I was in. It’s around $130,000. Need some advice on the best way to invest this money. I am turning 60 in April and don’t have a 401(k) or I...
Powell Says the Fed Isn’t a ‘Climate Policy Maker.’ What That Really Means.
Text size Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the Fed is not “and will not be, a ‘climate policy maker.’” Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images About the authors: David Arkush is director of Public Citiz...
Tesla, AT&T, Visa, Chevron, Microsoft, and More Stocks to Watch This Week
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Bitcoin soars past $23,000 to highest since last September
Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.59% soared past $23,000 on Saturday, its highest level since September, as the crypto currency market recovered some ground in early 2023. The rally came despite news on Thursday th...
Tesla, AT&T, Visa, Chevron, Microsoft, and More Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
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Wells Fargo, Disney, and 10 Other Stocks Value Investors Are Watching
Text size Eaton Vance’s Adam Dunn expects cost cutting at Disney and a more balanced approach to growth and profitability at Disney+ under newly reinstalled CEO Bob Iger. Getty Images Sometimes, being...
Capital One Job Cuts Signal Trouble for IT Labor Market
IT positions have largely been seen as insulated from the job cuts that have hit workers at major technology firms like Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp., but the Capital One layoffs affecting 1,100 e...
I-bond strategies: Answers to your questions about Series I bonds
Most people are still new to investing in I-bonds, and so it’s not surprising that they have a lot of questions about the basics. As a new year begins, the situation is even more complicated by strate...
A Tesla Debate Just Happened. Both Sides Were Wrong.
A big Tesla bull-bear debate just went down, but most of the ground covered was old news. Investors should be asking different questions about the industry and how Tesla can keep growing. Friday after...
U.S. Treasurys at ‘critical point’: Stocks, bonds correlation shifts as fixed-income market flashes recession warning
Bonds and stocks may be getting back to their usual relationship, a plus for investors with a traditional mix of assets in their portfolios amid fears that the U.S. faces a recession this year. “The b...
The Fed Says It Won’t Cut Rates in 2023. Markets Disagree. Who’s Right?
Text size The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images About the author: Christopher Smart is chief global strategist and head of the Barings Inv...
Genius Group CEO on why his company is fighting back against naked short sellers — and it’s not alone
“It’s like being robbed in a library, but you can’t shout ‘Thief!’ because there are ‘Silence, please’ signs everywhere.” That’s how Roger Hamilton, chief executive of Genius Group Ltd. GNS, +55.02%, ...
Should you add $30,000 to your retirement with an after-tax auto Roth conversion?
If you are saving up to the employee limit in your workplace retirement accounts and looking to add more, you’ll be glad to hear that employers are making it easier than ever to make extra after-tax c...
The 1980s was the blueprint for the upcoming disinflation cycle and these are the stocks for it, strategists say
Stocks logged a third-straight losing session on Thursday as investors continue to deal with a mixed bag of economic data. That followed Wednesday’s session and extremely weak industrial production th...
No more ‘special awards’ for JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, board decides
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s board heeded an outcry from shareholders about Chairman and Chief Executive Jamie Dimon’s compensation, which in the past has included more than $50 million in “special awar...
Bonds say inflation has peaked, but here’s what Cathie Wood says the stock market needs to hear to stage a bona fide rally
Bullish stock investors have gotten punched in the month so far this week, after a relatively cheery kickoff to 2023 following an ugly 2022. Cathie Wood, however, has some thoughts about what might tr...
‘I have $30,000 in my savings account’: I’m 56, unemployed and single. I invented products that will cost $20,000 to bring to market. Should I do it?
Dear Quentin, I am a 56-year-old divorced woman who has raised four children as a single parent. I made the decision at a young age to give birth to all of my children, and I was the sole provider for...
Why naked short selling has suddenly become a hot topic
Short selling can be controversial, especially among management teams of companies whose stocks traders are betting that their prices will fall. And a new spike in alleged “naked short selling” among ...