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After a rough 2022, U.S. stock futures rise ahead of first trading week of 2023
U.S. stock-market futures rose Monday, suggesting gains ahead of the first trading day of 2023. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, +0.22% jumped more than 200 points out of the gate, but initi...
Do these 15 things in 2023, and you’ll be significantly richer
Make 2023 the year you commit to saving more. Getty Images I wrote about saving money a lot in 2022, and that meant I saw a lot of ways that people suggest you save money. Most of them, quite frankly,...
Startups End a Bruising 2022, Stare Down Another Challenging Year
Startups had a dismal year by nearly every measurement in 2022, from plummeting investment to scarce public listings, and data point to a 2023 that could be even more difficult. As markets tanked in e...
Here’s a New Year’s resolution: resist the temptation to bet on the top mutual fund of 2022
Beating the stock market is not that big of a deal. What’s really impressive — and what you should be looking for when using performance scoreboards to choose a mutual fund — is one that has beaten th...
How to get a personal loan with bad credit: Can you get one, and should you?
Getty Images/iStockphoto Even if you have a low credit score, you may still qualify for a personal loan — but “if you’re in this situation, you should be prepared to pay a higher interest rate and pot...
These money and investing tips can help you ring in a profitable new year
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 The stock market has been rang...
The Craziest Moments From the Longest Tech Boom (So Far)
It’s been a singular year for tech, one that marked the apparent end to a heady, madcap boom that changed how we think about the industry. Over the past dozen or so years, a tidal wave of money poure...
Why the consumer is ‘critical’ for investors to watch in 2023 as bear market ‘not yet complete’
The fate of the U.S. consumer is weighing on the outlook for markets in 2023. “The issue is that consumers are actually spending at a pace that is faster than their income growth, and have been for t...
Acacia Research says inquiry found former CEO may have misused funds
Acacia Research Corp., a company that buys other companies, and its former chief executive are in a fight that involves allegations of potential misuse of corporate money. Acacia ACTG, -1.17% on Frida...
Bahamas Regulator Says It Seized $3.5 Billion in FTX Crypto Assets
Bahamas securities regulators said they seized digital assets valued at $3.5 billion from FTX’s local operation in mid-November as the cryptocurrency exchange spiraled toward collapse, a figure that F...
Stock, Bond and Crypto Investors Remain on Edge After Brutal Year for Markets
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An Oil ETF Outpaced Crude by 5 Times Last Year. The Downside: Volatility.
Shares of the U.S. Oil exchange-traded fund surged 5.2% in the week before Christmas, and ended up 27% for the year. Oil prices did rise last year by nearly 5%, but how did an ETF that tracks them out...
The EV Market Is Growing Rapidly. How to Invest in Beneficiaries.
Brian Demain has a healthy respect for efficient markets and downside risk. In college, Demain wrote his senior thesis with guidance from Princeton University economics professor Burton G. Malkiel, go...
Troubles at Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Began Well Before Crypto Crash
Sam Bankman-Fried built the cryptocurrency exchange FTX on the reputation of his trading firm, Alameda Research LLC. Alameda was applying Wall Street-style wizardry to the crypto world—and outsiders t...
Stock-market investors face 3 recession scenarios in 2023
With the U.S. stock market on track for its biggest annual decline in over a decade, fears that efforts by the Federal Reserve and other major central banks to bring down a surge in inflation will spa...
Opinion: 11 predictions for money, technology, stocks and crypto for 2023
Here are some 2023 predictions for financial markets, the economy and stocks. I’ve spent the last year and a half being cautious in the wake of the Bubble-Blowing Bull Market that finally ended early ...
‘I dug myself out of the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle’: Should I use my bonus to pay off my mortgage, put it in a savings account or Vanguard?
Dear Quentin, Over the last couple years I dug myself out of the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, and I am making good money. I never learned about stocks, investing, etc. I do not have a 401(k) at work. M...
Democrats release six years of Trump’s tax returns, and CPAs have questions: ‘The personal tax return is just the tip of the iceberg.’
The nonpartisan committee’s findings also raised several red flags related to the filings, namely Trump’s carryover losses, loans to his children that may or may not also be considered taxable gifts, ...
Opinion: Crypto insurance is nearly nonexistent, so you’ll have to rely on common sense
If only your bitcoin could catch on fire — literally — then it might have a chance of being covered by insurance. For property, fire is a straightforward hazard. But it’s probably the one big thing th...