Shares of many of America’s largest banks are falling sharply this week after a period of outperformance that saw Goldman Sachs Group GS, -2.32% claw back practically all of its losses from earlier in...
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This one great idea can make everyone better with money, older Americans say
Surveys regularly show that older Americans have regrets about lots of things — working too much, choosing the wrong partner, not taking care of their health, etc. There are often financial regrets to...
Battered SPACs and Closed-End Funds Finally Look Tempting. How Investors Can Play Them.
With apologies to the Bard, SPACs are now in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, along with other excesses, such as meme stocks and nonfungible tokens. But some special purpose acquisition companies...
These money and investing tips can help you know when the bull market has come back to stay
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 There’s a strong possibility t...
FTX fiasco one of the most egregious cases of ‘gross negligence,’ says Ackman
Hedge-fund titan Bill Ackman appears to be walking back comments he made via Twitter last week about Sam Bankman-Fried that some interpreted as implicit support for the 30-something who presided over ...
Caterpillar, Deere, and More Industrial Stocks Ready to Break Out
Stocks in the industrial sector have been on a tear. In aggregate, they are knocking on the door of reaching new heights. The Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (ticker: XLI ), home to Caterpillar (CAT...
Here’s why the smart money is betting on value stocks to outperform growth
You should be skeptical of the growth story that periodically captures stock investors’ attention. That’s because the companies that Wall Street believes will grow the fastest in the future rarely liv...
U.S.-traded Chinese stocks clinch best week since at least March as reopening hopes help spark rebound
Shares of U.S.-traded Chinese stocks on Friday posted their best week since at least March, with one popular exchange-traded fund clinching its biggest weekly advance since 2011, as shared recovered f...
Where BlackRock sees ‘tremendous’ market opportunities for ETF investors in 2023 after damage to stocks, bonds
Hello! In this week’s ETF Wrap, BlackRock’s Gargi Chaudhuri, head of iShares investment strategy for the Americas, discusses ways for investors to play a world of higher rates and elevated inflation i...
Blackstone Limited Withdrawals From Its Huge Retail REIT, Stock Slumps
Blackstone is limiting withdrawals from its huge retail real estate investment trust after a sharp rise in redemption requests from investors. In a letter posted on the Blackstone Real Estate Income T...
This trader sees a 43% drop for the S&P 500 and says to take shelter in these ETFs instead.
A day after the Dow DJIA, -0.11% climbed out of bear territory on hopeful comments by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, stocks look ready to rethink on that optimsim, even after fresh inflation data showed ...
Private-prison stock hits two-year high as analysts cite potential for more detention beds, detention alternatives
Shares of private-prison operator GEO Group Inc. jumped to their highest level in roughly two years on Tuesday after Wedbush analysts upgraded the stock, citing a GOP-controlled House, possible change...
Cloud software is suffering a cold November rain. Can Snowflake and Salesforce turn it around?
The week after Thanksgiving could determine if cloud software is still too fat or if there are some tasty leftovers for Wall Street. Autodesk Inc. ADSK, +1.82% signaled a slowdown in business spending...
These money and investing tips can help your portfolio sail through December
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 only thing investors have ...
How to Set Up a ‘Bond Ladder’ That Can Yield 4% to 5%
Bond ladders can be rickety at times. But they may provide protection against volatile interest rates and offer ways to capture higher yields as they hit the market. The concept is straightforward: As...
Build a Bond ETF Ladder to Capture Yields of 4% to 5%
Bond ladders can be rickety at times. But they may provide protection against volatile interest rates and offer ways to capture higher yields as they hit the market. The concept is straightforward: As...
Blackstone’s Breit Retail Real Estate Fund Suffers First Significant Outflows
Blackstone ‘s big retail real estate fund experienced sizable net redemptions for the first time, in a potentially worrisome development for what has become one of the firm’s most important products a...
Retail Discounter TJX Is Thriving as Inflation Pressures Consumers
Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...
It’s Been a Rough Year for Stocks and Bonds. What to Do in 2023.
With more than a month to go, 2022 is all but certain to go down as an annus horribilis for both stocks and bonds. The crucial question for investors: What does that portend for the year ahead? The re...
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is latest FTX investor to mark venture investment to zero
It’s relatively rare for an institutional investor to make a public statement about a loss on a venture-capital investment, but nothing about FTX International’s $32 billion blow-up and bankruptcy is ...
10 Dividend Aristocrat stocks expected by analysts to rise up to 54% in 2023
Stocks of companies that raise dividends consistently have outperformed during this year’s bear market. Below is a screen showing which stocks are analysts’ favorites for next year among an expanded l...