‘Mortgage rates are likely to push toward 5% before the end of the year’: Rates soar to highest level in over 3 years, putting pressure on home buyers

Mortgage rates are racing toward 5% as the Federal Reserve’s expected trajectory for future rate hikes becomes clearer. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.42% as of the week endin...

GameStop Stock Was on a Tear. Ryan Cohen Bought More Shares.

Chairman Ryan Cohen snapped up 100,000 more shares in GameStop, boosting his holding to 11.9%. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Text size GameStop stock has been on an absolute tear over the past seve...

I’m 65 and have $220K in student loan debt. I have a lot of health issues and am only working part-time. Can I somehow erase this debt?

Remember, if you’re having difficulty making payments due to low or no income, you may be eligible for a low or $0 payment by enrolling in an income-driven repayment plan Getty Images/iStockphoto Ques...

New home sales decline, surprising analysts, even though the inventory of properties for sale has hit the highest level since 2008

The numbers: U.S. new-home sales decreased 2% to an annual rate of 772,000 in February, the government said Wednesday. That figure represents the number of homes that would be sold over a yearlong per...

T-Mobile Stock Gets an Upgrade. It Has an Edge Over Verizon and AT&T.

Text size T-Mobile’s stock was upgraded to Overweight. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg T-Mobile US shares were ticking up on Wednesday after KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded the wireless company’s s...

Aurora Cannabis to acquire TerraFarma, parent of Thrive Cannabis

Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB, -1.37% ACB, -2.40% has reached a deal to buy Thrive Cannabis’ parent company, TerraFarma Inc., seeking to strengthen its business in market and expand focus on premium produc...

Opinion: The Trust Act is not the way to fix Social Security

Last month, I was invited to a forum on “Trust Fund Solutions,” which means Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) is still pushing his TRUST Act. One of the bill’s co-sponsors — Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) — also a...

Cannabis Mega-Merger: Cresco Is Buying Columbia Care

Text size Marijuana products are displayed at the Cresco Labs Sunnyside Lakeview dispensary in Chicago. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Cresco Labs reached an agreement to acquire Columbia Care, a fellow Canad...

Fertilizer Stocks Soar on Putin’s War. Proceed With Caution.

Text size Nutrien’s potash mine in Saskatoon, Canada. Potash fertilizer prices have soared by three-quarters this year. James MacDonald/Bloomberg Haven’t earned enough on your oil stocks since R...

Tencent Music Stock Is Soaring After Earnings. It Can Thank Alibaba.

Text size A monitor displays Tencent Music Entertainment Group signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Chinese stocks are soaring after Alibaba a...

Apple Stock’s Rally Could Keep Going Thanks to ‘Stellar’ iPhone 13 Demand

Text size People shop at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in New York. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Demand for the iPhone 13 is on track to outpace previous iPhone models, according to analysts, with the po...

Starbucks Stock Has Gotten Crushed. This Analyst Says It’s Time to Buy.

Text size Starbucks stock still looks good for the long haul, Jefferies says. Scott Olson/Getty Images Starbucks stock is off roughly 25% year to date, but Jefferies argues that the market has it wron...

Nvidia’s $1 trillion ambitions draw cheers as software becomes a bigger piece of the pie

Nvidia Corp.’s pursuit of what it sees as a $1 trillion opportunity won praise from analysts following the company’s investor-day presentation, even though the chipmaker’s stock conveyed a more muted ...

What to Know About the Boeing 737 Crash in China

Text size Rescuers head to the site of a plane crash in southern China on March 22, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images A Boeing 737-800 carrying 132 passengers and crew members crashed in southern China o...

ChargePoint and Toyota Team Up on EV Charging

Text size Toyota’s bZ4X is due to hit U.S. roads in mid-2022. Courtesy Toyota Electric-vehicle charging company ChargePoint announced a new partnership with Toyota Motor on Tuesday. The agreemen...

Opinion: GameStop shares soar 30% and take other meme stocks on a ride, after Reddit poster touts shares at a ‘58.2%’ discount

The thing about meme stocks is that sometimes they move like meme stocks. Shares of GameStop GME, +14.50% and AMC Entertainment AMC, +13.58% rocketed upward Tuesday, helping to create a draft for rela...

Opinion: Ukraine war is a wake-up call to ditch oil and gas forever

That invasion, and the subsequent U.S. ban on oil imports from Russia, are partly responsible, but they aren’t the only reason. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the impact of t...

Stock market investors are in the danger zone. This all-weather investing strategy offers protection

We’re in a period of high inflation, with a war disrupting energy markets and the Federal Reserve raising interest rates. The murky outlook calls for a multiyear cycle of central-bank policy moves tha...

BlackBerry Valuation Makes It More Attractive. The Stock Receives an Upgrade.

Text size A logo stands on display outside the BlackBerry headquarters. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Shares of BlackBerry received a boost on Monday after analysts at RBC Capital Markets upgraded the sto...

The All-Electric Cadillac Lyriq Is Here. What It Means for GM Stock.

The Lyriq has 300 miles of driving range, via a 100-kilowatt-hour battery. Cadillac photo Text size General Motors began retail production of its all-electric luxury crossover vehicle, the Cadillac Ly...

Why Altria’s Stock Could Be a Buy and Philip Morris Isn’t

Text size Analyst Bonnie Herzog raised her rating on Altria to Buy from Neutral and her price target to $57 from $48 Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Altria Group has been the standout in Big Tob...

Altria Stock Is a Buy and Philip Morris Isn’t, Says Goldman Sachs

Text size Analyst Bonnie Herzog raised her rating on Altria to Buy from Neutral and her price target to $57 from $48 Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Altria Group has been the standout in Big Tob...

Nvidia Investor Day: What It Means for the Stock

Text size Shares of Nvidia have risen roughly 14% in the past month. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nvidia kicks off its investor day at 10 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, following a follow a keynote spe...

Many companies are enriching their retirement benefits

Workers may be in for a treat – some companies plan to boost their retirement benefits in the next few years, as they look to hire and retain talent, according to a new survey.  U.S. employers are imp...

FAA Official Testifies Former Boeing Pilot Lied About 737 MAX

FORT WORTH, Texas—A Federal Aviation Administration training specialist said a former Boeing Co. BA -3.59% pilot lied to her about how a 737 MAX flight-control system worked before two of the jets cra...

Nvidia Has Its Investor Day on Tuesday. What to Expect.

Text size Shares of Nvidia have risen roughly 14% in the past month. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nvidia kicks off its investor day at 10 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, following a follow a keynote spe...

China’s Big Tech Firms Are Axing Thousands of Workers

BEIJING—China’s biggest tech companies are conducting large-scale layoffs this year as they deal with an economic slowdown and Beijing’s regulatory pressure. Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY -7.14% , opera...

Warren Buffett Does Deal Making Differently. Alleghany Acquisition Shows How.

Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images When it comes to acquisitions, Warren Buffett does things differently, and Berkshire Hathaway ’s deal on Monday for Alleghany illustrates his unique ...

Apple Could Add $10 Billion of Revenue by Selling More Ads. Here’s How.

Text size People walk past an Apple store in Shanghai in October. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images How ironic it would be if Apple was the next great online advertising sales business. Apple (ticke...

Warren Buffett Puts Some of His $144 Billion to Work With Alleghany Deal

Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Text size It was only three weeks ago that Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett wrote of the unpleasantness associated with h...

Amazon Loses Round One of Indian Retail Battle Royale

Amazon AMZN 0.15% is staring at an embarrassing defeat after fighting a drawn-out legal battle to block India’s most valuable firm, Reliance Industries, 500325 -0.50% from buying the country’s number ...