Stocks associated with special purpose acquisition companies crashed in 2022—with an exception: Freyr Battery The shares are up some 34%, year to date, despite stumbling this past Monday after releasi...
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Why Bitcoin Has Weathered FTX’s Collapse and Why It Isn’t Time to Buy
The bomb that went off this month in the crypto industry has only given Bitcoin a flesh wound. There are good reasons why the largest crypto token has held up despite the disorder that surrounds it, b...
Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders Sees Trouble Still Ahead. Where to Invest Now.
Though the U.S. stock market looks healthier than it did during its rough patch over the summer, Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders sees potential trouble still ahead, especial...
Fed must keep raising rates until it is certain inflation has stopped climbing, Kashkari says
The Federal Reserve needs to keep raising interest rates until it is sure inflation has hit a ceiling, said Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari on Thursday. The central bank can’t be overly persua...
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...
Did Bullard undershoot? Stifel economists say fed funds rate may need to go to 8% or even 9%.
A day after a Federal Reserve official’s market-moving admission that interest rates may need to go to as high as 7%, analysts came up with an even more surprising conclusion: that 7% still won’t be h...
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 ...
Intel’s Newest Director Buys Big Block of Stock
On the heels of Intel CEO buying the company’s stock, the chip giant’s newest director also scooped up shares. Lip-Bu Tan, who joined Intel’s (ticker: INTC) board on Sept. 1, paid $1.35 million on Nov...
Scaramucci says he did buy FTX token after getting investment from Sam Bankman-Fried
Anthony Scaramucci’s investment fund SkyBridge Capital bought $10 million worth of FTT tokens after receiving an investment from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The Financial Times reported on Thursday...
This is the chart that rattled U.S. financial markets on Thursday
One chart is all it took to move financial markets on Thursday. That chart was presented by St. Louis Fed President James Bullard as part of a presentation in Louisville, Ky., and it shows where he se...
Opinion: Three seasonal effects in the stock market begin around Thanksgiving
The stock market started what appeared to be another leg up in the past week, as the benchmark S&P 500 broke out over resistance at 3900 points. In fact, the index rose to 4020 but then ran into t...
FTX victims are setting up GoFundMe fundraisers to try to get their money back
People who say they have lost money in the collapse of crypto exchange FTX are turning to strangers to cover their losses by setting up GoFundMe fundraising pages. They include a man who says that he ...
Sam Bankman-Fried, Tom Brady and Steph Curry named in lawsuit over FTX collapse
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has not had a good couple of weeks. The crypto maven known as SBF has seen his company go bankrupt and his net worth drop by billions of ...
Opinion: The new bull market will be led by stocks in these three industries.
We don’t know yet if the recent rally kicks off a new bull market in stocks. But here’s a safe bet: Once the new bull market is here, entirely different groups will lead. It’ll be out with the old — t...
More trouble is brewing in the $24 trillion Treasury market: This time, it’s about central clearing
Efforts to reduce risks within the nearly $24 trillion U.S. Treasury market, the world’s deepest and most liquid securities market, are ironically creating angst among market players. The anxiety is c...
They pulled money out of FTX at last minute: ‘Thank God I dodged it twice’
As the FTX debacle started to unravel last week, a 26-year-old customer of FTX.US who lived in the New York City area faced a thorny dilemma. While he was concerned about the situation that was unfold...
Your 401(k) has had a wild year — how to know when it’s time to rebalance
After a roller coaster of a year, retirement accounts may need a little fine tuning and consultation. Retirement Tip of the Week: If you haven’t checked the allocation of your investments recently, d...
Berkshire Bought Taiwan Semi Stock. Here’s What Else It Bought and Sold.
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Opinion: The floodgates are open for grandparents to super-size college savings for grandkids
If you’re a grandparent looking to save the day by helping your grandchildren pay for college, take a second look at a tax-advantaged 529 college savings plan before the end of the year. Rule changes ...
Binance CEO tweets regret at not shorting FTX token
The chief executive of Binance said he regretted not betting against the token tied to the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange. Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of Binance who is known by initial...
‘What. H.’ — Sam Bankman-Fried’s latest tweets spark scorn as well as concern
The latest message from former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried left onlookers puzzled and alarmed after the swift decline into bankruptcy for the cryptocurrency exchange he founded. In successiv...
Opinion: Bonds aren’t more attractive than stocks even as yields register a 15-year high
How much competition do stocks face from bonds? For the first time in years, investors are beginning to ask this question, given the dramatic rise in bond yields to a 15-year high. For nearly a decade...