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‘There’s no reason to treat the crypto market differently from the rest of the capital markets just because it uses a different technology’: SEC chief Gary Gensler
“‘We can dispense with the idea that crypto lending isn’t subject to regulation. On the contrary, the rules have been around for decades. The platforms aren’t following them.’” — Gary Gensler, Securit...
U.S. dollar is now slicing through key technical levels ‘like a hot knife in butter’
The U.S. dollar is back on the upswing and headed toward the year-to-date highs seen in mid-July following a period of relative dormancy over the past month as investors pulled back on expectations of...
3 Companies That Declared Dividend Increases This Week
Text size Winnebago Industries said that it plans to boost its quarterly dividend by 50%. Courtesy of Winnebago It was a very light week for dividend announcements, which tend to slow down in August b...
JP Morgan quant who called summer rally says there’s plenty of ammunition to drive stocks higher — and here’s why
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Marko Kolanovic wants clients to hang on, because he thinks the rally in stocks is far from over. In a note entitled “Setting the Record Straight and What We Expect Next,” K...
Single-stock ETFs: ‘We’re going to see this entire ETF category absolutely explode’
Hi! In this week’s ETF Wrap, you’ll get a look at the wave of single-stock ETFs that have recently hit the market — and whether they may be geared toward your investment approach. Please send feedback...
Oil Prices Have Been Falling. Why It’s Time to Buy Oil Stocks.
Text size Energy stock profits rose nearly 300% during the second quarter, nearly 10 times faster than the next sector, industrials. Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg It has been a boom-and-bust year for oil sto...
Bill Gates Is Ecolab’s Largest Shareholder. He Just Scooped Up More Shares.
Text size Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been buying shares of Ecolab. Leon Neal/WPA Pool /Getty Images Ecolab ’s largest shareholder, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bought more shares of the p...
The Bulls Still Own This Market. But Cracks Are Starting to Show.
Text size Riskier and more speculative pockets of the market have led the rally, which has coincided with a decline in bond yields. NYSE If it looks like a bull market and acts like a bull market, it’...
Tech Stocks Are Due for Another Fall
Text size Technology fundamentals are getting worse, not better. One example is weakening demand for consumer electronics. Illustration by Barron’s (Dreamtime 4) For years, tech investors seemed...
Serena Williams pushes Selena Gomez’s startup to $100 million valuation
In the same Vogue feature where Serena Williams announced her possible retirement after the U.S. Open, the tennis star said she’ll continue to prioritize investment in women-owned businesses. Days la...
Hedge funds pile up $125 billion bet against the S&P 500’s big summer rally
A more than $125 billion institutional short position has been building up against the U.S. stock market, driven by hedge funds, according to BNP Paribas. Futures contract data points to a sharp incre...
I’m 65 and want to retire in 6 months. I have a $125K annuity, plus $100K of money that I’m not sure what to do with. Should I get professional help?
Is a financial planner right for you? Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I had $225,000 in my 401(k) and then I rolled over $125,000 to an annuity at 7%, as I wanted income. I just turned 65 and want ...
Did the stock market ‘misinterpret’ Fed again? What strategists say about the reaction to the July minutes
Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s meeting in July — at which policy makers hiked the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points, indicate stock-market participants were too quick to price in a “less ...
Why target-date funds may sabotage your retirement
If you’re like most of the 30 million or so people investing in a target-date fund mutual fund inside your retirement account, you’ve likely adopted a set-it-and-forget-it attitude toward your nest eg...
Ford’s green bond sees $5 billion in demand as Biden signs climate bill
Investors swarmed over Ford Motor Co.’s new $1.75 billion green-bond deal on Tuesday to help boost its development of more electric vehicles. Order books for Ford’s F, +0.67% speculative-grade debt de...
Should You Do a Roth Conversion? How It Can Help With Your Taxes.
The first half of this year marked the worst performance for the S&P 500 since 1970. With inflation soaring and interest rates rising, the index posted a loss of 20.6%. The dire sentiment may hav...
Buffett and Berkshire added big to their bets on Ally, Occidental, Paramount and Activision. But these other 6 stocks also got a vote of confidence.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. added to nine stock holdings during the second quarter, reduced holdings of four and sold two outright. That’s according to Berkshire Hathaway’s BRK.B, +1.26% ...
Biden will sign the Inflation Reduction Act today. Here’s MarketWatch’s rundown of how it will affect your energy bills, investments and drug costs.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday is scheduled to sign into law the Inflation Reduction Act — the Democrats’ big economic package aimed at addressing climate change, capping drug costs and raising hundre...
The World’s Largest Hedge Fund Sold 5 Chinese Stocks. Here’s Why.
Text size Bridgewater Associates no longer owned stock in Alibaba Group Holding as of June 30, according to a regulatory filing. Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, is pictured above. STR...
WeWork’s Adam Neumann secures millions in funding for his new company Flow
Adam Neumann is back. The billionaire businessman who founded office-sharing company WeWork Inc. WE, -4.70% is back with another company called Flow, a residential real estate company attempting to ad...
Why BlackRock says the stock market’s big summer rally isn’t worth chasing
With U.S. stocks briefly sputtering to start the new week, strategists at the research arm of the world’s largest money manager are weighing in with words of caution. In a note released on Monday by t...
These Funds Hold Just 1 Bond. Why They’re Revolutionary.
Text size Since bonds don’t trade on exchanges, investors need to trade through one of the broker-dealers over the counter. Al Drago/Bloomberg Investors may still be scratching their heads about...
Opinion: Evidence for a new bull market in stocks is rapidly piling up
“Gradually, then suddenly.” This was the answer Mike gave to the question about how he went bankrupt in Earnest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises.” It’s a good way to think about how any change occurs ...