Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...

Blackstone’s Giant Real Estate Fund Faces a Test

Blackstone Group is the world’s largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate. It is also a leader in one of the industry’s biggest initiatives—attracting retail investo...

Stock-market investors wrestle with ‘boomflation’ after hot July jobs report

The worry instead turned to what a rip-roaring labor market and surging costs for everything means for stocks and bond portfolios, particularly if it turns into a mix of higher growth and inflation wi...

Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reports $44 billion loss as portfolio value falls

Warren Buffett’s company reported a $43.76 billion loss in the second quarter as the paper value of its investments plummeted and he bought significantly fewer stocks, but Berkshire Hathaway’s many op...

Buy PayPal Stock. The Battered Payments Company Is Starting to Perk Up.

Anyone who bought PayPal Holdings stock last summer may be ruing the day. Despite popping a bit this past week, the shares, at $97, are still off 68% from their highs around $308. Memories of the stoc...

Stifel’s Barry Bannister raises S&P 500 target to 4,400 for 2022 and prefers ‘cyclical growth’ stocks

Stifel chief equity strategist Barry Bannister has lifted his target for the S&P 500 index by 200 points to 4,400 for the second half of 2022, expecting “cyclical growth” stocks to lead the way hi...

Stocks may have been rallying, but the bear market isn’t over for two reasons

The bear market is not over, according to a contrarian analysis of stock market timer sentiment. That’s for two contrarian-related reasons. First, since the mid-June low, stock market timers have been...

New Buyback Tax Will Force Companies to Think Twice on How to Use Cash

In the scrap over how to fund President Joe Biden’s spending plans, the Democrats’ focus has shifted from taxing private funds to public at the last minute. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) backs dropp...

Apple’s enviable cash hoard is dwindling — and that’s surprisingly good news for the stock price

Apple’s cash position is plunging, and that’s positive for both the business and the company’s shareholders. Yet many investors and Wall Street analysts see signs of trouble that Apple’s AAPL, -0.14% ...

I hired a financial planner, but they’ve already lost $70K. What should I do?

Is a big loss a reason to ditch your financial planner? Getty Images/iStockphoto By ALISA WOLFSON Question: I recently rolled my retirement pension and 401(k) into one account, managed by a financial ...

‘We expect it to be removed’: Democrats’ push to close ‘carried interest loophole’ in jeopardy as Sinema seeks to block effort

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has signaled her opposition to closing a controversial tax loophole that allows carried interest to be taxed as capital gains instead of income, according to multiple reports. As a...

Coinbase Has Rallied 90% This Week. Could This Be Another GameStop Moment?

Text size Brian Armstrong, chief executive and co-founder, Coinbase (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Shares in beaten-down cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global have torn higher thi...

A Recession Is Coming. These Are the Stocks to Hunker Down In.

Eli Salzmann loves nothing better than finding a company that’s a “dog of a stock with no momentum” but on the verge of better days. At its core, that is what value investing is all about. Over the co...

Why the U.S. stock rally looks more like a new bull market than a bear bounce to these analysts

Broader is better when it comes to the stock market rally and some analysts see technical signs that gains may be signaling the end of the 2022 bear market, though it’s too early to say for sure. “The...

AMTD Digital is worth more than 480 of the S&P 500 companies after stock rockets over 3,000% in 7 days

Early investors in AMTD Digital Inc. have basically won the lottery, as the Hong Kong-based digital business developer’s stock has zoomed 3,165% higher over the past seven days. The stock HKD, -30.89%...

PayPal stock jumps 12% as company confirms Elliott stake and names EA exec as new CFO amid earnings beat

After seeing its shares lose roughly two-thirds of their value in the past year, PayPal Holdings Inc. delivered a packed earnings report Tuesday, announcing a new chief financial officer, buyback auth...

We have $1.1 million to spend on a new house for retirement, but we also want to travel – is buying a home even worth it right now?

Dear MarketWatch,  My wife and I are 64 and 65 years old, respectively. I plan on retiring in two years when I’ll be fully vested with my current employer, avoiding early stock withdrawal penalties, a...

Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan Is a Risk to More Than Just the Chip Industry

Asian stocks worked out early there is no good outcome from Nancy Pelosi’s current tour of the region. By landing in Taiwan Tuesday or Wednesday, the speaker of the House risks Chinese military retali...

Fidelity Launches First Liquid Alt Funds as Stock and Bond Strategies Falter

Fidelity isn’t known for macro hedge funds that make bets on entire markets. The Boston-based mutual fund company with $4.3 trillion under management originally made its name by having the best indivi...

‘I have watched my accounts drop by 22%.’ My financial adviser has usually ‘done well’ but now it feels like he’s not making enough adjustments in this tough market given that I’m losing ‘large chunks’ of money. What’s my move?

How to know if your financial adviser is doing a good job. Getty Images/iStockphoto  Question: I have had a financial advisor with a national firm for more than a decade. We have done well and his fee...

Cathie Wood’s Ark Bought More Roku Stock. This Analyst Sees 24% Downside.

Text size Cathie Wood of ARK Invest has Roku as one of the biggest investments in her funds. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg Roku’s earnings report last week sent shares into a free fall, but Cathie Woo...

Will the stock-market rally turn into a selloff? This bond-market gauge could tip investors off

Now that the Federal Reserve appears to have abandoned its forward guidance tool in favor of being “data dependent” to help inform its future path for rates, investors should keep an eye on this gauge...

Roku stock bounces sharply in wake of record decline

Roku Inc. shares plunged a record 23.1% in Friday’s session following a downbeat earnings report, but were looking to take back at some of those losses Monday with a double-digit gain. The stock ROKU,...

‘It has me questioning if we are in the right relationship.’ Our financial adviser is a ‘top performer’ but she costs well over $20K a year — even when we lose money. Should we get a new one?

How to know if your financial adviser is worth the money. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: After our first financial adviser retired, we picked a new one recommended by her to continue our relations...

AMD, PayPal, Starbucks, Uber, Paramount, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

It’s the peak stretch of second-quarter earnings season, with roughly 150 S&P 500 firms scheduled to report this week. The highlights on the economic calendar will be a pair of purchasing managers...

AMD, PayPal, Starbucks, Uber, Paramount, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It’s the peak stretch of second-quarter earnings season, with roughly 150 S&P 500 firms scheduled to report this week. The highlights on the economic calendar will be a pair of purchasing managers...

Want Steady Monthly Income? These Funds Offer It, With Some Risk.

Text size The sharp selloff in the credit markets during the year’s first half has created some attractive opportunities. Dreamstime.com Trickle-down economics lives on for individual investors trying...

Opinion: Fidelity’s bitcoin move getting all the wrong publicity

What would Ned Johnson do? The late, great Fidelity Investments honcho built his family’s Boston-based money management firm into one of the biggest in the world over the course of a long career. John...

Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Will Benefit From Spending Spree

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is hedging its geographical bets, with large new fabs planned for the U.S. and Japan. Here: a TSMC chip at a 2020 semiconductor conference in China. Str/AFP/Getty Im...

Public pension hole now $11,000 per U.S. worker

Top state and local pension funds lost $250 billion on the markets during the month of June and are down more than $600 billion for the year, according to a new study. The 100 biggest public sector pe...