Polestar (PSNY) is looking to take on not only electric vehicle giant Tesla (TSLA) in the all-electric SUV market, but also upstart EV maker Fisker (FSR) . The problem, according to some Tesla an...
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A shocking number of baby boomers and Generation X plan to work past 70—or forever
Almost half of baby boomers and more than one-third of Generation X expect to work past age 70 or do not plan to retire at all, highlighting the need for backup plans in case life’s unexpected events ...
Ray Dalio expects ‘negative or poor real returns’ in markets for next five years
When MarketWatch first started publishing financial news and data 25 years ago, Bridgewater Associates was a little-known hedge fund firm that was overshadowed by other macro investing trading operati...
What stock-market investors will be watching in Thursday’s U.S. inflation report
Hotter-than-expected U.S. consumer-price index readings have triggered some of the stock market’s biggest one-day selloffs in 2022, serving to focus investor attention ahead of the latest measure of r...
Crypto May Be the Future of Investing, Says Bank of America Survey
Bank of America has revealed a new study stating that millennials allocate less of their portfolios to traditional equities and more to alternative assets like cryptocurrencies. The survey was conduct...
Fed’s Mester says there’s been no progress on inflation, so interest rates need to move higher
With little or no progress made on bringing inflation down, the Federal Reserve needs to continue raising interest rates, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said Tuesday. “At some point, you know,...
Owning real estate for passive income is one of the biggest myths in investing — but here are 3 ways you can actually make it work
Owning real estate for passive income is one of the biggest myths in investing — but here are 3 ways you can actually make it work Passive income has become a big buzzword. The allure of collecting st...
Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Is Struggling Ahead of Earnings
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd (TSM) , the world’s leading manufacturer of semiconductor chips is on many investors’ minds these days for several reasons. The company is set t...
How Can You Afford Not to Be Invested in Apple?
Autumn. You should see the backed up traffic out in rural eastern Long Island this time of year. Out by the farm and the orchards. You could spend all day moving less than five miles an hour on a coun...
Opinion: The stock market is in trouble. That’s because the the bond market is ‘very close to a crash.’
Don’t assume the worst is over, says investor Larry McDonald. There’s talk of a policy pivot by the Federal Reserve as interest rates rise quickly and stocks keep falling. Both may continue. McDonald,...
Ultra-Rich Young Americans Are Investing In Stocks Half As Much As Older People With Similar Wealth, Survey Finds
Topline Younger rich Americans are far more likely to shun traditional investments in favor of ones they view as more likely to bring higher returns than their older peers, according to a Bank of Amer...
Robert Shiller created an index that shows investors’ fear of a stock market crash. Here’s what it’s saying now.
A sizeable majority of individual investors are worried about a possible U.S. stock market crash — and that’s bullish. That’s because crash anxiety is a contrarian indicator. It would be a bad sign if...
Income Investing Stocks That Defy A Down Market
Income investing with stocks is appealing amid a crummy market. After all, why not pocket income from stocks and funds when share-price gains are rare? Small wonder such stocks tend to outperform. Onl...
Baby boomers, Generation X expect to work past 70 — or forever
Almost half of baby boomers and more than one-third of Generation X expect to work past age 70 or do not plan to retire at all, highlighting the need for backup plans in case life’s unexpected events ...
Dominic Frisby gives his take on investing in Bitcoin, gold
CryptoSlate sat down with Dominic Frisby, the author of Bitcoin: The Future of Money?, to discuss gold, Bitcoin, and geopolitics. The topics were fitting, given our collective fixation with all things...
Bernanke says Fed shouldn’t use interest rates to ‘fine-tune’ financial stability risks
The Federal Reserve shouldn’t use its interest-rate policy to “fine-tune” financial stability risks, said former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday. Speaking to reporters at the Brookings Institution...
Ford, GM Downgraded. Here’s Where They Have Support
Ford (F) and General Motors (GM) are down hard on the day as analysts at UBS downgrade the stocks. Ford stock is down almost 7% on Monday, while GM shares are down 5.25% on the day and were down a...
Investing Legend Paul Tudor Jones Says Bitcoin and Ethereum Will Go Much Higher in Price – Here’s Why
Hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones says the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) will eventually rise from their current bear market ranges. In a new interview, the Tudor Investment Corporat...
Ford vs. GM: I’m Only Trading One
Analyst Patrick Hummel of UBS downgraded both Ford Motor (F) and General Motors (GM) on Monday morning, primarily citing demand destruction in a coming recessionary environment as a downside catalyst....
Investing in Web3: Culture and Entertainment
All that said, the word “culture” is almost comically vague and tricky to pin down. Culture can mean art, sports, fashion, music, gaming, archeology, dating, religion, movies, food, poetry – it’s a lo...
‘We’re likely to see one of the greatest transfers of intergenerational wealth,’ says head of TIAA
For 25 years, we at MarketWatch have made retirement one of our core coverage areas. We have tried to help our readers navigate the fraught and often confusing issues surrounding saving, investing and...
Stocks Lower, Week Ahead, Tesla, Ford, Twitter-5 Things To Know
Here are five things you must know for Monday, October 10: 1. — Stock Futures Mixed As October Rally Faces Inflation Test U.S. equity futures edged lower Monday, while the dollar consolidated g...
Opinion: Five sentiment indicators are telling us it’s time to buy stocks, especially this one group
If you are positive on the direction of the stock market and feeling lonely about it, that’s actually a good sign. Historically, whenever most investors are extremely negative, the market is a buy. I’...