Here’s What a $1 Million Retirement Looks Like in America

Once a symbol of extravagant wealth, $1 million is now the retirement-savings goal for millions of Americans. For retirees able to accumulate $1 million in savings, the funds translate into inflation-...

Are high-deductible health plans worth it? Here’s who can benefit the most.

Hello and welcome to Financial Face-off, a MarketWatch column where we help you weigh financial decisions. Our columnist will give her verdict. Tell us whether you think she’s right in the comments. A...

Rivian Is Having a Horrible Year

What a horrible year: Rivian would be tempted to say.  Everything went wrong on the stock market for the young electric vehicle manufacturer, considered one of Tesla’s most serious rivals.  Let&...

Pack these snacks, says nutritionist

Travelers have a host of pathogens to dodge this winter, including the “tripledemic” of infections caused by Covid-19, flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). But there are steps people...

10 ways American finances actually improved in 2022, despite high interest rates and a slump in stocks

Many Americans are ending the year feeling gloomy about their finances, and you don’t need to be a psychiatrist to figure out why. Runaway inflation gnawed through household budgets as prices soared o...

The bright side of the chip glut: Nvidia, AMD and Intel gaming cards are cheap and very available for Christmas

Plenty of gamers have woken up on Christmas morning in the past two years feeling disappointed that there wasn’t a gaming card under the tree — the gear was too often unavailable, or selling for much ...

Cheap? Maybe. But These Stocks Have Been Dead Money for Decades.

Cheesecake Factory appears to be “running the same play,” wrote J.P. Morgan analyst John Ivankoe in a recent restaurant industry outlook. I don’t think he meant it as a compliment—the stock, he noted,...

Carnival stock is suffering its worst year on record, but looks ‘overly compelling’ to this analyst

Shares of Carnival Corp. have had a really bad year, even worse than the pandemic year of 2020. And that’s what makes Stifel Nicolaus analyst Steven Wieczynski believe the stock is now “overly compell...

Elon Musk Returns To Old Promises And Insane Prediction

Elon Musk has heard the critics.  Though he does not admit to having neglected the manufacturer of electric vehicles Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Free Report since he decided to buy Twitter, the whimsica...

What to make for Christmas dinner? It depends on where you live

People traveling abroad this Christmas may not find their favorite holiday food on the menu. That’s because traditional holiday fare varies around the world. To see who’s eating what this ...

War of Words Between Elon Musk and a Tesla Investor

This is unheard of in the Tesla community: Critics fired against Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer, considered the architect of the electric revolution in the auto...

Elon Musk Picks High-Stakes Fight With Sen. Elizabeth Warren

They are old enemies.  Two enemies who like to fight each other.  Elon Musk and Senator Elizabeth Warren never miss an opportunity to attack each other. This time, it was the former candidate for the ...

This 28-year-old negotiated her pay to $500,000 — and found work-life balance

After growing her salary from $100,000 to $500,000 over a five-year period through switching jobs and negotiating, Amy, now 28, wanted the kind of work-life balance that would allow her to spend more ...

New electric car buying incentives kick in Jan. 1, and a lot has changed. Here’s an explainer.

Congress changed the rules governing electric car tax credits over the summer, but the changes didn’t immediately take effect. Some will kick in soon, while others will taper in over time. The evolvin...

Tesla’s New Factory Location Revealed

Tesla and Elon Musk are about to keep a promise.  On January 26, the billionaire entrepreneur announced that the automotive group would reveal the locations of its new factories before the end of the ...

Retirement: Getting Beyond The Numbers

Time and money. getty The popular image of retirement tends to emphasize numbers: a balance in a 401(k) or IRA; a date on the calendar; a quantity of years with the company; a pension plan vesting sch...

Elon Musk Sounds the Alarm Over a Brewing Automobile Crisis

The auto sector is one of the victims of the aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve to crush inflation, which is at its highest in 40 years.  According to experts, this monetary policy ...

Tesla Shareholder Frustration Turns Into Revolt Against Elon Musk

It’s a total stock market disaster for Tesla. Even for the world leader in electric vehicles, this is worrying, even alarming.  This will not be a year to remember for the carmaker’s inves...

Moving into a retirement community, how to know when you have enough saved, the best RMD strategies and more retirement news

From MarketWatch Retirement:  How much should you have saved for retirement? Aim for these age-related benchmarks as you save for retirement. These are the top 10 mistakes people make when planning fo...

How much should you have saved for retirement?

When I was in my 20s, I was lucky to work for a company that offered a pension plan—and that put me on the road to retirement. Today, unfortunately, company pensions are rare. How can you ensure a com...

AMD Is Morgan Stanley’s Top Chip Stock Pick for Next Year

Morgan Stanley says Advanced Micro Devices stock is providing an attractive buying opportunity on the back of its strong lineup of server processors. On Thursday, semiconductor analyst Joseph Moore ma...

Elon Musk Leans on Promises to Soothe Tesla Investors

Elon Musk knows he can no longer ignore the discontent rumbling among individual Tesla investors.  The billionaire is seen as a guru by Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Free Report fans and investors, who mo...

SEC alleges $100 million stock manipulation scheme via social media

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against eight individuals who allegedly earned $100 million via stock manipulation. Charges were filed against social-media users including E...

Elon Musk Stands Up For Tesla

Tesla is completely lost on Wall Street.  The electric vehicle manufacturer is having a dark year in the stock market. And those difficulties worsened on Dec. 13 with another sharp drop in the stock p...

Vanguard sees a recession in 2023 — and one ‘silver lining’ for investors

The last 12 months was a year of fast-rising inflation, fast-rising interest rates and fast-rising questions about a future recession. Prices went up while stock markets and savings account balances w...

Rivian Suffers a Huge Setback in Battle Against Tesla

It’s an announcement that is somewhat like a thunderbolt in the automotive industry. Three months ago, Rivian, which aims to challenge Tesla in the race for electric vehicles, announced with fan...

Workers around the world say this is the best U.S. city for expats

Around the world, people agree that the best U.S. city to try living and working abroad is Miami, Florida. The South Florida beach and nightlife destination ranks 12th out of 50 global cities as being...

What do hotel star ratings mean? Here’s a breakdown

Ever notice that a single hotel can be rated three, four and even five stars? That’s the case with Singapore’s iconic Marina Bay Sands, which is rated five stars on Booking.com, four stars...

Elon Musk Sounds a Dire Warning About the Economy

Elon Musk is worried about the economy.  For several months now, the richest man in the world has continued to sound the alarm, warning that the economy risks a deep recession if the central bank̵...

Short selling giant Jim Chanos is still short on Coinbase, Tesla and the FOMO-investment market

Short selling giant Jim Chanos is still pretty bearish on a number of stocks including Coinbase and Tesla, he said on Thursday. In a Twitter Spaces conversation, Chanos was asked about the FTX fiasco ...

Anti-Tesla Investors Hit The Jackpot

This is an exceptional year for investors who have bet on Tesla’s short-term stock market crash.  The electric vehicle maker is one of the shortest companies on Wall Street. Short selling stock ...

Inflation Is Forcing Many Retirees to Put Long-Awaited Plans on Hold—Again

Brenda Dickason dreamed of traveling to Europe in retirement. Instead, the former teacher and police detective spent 2022 watching TV with her husband at their Tucson, Ariz., home and selling homemade...