The one question to ask yourself about your 401(k) when stock indexes are dropping

With the Dow DJIA, -1.62%, S&P 500 SPX, -1.72% and Nasdaq COMP, -1.80% indexes dipping into the red right now, looking at your retirement portfolio may have your heart racing.  Retirement Tip of t...

Most retirement savers are ‘staying the course’ — even if they’re totally stressed

Retirement investors for the most part are staying the course, despite market volatility and rising inflation and interest rates — instead of deviating from their plans and halting contributions in a ...

Josh Brown: ‘If people don’t get fired, then it’s not a recession’

““You can’t have a recession if people still have their jobs and have no problem getting their next job. So I don’t care what the NBER says. … If people don’t get fired, then it’s not a recession.”” T...

The Fed raised rates — retirees and near-retirees should do this

Retirees have to watch their spending, especially after the Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike announced on Wednesday.  For the third time in a row, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would rais...

Home values in August saw their largest monthly decline since 2011. Some cities see house prices drop by 3%.

Home values are edging down as buyers remain spooked by high mortgage rates, according to a new report. The typical value of a home in the U.S. fell 0.3% in August from the previous month, according t...

Social Security’s retirement age is 70

An informal survey of staff at the Center for Retirement Research asking “What is the current retirement age for Social Security?” produced a range of responses.  About half — mostly the “old hands” —...

China’s EV Startups Suffer Widening Losses Despite Sales Boom

Sept. 19, 2022 6:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) HONG KONG—China’s electric-vehicle market is booming, but the country’s hottest EV startups are seeing losses grow even as sales rise. Rising ba...

Why This Top Mid-Cap Manager Still Likes Tech Stocks

Alger Mid Cap Focus fund manager Amy Zhang. Photograph by Clark Hodgin Text size Mid-cap companies are usually defined as having a market capitalization of $2 billion to $10 billion, but Amy Zhang pre...

Apple iPhone 14 Goes on Sale Friday. Why You Shouldn’t Sell the Stock.

Text size Pricing for the iPhone 14 starts at $799 while the iPhone 14 Plus starts at $899. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple users are getting ready for Sept. 16, when the new iPhone 14 and iPhone 1...

Verizon is ‘not going to throw away money’ to woo consumers with cheaper phones, CEO says

In a competitive market for wireless deals, Verizon Communications Inc.’s chief executive says the company is “not going to throw away money” on promotions. The company recently rolled out its deals f...

I have $950,000 invested with a large financial firm, but they are charging me $1,100 a month in management fees. Is this reasonable?

Is your financial planner charging you too much? Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I am currently a customer with a large bank and have about $950,000 invested in the markets through them. I am being...

Cathie Wood Says Falling Car Prices Could Mean Trouble

Text size ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood. Courtesy of ARK Falling car prices are coming, according to ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood. That might be cheered by car buyers, but falling prices could mean the Feder...

Buy Volkswagen Stock. Porsche’s IPO Could Unlock Value at the Emerging Tesla Challenger.

A successful Porsche IPO could unlock value at Volkswagen, an emerging Tesla rival. Here, a 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS Hockenheimring edition is being painted. Porsche Text size With the exception of Tes...

More than half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck — even the wealthy are feeling the heat of continued inflation

‘It’s everyone. It’s all of us’: More than half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck — even the wealthy are feeling the heat of continued inflation Pushing yourself to save can be ...

Another sign of a looming recession? Americans’ ‘financial health’ fell for the first time in five years

Are you late paying for your utilities? Do you have enough set aside for a rainy day? Less than one-third (31%) of Americans are “financially healthy” in 2022, down 3% from a year ago, according to th...

Opinion: Americans are feeling poorer for good reason: Household wealth was shredded by inflation and Fed tightening

U.S. households’ real wealth plunged at a record 20.9% annual rate to $143 trillion in the second quarter of the year, with modest gains in home values offset by high inflation and a big selloff in th...

Volkswagen Is One of the Cheapest Stocks. A Porsche IPO Could Change That.

A successful Porsche IPO could unlock value at Volkswagen, an emerging Tesla rival. Here, a 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS Hockenheimring edition is being painted. Porsche Text size With the exception of Tes...

Robinhood users buy and hold companies ‘they know, understand and believe in for the long-term.’ Here are their favorite stocks.

Tech companies, electric-vehicle makers and some meme stocks are part of the aggregate mix of equities inside the portfolios of Robinhood users, according to a new index from the brokerage app geared ...

Senators introduce the next retirement savings proposal – the EARN Act

The EARN Act is the latest addition to the lineup of proposals legislators have put forth to bolster retirement savings.  Senators Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, and Mike Crapo, a Republican from ...

Apple’s satellite deal with Globalstar could spell good news for this company

Apple’s partnership with satellite company Globalstar was one of a slew of announcements at the technology giant’s eagerly-anticipated iPhone 14 launch event this week. Under the terms of the deal, Gl...

Tesla Is Planning a New Business

Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...

Tesla’s Planning a New Business. It’s a License to Print Money, Says Musk.

Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...

With inflation, many retirees will pay more federal income taxes

The federal income tax is generally indexed for inflation. Most particularly, the income brackets to which the marginal tax rates apply are increased in line with the “Chained CPI-U.” While the chaine...

Cheaper electric vehicles coming despite rising battery costs

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Even though battery costs are rising, auto companies are rolling out more affordable electric vehicles that should widen their appeal to a larger group of buyers. The latest came ...

Apple’s satellite plans just sent this stock on a wild ride

Shares of satellite company Globalstar Inc. spiked higher Wednesday after Apple Inc. announced a partnership with the satellite company to provide emergency services. After a wild ride, the stock ende...

LG and Samsung bring NFTs to Living Room TV Sets

LG Electronics and Samsung have started to incorporate NFTs into their TVs. Digital art is on the march into the middle of society, all across the world. Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are attracting the ...

The Boss May Not Like It. But Millions of Workers Aren’t Coming Back to the Office.

Erin Li, a 29-year-old working for an advertising firm in Los Angeles, is looking for a new job that allows full-time remote work.  Li is worried that her current employer will require her to work fro...

Bull Market or Bear Market. Investors Are Trying to Decide

GMO’s Jeremy Grantham has warned of a ‘superbubble’ that’s about to burst. Lane Turner/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Text size Unlike traders, the most stressful part of my day comes at 4 p.m., just a...

Facebook and Snap Stock are Both Cheap. Why Shares May Still Struggle.

Social media may be the most influential innovation of the 21st century. In 2022, if an event doesn’t make it to a social feed, it never really happened, like the tree that falls in a forest with no a...

Retirees want to go back to work — but they’re worried about this

While more than three in 10 U.S. retirees say they would be motivated to rejoin the workforce if inflation continued to eat into their savings, 43% of retirees see their age as a barrier to getting a ...

Celebrity Medicare Sales Pitches Are Toned Down After Scrutiny

If it’s football season, you can count on seeing Joe Namath on television, along with William Shatner and Jimmie “J J” Walker. They are the most prominent pitchmen for what has become an annual fall s...