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How to Invest During a Bear Market: 6 Tips
If you’re new to the stock market, you’ve probably had a rude awakening: The value of your investments has declined in the past few months. While that may be worrisome, don’t panic. A bear market—defi...
This bond ETF has the potential to become the king of fixed income ETFs. Here’s why.
Hello! This is markets reporter Isabel Wang stepping in to cover ETF Wrap for MarketWatch’s Christine Idzelis, who will be back next week. In this week’s edition, I spoke with Todd Rosenbluth, head of...
The U.S. dollar hasn’t been this strong against the euro in 20 years. Here’s what happened next.
A gutsy contrarian bet right now is that the strong U.S. dollar will weaken, particularly versus the euro. A secondary bold bet is that U.S. stocks will lag international equities. Dollar weakness wou...
These money and investing tips can help you hit the market’s curveballs
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS These dividend stocks are reco...
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust’s Discount Is Tempting. Why It’s Not a Slam Dunk.
There is a way to buy Bitcoin for nearly a third less than the market price, but investors do so at their peril. That is the broad lesson to draw from the travails of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (tick...
Should You Roll Over Your 401(k) to an IRA? It Can Cost You Tens of Thousands.
Text size Retirement savers would do well to check the fees on fund holdings in 401(k) accounts held at former employers before rolling over to an IRA. Workplace savings plans tend to have more favora...
Does The SEC’s Names Rule Fix The “Truth In Advertising” Issue With U.S. Funds?
The rule is a step in the right direction but structural problems with labels will continue to be an issue Florida, Miami Beach, Trader Joe’s, grocery store, refrigerated egg aisle, organic, cag...
These money and investing tips can help you be smarter in a bear market that might not be average
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Why bonds haven’t performed be...
Opinion: ‘The stock market is not going to zero’: How this individual investor with 70 years of experience is trading the bear market
Not many investors can claim a lifetime of stock-market success. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -1.94% BRK.B, -1.39% comes to mind, of course, but what about Warren Kaplan? Who? Kaplan is...
These money and investing tips can be your cure for the stock market’s summertime blues
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS How bear markets trick gullibl...
Taking RMDs During a Downturn Hurts. Here’s How to Manage the Pain.
Is it better to rip off a bandage and get the pain over with or to remove it slowly and gently, limiting the pain while prolonging it? That’s essentially the question facing seniors who have spent dec...
U.S.-Stock Funds Avoided the Bear
That was a lot of angst, but not much result. Last month was a good example of the old advice that long-term investors should avoid worrying about day-to-day moves in the market. Stocks slid for most ...
Hot stocks may bring an initial thrill, but they’ll break your heart
My father was born in 1936 in Brooklyn. He attended Erasmus High School, earned a degree in chemical engineering from Brooklyn Polytechnic High School and then went on to study dentistry at New York ...
Don’t Expect Stocks To Save You From Inflation
NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 2: Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York … [+] Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the closing bell, February 2, 2018 in New York City. The Dow...
These money and investing tips are tools to help fix your broken portfolio
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Your stock portfolio didn’t have to lose so much this year Strong insider buying suggests a 15% rally in the S&P 500 from here ‘I feel like I am ...
Sen. Cruz blasts Larry Fink over ‘woke’ shareholder votes on climate
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol October 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Sen. Ted Cruz blasted BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on Tuesday for so-ca...
Is The Battered Stock Market Reaching Its Bottom?
Falling market getty The S&P 500 narrowly missed closing out last week in bear market territory—that would be 20% down from market peak, a high point attained after New Year’s. The tech-heavy Nasd...
For Active Funds, Being Different From the Index Isn’t Enough
The popular active-share metric was designed to find mutual funds that simply mimic an index-fund-like portfolio while charging steeper active-management fees. But it may not be as adept at finding wi...
These money and investing tips can be keys to success when stock and bond markets fail
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS 4 Earth Day ETFs targeting cle...
Opinion: This will be a year for stock market traders — here are 12 companies to favor, says 40-year investing veteran Bob Doll
If you’re relatively new to investing, and you think 2022 has been a year from hell, imagine being in the stock market for over 40 years. That would’ve put you through the Great Financial Crisis in 20...
These money and investing tips are what you need when markets aren’t giving what you want
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Americans of all ages are fail...
This is how much you made if you bought into the oil crash 2 years ago
If you want to retire rich, the late, great Dan Bunting has some advice for you. “Always buy the market (i.e., stocks or even just the index) after a spectacular bankruptcy,” my old friend Bunting, a ...
Three value stocks that can provide safety as interest rates rise
Stocks have been on a rocky road this year, as investors have tried to anticipate every possible move by the Federal Reserve to combat inflation. Value strategies have held up better than growth strat...
Inflation Is Here to Stay. How to Adjust Your Portfolio.
Inflation is rampant and ubiquitous today, from the gas pump to the grocery store. The U.S. consumer price index has quadrupled in the past year, from a 1.7% annual rate in February 2021 to 7.9% this ...
The Stock Market Rallied on Hopes That Rate Hikes Will Soon Wind Down
Text size While the markets and many consumers are worried about inflation, other people, like these skaters at Rockefeller Center in New York, are still spending. Richard Levine/Alamy Markets can sta...