The chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank SIVB, -60.41% cashed out stock and options for a $2.27 million net gain in the weeks before Friday’s collapse, public filings show. CEO Greg Becker exercised...
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Opinion: The only market forecast that should matter to stock investors: When does the Fed decide that higher inflation is OK?
By this time last year, every stock market forecast made for 2022 was wrong. The U.S. stock market peaked on the first trading day of 2022 and went downhill from there. This year, every forecast made ...
Silicon Valley Bank collapse: What should you do if your bank closes down?
Silicon Valley Bank, which helps fund technology startups backed by venture-capital firms, has closed its doors. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation made the decision to c...
10 banks that may face trouble in the wake of the SVB Financial Group debacle
As interest rates have risen, many banks have become more profitable because the spreads between what they earn on loans and investments and what they pay for funding has widened. But there are always...
Opinion: Crypto Fans, It’s Time to Say “No” to Joe Biden
Crypto fans (and everyday Americans) are counting down the days to November 2024. Why? Because that’s the month they can finally vote Joe Biden out of office for good. Biden Has Done Nothing for Ameri...
Fed: Jerome Powell opinion upset Bitcoin price
Yesterday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s words upset the markets and eventually also sent Bitcoin’s value down. The words of Fed chief Jerome Powell affect Bitcoin Two of the most critical points of hi...
New legal opinion paper looks into the legality of staking services
Ad A new article published in Lexology navigates the evolving landscape of crypto staking and custody. The article, published by the law firm Wilson Elser, looks at current rules and regulations relat...
Opinion: Powell will have to push rates even higher for the Fed to get inflation to 2%
Inflation is proving tougher to curb than Federal Reserve Chairman Powell anticipated, and despite indicators that a recession could be coming, consumers and businesses apparently haven’t gotten the m...
Opinion: Crypto Skeptic Ben McKenzie Seems to Have His Head in the Clouds
Why do actors consider themselves experts on things they’re clearly not experts on? Is it because they’re surrounded by entourages that deem them gods of some kind? Is it because their agents and mana...
Opinion: Marc Benioff’s Salesforce fairy tale is crumbling down around him
Salesforce Inc. has been a unique tech company, able to sell itself as a “family” that has higher ideals than just profit to its employees while generating near-universal praise from Wall Street as we...
Nearing retirement? Here’s how to shift your portfolio from growth to income.
Over the decades, perhaps you’ve been very good at saving your money and investing it for long-term growth. But when the time comes for you to stop working or to step back to a part-time job, you migh...
U.S. Debt Is Over $30 Trillion. Who’s on the Other Side of Those Liabilities?
About the authors: Paul J. Simko is the Frank M. Sands Sr. associate professor of business administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Richard P. Smith is managing director...
Opinion: Trump Is Running for President Again, and Crypto Fans Owe Him Their Votes
In a very interesting twist, the United States Supreme Court is considering a case that would see Joe Biden removed from office while reinstating Donald J. Trump to the White House. Is Trump Again Hea...
OPINION: Crypto is a mess. Whatever happened to “trust, don’t verify”?
It’s been a rough go of it for Binance recently. And the turmoil is continuing for the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. To me, it signifies a lot of the problems with the world of cryptocurren...
Michael Saylor bought 130,000 BTC, Know his opinion
Michael Saylor, the CEO of MicroStrategy, made headlines when he announced that his company had purchased 130,000 Bitcoin. Saylor’s decision to invest in Bitcoin was not an impulsive one.&...
My fiancé and I are 60. His adult daughter is opposed to our marriage — and insists on inheriting her father’s $3.2 million estate. How should we handle her?
What advice would you give to a widow and widower considering marriage on how to manage finances — and deal with adult children? We are both 60 years old and plan to work a few more years, mostly for ...
A Debt-Ceiling Fight Could Raise U.S. Borrowing Costs and Worsen Budget Deficits
Illustration by Chris Cash Text size About the authors: Arvind Krishnamurthy is the John S. Osterweis professor of finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Hanno Lustig is the school’s Miz...
These money and investing tips can hold up your portfolio if the market melts down
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 the stock market’s pullbac...
KBW recommends buying these 11 financial stocks, including First Republic, following federal backstop for banks
On a Monday following high-profile bank failures on Friday and Sunday, it may seem to be a strange time to recommend buying stocks of banks and other financial services companies, but Keefe, Bruyette ...