After a roller coaster of a year, retirement accounts may need a little fine tuning and consultation. Retirement Tip of the Week: If you haven’t checked the allocation of your investments recently, d...
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Crypto’s Political Cash Backs Winners, But New Lawmakers Will Arrive Under FTX Cloud
Still, the events of this month, where one of crypto world’s pillar companies is under investigation as an epic fraud, will play a part. Congressional hearings will likely question what happened with ...
Political donations won’t save Bankman-Fried from investigation
Amidst the collapse of FTX, conspiracies about the relationship between the crypto exchange and lawmakers have spread. Elon Musk, the “richest man in the world,” has even propagated these claims, stat...
Dear Tax Guy: ‘What happens if I sell my existing house to pay off the loan on my new home? How much tax will I owe?’
Greeting, readers. I’m Andrew Keshner and I’m the tax reporter for MarketWatch. I write about the controversies, open questions and best strategies about taxes. For the purposes of this new column, th...
Opinion: The floodgates are open for grandparents to super-size college savings for grandkids
If you’re a grandparent looking to save the day by helping your grandchildren pay for college, take a second look at a tax-advantaged 529 college savings plan before the end of the year. Rule changes ...
Antitrust battle over Apple’s app store goes to appeals court
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is heading into a courtroom faceoff against the company behind the popular Fortnite video game, reviving a high-stakes antitrust battle over whether the digital fortress shieldin...
The brands and models car shoppers want most—despite inventory levels
Toyota dealers are low on cars. All the same, more American car shoppers consider a Toyota TM, +1.95% than any other brand. Fully 35% of American car shoppers looked closely at buying a Toyota product...
As Pandemic Aid Dries Up, Businesses Chase Covid Tax Credit
A temporary tax break for small businesses has spawned a cottage industry of advisory firms tapping into federal pandemic aid, raising alarms at the Internal Revenue Service that some claims are going...
Crypto Political Funding Could Dry Up Without SBF and FTX Donations
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was one of the largest political donors in the United States. His once deep pockets funded mostly Democrat candidates and campaigns, but that all may change now. Th...
Ray Dalio, Founder of Hedge Fund Giant Bridgewater, Sees More Pain Ahead
Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in his Manhattan apartment in 1975 and grew it into a hedge fund colossus—with about $150 billion in assets—through astute analysis of macroeconomic trends. Al...
Fed’s Waller says market has overreacted to consumer inflation data: ‘We’ve got a long, long way to go’
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said Sunday that financial markets seem to have overreacted to the softer-than-expected October consumer price inflation data last week. “It was just one data p...
These money and investing tips can help you see this bear market more clearly
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 Bitcoin owners are bellyaching...
FTX bankruptcy: Can account holders expect to get their money back?
FTX, the unraveling cryptocurrency exchange, has plummeted from its high-profile perch straight into bankruptcy court. On Friday morning, FTX and related entities including Alameda Research, its affil...
What the Stock Market and the Midterm Elections Have Common.
Investing and politics go together about as well as mango chutney and burned hair, and we prefer to focus on the stocks and leave the pontificating about the state of the nation to the Beltway pundits...
How to get a guaranteed retirement spending rate of 4.3%
Stop the presses! The 4% spending rule may be alive after all—at least for now. I’m referring to the famous research from William Bengen in 1994 that focused on how much a retiree could withdraw from ...
FTX bankruptcy is ‘somebody running a company that’s just dumb-as-f___ing greedy,’ says Mark Cuban
Billionaire Dallas Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban recently offered his perspective on the implosion of crypto platform FTX late this week. “‘That’s somebody running a company that’s just dumb-as-fucking ...
Ray Dalio Sees More Pain Ahead in This Debt Cycle
Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in his Manhattan apartment in 1975 and grew it into a hedge fund colossus—with about $150 billion in assets—through astute analysis of macroeconomic trends. Al...
Should I do a Roth conversion to offset stock losses?
Q.: Dear Dan, We have roughly $45,000 in short-term & long-term losses this year from our brokerage accounts. Is the best move to sell some of our positive stock positions in our brokerage account...
Report Says Alameda Research ‘Didn’t Trade Crypto,’ Speculators Think SBF’s Political Connections Let FTX Fly Under the Radar – Bitcoin News
On Nov. 11, 2022, FTX Trading Ltd. filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. The news followed a few days of speculation and evidence that had shown the digital curr...
Brokered CDs pay more than traditional CDs — should you buy them now?
When market volatility and inflation persist, retirees or those who are near retirement might be wondering where to put their money now. There are a variety of alternatives with a range of risks, so t...
Oil Prices Could Jump in December. Energy Stocks Should Get a Jolt.
Oil prices have had a quiet November, holding steady around $90 per barrel. There’s a good chance the calm won’t last. A new set of sanctions from Europe will ratchet up the pressure against Russia an...
Can SBF’s Political Lobby Rescue FTX?
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), CEO of FTX Trading Limited has been allegedly personally lobbying in Washington, D.C over the past year. However, Now experts have claimed that the U.S. SEC and other watchdog...
Warren Buffett’s chip-stock purchase is a classic example of why you want to be ‘greedy only when others are fearful’
This has been quite a year for Berkshire Hathaway and CEO Warren Buffett. The conglomerate just disclosed its investments in other companies as of the end of the third quarter, and one name — and one ...