Fertilizer Stocks Soar on Putin’s War. Proceed With Caution.

Text size Nutrien’s potash mine in Saskatoon, Canada. Potash fertilizer prices have soared by three-quarters this year. James MacDonald/Bloomberg Haven’t earned enough on your oil stocks since R...

Opinion: How ‘washed up…old man’ Warren Buffett is getting the last laugh

Poor old Warren Buffett. Poor, old, “washed up” Warren Buffett! It’s almost two years since the Berkshire Hathaway chairman, then 89, was publicly mocked by 40-something self-proclaimed stock market “...

Here’s Why Thailand Securities And Exchange Commission Banned Crypto Transactions 

In continuous efforts to regulate the crypto market, the Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) banned crypto transactions.  The notice issued by the SEC notes that the crypto payments are a...

Stock market investors are in the danger zone. This all-weather investing strategy offers protection

We’re in a period of high inflation, with a war disrupting energy markets and the Federal Reserve raising interest rates. The murky outlook calls for a multiyear cycle of central-bank policy moves tha...

Thailand Securities Regulator Bans Crypto as a Means of Payment

Thailand has issued new rules barring the use of digital assets for payments, its securities regulator has said. The rule takes effect on April 1. The development comes after the Securities and Exchan...

Opinion: This stock market rally has more upside, but expect any relief to be brief

The U.S. stock market’s impressive rally last week is more likely a reflex bounce than the beginning of a new leg of the bull market. I say that not because the rally ran out of steam on Monday, with ...

Many companies are enriching their retirement benefits

Workers may be in for a treat – some companies plan to boost their retirement benefits in the next few years, as they look to hire and retain talent, according to a new survey.  U.S. employers are imp...

Securities Clearing Firm Euroclear Invests in Fnality, Advancing Distributed Ledger Technology

Financial product service provider Euroclear Group has invested in Fnality, an international consortium of global banking and financial market infrastructure, to advance distributed ledger technology ...

Warren Buffett Does Deal Making Differently. Alleghany Acquisition Shows How.

Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images When it comes to acquisitions, Warren Buffett does things differently, and Berkshire Hathaway ’s deal on Monday for Alleghany illustrates his unique ...

Treasuries Are Selling Off. Blame Powell’s Comments on Half-Point Rate Hikes.

Fed chief Jerome Powell, shown Monday at a conference in Washington, D.C., said ‘nothing’ would prevent the central bank from raising rates by a half-point at a coming meeting if needed. S...

Here’s what it will take to make stocks a ‘great’ buying opportunity, says this strategist

It was an interesting time for the best weekly gain for Wall Street since late 2020 as the devastating war in Ukraine grinds toward the one-month mark. “Stabilizing stock markets point to less cautiou...

Anaplan Stock Surges on Deal to Be Bought by Thoma Bravo for $10.7 Billion

Text size Photograph by Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Anaplan , a provider of business-planning software, agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo for $66 a share, or $10.7 billion. The offe...

Plus500 Enters Japanese Market, Acquires EZ Invest Securities

Plus500, an international multi-asset fintech group operating proprietary technology-based trading platforms, today confirmed its entrance into the growing market of Japan with the acquisition of EZ I...

These money and investing tips can help you build a proactive ‘all-weather’ portfolio

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 Stock trading during ‘March Ma...

NerdWallet and SoFi CEOs Bought Up Stock on the Dip

Text size NerdWallet’s app Courtesy NerdWallet Shares of companies pointed at the personal-financial space have been pummeled far worse than the broader market, but their chief executives are bu...

U.S. stock market investors dealing with ‘biggest triple-witching day in memory’

The stock market was relatively calm Friday ahead of “triple witching“ — the simultaneous expiration of individual stock options, stock-index futures and stock-index options. Triple witching occurs on...

Opinion: It’s time to buy the best beaten-down stocks in tech and elsewhere, and this winning fund manager shows you how

Sentiment in the stock market is so dark, it’s time to rummage through the hard-hit technology sector to pick up potential long-term winners. For help, let’s turn to tech expert Chris Armbruster, the ...

Coinbase Sued for Allegedly Selling 79 Unregistered Crypto Securities — Including XRP, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu – Exchanges Bitcoin News

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase alleging that the platform lets customers trade 79 cryptocurrencies that are unregistered securities, i...

Dollar General, Williams-Sonoma, and 3 More Stocks Whose Dividends Are Going Up

Text size Dollar General raised its quarterly dividend by 31%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dollar General , Williams-Sonoma , and Equity Residential were among the U.S. companies that said this week ...

Coinbase Hit With Class-Action Suit Alleging the Exchange Sold Crypto Assets That Are Unregistered Securities

Crypto exchange giant Coinbase is getting hit with a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company sells digital assets as unregistered securities. According to recent court documents, the leading US-...

How To Violate Securities Laws In Hollywood Without Even Trying

Building icon and inscription SEC. getty Here is how you can violate securities laws (replete with jail time and personal liability for repayment of any investment) without even trying: 1. Fail to rea...

Kohl’s Is a Takeover Target. What That Means for the Stock.

Kohl’s stock soared on reports of potential takeover offers that could value the company at more than $9 billion. Getty Images Text size Kohl’s investors have been trapped between hopes for a takeout ...

Weekend reads: There’s a recession warning as the Federal Reserve fights inflation

The Federal Reserve this week increased the federal funds rate for the first time since 2018. Long-term market interest rates had risen significantly as investors anticipated that the central bank wou...

The Biggest Bitcoin Fund Trades at a Discount to Its Bitcoin Holdings. Why Only the SEC Can Solve This Problem.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images Text size The world’s largest Bitcoin fund is trading at 73 cents on the dollar. That may look like a bargain if you want crypto in your po...

‘Not the Best Look From Vanguard’: Community Conversations

Readers can’t get enough of a story about a lawsuit filed against the indexing giant. In fact, the story generated record traffic for Barron’s Advisor (in less than 48 hours). Other stories that are s...

France is considering raising its retirement age to 65

French workers may see their legal retirement age jump from 62 to 65 if President Emmanuel Macron gets his way.  Macron, who is running for reelection, said the move is a natural progression. “We are ...

More than 70% of savers are worried that inflation will affect their ability to retire

Inflation just hit its highest level in 40 years. Future inflation expectations have risen by a third in 12 months. And the federal government’s own “inflation protected” bonds, which were designed to...

Avenue Securities launches crypto brokerage app in search of further development

TL;DR Breakdown • Avenue partners with Apex crypto.• Avenue Securities breaks a milestone by supporting 500000 crypto investors. Recently, the American blocking company Avenue Securities, supported by...

Binance Forced out of Ontario for Trading Unregistered Securities

Binance has informed Canadian regulators it will stop taking on new customers in Ontario and commit to cease trading for existing ones. The biggest exchange in the world by trading volume was forced t...

My wife and I are in our 50s with $300,000 in a 401(k) and $700,000 in a pension. I can’t work much longer and am ‘embarrassed’ we didn’t prepare better. Will we be able to ‘live a simple life’ in retirement?

I’m 53 years old, a registered nurse and planning to retire at 58. I am married, my wife is two years older than I am and she plans to retire at 62. We have a good marriage and friendship. We have thr...

SEC Amendment to Securities Exchange Act Could Be a Bid to Rope in Crypto Markets

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) put forward a proposed amendment to the Securities Exchange Act. Some discussion has emerged that it could have an impact on crypto and DeFi....

Coinbase and Brian Armstrong Named as Defendants in a Securities Lawsuit

Coinbase Global Inc, Coinbase Inc, and Brian Armstrong have been named defendants in a class-action lawsuit filed by three Plaintiffs Louis Oberlander, Henry Rodriguez, and Christopher Underwood. All ...