Scared of investing during the Ukraine invasion? Try this IRA maneuver

Moe, Larry and Curly have been watching stock markets plunge in the past two weeks in response to the Ukraine invasion. Each wants to invest, say, $100,000 in European stocks—for example through Vangu...

DraftKings CEO: People selling his company’s stock will ‘regret that decision’

DraftKings Inc. DKNG, +3.83% CEO Jason Robins vows that people who are selling his company’s stock will “regret that decision.” Robins wrote this message on Twitter TWTR, +5.03% on Tuesday as DraftKin...

American Billionaire Ken Griffin To Offer Cryptocurrency Services Through Citadel Securities

The adoption of cryptocurrency is expanding. With the performance of several prominent digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Tether, Ripple, and others, the perception of cryptocurrency ...

EU confirms crypto will be included in Russia sanctions as ‘transferrable securities’

advertisement The European Commission confirmed on Wednesday it would extend the remit of its sanctions against Russia and Belarus in light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, adding details on the cl...

How the Federal Reserve could cut its near $9 trillion balance sheet as it fights inflation

Slimming down might be the trickiest part after two years of the pandemic. As the Federal Reserve looks to shrink its near $9 trillion balance sheet to help cool U.S. inflation pegged at a 40-year hig...

FINRA Fines Deutsche Bank Securities for Best Execution Violations

On Tuesday, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) said that it had imposed Deutsche Bank Securities a $2 million fine for best  execution  Execution Execution is the process during which...

A death cross for the S&P 500 is nearing as inflation fears, Russia’s Ukraine offensive rattles stock-market investors

The S&P 500 index is closing in on a death cross, an ominous chart pattern that underscores the downtrend suffered in an asset. A death cross appears when the 50-day moving average crosses below t...

Oil Stocks Are Nearing New Heights. It’s Time to Be Careful.

Text size An Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Rotterdam. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Oil stocks are approaching levels not seen in years as the price of the fuel surges and shows little sign of backin...

Opinion: I’m raising cash and getting defensive as the stock market works through its excesses

This war is shameful and crazy. All wars are. And there’s no telling what President Putin is going to do next. What I do know is that the globalized world economy is not going back to what it was. The...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average heads for its first correction in 2 years. Here’s the level to watch.

An ugly stretch for U.S. equities was intensifying as the crisis in Ukraine worsened and investors weighed the prospect of further sanctions to cripple the Russian economy as the Kremlin wages war in ...

US Regulatory, SEC, investigating NFT Industry: Over Securities Violations

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States is apparently investigating a young sector of the digital asset business for potentially illegal crypto-asset offerings. The goal of t...

U.S. Retirement Funds, Heavy on Stocks, Brace for Losses

Volatile stock markets are eroding the retirement savings of America’s teachers and firefighters after public pension systems ended last year with equity holdings at a 10-year high. Public pension fun...

‘I think we’re going to see some spectacular returns,’ says ARK’s Cathie Wood

“Given our expectations for growth in these new technologies, I think we’re going to see some spectacular returns.” That was the chief executive officer of ARK Invest, Cathie Wood, who gave an optimis...

Asian markets tumble as oil prices shoot higher amid calls for more sanctions against Russia

TOKYO — The price of oil jumped more than $10 a barrel and Asian markets were sharply lower Monday as the conflict in Ukraine deepened amid mounting calls for harsher sanctions against Russia. Brent c...

U.S. stock futures sink Sunday as U.S. and its allies consider ban on Russian oil imports

U.S. stock-index futures fell sharply after trading began late Sunday, as investors remain rattled by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.95% slid more than 300 p...

Nearly All Russian ETFs Halted in the U.S.

Exchange-traded funds had been one of the last ways to trade Russian stocks. NYSE Text size Don’t try to invest in Russian stocks with an exchange-traded fund. It appears all have been halted. It star...

Morgan Stanley Hires 2 Advisors From J.P. Morgan

Morgan Stanley hired two advisors from J.P. Morgan Securities, the brokerage arm of JPMorgan Chase. Advisors Mark Horowitz and Joel Bodner previously managed approximately $750 million in client asset...

Splunk Stock Rises as Hellman & Friedman Takes 7.5% Stake

Text size Dreamstime Private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman has acquired a 7.5% stake in software solutions company Splunk , sending the stock rising Friday. The stake is worth about $1.4 billion,...

Opinion: Gold prices have been surging, but the rally is on shaky ground

Gold’s path of least resistance over the near term is down. That’s because the gold market timing community is overwhelmingly bullish right now. That’s a bad sign from a contrarian point of view. It m...

US Regulatory Agency Probes NFT Industry Over Possible Securities Violations: Report

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly launching an investigation into a nascent sector of the digital assets industry over crypto asset offerings that potentially violate the...

‘We need to increase oil & gas output immediately,’ Elon Musk says as Ukraine crisis jolts U.S. crude to 2008 high

Elon Musk voiced an unusual stance for an electric-vehicle executive on Friday. Tesla Inc.’s TSLA, -0.12% chief executive said the U.S. needs to immediately increase production of oil and gas in a twe...

Bitfinex Securities Expands Global Presence, Launches New Product in Kazakhstan

A provider of blockchain-based investment products, Bitfinex Securities recently announced that it has expanded its presence in the global crypto ecosystem through the launch of trading on Blockstream...

Can gold rally past $2,000? Precious metal rises as Russia’s assault on Ukraine intensifies

Gold futures settled higher Thursday, resuming their climb as fighting in Eastern Europe intensified, with hope dimming of successful talks to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “The Ukraine conflict ha...

The Commodities Boom Is Here. How to Invest With Funds.

Global supply-chain constraints have led to worldwide shortages, abnormal weather is hurting crop yields in major agricultural regions, and inflation has made real assets like commodities an attractiv...

Carl Icahn Slashes Stake in Occidental Petroleum

Text size These disclosures are from 13Ds filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 13Ds are filed within 10 days of an entity’s attaining more than 5% in any class of a company’s securities....

Tesla May Have a Path to a $4 Trillion Market Value. Here’s Why.

Text size A Tesla dealership David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Tesla investor Gary Black tweeted out some interesting math Friday. He laid out his case for Tesla’s market capitalization to climb to a whoppi...

The end (of the stock market correction) may be near

The end of the stock market’s correction may be near. That’s because I just received an email from a prominent money manager declaring that “buy and hold is dead.” Like the first robin of spring heral...

SEC investigating NFT market over potential securities violations

NFT creators and marketplaces have been targeted by the SEC for conducting illegal activity SEC ordered that BlockFi pay a record fine of $100 million NFT exchanges LooksRare and OpenSea share $10.7 b...

Opinion: These 10 dividend-paying stocks show why cash isn’t trash in a brutal market

The best shareholders love dividend stocks —and anyone concerned about the current global financial market turmoil should consider them. Dividend stocks give shareholders regular cash payouts year aft...

These BDC Stocks Offer High Yields in a Low-Rate World

BDCs are a public play on private credit. They raise capital from investors and lend to small and midsize businesses. Illustration by Benedetto Cristofani Text size In a low interest-rate world, the p...

As Russia presses its war with Ukraine, here are 10 aerospace and defense stocks expected to rise up to 39%

No matter when the shooting stops and Russia’s war in Ukraine comes to an end, it seems clear from actions taken by European countries that we’re entering a period of increased defense spending. Below...

U.S. stock futures sink as Russia attacks Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant

U.S. stock-index futures tumbled late Thursday after reports that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, in Ukraine, was on fire after Russian shelling, raising fears of an unprecedented nuclear disast...