Several simple mathematical formulas used to inform where interest rates should be set under current economic conditions show that high inflation would call for the Federal Reserve to set rates betwee...
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The Lords of Money Pose Massive Threats to Markets
Think the Fed’s job is hard? At least the U.S. Federal Reserve can concentrate on fighting inflation. In Japan and Europe, the central banks are battling the markets, not merely price rises. That’s le...
Bitcoin’s Price Falls Below $20,000
The price of bitcoin lurched below $20,000, and below a level widely monitored by cryptocurrency enthusiasts, as a brutal selloff in crypto showed no signs of abating. Bitcoin fell as low as $18,739.5...
The Crypto Party Is Over
On Super Bowl Sunday, a Crypto.com ad featuring billionaire NBA star LeBron James lit up millions of Americans’ TVs. “If you want to make history, you gotta call your own shots,” Mr. James said in the...
A Crypto Bankruptcy Could Be Investors’ Nightmare
The cryptocurrency market’s latest swoon is giving investors a painful lesson about the risks of trading digital tokens through intermediaries. In a bankruptcy restructuring, crypto investors would be...
SpaceX Fires Employees Involved in Letter Critical of Elon Musk, Company
SpaceX fired some employees involved in a letter that criticized Chief Executive Elon Musk and the way the company applies internal rules, according to an email to staff from SpaceX’s president and pe...
How Germany Took Over Russia’s Vast Gas-Trading Empire
After Moscow invaded Ukraine, the German government pledged to wean the country off Russian natural gas. This week, it said it would lend billions of euros to the German subsidiary of Russian gas gian...
Celsius Is Crashing, and Crypto Investors Are Spooked
A few months ago, Mike Washburn’s cryptocurrency investment looked like a winner. Now he’s just hoping to get his money back. Mr. Washburn, a 35-year-old plumber in Otsego, Minn., had $100,000 in an a...
What the Fed Rate Hike Means for Your Savings, Credit Cards and Loans
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Some European Factories, Long Dependent on Cheap Russian Energy, Are Shutting Down
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S&P 500 Poised for Bear Market as Stock Futures Drop
The S&P 500 was on track to open in bear market territory, while global stocks tumbled and bond yields jumped as fears over inflation rattled investors around the world. Futures for the S&P 50...
Mexico Takes Aim at Private Companies, Threatening Decades of Economic Growth
MONTERREY, Mexico—For the past 20 years, a 1,100-megawatt power plant owned by Spain’s Iberdrola SA outside Mexico’s industrial capital has kept the lights on for scores of companies such as brewing g...
Earnings Are Under Threat, Another Blow to Sagging Stock Market
Stocks have tumbled this year in the face of rising interest rates. But with inflation showing little sign of cooling, many investors fear corporate earnings could be the market’s next support to fall...
Economy Week Ahead: Fed, Other Central Banks in Focus
The Federal Reserve’s policy meeting highlights this week’s slate of economic news. Wednesday China’s economic activity showed some signs of recovery in May, albeit at a slow pace, as Beijing, Shangha...
Coinbase CEO Blasts Employee Petition Against Executives
Turmoil inside crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc. has spilled out into the public. Co-founder and Chief Executive Brian Armstrong on Friday lashed out on Twitter against an employee petition to remo...
Cosmetics Maker Revlon Nears Chapter 11 Filing
Revlon Inc. is preparing to file for chapter 11 protection as soon as next week after struggling for years with too much debt, stiff competition in the cosmetics business and more recent inflation and...
Novavax’s New Covid-19 Vaccine Might Be Late to the Party
It’s one thing to arrive fashionably late to a party, it’s another thing to waltz in when the last guests are stumbling out the door. For Novavax , which on Tuesday cleared a key step toward U.S. Food...
Kohl’s Suitor Wants to Buy the Chain by Selling Kohl’s Properties
Kohl’s beat back activists and is in talks to be sold for around $8 billion. But its suitor could bring a new set of challenges for the department-store chain. Franchise Group which owns the Vitamin S...
Target Inventory Warning Portends Retail Bloodbath
Target ’s inventory problem is turning out even worse than it expected just a short time ago. Its latest warning could portend a promotional bloodbath among retailers this summer. The retailer on Tues...
Are Stocks Undervalued Yet? – WSJ
Everyone wants to know when the stock market, after its recent declines, will be a good value again. The sobering news is that even at its lowest point in mid-May, the S&P 500 index wasn’t even cl...
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 ...
Citigroup Trader Went Through Several Alerts on ‘Fat Finger’ Trade
A Citigroup Inc. C -2.10% trader who sent European stock indexes into free fall last month was working from home and went through several alerts before his order went live, people familiar with the ma...
Rivian’s Great EV Expectations Meet the Harsh Reality of Manufacturing
At Rivian Automotive Inc.’s factory in Normal, Ill., life is anything but. Car factories around the world routinely churn out models around the clock. About eight months after production on Rivian’s e...
Hot Housing Market Keeps Home Foreclosures at Bay
The U.S. moratorium on home foreclosures ended nearly a year ago, but the sizzling housing market is still protecting many delinquent mortgage borrowers from losing their homes. The pandemic that wipe...