Investing
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Main street investors plan to keep pressure on Gensler as Citadel Securities fights auction reform
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is embarking on its most ambitious program of market-structure reform in a generation in the wake of the meme-stock saga that focused the public’s attention on stock-market plumbing like never before. The financial rule making process is typically dominated by insiders with the knowledge and resources to keep up…
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4 things could shield stocks as Goldman warns of worst earnings season since pandemic
The outlook for corporate profits during the first quarter is looking pretty gloomy. But a team of analysts at Goldman Sachs Group see hope for individual companies that could manage to buck the trend by delivering on four areas of critical importance to investors. Analysts cut their outlook pretty aggressively as the economic outlook deteriorated…
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Thinking about investing in alternatives? Ask these 6 questions first.
After a year like 2022, when both stocks and bonds went down, it was pretty much a slam dunk that Wall Street would step up the marketing of alternative assets that might act differently — the next time around. A new report from consulting firm Escalent says 70% of financial advisers now hold alternatives in…
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How much do you need to earn to afford a $500,000 home? Here is the answer.
April is National Financial Literacy Month. To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of “Financial Fitness” articles to help readers improve their fiscal health, and offer advice on how to save, invest and spend their money wisely. Read more here. Let’s pick a round number. How much money do you need to make to…
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Traders see virtually no chance interest rates will end up where Fed thinks in 2023
Concerns that the U.S. might be approaching a recession have traders expecting interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year, despite policy makers’ projections from March that signal otherwise. While the median estimate from Fed policy makers points to the likelihood that rates will need to end the year slightly above where they are…
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3D-printing startup crushes recycling with disposable clay cups, inspired by the 5,000-year-old kulhar
Centuries-old practices could make all of us better stewards of Earth, even as we cling to modern habits like buying a to-go coffee in a disposable cup. San Francisco- and Berlin-based 3D-printing startup GaeaStar and its founder and CEO, Sanjeev Mankotia, are attracting investment for at least one solution to single-use trash, like coffee cups,…
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Dow futures flip higher after March jobs report in thin Good Friday trading
U.S. stock-index futures turned higher in a holiday-shortened session after a solid March jobs report, though investors won’t fully digest the data until next week with cash trading in equities closed due to the Good Friday holiday. Trading in stock-index futures closed at 9:15 a.m. Eastern. Stock-index futures resume trading at their regular time, 6…
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Commercial real-estate prices could tumble 40%, rivaling declines from the 2008 financial crisis: Morgan Stanley
A downward spiral of commercial property prices can hurt sectors beyond the real-estate industry, warns Lisa Shalett, chief investment officer at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Morgan Stanley analysts think commercial property prices could tumble as much as 40%, nearing declines seen in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. The… Source
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My father named my late mother as a beneficiary on his $80,000 life insurance, but my stepmother says it belongs to her. Who’s right?
Dear Quentin, My dad died in September in Pennsylvania (although he was a Florida resident), and my stepmother insists there is no will and no estate, but then she texted to say that my father wanted me to inherit an account that listed my late mother as beneficiary. The insurance company told me this account…
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U.S. stocks mostly higher in final hour of trade as investors parse jobless claims, await March jobs report
U.S. stocks traded mostly higher in the final hour of trade on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average wavering between gains and losses, as investors digested weekly data on the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits, while looking to Friday’s jobs report for signs of a slowing economy and the future of the…