Investing
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Is Facebook growing fast enough?
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Facebook Inc.’s revenue is growing at a fast pace. But it isn’t growing fast enough to support the social network’s current stock price. Facebook US:FB released its latest quarterly earnings after the close on Wednesday — reporting quarterly revenue of $1.59 billion. That brought revenue for all of last year…
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‘My elderly uncle’s lady friend is very manipulative’: He loaned a lot of money to this girlfriend. How can we protect him? Will she be able to contest his will?
My uncle was married many years ago, but he divorced and has remained single ever since. His first wife took him to the cleaners financially. They had no children. He is currently in a romantic relationship and has enjoyed the company of the same lady friend for many years. They live separately. He is opposed…
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‘Rushed action leads to more pain’: Where should I put my cash amid this banking crisis? Is my money safe?
Rising interest rates and stock-market volatility over the past year have added extra allure to the high-yield savings accounts and certificates of deposit that banks offer. Then came the stunning failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the closure of Signature Bank and the array of regional banks under pressure — all in a matter of days.…
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The 5 biggest investor mistakes of 2013
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — The biggest mistake investors will make in 2013 will be to reduce their equity positions in favor of either cash or bonds. That, at least, was the consensus of a panel of top-performing advisers assembled Thursday at the World Money Show in Orlando. The show’s sponsor, InterShow, had asked me…
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Cathie Wood’s internet fund make its first Microsoft purchase
Cathie Wood on Monday bought a stock she doesn’t trade very much — Microsoft MSFT, +0.17%. The ARK Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW, +5.36% bought $11 million worth of Microsoft, selling the equivalent dollar amount of Endeavor Group EDR, +2.61%, the talent agency. That’s the first purchase in that fund of Microsoft, according to the…
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U.S. stocks hold gains as bank tensions ease and Fed decision looms
U.S. stocks were holding onto gains midsession Tuesday after a sharply higher opening, while anxiety about the banking sector recedes and traders wonder how high the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates on Wednesday — if at all. How stocks are trading The S&P 500 SPX, +0.77% climbed 22 points, or 0.5% to 3,973 The…
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Fed-funds futures traders see 73% chance of quarter-point hike on Wednesday, boost odds of May hike
Fed-funds futures traders are pricing in a scenario in which Federal Reserve policy makers look past banking-sector developments to some extent, and keep hiking interest rates through May. A 73% chance of a quarter-of-a-percentage-point rate hike for Wednesday was seen, up from 62% on Friday — which would take the fed funds rate target to…
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How to pick dividend-paying stocks
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — So you’ve finally decided to heed the oft-repeated advice to invest in dividend-paying stocks. Now what? It turns out that you still have an overwhelmingly large number of stocks to choose among. In 2012, for example, more than 400 of the 500 stocks in the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.67%…
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How some retirees are making extra income with short-term rentals
When my husband died in 2018 at age 57, I knew I was going to have to do something to make up for the savings he would have contributed to our IRA. This year, when inflation skyrocketed, I not only needed additional income if I hoped to eventually retire, but I also needed additional money…
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Insiders now aggressively bearish
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Corporate insiders are aggressively selling their shares. This is worrisome because corporate insiders — officers, directors and the largest shareholders — presumably know more about their companies’ prospects than the rest of us do. If they were confident that the shares of their companies would soon be trading markedly higher,…