Marketwatch

There’s a 68% chance the stock market ends the year higher. Why the headlines shouldn’t disrupt your portfolio.

Blocking out the daily noise gives you a clear edge over short-term chaos....

9 hours ago

‘This is not a flash in the pan’: Why value stocks are beating growth by such a wide margin

Value stocks are putting up big gains this year that widely surpass growth equities, with investors appearing optimistic about earnings growth broadening beyond technology....

9 hours ago

How Elon Musk nailed the SpaceX IPO: ‘I’m not sure that this could have gone much better’

There were a lot of ways that SpaceX’s initial public offering could have gone wrong. Instead, the company bucked Wall Street norms, pulled off the biggest IPO ever and raised $75 billion....

10 hours ago

FIFA World Cup prize money: What each USMNT player stands to earn

Thanks to a landmark 2022 agreement, U.S. women’s soccer players will get part of the World Cup prize pool, too. Here’s how it works....

10 hours ago

How to decide whether a major splurge — like spending thousands on Knicks or World Cup tickets — is worth it

Ask yourself these questions when considering an extravagant purchase....

12 hours ago

Is it too late to buy SpaceX’s stock? Here’s how Tesla’s did after one day — and five years.

Also in Weekend Reads: A bitcoin-pricing model that looks way ahead, the bear market for gold and retirement-planning advice....

12 hours ago

Adobe’s CFO is departing for Marvell. And it’s one more reason for investors to choose chips over software.

The software sector has struggled in recent months amid concern that software companies will struggle to survive in the AI era...

12 hours ago

This hidden investing flaw is costing you money. Talking to political opponents fixes it.

The stock market doesn’t care about your politics. Insisting on a portfolio that’s red or blue can forfeit a lot of green....

14 hours ago

AMD is seen as a CPU stock — but it’s gaining ground here, too

Wall Street is underestimating how much Meta will spend on AMD’s AI chips, a Citi analyst said....

16 hours ago

My company fired one manager and is doing an ‘organizational reshuffling.’ Am I in trouble?

“They let go of a pretty high-up manager who they only hired a month ago.”...

17 hours ago

‘It seems too good to be true’: At a steak-dinner retirement seminar, the guy said annuities can outperform the market. Is that true?

“He claimed that fixed-rate annuities are the sparkly, rainbow-fairyland of investments.”...

18 hours ago

If an Iran peace deal is agreed, these are the assets investors should buy, says Bank of America

Low approval ratings and a jump in inflation may be forcing President Donald Trump’s hand in ending the war, with some asset prices already starting to anticipate that....

18 hours ago

Oil prices fall as investors weigh reports of peace-deal progress between the U.S. and Iran

West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude fell on Friday on reports that a potential deal would lift oil sanctions on Iran....

20 hours ago

Here’s what could be SpaceX’s biggest upside surprise, according to a leading Silicon Valley investor

Brad Gerstner and Gavin Baker discussed the SpaceX IPO as well as a possible pivot for Nvidia....

20 hours ago

Adobe is losing another top executive, and investors don’t like it

Adobe’s stock falls further, after closing Thursday at the lowest price in more than seven years....

1 day ago

The SpaceX IPO is drawing historic demand from foreign investors. But don’t expect a dollar-buying frenzy.

Foreign investors are willing to bet on U.S. companies that are IPO-bound, but not on the dollar itself, according to FX analysts...

1 day ago

We asked AI to predict the 2026 World Cup winner. It picked a team that’s never won.

Some 2026 World Cup predictions from AI models are going against tradition to pick the underdogs. Here’s why....

1 day ago

Missed the rally in optical stocks? Coherent and Lumentum just got more attractive, according to J.P. Morgan.

Investors have been worried about the adoption of co-packaged optics, but those fears seem overblown, says an analyst....

1 day ago

Upcoming SpaceX IPO spawns leveraged ETFs for bullish and bearish bets on its stock

Excitement around the upcoming market debut of SpaceX has spurred the exchange-traded-fund industry to plan new ETFs will that give traders a way to make risky leveraged bets on the company’s stock af...

1 day ago

Foster children are getting their own version of ‘Trump accounts,’ but major questions remain

States will be responsible for the sign-up process, but it’s unclear what happens after that....

1 day ago

SpaceX’s stock could follow the same path as Tesla’s — not always trading on fundamentals

Investors often use shares of Tesla to trade on price swings or to bet on Elon Musk himself....

1 day ago

Bitcoin at $1 million? The math points to a wildly different number.

The cryptocurrency’s long-term return may be close to zero — and that could be exactly what it needs....

1 day ago

Gwynne Shotwell is the ‘unsung hero’ of SpaceX as its blockbuster IPO launches

No “key man” risk here: Elon Musk’s No. 2 at SpaceX has driven it forward as a private company and now as it prepares to go public....

1 day ago

The S&P 500 chart is breaking down — but this new buy signal is flashing green

A look behind the stock market’s key support levels shows bullish NYSE activity and a hidden shift in volatility....

1 day ago

Intel’s stock could push even higher thanks to this subtle dynamic, BofA says

Despite major stock gains this year, Intel is significantly “underowned” in funds, BofA notes — and as ownership expands, the stock could zoom higher....

1 day ago

Brace for SpaceX’s stock to show ‘extreme’ volatility, a bullish analyst warns

Early analyst coverage of SpaceX’s stock is starting to roll in now that the IPO is imminent....

1 day ago

Americans are trading Tuscany for Tacoma, thanks to soaring airfares

Surging airfares have made it harder for price-conscious travelers to justify summer vacations in Europe — and many are opting to travel within the U.S. instead....

1 day ago

Oracle’s stock is seeing its worst run in a quarter-century as this key AI debate rages on

While Oracle’s cloud-infrastructure business is growing rapidly, a massive $95 billion spending plan and a physical bottleneck in data-center deliveries are giving investors pause....

1 day ago

Trump says U.S. will take Iran’s oil-export hub Kharg Island. Here’s what his threat really means.

Oil prices climbed toward session highs Thursday after President Donald Trump threatened further strikes on Iran and said the U.S. would take control of the country’s oil and gas markets as well Kharg...

1 day ago

Micron’s stock rebounds after ‘healthy’ reset, and analysts see blue skies ahead

Micron shares trade cheaply relative to S&P 500 peers, but two analysts point to ways the valuation multiple can expand....

1 day ago

Social Security insolvency is ‘entirely solvable,’ says commissioner under Biden

The solution is simple — but it won’t be easy....

1 day ago

Jobless claims rise to 4½-month high, but here’s the thing: Layoffs aren’t really rising

Are layoffs on the rise? The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose again in early June, but it isn’t because businesses are cutting more jobs....

1 day ago

These in-demand jobs pay over $100,000 — and offer raises that keep ahead of inflation

U.S. inflation rates outpaced wage gains for a second straight month in May....

1 day ago

The big question: Why is the European Central Bank hiking rates when the Fed is not?

The European Central Bank, in hiking interest rates on Thursday for the first time since 2023, is making a choice the Federal Reserve is not: to increase rates into a supply shock....

1 day ago

Samsung, one of the world’s hottest stocks, is hit by insider-trading probe

Samsung shares have rallied 150% so far this year with Korea’s army of retail investors speculating on further gains as the supply=demand imbalance in memory chips shows no sign of abating....

1 day ago

Planning to ‘flip’ SpaceX IPO shares? Be prepared to pay the price.

A large portion of IPO shares will be allocated to retail investors, but they face penalties if they sell too soon....

1 day ago

Wholesale inflation surges again and keeps the pressure on businesses and the U.S. economy

Wholesale prices in May posted the biggest back-to-back increases since 2022 and kept the pressure on businesses as they try to navigate another wave of U.S. inflation....

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