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Oct 27, 2020
Stocks on Tuesday struggle for direction a day after the worst decline in more than a month due at least partly to worry that rising cases of COVID-19 globally are prompting renewed restrictions on business activity.
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Oct 27, 2020
The U.S. case tally for the coronavirus illness COVID-19 climbed above 8.7 million on Tuesday, with more than 20 states counting record numbers of new infections, as more business curfews were announced to combat the spread.
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Oct 27, 2020
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city price index posted a 5.2% year-over-year gain in August up from revised 4.1% in the prior month.
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Oct 27, 2020
Researchers find that the number of people in England with antibodies fell by 26% in the space of three months, though there is not yet scientific consensus on the longevity of COVID-19 antibodies.
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Oct 27, 2020
Gold futures edge higher Tuesday, finding support from a decline in U.S. consumer confidence this month.
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Oct 27, 2020
The tendency of U.S. stocks to outperform in January has become more diffuse over the past few years, and these analysts think that outperformance could start in the next few weeks, with upside for small-caps in particular.
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Oct 27, 2020
Health insurers are starting to roll back coverage for telehealth - even though demand is way up due to COVID-19.
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Oct 27, 2020
Spin Master Corp. said Tuesday that it has acquired Rubik's Brand Ltd., parent company to the iconic Rubik's Cube.
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Oct 27, 2020
Investors may have many innings left to go in this pandemic. We've got two consumer-focused stocks for those who can look beyond the scary here and now.
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Oct 27, 2020
Gold futures early Tuesday hold steady as indications for a tepid rebound in equities, following Monday's stock-market rout due to rising COVID-19 cases, cause some pause in bullion buying.
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Oct 27, 2020
‘I'm a 36-year-old man with no plans on having children, and I'd like to be able to use this very small amount to pursue one of my passions in life.'
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Oct 27, 2020
Orders for durable goods such as autos and metal parts rose 1.9% in September for the fifth month in row and business investment strengthened again, signaling a steady expansion among American manufacturers that have led the way in the U.S. economic recovery.
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Oct 27, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration's decision to grant a full approval to Gilead Sciences Inc.'s remdesivir is raising questions about the broader value of a drug that has been praised for being ‘first' but may only provide limited clinical benefits.
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Oct 27, 2020
Oil futures recover some ground early Tuesday, finding support as another major storm weighed on output in the Gulf of Mexico, though worries the impact on demand from the ongoing rise in COVID-19 cases globally continue to hang over the market.
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Oct 27, 2020
Widespread investor pessimism is a contrarian indicator, writes Mark Hulbert.
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Oct 27, 2020
‘I'm a 36-year-old man with no plans on having children, and I'd like to be able to use this very small amount to pursue one of my passions in life.'
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Oct 27, 2020
Amex is the latest credit card company to tailor its rewards offerings to changing lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oct 27, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci says he's in favor of a national mask mandate even though it would be difficult to enforce.
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Oct 27, 2020
Because older adults have generally weaker immune systems, their vaccine response is also weaker. Here's what you can expect.
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Oct 27, 2020
European stocks were sluggish Tuesday, as investors balanced generally stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings results with worries about how rising coronavirus cases are leading to tougher restrictions on activity.
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Oct 26, 2020
Some House Republicans celebrated Monday night's Senate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by taunting Hillary Clinton, whose loss to Donald Trump four years ago opened the door to three conservative appointments to the nation's highest court.
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Oct 26, 2020
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffering its biggest single-day drop since early September and the coronavirus pandemic picking up steam, Washington threw in the towel Monday on efforts to help the economy.
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Oct 26, 2020
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp. is considering a sale of its Las Vegas Strip operations, including two resorts and a huge convention hall, a company spokesman said.
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Oct 26, 2020
Just weeks after closing its acquisition of TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab Corp. announced Monday it will lay off about 1,000 employees, or 3% of its combined workforce.
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Oct 26, 2020
The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, overcoming fierce, bipartisan opposition to the vote and marking the third justice President Trump has appointed to the nation's highest court in just four years.
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Oct 26, 2020
‘Obviously, I'm not making crazy money, but my family is secure. I feel incredibly protective and heartbroken of their missed dreams and destroyed lives.'
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Oct 26, 2020
The J.M. Smucker Co. has agreed to sell its oils and shortening business under the Crisco brand to B&G Foods Inc. for about $550 million.
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Oct 26, 2020
Sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of two obscenely wealthy neighbors whose outsized bank accounts can't buy a peaceful co-existence in one of America's highest-priced ZIP Codes.
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Oct 26, 2020
The home stretch of the U.S. presidential race is usually a positive backdrop for U.S. stocks, but bulls might have to do some heavy-duty campaigning to dig out a win in the eight-day runup to Election Day.
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Oct 26, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service announced new changes to eligibility for traditional IRA deductions in 2021.
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Oct 26, 2020
The two online-education companies' results topped Wall Street expectations Monday, showing growth as distance-learning initiatives have endured in many places for more than half a year, but their after-hours share performance diverged.
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Oct 26, 2020
Stocks stumble Monday as the number of daily U.S. COVID-19 infections hit a record at the end of last week and a final agreement on a new round of aid to the economy remains elusive.
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Oct 26, 2020
Stocks stumble Monday as the number of daily U.S. COVID-19 infections hit a record at the end of last week and a final agreement on a new round of aid to the economy remains elusive.
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Oct 26, 2020
AIG stock rallies more than 7% late Monday after the company announces a plan to split its business, choosing a new CEO to guide the separation.
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Oct 26, 2020
Sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of two obscenely wealthy neighbors whose outsized bank accounts can't buy a peaceful co-existence in one of America's highest-priced ZIP Codes.
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Oct 26, 2020
Starbucks shares have gained 18% over the past three months with China heading towards a "full recovery," UBS says.
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Oct 26, 2020
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons is ready to part with his Beverly Hills home of nearly 35 years. On the market for the first time ever, the palatial estate can be yours for $22 million. Josh and Matt Altman of Douglas Elliman hold the listing.
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Oct 26, 2020
Stocks stumble Monday as the number of daily U.S. COVID-19 infections hit a record at the end of last week and a final agreement on a new round of aid to the economy remains elusive.
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Oct 26, 2020
In-house scientists at two of America's major automakers knew as early as the 1960s that car and truck emissions caused climate change, an investigative report finds.
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Oct 26, 2020
Interim results suggest AstraZeneca's vaccine with the University of Oxford prompts an immune response in both older and younger adults.
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Oct 26, 2020
Whatever embers of hope remained for a last minute pre-election deal on a coronavirus stimulus package from Capitol Hill cooled Monday as senators planned their departure from Washington.
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Oct 26, 2020
Plane makers saw zero aircraft orders in September, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the industry.
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Oct 26, 2020
Scientists and others face a big worry that weary populations such as Spain's, eight months into pandemic, could potentially lose the will to fight.
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Oct 26, 2020
A Chinese financial-technology juggernaut that handles payments, insurance, investments and more in one sprawling business is headed for the biggest initial public offering ever.
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Oct 26, 2020
Election Day is still eight days away, but more than 60 million Americans already have cast their ballots, surpassing an estimated early-votes total of about 58 million for the 2016 election.
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Oct 26, 2020
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus illness COVID-19 rose above 225,000 on Monday, with more than 20 states reaching record levels of new infections, and President Donald Trump's chief of staff said the U.S. is ‘not going to control the pandemic.'
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Oct 26, 2020
Stocks stumble Monday as the number of daily U.S. COVID-19 infections hit a record at the end of last week and a final agreement on a new round of aid to the economy remains elusive.
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Oct 26, 2020
The candidates touched on Social Security during the final presidential debate, but both need to look at their approach to the program more carefully.
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Oct 26, 2020
The home stretch of the U.S. presidential race is usually a positive backdrop for U.S. stocks, but bulls might have to do some heavy-duty campaigning to dig out a win in the eight-day runup to Election Day.
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Oct 26, 2020
Gold futures move higher Monday, looking to score their fifth gain in six sessions, finding support as global equities fall in response to rising COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and Europe.
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Oct 26, 2020
Plane makers saw zero aircraft orders in September, as the pandemic continues to devastate the industry.
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Oct 26, 2020
‘Obviously, I'm not making crazy money, but my family is secure. I feel incredibly protective and heartbroken of their missed dreams and destroyed lives.'
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Oct 26, 2020
If you go house to house, use hand sanitizer between stops and make sure you and your kids are wearing appropriate facial coverings (a Halloween mask doesn't count) because of COVID-19.
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Oct 26, 2020
The market for new homes typically cools down in the fall, but sales are still running well ahead of last year's pace.
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Oct 26, 2020
Oil futures slump Monday, with prices trading at their lowest in three weeks, as COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and Europe continue to surge, raising alarm over demand for crude.
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Oct 26, 2020
Stocks stumble out of the gate Monday as the number of daily U.S. COVID-19 infections hit a record at the end of last week and a final agreement on a new round of aid to the economy remains elusive.
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Oct 26, 2020
Finance your IRA with shopping rebates
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Oct 26, 2020
Federal tax relief for new homeowners would help millennials and support prices, writes Sanjiv Das.
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Oct 26, 2020
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index declined to 0.27 in September from 1.11 in August. This is the third straight weaker reading.
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Oct 26, 2020
The French government said on Sunday it would recall the country's ambassador in Ankara, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insulted French President Emmanuel Macron in a series of speeches.
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Oct 26, 2020
Gold futures flip between small gains and losses.
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Oct 26, 2020
The local and regional lockdowns in most European countries now threaten the region with another devastating economic blow.
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Oct 26, 2020
Pearson was the best performing U.K. blue chip on Monday, rising after a key broker upgraded the stock to buy.
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Oct 26, 2020
Investors are gearing up for the busiest week of third-quarter earnings season, as October ends with a flurry of corporate results.
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Oct 26, 2020
Hulu has a smattering of new series and movies coming in November, but for viewers of a certain age, only one really matters: The reboot of ‘Animaniacs.'
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Oct 26, 2020
U.S. Treasury yields fall on early Monday's trade as the bond market rallies in the wake of rising COVID-19 infections across the U.S. and Europe.
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Oct 26, 2020
Dunkin' Brands shares soared 18% in Monday premarket trading after acquisition report
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Oct 26, 2020
‘Obviously, I'm not making crazy money, but my family is secure. I feel incredibly protective and heartbroken of their missed dreams and destroyed lives.'
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Oct 26, 2020
Luxury is best enjoyed intermittently, as Epicurus would tell us.
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Oct 26, 2020
U.S. trade policy needs a reset but neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden offer encouraging visions.
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Oct 26, 2020
The Trump administration has pursued the recapitalization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but a Biden administration may have different goals.
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Oct 26, 2020
Here's the latest on airplane ventilation, masks and distancing, and holiday travel.
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Oct 26, 2020
Who doesn't love a good road trip? While just getting in the car and going is a fine approach, the experience is much richer when made in the right vehicle.
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Oct 26, 2020
This year saw a surge of early retirements, but many haven't saved enough to maintain their standard of living.
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Oct 26, 2020
Homes owned for 30 or 40 years can be swiftly foreclosed on if the homeowner falls behind on taxes and insurance payments.
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Oct 26, 2020
The Grim Reaper's ready to fill up the automotive graveyard, and this year he's after sedans coupes, and hatchbacks. These are the discontinued cars for the 2021 model year
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Oct 26, 2020
The deal between Atlanta-based Coke and Coca-Cola European Partners, which bottles and distributes Coke products in Western Europe, values Coke's 31% stake in the Australian bottler at roughly $1.6 billion.
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Oct 26, 2020
European stocks traded lower Monday on a combination of worries, including a profit warning from business software giant SAP, new restrictions on activity in response to COVID-19 and difficulties in U.S. stimulus talks.
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Oct 25, 2020
Robert Shiller, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and Yale University professor, urges investors to take a cautious approach to the top-heavy stock market in a recent op-ed for the New York Times.
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Oct 25, 2020
Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. is reportedly in talks to go private in a sale to private equity-backed Inspire Brands.
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Oct 25, 2020
Facebook Inc. teams have planned for the possibility of trying to calm election-related conflict in the U.S. by deploying internal tools designed for what it calls "at-risk" countries, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Oct 25, 2020
President Donald Trump's trade war against China didn't achieve the central objective of reversing a U.S. decline in manufacturing, economic data show, despite tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese goods to discourage imports.
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Oct 25, 2020
Bob Prince, co-chief investment officer of the world's largest hedge fund at Bridgewater Associates, shared his outlook on the global economy with Bloomberg TV.
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Oct 25, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence will continue to campaign despite key staff testing positive for cornavirus, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Sunday.
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Oct 25, 2020
The program reportedly was the brainchild of Michael Caputo, on leave from HHS after blasting government scientists as anti-Trump conspirators and warning of post-election 'shooting' should Trump lose the Nov. 3 vote.
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Oct 25, 2020
In 2017, Fast Company magazine hailed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as "the least funny person on Twitter." After his latest "dad joke," his crew is probably safe.
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Oct 25, 2020
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows gets in a heated exchange on CNN over the coronavirus and Vice President Mike Pence's actions in the wake of his chief of staff and other key members of his inner circle testing positive in recent days.
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Oct 25, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she was expecting White House offer on a coronavirus stimulus deal on Monday.
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Oct 25, 2020
‘He's everything I've ever wanted in a person: He's smart, funny, intelligent, caring and handsome.'
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Oct 25, 2020
‘Instead of paying rent, they spent his disability payment on private-club dues and expensive iPhones, none of which we have ever been able to afford.'
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Oct 25, 2020
‘Considering the long history of marriage and its former and/or current use to oppress and control women, I'm not sure I buy into it.'
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Oct 25, 2020
Anthony Fauci said Friday: ‘If people are not wearing masks, then maybe we should be mandating.'
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Oct 25, 2020
These money and investing stories were popular with MarketWatch readers this past week.
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Oct 24, 2020
‘My mother-in-law has dementia and relies on her husband as a caretaker. We cannot rely on her help in this matter at all.'
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Oct 24, 2020
President Donald Trump on Saturday mocked Democrat Joe Biden as "an inspiring guy" for raising alarm about the pandemic even as the president attracted sizable campaign crowds with coronavirus cases surging across the country in the closing days of the race.
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Oct 24, 2020
'Access to water would be a blessing.'
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Oct 24, 2020
Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management took issue with Catherine Wood for taking ARK Invest in a "trollingly bizarre direction" with a tweet "smashing value investors, innovation doubters and other nonbelievers over the head."
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Oct 24, 2020
Have a question about retirement, including where to retire? Email HelpMeRetire@marketwatch.com
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Oct 24, 2020
‘Am I unreasonable for asking him to pay off the extra money I contributed? I have not even added any interest.'
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Oct 24, 2020
A constitutional crisis, a turning point that might lead to collapse or transformation of the system, has not occurred. But such a crisis does now appear increasingly likely.
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