Wall Street stock indexes edged down in volatile trading as markets around the world made a rough start to the week amid tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border. Here’s what we’re watching Monday: Cisco Systems has made a takeover offer worth more than $20 billion for software maker Splunk , according to people familiar with the matter, in what […]
With inflation at a four-decade high, many investors are trying to figure out how to protect their retirement nest eggs. But figuring out exactly how to inflation-proof your portfolio isn’t an easy task. The need to stave off the threat of inflation stems from the fact that rising prices generally reduce the purchasing power of […]
Money can be one of the most contentious aspects of a relationship or marriage. One in five couples identifies money as their greatest relationship challenge, according to a 2021 Fidelity Investments survey of individuals ages 25 years and older in a married or long-term committed relationship. Sometimes the challenge is about who spends too much […]
U.S. soybean prices have surged in recent months amid shrinking forecasts for South American crops. Prices for soybeans—the base ingredient in many food products, poultry and livestock feed and renewable fuel, among other things—are edging back toward highs reached last year, which hadn’t previously been seen in a decade. Abnormally dry weather in South America […]
A turbulent start of the year for U.S. stocks has entered a new phase in recent days, with investors weighing good news about corporate earnings and the labor market against the stubborn challenges of high inflation, rising bond yields and geopolitical uncertainty. One takeaway from the past week in markets is that 2022 is starting […]
Stock futures are down, pointing to Wall Street indexes extending Thursday’s selloff that came after data showed inflation hitting a new four-decade high. Here’s what we’re watching in Friday’s trading: Affirm Holdings shares dropped 9.7% premarket. A Twitter slip-up on Thursday sent the buy-now-pay-later company’s shares on a wild ride that ended with its worst one-day […]
Chief executives love to talk about “stakeholder capitalism.” But when they face a final choice to sell a company and divide the spoils between workers and shareholders, guess who gets the money? You got it: Shareholders are the winners—along with the executives themselves. An analysis of takeover deals during the pandemic by academics at Harvard […]
Wall Street stocks rose and government bond yields are down following a recent climb. Here’s what we’re watching in Wednesday’s trading: The slight decline in bond yields could be helping the shares of some big tech companies, which tend to benefit from low yields. Apple , Alphabet and Tesla edged up in morning trading. Enphase […]
An activist investor is calling for the co-founders of Guess Inc. GES 7.65% to be removed from the clothing maker’s board, arguing that sexual-misconduct allegations against one of the men threaten its turnaround efforts. Legion Partners Asset Management LLC has a roughly 2.5% stake in Guess and has been urging it to remove Paul Marciano […]
Friday’s blockbuster jobs report has pushed the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note within reach of 2%, marking a major step in the financial markets’ recovery from the pandemic. With the release of one report on Friday morning, the U.S. economy looked much stronger to investors than it did minutes earlier, not only increasing […]
