PayPal Chief Executive Dan Schulman said the company aims to “meaningfully contribute to shaping the role that digital currencies will play in the future of global finance and commerce.” PayPal PayPal Holdings Inc. plans to allow customers to buy cryptocurrency through their accounts and use cryptocurrency for merchant payments.Read More →
Don’t look for gold to hedge a falling dollar. That may be a surprise since gold GC00, +0.54% is often the first asset that investors think of when wanting to hedge against currency devaluation. Gold’s reputation has been strongly reinforced since mid-May, as the U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +0.04%Read More →
If you’re actually hoping to retire at any point, the chances are you’re going to need Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. So when the president unveiled his latest budget proposals, amid a chorus of partisan claims and counterclaims, try to block out the noise, and instead focus on the numbersRead More →
3M Co. Chief Executive Mike Roman said Tuesday that his view of weakness in the China business is “changing” because of the coronavirus, as the outbreak of the deadly virus has boosted demand for face masks. The industrial and consumer products maker’s stock MMM, -5.06% took a dive in middayRead More →
At first glance, 2019 was a rough year for anyone in favor of an economy and society guided from the bottom up by people with the freedom to exchange, cooperate and think as they choose. The highly visible left flank of the Democratic Party, fully embracing socialism in name andRead More →
Dear Moneyist, My late mother remarried in 1954. My biological father — the only father my other brothers and sisters have known — died in 2005. I found out recently that my stepfather has a will and left everything to our half-sister. However, our half-sister died six months ago leavingRead More →
Netflix Inc. is mobilizing ahead of the launch of two big new competitors in November with an armory of 59 new offerings next month, including the arrival of 43 original programs. The company said the line-up changes will include “a lot of Christmas titles” added throughout the month, for bothRead More →
Zillow ZG, -1.55% wants to make buying a new home and selling an existing one as easy as trading in a car. The real-estate listing website has inked partnerships with multiple home builders that will allow home buyers who buy a newly constructed home from one of the builders toRead More →
The lights have been green for the baby boomers all their lives. They were born just after World War II, between 1946 and 1964, and raised during the biggest, most sustained economic boom in human history. They were sent to college, and grad school, by their doting parents when itRead More →
