To celebrate the new year, here are some of the most popular MarketWatch articles of 2019. The one with the most readers by far was Catey Hill’s interview with a retired teacher who moved to Panama and believes it would be “an act of insanity to stay in the U.S.”Read More →
Jeff Reeves has the courage to put himself on the line by making specific stock selections, share them with readers and then report on the results, whether good, bad or ugly. Here are two stocks he expects to perform well in 2020, along with many other financial-market predictions. And here’sRead More →
“Frozen 2” blanketed multiplexes for the third straight weekend, continuing its reign at No. 1 with $34.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. DIS, +0.15% animated sequel has already grossed $919.7 million worldwide. It will soon become the sixth Disney release thisRead More →
Start your weekend with something that may well bring a smile to your face: a simple and realistic way to earn $100,000 a year and not pay any federal income taxes. MarketWatch’s retirement series goes to Bali This time, Catey Hill’s popular series on retirement destinations lands on an islandRead More →
Catey Hill helps MarketWatch readers find retirement destinations that fit their specific wish lists. Most are looking for cheaper places to live. But now a reader with a net worth of $5 million wants someplace that isn’t stiflingly hot, has good health care and isn’t in California. She offered threeRead More →
© Reuters. An anti-government protester throws a rock to the entrance of a metro station, in Hong Kong HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong struggled to recover on Monday, with the metro only partially functioning and infrastructure extensively damaged, after scores of protesters were arrested in violent clashes overnight thatRead More →
Oil futures dropped sharply on Tuesday, after registering one of the sharpest rallies on record a day earlier, following a report that output from Saudi Arabia will be quick to recover from weekend attacks on major crude facilities which disabled more than half of the kingdom’s daily crude production level.Read More →
When Americans aren’t busy firing up the grill for a backyard barbecue or hitting the road this Labor Day weekend, there’s a good chance they’ll be looking to shop the holiday sales. But if consumers aren’t careful, they could actually be missing out on savings. While not as big asRead More →
On Labor Day, it’s a tradition to try to sum up conditions for the American worker — and in a year before a presidential campaign, this is often done with the incumbent’s re-election prospects in mind. So what about this year? Donald Trump’s economic record, as of this Labor Day,Read More →
© Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com — Europe’s stock markets were on course for a happy ending to a volatile week Friday, as positive leads from Wall Street and Asia combined with suggestions of fiscal support measures from China combined to put a floor under equities. By 5 AM ET,Read More →
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong was bracing for another volatile weekend, with anti-government protests planned across the city on Saturday, including one at the international airport for a second day. Increasingly violent protests have plunged Hong Kong into its most serious political crisis for decades, posing a serious challengeRead More →
Here are must-read articles from MarketWatch about investing and consumer-finance topics over the past week. 1. Taking the Fed to task The Federal Open Market Committee this week decided not to lower interest rates. However, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the case for lowering rates had “strengthened.” Based onRead More →
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, MarketWatchers! Don’t miss these top stories before all the fun: Why it’s a smart move to list your home on Memorial Day Weekend ‘A lot of home buyers are hitting open houses instead of the beach.’ Nearly 70% of Americans are making this huge mistake withRead More →
MarketWatch rounds up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week. 1. Uber’s big belly-flop Uber Technologies UBER, -7.62% fell below its offering price in the initial minutes of its hyped stock-market debut. The car-share company priced its shares at $45 a share and expects to raise atRead More →
The U.S. box office is gearing up for a record weekend, with the release of “Avengers: Endgame” expected to chalk up $275 million in box-office receipts and provide the next catalyst for shares of Walt Disney Co. Analysts are expecting the three-hour film to dominate the box office, buoyed byRead More →
MarketWatch rounds up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week. 1. Set your own rules for a retirement destination list MarketWatch’s new retirement-location tool enables you set your own rules to generate a list of desirable places customized for you. 2. What does it mean if everyRead More →
MarketWatch rounds up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week. 1. Lyft beats Uber to the market — now be careful Lyft LYFT, +8.74% priced its initial offering at $72 a share, and late Friday morning the shares began trading at $87.24 — a 21% increase thatRead More →
With their refund checks in hand, many shopper will be looking to hit the stores during Presidents’ Day weekend. And for good reason, said Ashley Dull, credit strategist with personal-finance website CardRates. “Presidents’ Day sales are the first big retail events of the year where the big retailers are “all-in”,Read More →
A short week on Wall Street brings a fairly light earnings slate, with one huge Dow component arriving at an anxious time for the retail sector. The key name to watch is Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.49% which will give a glimpse into the all-important holiday season and also provide informationRead More →