Opinion: Think saving for retirement is hard? Try spending it
Building a nest egg is relatively easy: Save as much as you can starting as early as you can. Invest…
Opinion: Should you use a Monte Carlo simulation to determine if your retirement savings will last?
There are no guarantees in life. But that hasn’t stopped the financial planning industrial complex from trying to provide certainty…
Opinion: Biden starts the electric-vehicle race with big plans to replace the federal fleet
The vast spending power of the federal government is unmatched. So when it decides to do something, it can move…
Opinion: Stocks are solid for now but this sign of a market top can appear without warning
A healthy stock market fires on all cylinders, and Wall Street certainly has been doing that recently. On Jan. 20,…
Is GameStop stock being manipulated by social-media users or is it free speech? Legal experts weigh in
A clash between fanatical investors in GameStop GME, +18.12% and those betting that the company is overvalued has helped to…
ETF Wrap: The chicken and the egg, ETFs’ record-setting year, and an infrastructure wager
What just happened? Of all the bonkers details of the truly bonkers past 10-12 months, there’s one in particular that…
Market Snapshot: Dow under pressure as short-betting drama draws attention on Wall Street
Stock-market benchmarks traded mixed Monday afternoon, amid a battle between speculative buyers and short sellers on high-profile stocks a week…
Goldman Sachs is very bullish about a recovery this year. Unless these three things happen
U.S. stocks have started a bumper week of earnings in subdued fashion. Apple AAPL, +3.61%, Tesla TSLA, +5.58%, Facebook FB,…
U.S. Treasury yields slide after weak German economic data
U.S. Treasury yields fell early Monday in line with European bond markets after data in Germany pointed to deterioration in…
World’s biggest hedge-fund manager ‘thrilled’ with Biden’s inauguration speech but still believes America’s on ‘brink of a terrible civil war’
Back in early December, Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, sounded the alarm on class and power struggles that…