The Market

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, agreed on Sunday after a phone call that they should go “the extra mile” to try to find a compromise on a trade deal. In a joint statement, the two leaders acknowledged that “deadlines …

Shares of DoorDash Inc. DASH and Airbnb Inc. ABNB shot straight up after the companies’ initial public offerings this week. That sort of exuberance can be a sign that a bull market is in a late stage. Mark Hulbert interviews Jay Ritter, a finance professor at the University of Florida …

My husband and I are 65 years old. He’s retired with a monthly pension of $ 1,800, and when he dies, I will be collecting the same amount for life. My husband and I will start to collect Social Security benefits Jan. 1, 2022, when each of us will collect …

Predictions for the coming months are dire. In much of the country, the rate of COVID-19 infections is higher than it was last spring. Vaccines are already being administered in the U.K. and should soon begin to be administered in the U.S., but the pandemic is not over yet. Epidemiologists predict that by spring 2021, when it is likely a vaccine may become more widely available, another 200,000 …

President Trump has expressed interest in pursuing the appointment of a special counsel to investigate allegations of fraud in the November elections and issues related to Hunter Biden, according to people familiar with the matter. In recent days, the president has directed advisers to look for people who could serve in such …

The mystery is over: The company leaving the S&P 500 index to make room for Silicon Valley juggernaut Tesla Inc. is Apartment Investment and Management Co. Tesla TSLA, -2.72% is set to join the S&P 500 SPX, -0.13%, the broader U.S. equity benchmark, in a little over a week on …

As we head through the holidays, hoping new vaccines will take us out of the pandemic, this is a good time for investors to look ahead. Below is a list of companies in the S&P 500 Index that analysts expect to increase their sales the most during 2021. You might …

Those who’ve gotten their hands on newly minted Airbnb shares at their listing price may be thinking the company’s IPO was too good to be true — and there are reasons to consider whether it was — but one new offering on the online booking platform is truly, for some, …

Electric-car companies may be selling more shares than cars at the end of 2020. Amid an explosion in stock prices of electric-vehicle manufacturers, Chinese EV company Nio Inc. NIO, +2.75% announced Thursday afternoon that it plans to sell at least 60 million fresh American depositary shares, with an additional 9 …