The Market

Could previously unimaginable market events start to become more common as the underpinnings of global stability melt away and years of massive central bank intervention lose their firepower? Gabriel Bouys/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images How is the market going to perform over the next several months? While every moment in history may …

Corrected to include Dominion Energy’s dividend-cut announcement in July. Utility stocks are being left behind as equity indexes have risen to records and bond yields have sunk to all-time lows. But if you are looking for income, you need to consider utility stocks. The S&P 500 Index has rebounded from …

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Your bright ideas about investing are actually costing you money See full story. Amy Coney Barrett emerges as Trump’s front-runner to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat: reports Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals emerged Saturday as a front-running nominee for …

Catch-up trade? This past week hasn’t been so much about tech under-performing as everything else trying to catch up. Real estate ETFs (like XLRE) bounced on Monday. On Tuesday, it was utilities’ turn (XLU, VPU). Home builders (XHB, ITB) continued their year-to-date winning streak Wednesday after the release of an …

Dear Moneyist, I got married recently and moved into my husband’s house that he shares with his parents. (His name and his parents’ name are on the deed.) Currently, we pay a small amount for rent, but my husband hopes to take on the mortgage of the house over the …

“ ‘Trump Cards.’ ” That was the branding some participants in drug-price negotiations between the pharmaceutical industry and the Trump administration reportedly slapped on the prepaid cards that President Donald Trump’s team insisted the drug companies send to U.S. seniors as part of an agreement. It turned out to be …

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are sharing grocery shelf space with a growing number of plant-based brands AFP via Getty Images Beyond Meat Inc.’s stock was downgraded to underweight from neutral at JPMorgan on Friday with analysts citing market share loss at grocery stores to its biggest competitor, Impossible Foods …

A shopper wearing PPE (personal protective equipment), of a face mask or covering as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, walks in an empty Covent Garden in London on June 15, 2020 as some nonessential retailers reopen from their coronavirus shutdown. tolga akmen/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images U.K. retail sales logged a fourth …

Ray Dalio certainly is no radical idealist, but in his frequent writings and media appearances the veteran investor consistently calls for Americans to rewrite their longstanding contract with capitalism so that it is fairer and more generous to more people. Otherwise, he predicts, life in the U.S. could become more …