[ad_1] Rent growth is beginning to cool. But it’s descending from a heck of a peak. Rental prices climbed 7.2% between September 2021 to September of this year, the largest…
[ad_1] Thousands of officials across the government’s executive branch reported owning or trading stocks that stood to rise or fall with decisions their agencies made, a Wall Street Journal investigation…
[ad_1] Rules of thumb in investing appear to no longer apply in the carnage of 2022 in financial markets. Advocates for the 60/40 portfolio split, designed to capture the upside…
[ad_1] Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers was one of the first prominent economists to warn that federal policymakers were underestimating the threat of persistent inflation, and today he is worried…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Federal investigators contacted at least two aides to former President Donald Trump months before the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago resort and have sought to talk to them again in recent weeks,…
[ad_1] Rising child-care expenses managed to slightly outpace inflation last year, with the national average cost of care hitting about $10,600 annually, according to a new report. In fact, 2021 marked…
[ad_1] The Internal Revenue Service is mailing letters to households that could potentially get money from boosted child tax credit payments and the third stimulus check — if only they…
[ad_1] Stocks are riskier than bonds — everyone knows that. At least until this year. So far in 2022, long-term U.S. Treasurys have significantly underperformed U.S. stocks. The Vanguard Long-Term…
[ad_1] By some measures, the 60-40 portfolio is experiencing one of the worst years in recent memory. As bonds and stocks have sold off in unison, some people have even…
[ad_1] Tulsi Gabbard is leaving the Democratic Party. The former member of Congress, having represented Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District from 2013 to 2021, announced her move on Twitter TWTR, +1.90%…
[ad_1] Saudi Arabia’s ministry of foreign affairs put out a rare statement on Thursday defending the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ decision last week to cut production. Last week,…
[ad_1] GSK PLC said Thursday that a Phase 3 trial of its respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate for adults aged over 60 years met its primary endpoint. The U.K.-based maker…
[ad_1] A pair of Levi Strauss jeans from the 1880s, naturally worn with dirt and candle wax in a way that modern distressing can only try to mimic, just sold…
[ad_1] U.S. chip-equipment suppliers are pulling out staff based at China’s leading memory-chip maker and pausing business activities there, according to people familiar with the matter, as they grapple with…
[ad_1] RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Days before a major oil-production cut by OPEC and its Russia-led allies, U.S. officials called their counterparts in Saudi Arabia and other big Gulf producers with an…
[ad_1] Striking Facebook janitors in the Bay Area returned to work this week after their unions reached an agreement with their employer, a vendor for Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc.,…
[ad_1] Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Amazon’s second ‘Prime Day’ of 2022: When it starts, the best deals and more Here’s what you need to know about Amazon’s…
[ad_1] Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. is in talks to combine with fellow life-sciences company Qiagen NV in a deal that would be worth more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The…
[ad_1] When will mortgage rates go down? And will they go down anytime soon? “Anyone forecasting mortgage rates needs to have a lot of humility,” Ali Wolf, chief economist at…
[ad_1] Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke and two others were awarded the Nobel economics prize for their research into how banks operate during financial crises. Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig in…
[ad_1] After socking away savings during the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, American households and businesses are watching their financial cushions rapidly deteriorate as prices have soared and the Federal…
[ad_1] There’s no respite for home buyers these days. From rising rates, high home prices, and an uncertain economic outlook, shoppers are finding it hard to jump into purchasing a…
[ad_1] Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. September jobs report highlights major shift in white-collar work — as Labor Department plans changes to jobs questionnaire ‘The old question was…
[ad_1] Prosecutors are holding off on a final decision on whether to bring a case against President Biden’s son, Hunter, while they review defense evidence in the long-running investigation, people…
[ad_1] Cryptocurrency exchange Binance temporarily halted its blockchain network after $568 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen off the platform. The exploit occurred on a bridge between blockchains and hackers…