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Last Updated: July 25, 2024 at 8:11 p.m. ETFirst Published: July 25, 2024 at 6:01 p.m. ET DexCom Inc., a maker of monitoring devices for diabetes patients, cut its full-year sales outlook on Thursday — a move that surprised some analysts and investors and sent its stock tumbling after hours — as the company deals […]

There’s one company that Oppenheimer analyst Jason Helfstein believes is set up to be a big winner now that President Biden has ended his campaign for re-election. Political advertising is expected to accelerate after Biden’s move, Helfstein said, no matter who becomes the Democrats’ nominee for president. Advertising-technology company Trade Desk Inc. TTD, +0.30% should […]

This is an updated version of an article first published on July 4: Now that President Joe Biden has dropped out of the race and endorsed Kamala Harris to take his place, investors understandably may wonder whether a change at the top of the Democratic ticket could move the stock market. A good place to […]

When shopping for a financial adviser, it’s easy to get excited. A savvy friend heartily recommends a seasoned pro. You confirm this pro has a thriving practice, a clean regulatory record, an impressive office and a crisp, cheery staff. All systems go.  But despite early indications that you’ve found a winner, you may soon think otherwise. […]

J.D. Vance has become a big name again in the publishing and film worlds. After former President Donald Trump named Ohio’s junior senator as his running mate on the 2024 Republican ticket, Vance climbed to the top of Amazon’s bestsellers list AMZN, +0.23% for the paperback edition of “Hillbilly Elegy,” his 2016 book that that […]

A victory for Donald Trump in the November presidential election could have widespread implications for a host of industries, from big tech M&A to electric vehicle makers, say analysts. Former President Trump made a triumphant appearance at the Republican National Convention Monday just days after a failed assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Trump, who appeared with […]

Signs of easing inflation are giving the U.S. central bank a go-ahead to do something investors have waited for all year: the first interest-rate cut since the most aggressive rate-hiking cycle of the past four decades began in March 2022. The seemingly impossible task ahead for the Federal Reserve and Chairman Jerome Powell is to […]

Dear Quentin, A friend suddenly passed away from a heart attack, but had his $ 500,000 life insurance way before he got married and left his sister as his beneficiary. His wife knew about his unhealthy lifestyle and wanted him to change the policy to make their 3-year-old son his beneficiary.  Long story short: He […]

It appears hedge funds and other sophisticated investors piled into bets against small-cap stocks at exactly the wrong time. On Thursday, they paid the price as traders dumped market-leading Big Tech stocks and rotated into small caps, midcaps and interest-rate-sensitive sectors like real estate. The intensity of the shift — which saw the Russell 2000 […]

The rise in passive investing marks one of the stock market’s “most profound changes” ever, but its popularity hasn’t ruined the market, according to analysis from Jeremy Grantham’s GMO.  GMO, co-founded by legendary investor Grantham, has been getting questions from clients about the impact of passive investing on markets, the firm’s co-head of asset allocation […]

Dear Quentin, My friend invited me to Cape Cod over the July 4 weekend. He booked an Airbnb for 10 days and said he was inviting friends to come stay. I suggested that I stay from Thursday to Tuesday, but he said Thursday to Monday would be best, as he may have other people staying […]

Published: July 1, 2024 at 8:36 p.m. ET By Amanda Lee Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD sold 341,658 vehicles in June, up 3% from May and 35% higher from a year ago. About Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires is a market-moving financial and business news source, used by wealth managers, institutional investors and fintech platforms […]

GSK’s London-listed shares fell even more swiftly than their ADRs to news that advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shifted their recommendations for who should be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus. GSK’s London-listed shares GSK, -5.13% were trading at £14.91 in early action Thursday, a decline of 7%, and worse than the £15.44 […]

The Biden-Trump rematch in the 2024 White House race has sparked all sorts of commentary — including references to the 1892 presidential election. “This is the first election since 1892 that you’ve had back-to-back presidents facing off,” said Charlie Cook, founder and contributor at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, in remarks at an economics conference […]

Dear Quentin, I’m in my early 40s, and I have worked myself into a sad state of health with the stress of running my own business for 15 years. In April, I pulled off the Band-Aid and sold my shares for about $ 130,000. Coincidentally, the remaining balance on my student loan was forgiven.  I […]

Dear Quentin, What are options for an elderly person to leave money to an adult child in her 50s, let’s call her “Mary,” who has been completely financially irresponsible (including being homeless at times)? Would an annuity purchased upon our death make sense? Or a trust? Who should be the executor of the trust? She […]

Influential trader Keith Gill, also known as Roaring Kitty, appears to be holding his position in GameStop Corp. as shares of the video game retailer and original meme stock slide. GameStop’s GME, -12.01% stock was down 1.2% in premarket trades Tuesday after ending Monday’s session down 12%. The company’s shares closed down 39.4% Friday, registering […]

Zoox, the self-driving-vehicle unit of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.08%, will soon expand street testing to Austin, Texas, and Miami, Fla. In a blog post Wednesday, Zoox said the expansion “marks a significant step forward.” Zoox vehicles first started testing on the streets of San Francisco in 2018, and have since expanded to Las Vegas and […]

Whenever I walk into a McDonald’s, I engage in a game of food arithmetic, counting the calories of the various items I might consider consuming. I’ll order a double cheeseburger instead of a Big Mac, saving myself about 150 calories in the process (even more if I ask them to hold the cheese). I’ll opt […]

Dear MarketWatch,  My husband is 70 and I am 63. We are both retired and have a combined monthly income of $ 4,000. We are considering purchasing a $ 200,000 annuity that would cover both of us, and I would like to know what our monthly disbursement would be, and how long it would take to […]