MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE The one certainty about the outlook for companies in a COVID-19 world is that second-quarter earnings will be very bad, the worst in over 10 years. See full story. The Biden-Sanders climate-change policy pact: 8 key features Presidential candidate Joe Biden has advanced environmental policy recommendations that most analysts find more ambitious […]
Gold prices have climbed to their highest levels in nearly nine years, with the precious metal seen as a ‘weapon of choice’ for gold investors dealing with pandemic-related uncertainty in the stock market, clearing the path to a fresh record in the second half of the year. In Wednesday trading, the most-active August gold futures […]
Wall Street is so full of greed, fraud and ego, a cynic might say it’s no place for any kind of spirituality to find a home. But several religious precepts might actually help investors if they paid them more mind, judging by the long-term returns of Amana Growth Fund AMIGX, +0.06%. The fund avoids companies […]
WASHINGTON — A political campaign built around making videos designed to bait the president of the United States into overreacting would almost certainly have been a total waste of time at any other moment under any other commander in chief. But Donald Trump is unlike any other president. And so for the Lincoln Project, which […]
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. stock took a 24.5% nosedive in Thursday trading after COVID-19-related closures drove wider-than-expected losses and steep sales declines, but analysts are upbeat about the path forward for the troubled home retailer. Bed Bath & Beyond BBBY, +4.26% reported a fiscal first quarter adjusted loss of $1.96 per share and a […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday the administration wants to cap enhanced unemployment benefits in the next coronavirus package to make sure workers do not get benefits amounting to more than their old wage.
Shares of Tesla Inc. TSLA, +10.78% on Friday surged 11% to close at a record $1,544.65 as some investors bet demand for the Silicon Valley electric-car maker’s vehicles remains strong despite diminished prospects for car sales overall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The shares traded as high as $1,548.92. Tesla is scheduled to report second-quarter results […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content]U.S. Treasury yields rebound on Friday as concerns about the impact of rising American coronavirus cases ebbed, pulling investors into stocks at the expense of government bonds.
1 / 6 Confederate Flag Protest South Carolina Demonstrators dressed in civil war attire participate in a flag ceremony in front of a Confederate statue at the Statehouse, Friday, July 10, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. Demonstrators gathered for the five year anniversary after the Confederate battle flag was removed from the Statehouse grounds after a […]