The last 12 months was a year of fast-rising inflation, fast-rising interest rates and fast-rising questions about a future recession. Prices went up while stock markets and savings account balances Read more
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Best stock picks for 2023: Here are Wall Street analysts’ favored choices
Following a sharp and sustained rise in interest rates, U.S. stocks have taken a broad beating this year. But 2023 may bring very different circumstances. Below are lists of analysts’ Read more
Opinion: Opinion: Household wealth falls $13.5 trillion, second worst drop on record
American households lost about $6.8 trillion in wealth over the first three quarters of 2022 as the stock market SPX, -0.73% DJIA, -0.90% COMP, -0.70% shed more than Read more
This fund beats the S&P 500 by using 75 of its stocks. Here’s how it works.
What worked well during the years-long bull market through 2021 — a focus on growth, regardless of price — has ground to a halt this year. The rebirth of the Read more
‘Gaslighters have two signature moves’: Are you being gaslighted at work? How to recognize the signs.
Are you less happy at work since you befriended that new recruit? Have they told you stories about how colleagues have constantly undermined them? Or do you have a boss Read more
This little-known but spot-on economic indicator says recession and lower stock prices are all but certain
An obscure and arcane economic indicator suggests that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was wrong when he said at his Nov. 30 news conference that “There is a path to Read more
10 Dividend Aristocrat stocks expected by analysts to rise up to 54% in 2023
Stocks of companies that raise dividends consistently have outperformed during this year’s bear market. Below is a screen showing which stocks are analysts’ favorites for next year among an expanded Read more
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Pfizer, BioNTech ask FDA to authorize bivalent COVID vaccine in young children Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE said Monday that they asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize their Read more
Wages are up, but so are costs. Help us report on how that’s affecting you.
We want to hear from readers who have stories to share about the effects of increasing costs and a changing economy. If you’d like to share your experience, write to Read more
This 82-year-old has found his true calling in retirement: Moose
Butch Phillips, an 82-year-old member of the Penobscot Nation, etches 18-inch long moose call horns from birch bark he harvests off tribal land. While some moose calls he gives away Read more