Caleb Williams, the No. 1 overall NFL draft pick selected by the Chicago Bears, signed a fully guaranteed contract with the team for four years and $39.5 million.

At the same time, Nvidia shares have come down from their June highs, and the broader chip sector is down from July. In light of those pullbacks, analysts' consensus price targets still imply ...

3. Consumer spending is strong: Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius tracks executive sentiment towards the consumer in earnings calls. In the second quarter his system put consumer sentiment at its ...

If you want to add some diversification to your 401 (k), IRA or other retirement portfolio, take a look right now at natural-resource stocks. That means stocks of oil and gas producers, and those that ...

The U.S. stock market was already priced two-thirds of the way for a 50 basis point cut. So they basically delivered on what they market was already discounting. It was probably the appropriate move ...

"Mortgage rates likely had this cut - and this expected rate path - priced in, and lower mortgage rates, now close to 6%, have resulted in much more refinance and some additional purchase activity in ...

"Retirement is not a math problem," Benz told MarketWatch. "People might be surprised to see a book from me that is half nonfinancial - maybe not even half. But I feel like people are overly focused ...

Meme stocks were thrust into the spotlight once again this year as influential trader Keith Gill, also known as Roaring Kitty, made his return to social media and sent a number of stocks surging.

These losses have been particularly acute in recent years, helping to burnish September's fearsome reputation. The S&P 500 fell nearly 5% in September 2023 and more than 9% in September 2022, ...

Western investors have returned to gold, as evidenced by activity in the SPDR Gold Shares ETF GLD. This can be judged bullishly as either as the start of a momentum stampede or in a contrarian bearish ...

But some fans see dollar signs above all. Certainly, that appeared to be the case with Cory Youmans, the fan who caught Aaron Judge's 62nd home-run ball in 2022. That historic homer gave the New York ...

Surviving spouses can get up to 100% of the benefits of the person who died, which includes delayed credits - that is, the extra money you're getting because you waited until age 70 to claim your ...