'I'm experiencing issues with arthritis': I'm 68 with $3 million saved. Why am I not ready for a life of leisure?

I'm almost 69 and close to retirement, but I can't seem to pull the trigger. I'm currently employed as a design engineer, and my salary is pretty decent. I'm married, and my wife works one day a week ...

This MarketWatch portfolio of hated stocks is crushing the stock market in 2026

Pariah Capital, the MarketWatch experiment in beating index funds by purchasing only the investments that the rest of Wall ...
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The S&P 500 just broke a major support. Another 10% decline is likely.

The VIX/SPY hedge: When volatility increases and the term structures invert, it is also the case that VIX futures begin to trade at discounts to VIX. When VIX futures trade at a steep discount to VIX, ...

The S&P 500 just broke a major support. -2-

We are using a standard rolling procedure for our SPY spreads: In any vertical bull or bear spread, if the underlying hits the short strike, then roll the entire spread. That would be roll up in the ...

Portland General Continues To Find New Growth Investments

Portland General Electric has plenty of investment opportunities to serve growing electricity demand, meet Oregon's clean energy requirements, and strengthen the system against natural disasters such ...

The financial sector is sending some spooky technical signals about the stock market

Broken trendlines and a looming 'death cross' pattern bode badly for the financial sector, and therefore the rest of the stock market. A number of charts suggest the financial sector is suffering ...

Here's a rare chance to invest before big stock-index funds and Wall Street dive in

Such opportunities are rare, and typically occur far from Wall Street and out of the limelight. That certainly is the case with this upcoming opportunity: FTSE Russell's plan to reclassify Vietnam's ...

These parents retired in their 30s and 40s while raising young kids. Here's how they pulled off the impossible.

By Venessa Wong 'FIRE' can be a realistic goal for parents stressed by the financial and mental burden of raising children - if they start early enough . A new generation of money ...

It was unthinkable a couple of weeks ago, but could the next move by the Fed be a rate hike?

Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, thinks the Fed should hike next week. He forecasts that oil prices (CL00) (CL.1) will push the Fed's preferred inflation measure, the ...

Soaring gas and energy prices could 'completely eat up' your bigger tax refund if the Iran conflict continues

Could gas prices siphon plans consumers had for their refund money? Just as fighting started in Iran, income-tax refunds under generous new tax laws were gearing up to make a big impact in Americans' ...

15 stocks in the S&P 500 showing double-digit gains since the attack on Iran began

The materials sector of the S&P 500 has been the strongest of the index's 11 sectors since Feb. 27 Even in the midst of a broad decline for stocks, some winners have emerged since the U.S. and Israel ...

Defense stocks are the market's newest safe havens - and this ETF is a pure play

Those seven are all held in ITA's portfolio, and among the top performers so far this year. Shares of Lockheed Martin (LMT) have added 35%; Northrop Grumman (NOC) has gained 29%; Howmet Aerospace (HWM ...