Video appears to show Panthers owner David Tepper throwing drink on opposing fan
Billionaire investor and Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper was caught on video Sunday apparently throwing a drink on an opposing fan. A video making the rounds on social media Sunday appeared to show Tepper, standing in a luxury box, tossing a drink at a nearby Jacksonville Jaguars fan before walking away.
So much for ‘the January effect’: Here are five things that could interrupt the U.S. stock market rally in early 2024.
U.S. stocks capped off a wild 2023 with a two-month sprint that has carried the Dow to record highs and the S&P 500 index to within a whisker of a similar milestone. But after such a powerful advance, some portfolio managers and strategists are concerned that the market could suffer its own post-New Year’s Eve […]
Opinion: What to expect after the Santa Claus rally
“An economic ‘soft landing’ appears to be in the cards.” The U.S. stock market’s year-end rally looks intact. Lately I have been focused on equity hedge-fund performance and the necessity of hedge-fund managers to preserve and enhance returns ahead of their Dec. 31 incentive fee calculation dates. Funds that haven’t yet closed their books are […]
Planning to retire in 2024? Do this one thing now.
Google “preretirement checklist” or something similar, and you’re apt to get a lot of hits for articles about basic “block and tackle”-type things like health insurance, long-term care, investing, minimizing taxes and creating a budget. And all of that is important. But when I asked a wide range of actual, practicing financial planners around the […]
Opinion: Work is more dangerous for young people. Here’s what employers can do about it.
Think about your first job. Maybe it was delivering pizza, bagging groceries, busing tables or doing landscaping work. Did you get enough training to avoid potential injuries? Chances are, you didn’t, and your boss or supervisor just told you to get to work. Employing young people helps them in many ways. They can learn a trade, […]
Embracing and celebrating the ‘dark and gooey’ aspects of midlife
As creator of the world’s first “midlife wisdom school,” Chip Conley wants to reinvent how people perceive midlife: not as a crisis, but as a chrysalis. It’s a transformative stage — with a dark and gooey inside — that is crucial to end one era and begin a new one. Conley knows a bit about […]
Disney’s Star Wars is 2023’s top film franchise without a new movie
American actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford on the set of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” written, directed and produced by Georges Lucas. Sunset Boulevard | Corbis Historical | Getty Images The Force remains strong with the Star Wars franchise. Despite not releasing a theatrical film since 2019, Star Wars has been named […]
I’m 76 with $73,000 in an investment account that has not increased in 2 years. Should I abandon the 50/50 strategy?
Dear MarketWatch, I’m a 76-year-old widow with a mortgage of $153,000, with $73,000 in investments and $20,000 in a high-yield savings account. My Social Security and very small pensions give me a monthly income of $3,400 per month. I am saving about $400 per month, splitting it between my bank savings ($100), my high-yield account […]
These 20 stocks soared the most in 2023
(Updated with Friday’s closing prices.) The 2023 rally for stocks in the U.S. accelerated as more investors bought the idea that the Federal Reserve succeeded in its effort to bring inflation to heel. The S&P 500 ended Friday with a 24.2% gain for 2023, following a 19.4% decline in 2022. (All price changes in this […]
Here are the 20 worst-performing stocks among the S&P 500 in 2023
(Updated with Friday’s closing prices.) The U.S. stock market staged a remarkable rally in 2023, but 178 stocks in the S&P 500 were still down for the year. Here’s a roundup of how well the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 fared, with broad indexes below: Healthcare 2023 price change 2022 price change Price change […]
