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Dear MarketWatch, I’m a single 26-year-old who’s been renting in downtown Atlanta for almost 5 years and want to buy my first home. My lease only allows me to enter the market once a year. If I find a deal, should I break my lease, or wait and see what’s available? What should I be focusing on

Among the most controversial market moments in 2021 was the still-in-progress special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger of Digital World Acquisition (NASDAQ:DWAC) and Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Folks who bought DWAC stock at the right time profited handsomely, while other traders lost their proverbial shirts. Source: Dmitry Demidovich/ShutterStock.com Reportedly, TMTG will launch Truth Social, a conservative social-media

Shares of Avis Budget Group Inc. rallied Thursday, after Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Woronka said the stock has fallen enough in the past two months that he no longer recommends investors sell. The car rental company’s stock CAR, +4.49% jumped 4.4% in midday trading. On Wednesday, it had dropped 3.8% to close at the lowest

Often, critics of technical analysis will take the Ron Paul approach to blasting the discipline. The retired congressman loved saying that the U.S. Federal Reserve isn’t federal and it has no reserves. Similarly, naysayers might say technical analysis is neither technical nor an analysis. If so, that wouldn’t present the most comfortable picture of Crypto.com

A new year is often viewed as a way to make a fresh start, but people advocating for patients’ physical and financial health say Jan. 1, 2022 is significant for what it ends. That was the date when surprise billing, which once blindsided people who unwittingly received out-of-network medical treatment, came to an end under

Trading platform Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) went public and started trading on July 29, 2021 at an opening price of $38 per share. Then, on Aug. 4, HOOD stock hit a record high of $85. Source: OpturaDesign / Shutterstock.com However since that peak, shares are down by about 78%, now, as of writing, trading at around

The Military’s New Challenge: Defeating Cheap Hobbyist Drones Small armed devices, often bought for a few hundred dollars online, are a big battlefield problem for the U.S. military, and developing a defense that is cost-effective against swarms of them is a conundrum. Laser and micr… Jan. 5, 2022 at 11:47 a.m. ET by James Marson

China-based electric vehicle company Nio (NYSE:NIO) kicked off the new year by reporting deliveries more than doubled in 2021, causing NIO stock to pop nearly 6% on the first trading day of the year. While shares pared those gains today, NIO stock is likely to do well in 2022 if the EV maker can continue

Dear Quentin, I grew up thinking we were the perfect family. My parents were married for 60 years, and my siblings have always been very close. My mom passed away a few years ago. For fun, we all took one of those DNA tests and, shockingly, I found out that I was the product of

When Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) announced a senior notes offering on Dec. 16, the company’s timing could not have been worse. SKLZ stock traded close to a 52-week low and below the key 20- and 50-day simple moving average. Source: Dennis Diatel / Shutterstock.com With investors losing money on their position, Skillz is on the offensive. It

Left to their own devices, people don’t necessarily make the most responsible choices, especially if they cost money. That’s the takeaway from a new working paper authored by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of British Columbia in Canada. The researchers examined the effectiveness of mandates in the context of

According to Wall Street Journal, the total value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2021 was $5.7 trillion, 64% higher than the year prior. As we consider the year ahead, I thought it would be fun to speculate about some of the biggest M&A deals of 2022. According to WSJ, 59,748 deals closed in 2021

China has passed two new rules regulating technology companies’ overseas activities and use of algorithms, marking the latest step by Beijing to rein in the country’s massive internet sector. The country’s top internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China, said Tuesday that it and several other authorities passed a revised version of the Cybersecurity Review

Matterport (NASDAQ:MTTR) is one of the most fascinating new tech companies to emerge from the recent special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) boom. The firm is pioneering a new business model that involves offering geospatial services to landlords and retail business operators. As is often the case for names with emerging, new technologies, MTTR stock has

““Just in case s— over at Twitter gets even dumber, I’m here [on GETTR] now as well. Rejoice!”” That was Joe Rogan introducing himself on GETTR on Sunday. The popular podcaster became one of the latest boldfaced names to open an account on the far-right social media platform over the weekend — the same day

Emerging fintech firm SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) is consolidating at the $15 a share level. After breaking out in October, only to peak at over $20 in November, SOFI stock is near $15 again. The Federal Reserve’s rate heightening policy spooked fintech investors. A sell-off in mega-cap electronic payment processing firms did not help matters, either.

Tesla Inc. delivered more than 308,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter, blowing away analysts’ expectations, and saw deliveries surge about 87% in a year that saw the electric-vehicle maker top $1 trillion in market cap for the first time. In a statement Sunday, Tesla TSLA, -1.27% said it delivered more than 936,000 vehicles in 2021

Electric vehicles are taking over the world. You know that. I know that. The market knows that. We all know that. Source: Shutterstock Consumers want to drive electric vehicles these days, with 60% of today’s prospective car buyers wanting to buy an EV. Lawmakers want you to drive an EV, too, as more than 200

Capitol Hill negotiations on a massive social safety net bill moved in fits and starts during 2021, and there’s no resolution in sight as the year concludes. The on-again, off-again political wrangling in Washington, D.C. is one reason many taxpayers may want to move briskly with their income tax returns in 2022. Why? For starters,

Canoo (NASDAQ:GOEV) stock hasn’t performed as expected.  Source: shutterstock.com/rafapress After mid-November’s news that it was setting up shop in Arkansas and Oklahoma and the upward revisions in its production guidance for 2022 and beyond in mid-December, you would think all of this would send GOEV stock flying higher. That’s simply not the case. Since the same-day news