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Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Masazumi Wakatabe said Thursday that the central bank’s easy stance and its commitment to achieving sustainable 2% inflation remain unchanged. “The bank’s commitment to continuing with monetary easing has not changed at all,” Wakatabe said in a speech. After raising a cap on the 10-year government bond yield to 0.5%

Shares in Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG,NASDAQ:GOOGL) have rallied since the start of the year, but the GOOG stock rebound is losing momentum and could soon reverse course. Along with the prospect of overall market sentiment souring again, the tech giant’s Feb. 2 quarterly earnings release could also drive a sell-off. While the market is expecting

President Joe Biden is spotlighting new moves by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to cut excessive credit-card late fees that cost American families about $12 billion each year. The CFPB unveiled proposals that will potentially save Americans up to $9 billion a year by targeting late fees that are currently protected by an “expansive” immunity

This week is already one of the busier weeks in quite some time. It’s loaded with end-of-the-month fund rebalancing, earnings and economic reports. It has investors scouring for some hot stocks for tomorrow — and rightfully so. On Wednesday, we’ll hear from the Federal Reserve, while Thursday boasts earnings from three of the five FAANG

In a recent MarketWatch article, I predicted that Alphabet’s GOOGL, +1.96% Google will be forced to put up its digital dukes and provide a worthy challenger to ChatGPT if it wants to remain the king of search engines. That time has come. Google’s subsidiary DeepMind is preparing to launch Sparrow, touted as a safer, “harmless”

It might tempt some investors to go long on Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) now, as many think the company invincible. Yet, GOOG stock traders should be careful as Alphabet isn’t necessarily invincible in the artificial intelligence (AI) market. Plus, it’s worrisome that Alphabet’s Google is facing not just not, but two lawsuits initiated by the government. In

The coronavirus pandemic is still a global health emergency, according to the World Health Organization, but an advisory panel has determined that it may be nearing an inflection point where higher levels of immunity will lead to fewer deaths. That was the message Monday from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the agency’s annual executive

Source: shutterstock.com/G-Stock Studio Some companies get too big or fail to change for a long time. However, these companies also often represent stocks to watch. Why is that? Investors can benefit from looking at companies facing pivotal moments that stand to make or break their businesses. The ones that evolve with change in the macro

Media giant Paramount Global Inc. on Monday announced it plans to merge its Paramount+ streaming service with its premium cable channel, Showtime. The integration, set to take effect later this year, essentially means Showtime subscribers on cable will get to watch Paramount+ content, such as “1923” and “Star Trek: Picard,” and streaming subscribers to the

Electric vehicle stocks went into a deep correction last year, and many believe the sector had it coming. Most EV stocks had been trading at bloated valuations, and the bubble burst was always on the cards last year. Moreover, it allowed investors to step back and look at the best investments in the sphere. The

Investors have got the jitters as a big week unfolds — several central bank meetings including the Fed, earnings from Apple and Amazon.com, and jobs data. Yikes. Read: The Fed and the stock market are set for a showdown this week. What’s at stake. Any investor out there who isn’t nervous, perhaps should recheck his

Is it a sign of serious problems that Google and YouTube parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced a workforce reduction? GOOG stock actually soared when that announcement was made — and for good reason. Alphabet isn’t actually in trouble, and the company’s anticipated artificial intelligence (AI) product launches could significantly boost Alphabet’s revenue in 2023. Like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)

In the biggest week of the holiday-earnings season, Big Tech results will receive the spotlight amid thousands of layoffs that could only be the beginning. After tech stocks were decimated in 2022, investors will be looking for signs of a turnaround in holiday reports and potential forecasts for the year ahead from three of 2022’s

Earlier this year, Sony Entertainment released God of War: Ragnarok, a masterpiece for the PlayStation 5. In it you play as Kratos, a god tasked (among other things) with killing another god with the power to foresee everything. For the sake of argument, we’ll rename this second deity “Mr. Market.” The only way Kratos beats

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The 2023 Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock rally continues, thanks to the electric vehicle company’s latest quarterly earnings report. Satisfied by the numbers, and impressed by remarks made by CEO Elon Musk regarding the company’s outlook, investors bid up TSLA stock by another 10.97%, on the trading day following the earnings report. But while it may look

Most of us are feeling the pain of inflation now, but the rising cost of almost everything may be impacting our future selves as well: People are cutting back on saving for retirement as a result of inflation.  The majority of Americans say current financial issues are more pressing than preparing for the future. Two

It looks like financial traders are still deciding what to do with Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) stock today. They’re mulling over an announcement that Toyota’s chief executive, Akio Toyoda, is stepping down. The billion-dollar question is about how this might change Toyota as a company going forward. Toyoda is the grandson of Toyota’s founder, and he’s

As the family of Tyre Nichols endures the release of the video of the young Black man’s fatal traffic stop with Memphis police, and the nation still smarts from the civilian-filmed 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis cops, a book hitting this week argues it’s time to disband the public labor

What will the future look like for California-headquartered neo-banking firm SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI)? There’s certainly no guarantee that the company will grow or that SOFI stock will gain value over the next seven years. Yet, there are reasons to believe that SoFi Technologies represents the future of modern banking and will stage a major comeback by