Apps Try Putting Financial Literacy at Kids’ Fingertips

They can be valuable resources to help parents teach children about money — but may encourage risky behaviors, some experts say.

SPACs Went Up, Then Down, but They’re Not Out

New regulatory scrutiny and high-profile blowups have revived longstanding concerns about the public shell companies. But many backers seem undaunted.

Citadel to take back $500 million of its cash infusion into Melvin Capital.

Melvin, a hedge fund that had bet that GameStop’s share price would fall, received a $2 billion infusion from Citadel after the stock skyrocketed.

China’s Biggest ‘Bad Bank’ Will Get a Rescue

After months of silence about its future, the corporate giant Huarong Asset Management announced that it would receive financial assistance from a group of state-backed companies.

A Skeptical Stock Analyst Wins Big by Seeking Out Frauds

The activist short-seller behind Hindenburg Research has become known for research that sends companies’ stock sinking. He says he’s not in it just to move share prices.

This Is a Terrible Time for Savers

In an upside-down world of financial markets, expected returns after inflation are at record lows.

Invest in China, but Without Illusions

Tensions with the U.S. complicate matters, but China is such a vital part of global markets that its stocks and bonds belong in diversified portfolios.

Behind the Lordstown Debacle, the Hand of a Wall Street Dealmaker

A longtime real estate investor and former Goldman Sachs executive decided to take an electric truck company public. Chaos ensued.

The Bond Market Is Telling Us to Worry About Growth, Not Inflation

The economy remains hot, but the future is looking less buoyant than it did just a short while ago.

The Bond Market Is Telling Us to Worry About Growth, Not Inflation

The economy remains hot, but the future is looking less buoyant than it did just a short while ago.

Biotech Company That Botched Vaccines Faces Investor Revolt

In the latest shareholder lawsuit, a pension fund accused executives at Emergent BioSolutions of insider trading. The company, under investigation by Congress, has halted manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines at its Baltimore factory at regulators’...

Biotech Company That Botched Vaccines Faces Investor Revolt

In the latest shareholder lawsuit, a pension fund accused executives at Emergent BioSolutions of insider trading. The company, under investigation by Congress, has halted manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines at its Baltimore factory at regulators’...

Halfway Through 2021, the Hot Stocks Are Old-Fashioned

Pandemic-friendly tech companies touched off the market’s big rally last year. Now it’s being sustained by throwbacks like oil drillers and financial firms.

No End to Whiplash in Meme Stocks, Crypto and More

With the pandemic starting to ease in the United States, many had expected a year of wild investments to slow. It hasn’t. Yet.

Supreme Court Gives Goldman Sachs a Do-Over in Securities Fraud Suit

The justices said the bank may renew its arguments that its statements about honesty and integrity were too generic to support a class action for billions of dollars.

Stocks Drop as Wall Street’s Unease Stretches to a Fourth Day

Investors have been adjusting their expectations for interest rates, leading to a turbulent stretch for the stock market.

Faltering for Years, Ford Is Showing Signs of a Revival

Analysts credit the new chief executive, Jim Farley, with energizing the automaker, which still faces challenges.

An Exposé Has Congress Rethinking How to Tax the Superrich

A report showing that the richest Americans, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett, pay almost no taxes has refocused attention on the tax code.

AMC Cashes In on Meme Stock Mania, Raising $587 Million

The theater chain altogether raised more than $1.2 billion in capital this quarter, thanks in part to Reddit traders, but cautioned that the stock could still sink.

The Mystery of the $113 Million Deli

It made headlines around the world: a New Jersey sandwich shop with a soaring stock price. Was it just speculation, or something stranger?