Quarterly “triple-witching” days are associated with volatility, but experts believe this month’s might actually help restore a sense of calm. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Steve Gelsi | 3/20/2025 1:47 PM
Wedbush’s Dan Ives says CEO Elon Musk faces a “moment of truth,” and there two major things he has to do to fix the “crisis’ at the EV giant. ... Read full Story
One of President Donald Trump’s first moves at the start of his second term was to throw a lifeline to TikTok — and analysts are now expecting a repeat performance as a key deadline nears for the video-sharing app. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Steve Gelsi | 3/20/2025 1:24 PM
Jeffrey Emanuel, known for turning Wall Street’s attention to the risk DeepSeek might pose to Nvidia, warns that CoreWeave’s IPO is way overvalued. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Steve Gelsi | 3/20/2025 1:21 PM
The “uncertainty” trend comes as President Donald Trump and his administration make sweeping changes at a pace rarely seen in previous administrations — and sometimes then reverse those changes. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Jessica Hall | 3/20/2025 1:02 PM
The end of the Enumeration Beyond Entry program for some workers means more than 3 million people will now need to visit Social Security offices in person, report says. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | William Watts | 3/20/2025 7:58 AM
Oil futures were showing minor gains early Thursday, struggling to establish direction after getting a lift the previous session from data showing a fall in fuel inventories. ... Read full Story
There was some debate after the Federal Reserve’s press conference was over whether Chair Jerome Powell was trying to convey a hawkish message or a dovish one. ... Read full Story
Benchmark bond yields rose slightly early Thursday, reversing a fraction of the previous day’s decline which came as some traders perceived a dovish tilt by the Federal Reserve ... Read full Story
Shares of Sodexo on Thursday slumped as the catering giant said softer education volumes and a delay in signups of healthcare contracts in the U.S. will hit results. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Mike Murphy | 3/19/2025 11:06 PM
Hours after the Federal Reserve maintained its guidance for two interest-rate cuts later this year, President Donald Trump weighed in Wednesday night, calling for rate cuts to accompany his new tariffs. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Mike Murphy | 3/19/2025 10:30 PM
SoftBank Group Corp. announced late Wednesday it is acquiring semiconductor designer Ampere Computing in a $6.5 billion deal that will expand its investments in AI infrastructure. ... Read full Story
"Sly Lives! is exceptionally strong in its attention to musical detail—even more than Questlove's previous cinematic effort, the Academy Award–winning Summer of Soul, Sly Lives! feels like a film made by a great musician. The film's interviewees offer illuminating ruminations on Sly's vocal arrangements, including his penchant for switching back and forth between unison vocal parts and harmonized ones ..." — Jack Hamilton, Slate, 13 Feb. 2025
Did you know?
English has multiple p-words that imply a strong instinct or liking for something, including propensity and proclivity, but to keep things precise, penchant is the proper word for implying a pronounced, persistent taste in a person ("a penchant for pretty pendants") or a predominant predilection for performing particular actions ("a penchant for petting penguins"). Penchant traces back all the way to the Latin verb pendere, meaning "to weigh," but is more immediately preceded in English by the French word penchant, from the present participle of pencher, meaning "to incline."