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Until recently, investment opportunities in private companies have only been available to large institutional investors. There is high demand for participation in well-known private companies and scope for generating a higher alpha, and so the investor landscape is now changing to include a broader set of audiences in the pre-IPO …

(Stefon Walters) As recent graduates begin to enter the workforce, one of the best things they can do is start putting financial plans and goals in place. Part of these plans should be how to approach investing, as well as best practices to follow. If you don’t know where to …

(Stefon Walters) As recent graduates begin to enter the workforce, one of the best things they can do is start putting financial plans and goals in place. Part of these plans should be how to approach investing, as well as best practices to follow. If you don’t know where to …

(Stefon Walters) Trying to decide how much money you need to save for retirement can be stressful for many people. After all, there’s no concrete answer as to how much someone will need; different lifestyles require different amounts. To really be sure you can live financially comfortably in retirement, you …

(Stefon Walters) Trying to decide how much money you need to save for retirement can be stressful for many people. After all, there’s no concrete answer as to how much someone will need; different lifestyles require different amounts. To really be sure you can live financially comfortably in retirement, you …

2022 has given us plenty of reasons to fear for our financial health—inflation, rising interest rates, and a global conflict are the big three that have sent stock and bond markets into one of the more volatile stretches we’ve seen, at least since the initial shock of pandemic shutdowns roiled …

(Keith Speights) Whether you’re planning to retire in your sixties or a lot earlier, there’s one thing you’re going to need — passive income. And to maintain your standard of living, you’re probably going to need a significant amount of it. Social Security isn’t an option for you if you …

People who agreed to buy homes under construction but haven’t yet closed are facing mortgage-interest rates that could be nearly double what they anticipated when they paid their deposits. New-home buyers are confronting multiple obstacles this year, from surging mortgage rates to home construction that is taking longer than usual …

Those individual investors had embraced options as a way of riding the stock market’s momentum that drove shares of companies from Apple Inc. to Nvidia Corp. to new heights. Now, the Federal Reserve’s move to raise interest rates to tame inflation has thrown that dynamic into reverse, sending the prices …

Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Welcome to Generation Z’s first bear market Up until recently, young people’s primary experience of the market was that stocks almost always go …