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Sam Bankman-Fried’s two anonymous sponsors put up $700,000 to get him out of jail

Sam Bankman-Fried was released on bond after two anonymous individuals put up a total of $700,000, according to court filings. Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former crypto mogul whose FTX exchange declared bankruptcy in November, has been under house arrest in his parents’ $4 million Palo Alto, Calif., home since last month. He was released from federal custody in […]

These money and investing tips can help you spot a bear in bull’s clothing

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 & TRENDSDeferred annuities are better deals than immediate annuities A better way of securing a guaranteed lifetime income. Read More Any way you slice it, the bears control the stock market […]

Opinion: ‘Young people know more about TikTok and Minecraft than money.’ Teenagers want to be smarter about finances — teach them.

A recession looms, inflation has skyrocketed, interest rates are rising, and many Americans’ personal finances are in jeopardy. The financial knowledge necessary for students like myself to navigate these turbulent times is in short supply, but the demand is high. The circumstances of peoples’ economic struggles are complex and systemic, as are the potential solutions. But there […]

Fed’s Bullard doesn’t want to ‘stall’ on getting interest rates over 5%

The Federal Reserve should not “stall” on raising its benchmark rates until they are above 5%, said St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, on Wednesday. “I like the front-loading story,” Bullard said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that was streamed live . The Fed should move as rapidly as it can to […]

Premarket stocks: The world has a major debt problem. Is a reset coming?

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. New York CNN  —  The world is in debt. A record amount of debt. Three hundred trillion dollars, […]

Treasury yields fall after BOJ keeps ultra-loose monetary policy

Treasury yields slipped after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy late Tuesday and as traders eyed a batch of U.S. economic updates due Wednesday.What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury TMUBMUSD02Y, 4.160% slipped by 2.6 basis points to 4.186%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury TMUBMUSD10Y, 3.459% retreated 6.4 basis points […]

Morgan Stanley cuts U.S. dollar forecasts lower

The U.S. dollar is going to drop further, Morgan Stanley strategists said over the weekend as they became more optimistic about the global economy. They now see the DXY dollar index DXY, +0.20% ending the year at 98, from a previous forecast of 104. They see the euro EURUSD, -0.19% climbing to $1.15, vs. a […]

As U.S. dollar stumbles, Japanese yen is ‘hottest story in town’. Here’s why.

It’s the comeback currency. The Japanese yen, among the world’s worst-performing major currencies in 2022, roared back to a seven-month high versus a now-reeling U.S. dollar on Friday, as traders bet the Bank of Japan will finally join other major central banks in tightening monetary policy. A December reading Thursday on U.S. inflation that was […]