A money market account (MMA) can be an attractive option for savers who want a safe place to store their funds. MMAs often come with higher interest rates than regular savings accounts, allowing your money to grow more quickly. Plus, they typically include features like check-writing privileges and debit cards, which make it easy to … Read more
By Kantaro Komiya and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese manufacturing giant Nidec said on Friday it planned to launch a 257 billion yen ($1.6 billion) bid for Makino Milling Machine, a surprise unsolicited takeover offer in a country better known for agreed deals. Nidec said Makino’s board had not agreed to the 11,000 yen per … Read more
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) shares have advanced 360% this year, outpacing the next closest stock in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) by 100 percentage points. The data analytics company is now worth $180 billion, but certain Wall Street analysts expect Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) and Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) to surpass that figure before year’s end … Read more
Warren Buffett ranks among the most successful investors in American history. Under his leadership, Berkshire Hathaway‘s share price has grown at 20% annually since 1965. By comparison, the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has returned about 10% annually, including reinvested dividends, during the same period. Consequently, many investors avidly track the stocks Buffett is buying … Read more
Stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street Thursday, as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 fell less than 0.1% after spending the day wavering between small gains and losses. The tiny loss ended the benchmark index’s three-day winning streak. The Dow Jones … Read more
By Alden Bentley, Naomi Rovnick and Ankur Banerjee NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. stocks wrapped up Christmas week on Friday with retracements of double-digit uptrends, and, alongside the dollar to a smaller degree, succumbed to profit taking in illiquid markets heading into the last weekend of 2024. Even with its slight loss on Friday, the … Read more
BMO Alto and Synchrony Bank are both popular online banks known for their no-fee models and competitive interest rates. So, is one better than the other? Let’s take a closer look at how BMO Alto and Synchrony’s banking products compare so you can decide if one is the right fit for your needs. This embedded … Read more