The Securities and Exchange Commission doesn’t plan to challenge a major court loss against Grayscale Investments, according to a person familiar with the matter, bringing closer the possibility of the first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. The agency faced a midnight Friday deadline to ask for a new hearing in its case…

U.S. homes may be wildly unaffordable for first-time buyers, but mortgage bonds backed by those same properties could be dirt cheap. Shocks from the Federal Reserve’s dramatic rate increases have walloped the $8.9 trillion agency mortgage-bond market, the main artery of U.S. housing finance for almost the past two decades.…

When Eyal Waldman thinks of his youngest daughter and her boyfriend, he sees them dancing. “Danielle and Noam loved dancing, and I hope they continue dancing somewhere up there,” Eyal Waldman told MarketWatch. Danielle Waldman and Noam Shay were killed at a music festival in southern Israel last week, part…

Oil prices settled more than 4% higher on Monday, as traders assessed implications for crude supplies in the Middle East after a surprise, deadly attack by Hamas on Israel over the weekend.Price action West Texas Intermediate crude for November delivery CL00, +0.03% CL.1, +0.03% CLX23, +0.03% rose $3.59, or 4.3%,…

The Hamas attack on Israel shocked the world, but didn’t trigger the big rally that some traders may have expected in a market that saw oil prices at their highest levels of the year less than two weeks ago. “Oil in the $100s is not out of the realms of…

Oil futures finished lower on Tuesday, consolidating after a surge in the previous session in reaction to a weekend attack on Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas that sparked fears of a wider regional conflict.Price action West Texas Intermediate crude for November delivery CL00, +0.03% CL.1, +0.03% CLX23, +0.03% fell…

What happens to oil prices, and production and supply flow in the Middle East, is highly dependent on whether Iran was directly involved in the attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel last weekend, analysts say. Oil prices initially rallied on Monday following the attack and Israel’s declaration of…

Recap from August’s Picks On a price return basis, the Dividend Growth Stocks Model Portfolio (-5.4%) outperformed the S&P 500 (-5.6%) by 0.2% from August 30, 2023 through September 26, 2023. On a total return basis, the Model Portfolio (-5.1%) outperformed the S&P 500 (-5.2%) by 0.1% over the same…

Oil futures ended lower Wednesday for a second session in a row, with traders awaiting any sign the Israel-Gaza war will spill over to threaten crude supply.Price actionMarket drivers Oil futures ended lower for a second straight day after spiking more than 4% on Monday as traders reacted to the…

These companies have predictable businesses while offering potential value Summary PGT Innovations, EMCOR Group EME , Lockheed Martin LMT , UPS and Snap-on SNA are trading at a discount. Market indexes were up on Wednesday morning following higher-than-expected inflation data and the announcement of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s (XOM, Financial) $59.5…