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 & TRENDSStocks are stuck in the breakdown lane and repairs will take time Investors can expect the U.S. market to post lower highs and lower lows.…

President Biden signed late Saturday evening a stopgap bill funding the government through mid-November after it passed in the House of Representatives and the Senate, averting a shutdown. “Tonight, Congress voted to keep the government open, preventing an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted needless pain on millions of hardworking…

The U.S. stock market has been volatile in September. Brace yourself for October. September has the reputation of being the worst month for the stock market, but October far and away is the most volatile month of the year — as you can see from the accompanying chart. So if…

The world is experiencing a multi-trillion-dollar shift in the semiconductor industry. The semiconductor revolution (which I have discussed for years) has enabled much of the technological progress we have witnessed over the past 50 years. More powerful semiconductors give more computing power, which allows us to complete ever-challenging and more…

The bears are clawing at the U.S. stock market. Let’s look at six reasons why they believe stocks are about to tumble — and why they will be wrong.1. Consumers are running out of savings, so the economy will stall: Many U.S. households are flush with wealth, making the prospect…

Since the early 20th century, Hollywood and its global distribution juggernaut has helped promote a fascination with ‘American life’ across the world. And while this may more often than not provide a rather glorified perspective, there’s no doubt of its influence in popular culture. Social media may have evened the…

“ Pick a middle-of-the-road VIX level that corresponds to your target equity allocation. ” The U.S. stock market is struggling, but you may still want to give the bulls the benefit of the doubt. That’s the conclusion I draw from a landmark study into using volatility as a market-timing indicator.…

Attention Prince fans: You’re invited to hold your next purple-themed bash at the artist’s hideout.  Paisley Park, the residential and music-production complex that the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer established outside his hometown of Minneapolis, is now renting out its facilities for events of all kinds. For the musically…

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were rising Friday as traders turned bullish on the prospect of a U.S. government shutdown which supports philosophical tenets of decentralized currencies but risks draining liquidity from wider markets. The price of Bitcoin has risen 2% over the past 24 hours to above $27,000, with the…

Fentanyl isn’t only arriving in the U.S. by your standard-fare drug smuggler, hiding it in suitcases and the back seat of a go-fast boat from Mexico bound for San Diego. It’s still coming in via U.S. mail and other international shippers. And it comes in duty-free. Barring drug-sniffing dogs at…