Text size Spirit stock is up more than 17% in 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images JetBlue reached a deal to purchase Spirit on Thursday, but while that company prepares to buy Spirit for $33.50 a share, J.P. Morgan says investors should be selling the stock. Analyst Jamie Baker turned from bull to bear Friday, downgrading Spirit ...

Mark Fleming Housing has become increasingly unaffordable to millions of Americans — with home prices and mortgage rates continuing to rise (see the lowest rates you may qualify for now here). So – as part of our series where we ask prominent economists and real estate pros their take on the housing market now – ...

Dealmaking fees at top investment banks slumped by as much as 56% during the first half of 2022, as recessionary fears and rising interest rates have halted a boom that broke records last year. A sharp downturn in equity capital markets activity, as both the surge in special purpose acquisition companies last year tumbled and initial public offerings ...

Dear MarketWatch, I am a year and a half away from retiring. I own a home in Illinois and a modest vacation home in Wisconsin. I would like to sell my primary home, and save several hundred dollars per month. I would end up with $100,000 cash from the sale. I would like to rent ...

Dylan Holland and Breanna Cameron started shopping for their first home in the Atlanta suburbs in December 2021, with a budget of about $350,000. They quickly discovered they would have to do a lot more than they had planned to get a home. The couple wanted to buy before Mr. Holland’s lease ended in July ...