Consumers may want to think twice before opening a checking or savings account with online trading platform Robinhood for one big reason: The accounts may not be insured. While Robinhood initially said its new checking and savings account were insured by the Securities Investor Protection Corp., that’s not necessarily the case. In a statement emailed → Read More

A yellow diamond weighing 552 carats, or about the size of a chicken egg, was unearthed in Canada’s arctic in October, believed to be the largest diamond ever found in North America, miners Dominion Diamond Mines and Rio Tinto RIO, -2.14%   announced this week. The gem-quality stone measures around 3 centimeters by 5.5 centimeters, → Read More

Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Slide 1 of 17 In this photo, President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping held a high-stakes dinner meeting at the end of the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires, on Dec. 1. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China have simmered and caused investor anxiety throughout the year — and the December → Read More

ZHOUSHAN, China — Boeing Co. opened a new Chinese production facility, as the American aviation company tries to cater to its top export market while steering clear of the tensions battering U.S.-China relations. At what Boeing BA, -2.06%   calls its “completion and deliver center” here on an island south of Shanghai, the first finished → Read More

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE A brutal week leaves stocks with the worst start to a December in 38 years. Here’s why the Federal Reserve might not ride to its rescue. See full story. Yes, some people really do give bad gifts on purpose That person who bought your child the exact present you said not to → Read More

The National Rifle Association’s political spending fell during the 2018 midterm elections. There’s talk of ending small perks like free coffee at its offices and even employee layoffs. These and other trends indicate that at a time when the NRA’s clout may seem stronger than ever, its financial power may be faltering. As a researcher → Read More

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE There are six warning signs that the bull market in U.S. stocks will soon be over. See full story. Texas judge strikes down Obama-era Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional The Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional without its insurance-coverage penalty, a Texas federal judge ruled Friday, thrusting the embattled health law’s future and → Read More

Another brutal week left the stock market with its worst start to a December in 38 years, and a meeting of Federal Reserve policy makers might not offer the relief some investors are pining for when they conclude a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, says one economist. How bad was it? Stocks ended a week → Read More

Smirnoff Relax. Weekend Sip is here to tell you which bottles to buy your friends and loved ones this holiday season. Slide 1 of 14 The gift of sip Some say the holidays are all about extravagance, as in the gift of fast cars, shiny baubles or other things that no one truly needs to → Read More

Getty Images A Floridian newly insured under an insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act receives a checkup from Dr. Peria Del Pino-White at the South Broward Community Health Services clinic in Hollywood, Fla., in 2014. WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional without its insurance-coverage penalty, a Texas federal judge ruled Friday, thrusting → Read More