Stocks Could Return About 10% in 2023—But First, They’re Going to Fall

For U.S. investors, 2023 could seem like two years wrapped in one, with the stock market first falling in anticipation of a recession, only to rebound as the outlook improves toward 2024. The one cons...

The World Food Shortage Is Getting Worse. These Companies Have Solutions.

Scorching heat and drought shriveling up crops in the Midwest and eastern Africa. A continued pandemic. War in Ukraine. Rarely has the world seen such a confluence of disasters, threatening the abilit...

Farmland Is an Inflation Hedge. How to Invest.

At a time when stock prices are slumping and inflation is soaring, farmland looks to be an appealing investment. It is a real asset that performs well in inflationary environments, delivers stable ret...

How Corn and Soybeans Affect These 3 Biodiesel Stock Plays

Beans and corn have caught my attention, and this time it’s not just because ShopRite put summer succotash on sale. Prices for America’s two biggest cash crops are well off recent highs. Corn is down ...

Buy Starbucks Stock. Shares Could Be Ready to Run.

China’s economic slowdown is among the factors pressuring Starbucks shares. Above, dispensing coffee to customers on the go in Hangzhou. Long Wei/VCG/Getty Images Text size A sequel is seldom as good ...

Surging Fertilizer Costs Are Pushing Food Prices Higher

Fertilizer costs have roughly doubled from a year ago as the war in Ukraine disrupted the flow of supplies from Russia, the world’s largest exporter of the commodity. That has contributed to higher gl...

Fertilizer Stocks Soar on Putin’s War. Proceed With Caution.

Text size Nutrien’s potash mine in Saskatoon, Canada. Potash fertilizer prices have soared by three-quarters this year. James MacDonald/Bloomberg Haven’t earned enough on your oil stocks since R...

Deere, Hershey and More Stocks to Buy to Combat Food Inflation

The highest inflation in decades is hitting consumers and rippling through the food industry, from farm equipment to packaged food, grocers, and restaurants. At-home food costs climbed 8.6% and out-of...

Food Costs Are Rising. Here Are the Stocks to Buy.

The highest inflation in decades is hitting consumers and rippling through the food industry, from farm equipment to packaged food, grocers, and restaurants. At-home food costs climbed 8.6% and out-of...

Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Disrupt the Prices of These Commodities. What to Know.

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Russia would carry natural gas to Europe if approved by legislators. Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Text size Tensions between Russia and Ukraine are on the rise, and trade...

How to Invest in Commodities Using Funds

Commodities are rarely exciting—and the price of copper, corn, or even oil doesn’t stir investors the way a tweet from Elon Musk does. Yet commodities sit at the crossroads of three of today’s biggest...