Why a stock market obsessed with the Fed’s inflation fight should focus on Main Street jobs in 2023

Fortunes on Wall Street this year could hinge less on what’s happening to high-paid workers in San Francisco’s reeling technology sector and more on a familiar part of American life: the working class...

6 value stock picks for 2023 from successful money managers

Following a down year for the stock market, there is no shortage of recession predictions for 2023, especially as the Federal Reserve has signaled it will continue to raise interest rates to fight inf...

Cisco layoffs begin with hundreds of job cuts in California and more expected

Cisco Systems Inc. has begun previously announced layoffs, cutting nearly 700 jobs in Silicon Valley last month, according to filings with the state of California this week. Cisco executives announced...

The Case for Holding—Not Selling—GE’s Healthcare Stock

A healthcare giant has been born: General Electric completed the spinoff of its healthcare business, GE HealthCare Technologies on Wednesday, with the shares trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker GEH...

Tesla’s Already Bringing Its Gloom Into 2023. Elon Musk Needs to Act Now.

Tesla terrible start to 2023 only seems to be getting worse. The stock is already down more than 10% this year after just three full trading days and Friday looks to be another tough one. The EV maker...

Microsoft Gets a Buy Rating. Artificial Intelligence Could Be a Game Changer.

Microsoft ‘s investment in artificial intelligence is underappreciated by the market, according to analysts at Davidson which has initiated coverage of the technology giant with a Buy rating. Microsof...

Dow ends down nearly 350 points after jobs data, hawkish Fed comments hammer stocks

U.S. stock indexes ended another choppy session in the red on Thursday as investors digested a fresh batch of labor-market data and hawkish commentary from Federal Reserve officials, while looking ahe...

Amazon, Western Digital, Tesla, Walgreens, and More Stock Market Movers Thursday

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This analyst who forecast a double-digit drop in stocks for 2022 now says Jeff Bezos may return to helm Amazon

If Tuesday was any indication of how the market will behave this year, then buckle up, it looks like it will be a wild one. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.21% had a 537-point trading range,...

The 12 Best Income Investments for 2023, According to Barron’s

While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...

These 20 stocks were the biggest losers of 2022

Updated with Dec. 30 closing prices. This was a year of reckoning for Big Tech stocks — even those of companies that continued to grow sales by double digits. Below is a list of the 20 stocks in the S...

The Best Income Investing Ideas for 2023

While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...

‘Five days that killed the year’: These trading sessions accounted for 95% of the S&P 500’s losses in 2022

Just five trading sessions accounted for more than 95% of S&P 500 index losses in 2022, according to an analysis by Datatrek co-founder Nicholas Colas in a note published Wednesday, as stocks head...

Buy shares of only the strongest companies to make money in 2023, including ‘the kings of cash flow,’ says this five-star fund manager

Depending on your perspective as an investor, 2022 has either been a perfect storm or a perfect opportunity. The Federal Reserve’s rapid increase in interest rates and other tightening moves to fight ...

Are Warren Buffett’s Investment Aides Beating the Stock Market?

Todd and Ted may be having a tough year in the stock market. Todd Combs and Ted Weschler each were hired by Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) CEO Warren Buffett more than a decade ago to manag...

What to expect for the stock market in 2023 after the biggest drop in 14 years

Investors have had a rough 2022 — the worst year since the financial crisis in 2008. There’s been a perfect storm of falling stock and bond prices as the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to b...

Amazon stock breaks below 2020 low for the first time, heads for worst year since dot-com bust

Amazon.com Inc. shares closed lower than their March 2020 nadir for the first time Thursday, as the tech giant’s stock heads for its worst year since the dot-com bust. Amazon AMZN, -3.43% shares fell ...

Amazon Stock Price (NASDAQ: AMZN): When will AMZN Stock Break its Selling Streak and Recover Back to $100 Price?

Amazon stock price has been falling below a downward sloping line over the daily price chart. AMZN stock price has slipped below 20, 50, 100 and 200-days Daily Moving Average. Amazon stock has dropped...

Bill Miller Is Still Bullish on Bitcoin—and a Lot More

Professional athletes like to retire after a good run. Legendary value investor Bill Miller is taking a different route. Miller, 72, is sticking with the plan he announced in January to hang up his in...

I’m a Small-Cap Guy, but Disney, Wells Fargo Suddenly Look Entertaining

Outside of energy, investors have found few safe-havens over the past 12 months. The Nasdaq is down over 30% in 2022 and mega caps like Amazon (AMZN) , Tesla (TSLA)  and Alphabet (GOOGL)  have all tak...

Tesla’s stock drop has been bad. But this company has hurt investors even more.

Elon Musk has been trying this week to defend Tesla’s abysmal stock performance in 2022. The electric vehicle giant has seen its stock plummet by 61% this year, making it the 11th-worst performing sto...

Disney, Amazon May Join an Unenviable Club of 44 Stocks

Amazon com was trading lower on Tuesday, putting it within a hair’s breadth of closing below its pandemic low. Walt Disney waffling between small gains and losses, is in the same territory. With the S...

Barron’s 10 Top Stock Picks for 2023

The stock market is coming off its worst year since 2008, but it was finally a good year for value investing—and it was a good year for Barron’s favorite picks, as well.  Every December for the past 1...

Amazon Stock Price (NASDAQ: AMZN): After Effects of Amazon Layoffs, Jeff Bezos Mentioned! 

Amazon Stock price has been falling from the last four consecutive trading sessions after laying off 10,000 workers from its Alexa division.  AMZN stock price has slipped below 20, 50, 100 and 20...

Why Companies Do Layoffs Around Christmas

As job cuts ripple through industries such as tech and media, it is hard not to notice how the holiday season is a really unfortunate time for workers to be getting pink slips.  There is arguably no g...

Amazon stock still a ‘compelling opportunity’ despite cloud concerns, says JPMorgan

Sentiment toward Amazon.com Inc.’s stock “is at a multiyear low,” according to JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth, but he thinks investors aren’t giving the e-commerce giant enough credit. A main source of ...

Barron’s 10 Favorite Stocks for 2023

The stock market is coming off its worst year since 2008, but it was finally a good year for value investing—and it was a good year for Barron’s favorite picks, as well.  Every December for the past 1...

15 Years Ago, the Housing Market Crashed Under Similar Circumstances

Fifteen years ago, in the first quarter of 2007, U.S. housing prices were at an all-time high. According to the St. Louis Fed, the median price for a home was $257,400, a record. The Fed was raising i...

Amazon (AMZN) stock price prediction for December 30, 2022

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) finished trading on December 14 at $91.58 −$0.91 (0.98%), although it is still up +2.27 (2.54%) over the past five days. Investors are curious about where the biggest e-commerce ...

Oracle Stock Rises on Strong Earnings

Oracle shares were moving higher late Monday after the company posted better-than-expected financial results for its latest quarter. The enterprise software giant continued to see success in shifting ...

One company could determine if U.S. corporate profits rise to a record next year

As Wall Street looks toward 2023, earnings growth for the companies that make up the S&P 500 index could hinge on just one of them: Amazon.com Inc. Amazon AMZN, -1.39%, the online retail giant who...

CVS Wants to Be a Healthcare Provider. So Why Doesn’t It Have Any Doctors?

Late last year, CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch unveiled a new strategy: Rather than remain simply a pit stop for toilet paper and flu shots, CVS stores would become a place that Americans—particularly old...