Opinion: The only market forecast that should matter to stock investors: When does the Fed decide that higher inflation is OK?

By this time last year, every stock market forecast made for 2022 was wrong. The U.S.…

Apple stock downgraded to sell by analysts at Lightshed

Apple Inc. stock AAPL, -0.49% was downgraded to sell from neutral by Lightshed analysts on Friday,…

Opinion: The stock market is telling you loud and clear: Now is not the time to fight the Fed or stand up to the bears.

The S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.85% hit resistance this week when an oversold rally failed near…

This stock strategy is attracting lots of money. Here are its top 10 picks.

Following a year in which a rapid rise in interest rates caused stock and bond prices…

Occidental Petroleum’s stock rises after Buffett boosts stake, CrowdStrike after earnings beat

These were some of the biggest movers and shakers in premarket trading Wednesday: Stock gainers: Occidental…

Nutanix stock drops as results trigger fear of ‘the cockroach theory’

Nutanix Inc. shares fell Tuesday after incomplete results and the disclosure of an investigation into reported…

As chip sales dry up, Nvidia CFO says spending on AI will save companies money

Nvidia Corp.’s financial chief reasons that the efficiencies businesses need are not from spending less money,…

Opinion: Powell will have to push rates even higher for the Fed to get inflation to 2%

Inflation is proving tougher to curb than Federal Reserve Chairman Powell anticipated, and despite indicators that a…

Silvergate downgraded to underperform at Wedbush on prospects for liquidation after its shuts down its exchange network

Silvergate Capital Corp. SI, +0.87% stock fell 9.7% in premarket trades Monday after the company announced…

AMC stock soars more than 13% a day before quarterly results

Shares of AMC Entertainment Inc. AMC, +22.74% surged 13.6% toward a 12-week high in afternoon trading…

Opinion: Ford’s pact with Chinese EV battery maker is a sucker punch to American taxpayers

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin made national headlines recently when he rejected a Ford Motor F, +1.30%…

Autodesk stock is biggest loser on S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 as Wall Street focuses on cash flow

Autodesk Inc. shares suffered their worst drop in more than a year after Wall Street focused…

Nearing retirement? Here’s how to shift your portfolio from growth to income.

Over the decades, perhaps you’ve been very good at saving your money and investing it for…

Opinion: No ‘soft landing’ is in the cards from Fed rate hikes. Look for recession and a buying opportunity once stock prices decline.

Is the bear market of 2022 over? Are we already in the early innings of the…

Intel’s dividend cut shows the need for quality. Here are 20 dividend stocks screened by UBS.

Stocks that pay high dividends can provide comfort during times of market turmoil. It is much…

Shopify’s stock upgraded as analyst cheers ‘nearly boundless’ opportunity

Shares of Shopify Inc. nabbed an upgrade Tuesday as a D.A. Davidson analyst sees an “attractive…

Nvidia earnings overshadowed by Microsoft, ChatGPT, OpenAI, gaming partnership

Nvidia Corp. earnings received a warmup Tuesday as Microsoft Corp. and the graphics-processing-unit giant announced a…

The end of easy money is bad news for these stock sectors, says Evercore ISI

The utility and real estate sectors are most at risk from the end of easy money,…

Deere’s stock is having its best day in 2 years

Shares of John Deere parent Deere & Co. powered up to their best one-day performance in…

These money and investing tips can hold up your portfolio if the market melts down

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Cisco stock adds more than $10 billion in a day, but is supply or demand driving strong performance?

Cisco Systems Inc. shares added more than $10 billion in market capitalization Thursday, but Wall Street…

Shopify stock suffers one of its worst days yet as Wall Street wonders what is to come

Shopify Inc. shares suffered one of their worst days on record Thursday, after financial results failed…

Credo stock plunges toward record loss after largest customer cuts purchases

Shares of Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. plummeted toward a record one-day selloff after the data…

Buying bonds now is a smart money move even if the Fed keeps hiking rates. Here’s why.

Bond investors can cheer real interest rates hitting a 15-year high. That’s because bonds historically have…

The hunt for stocks with rising dividends: These fund managers have a strategy to keep your payouts growing

The broad stock-market rally so far in 2023 might make it easy to forget what a…

These money and investing tips can build your portfolio’s offense and defense

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AI is dominating the action in the stock market right now

OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, is receiving billions of dollars in funding from Microsoft Corp. MSFT,…

15 dividend stocks whose 5% to 10% yields appear safe in 2023 and 2024 by this analysis

Corrected dividend stock screen table, because Hanesbrands had eliminated its dividend on Feb. 2. See note…

Why Biden’s 4% buyback tax could boost stock prices and dividends

The Biden administration’s new stock buyback tax will have little impact on the overall stock market.…

IBM’s ‘substantial’ dividend, debt take wind out of Big Blue’s sails as analyst downgrades stock

International Business Machines Corp.’s stock was downgraded Monday after one analyst said that with Big Blue’s…

Market strategist David Rosenberg: U.S. stocks will drop 30%. Wait to buy them.

David Rosenberg, the former chief North American economist at Merrill Lynch, has been saying for almost…