China electric vehicle maker XPeng posts wider than expected 3Q loss of CNY2.38 billion ($332m)

XPeng Inc. XPEV, +6.53% said Wednesday that it expects its fourth-quarter vehicle deliveries to decline as much as 52% as the Chinese electric-car maker reported a wider loss for the third quarter. XP...

Private-prison stock hits two-year high as analysts cite potential for more detention beds, detention alternatives

Shares of private-prison operator GEO Group Inc. jumped to their highest level in roughly two years on Tuesday after Wedbush analysts upgraded the stock, citing a GOP-controlled House, possible change...

Competitors chip away at Tesla’s share of U.S. EV market

DETROIT — New electric vehicle models from multiple automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla’s dominance of the U.S. EV market, according to national vehicle registration data. But numbers collec...

Beyond Meat downgraded on results, cash flow guidance

Shares of battered Beyond Meat Inc. BYND, +4.11% are down 3.5% Monday after the stock was downgraded by Barclays amid volatile market conditions and lingering questions around Beyond’s results a...

CrowdStrike stock drops nearly 20% as elongating sales cycle slows new subscriptions

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Tuesday after the cybersecurity company said new subscriptions came in below expectations amid macro headwinds and longer customer buyi...

Most deeply inverted Treasury curve in more than 4 decades has one upbeat takeaway for investors

One of the bond market’s most reliable indicators of impending U.S. recessions is pointed in a pretty pessimistic direction right now, but contains at least one optimistic message: The Federal Reserve...

‘Wealth effect on steroids’: Here’s the potential fallout from $22 trillion lost by investors this year, according to BofA

Bank of America says a “wealth effect on steroids” may impact the U.S. economy as a result of the fall in the value of stocks and bonds and other assets worth trillions of dollars in 2022. “The $22 tr...

20 dividend stocks with high yields that have become more attractive right now

Income-seeking investors are looking at an opportunity to scoop up shares of real estate investment trusts. Stocks in that asset class have become more attractive as prices have fallen and cash flow i...

Crypto lender BlockFi is suing Sam Bankman-Fried over his shares in Robinhood: report

Just hours after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey on Monday, cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed a lawsuit against a holding company by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried over his shares in t...

Boston Scientific to acquire Apollo Endosurgery for $615 million in cash

Boston Scientific Corp. BSX, +1.18% said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Apollo Endosurgery Inc. APEN, +65.17% for $10 a share, or about $615 million in cash. The news sent Apollo’s stock, whic...

In mid-November, mortgage rates saw their biggest decline since 1981. Here’s what 6 pros say will what happen next

The latest mortgage rates Getty Images/iStockphoto For most of 2022, the trend of mortgage rates was generally up and then up some more. But in mid-November something big happened: Thanks to better-th...

Fed’s shrinking of balance sheet via quantitative tightening is ‘a complete mistake,’ says Mizuho

The Federal Reserve’s attempt at shrinking its balance sheet through so-called quantitative tightening, or QT,  is “a complete mistake,” according to Mizuho’s chief economist for the U.S. “There is a ...

U.S. stocks have worst day in nearly three weeks as hawkish Fed speak, China worries rattle markets

U.S. stocks had their worst day in nearly three weeks on Monday as protests in China raised global-growth risks and Federal Reserve officials said more interest-rate increases will be needed to subdue...

Energy stocks look ‘especially vulnerable’ to crude-oil selloff

Something appears wrong with the chart comparing energy stocks with crude-oil prices, as what used to be a near-100% correlation has flipped to negative since oil prices peaked earlier this year. Bria...

China EV ‘honeymoon’ is ending, Jefferies says; XPeng stock downgraded

The “honeymoon stage” for electric vehicles in China is coming to an end, analysts at Jefferies said in a note Monday, highlighting EV makers BYD Auto Co. Ltd. and Li Auto Inc. as their top picks and ...

Stock market could see ‘fireworks’ through the end of the year as headwinds have ‘flipped,’ Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says

Several headwinds that pummeled the stock market in 2022 have turned into tailwinds, setting the stage for a rally in U.S. equities heading into year-end, according to Tom Lee, head of research at Fun...

‘We see major stock markets plunging 25%,’ says Deutsche Bank

A U.S. recession induced by central-bank efforts to curb inflation is likely to arrive by mid-2023 and trigger a sharp and “temporarily painful” decline in equities, according to Deutsche Bank researc...

Many investors are betting on an inflation peak. Here’s why a former hedge-fund manager says they’re wrong.

Investors are waking up to big trouble in big China. Stock futures and oil prices are falling after angry anti-COVID zero protests swept the country. “This is a sudden powerful new distraction for mar...

Pinduoduo stock jumps toward a 1-year high after big profit and revenue beats

The U.S.-listed shares of Pinduoduo Inc. PDD, +13.76% shot up 10.1% toward a one-year high in premarket trading Monday, after the China-based mobile marketplace reported third-quarter profit and reven...

MGM, Wynn, Las Vegas Sands stocks surge as Macau renews licenses

Shares of some casino operators surged Monday, after Macau tentatively renewed their casino licenses, after the company pledged to make investments in attractions not related to gambling, as the Assoc...

U.S. stock futures fall as Chinese protests rattle markets, oil hits 2022 low

U.S. stock-index futures sank Sunday night, as Asian markets fell following widespread public demonstrations in China and as oil prices hit a 2022 low. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.49...

Cloud software is suffering a cold November rain. Can Snowflake and Salesforce turn it around?

The week after Thanksgiving could determine if cloud software is still too fat or if there are some tasty leftovers for Wall Street. Autodesk Inc. ADSK, +1.82% signaled a slowdown in business spending...

Binance launched a proof-of-reserves system for bitcoin holdings. What are proof of reserves?

Crypto exchange Binance launched a new website that explains its proof of reserves system. But why did the company do it and what does it mean? Here’s a breakdown of why the term has been making its r...

Why China’s COVID policies are rattling investors again

Investors in China-related assets who had expected a significant easing of COVID curbs were left disappointed this week as the country battles the worst wave of cases since Shanghai’s outbreak earlier...

These money and investing tips can help your portfolio sail through December

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Year-end rally? Bullish stock-market pattern set to collide with stagflation fears

The period between now and year-end marks a historically bullish final stretch of the year for U.S. stocks, particularly just before and after Christmas. The question for investors is whether favorabl...

Is the market bottom in? 5 reasons U.S. stocks could continue to suffer heading into next year.

With the S&P 500 holding above 4,000 and the CBOE Volatility Gauge, known as the “Vix” or Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” VIX, +0.74% having fallen to one of its lowest levels of the year, many invest...

‘Most economists are predicting a recession in 2023’: I own a rental property. Is it a good time to take out a bank loan and renovate — or should I wait?

Dear MarketWatch, Along with a sibling, I own a rental property of more than 40 rooms in the Caribbean, where we do weekly rentals.  It’s near downtown but in need of repairs and renovation.  Is this ...

Stocks will lag behind bonds and even decline over the next 10 years, says a valuation model based on eight indicators

For the first time in years, valuation-focused advisers have something to brag about as they approach the end of year. This end-of-year period is when it’s traditional to review prior-year forecasts, ...

Bear markets come in three stages; and we’ve only just started the second, says veteran analyst.

Stocks will start the Black Friday half-session near 10-week highs, having rebounded partly on hopes the Federal Reserve will be slowing the pace of interest rate rises as it waits to see how much pre...

Apple iPhone wait times have doubled in 4 weeks to 38 days, UBS says

It’s too late to buy an Apple iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max in time for Christmas, as supply disruptions have caused wait times to double over the past four weeks, according to UBS research. As a result, i...

Genesis meltdown: Why investors are worried about bigger problems for crypto

Investors are worried that liquidity problems for crypto financial-services firm Genesis could spill over to its parent company, Digital Currency Group, and damage the already battered crypto market e...