U.S. financial markets are taking a more cautious approach as they forecast future Federal Reserve interest-rate decisions after Chair Jerome Powell said policymakers will likely need to raise interes...
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Qualcomm stock bounces after dividend raised, boosting yield to nearly 2.7%
Shares of Qualcomm Inc. QCOM, +0.66% gained 0.4% in premarket trading Wednesday, a day after closing at a seven-week low, after the semiconductor maker raised its quarterly dividend by 6.7%, to 80 cen...
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 Petroleum Corp.’s stock OXY, -1.35% rose almost 3% premarket after filings disclosed that Wa...
Bed Bath & Beyond says it now has about $360 million in proceeds from Feb. equity offering called ‘most unusual’ by one analyst
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY, -3.60% said Wednesday it has received about $135 million in gross proceeds from the exercise of preferred stock warrants that were issued as part of a public equity of...
United Natural Foods stock plunged toward a 1 1/2-year low after big earnings miss and lowered full-year outlook
Shares of United Natural Foods Inc. UNFI, -0.92% plunged 20.8% toward a 19-month low in premarket trading Wednesday after the grocery wholesaler reported fiscal second-quarter profit that missed by a ...
Fed says interest rates poised to go ‘higher than previously anticipated.’ Here’s a simple way to profit from that
Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Tuesday. mandel ngan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images As part of the continued effort to reduce inf...
Diversey stock rallies on private equity-backed buyout by Solenis
Diversey Holdings Ltd. DSEY, -3.09% stock is rallying by 37% in premarket action on Wednesday after the Bain Capital-backed chemical company agreed to a $4.6 billion go-private buyout offer from Solen...
Powell’s comments slammed markets. Here’s what one bank sees for stocks, bonds.
The market really took Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s words at face value on Tuesday. Short-term yields rose, and the stock market slumped, with this comment: recent data suggest “the ultimate ...
We are in our 50s, living in California, and have $2 million in retirement savings. We want someone to tell us whether we can feasibly retire — what’s our best bet there?
Getty Images Question: We are a single income couple in Southern California, ages 56 and 54. We are looking for a fee-only financial adviser to assess our financial situation and provide a one-time co...
68% of Americans couldn’t cover their living expenses for even a month if they lost their job, survey finds. The good news? Now is the best time in years to fix that.
The median amount of cash saved by Americans under the age of 35, not including retirement funds, was just $3,240 last year, according to government data. istock Recession — and layoff — fears loom la...
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 costs led one analyst to voice concern about “the cockroach theory.” Nutanix NTNX, -7.89%...
After weathering pandemic storm, cruise-line stocks offer upside, says Stifel
Like the rest of the travel industry, cruise operators have weathered a pandemic-related storm over the last couple of years, but they now deserve attention from investors, says analyst firm Stifel. “...
U.S. stock futures unable to rebound from latest sell-off as more Powell talk looms
U.S. stock futures were struggling to recover from the latest sell-off as worries about a more hawkish Federal Reserve continued to push up bond yields. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway boosts its stake in Occidental Petroleum
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in Occidental Petroleum Corp. in recent days. Berkshire bought about 5.8 million shares of Occidental in a series of purchases Friday, Monday an...
CrowdStrike stock rallies as forecast shows confidence in new approach
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. shares rose in the extended session Tuesday after the cybersecurity company’s earnings and outlook beat Wall Street, and executives said they are targeting the tough-to-close...
Bond-market recession gauge plunges to triple digits below zero on way to fresh four-decade milestone
One of the bond market’s most reliable gauges of impending U.S. recessions plunged further below zero into triple-digit negative territory on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell point...
U.S. stock futures inch higher ahead of Powell testimony
U.S. stock futures were a touch firmer on Tuesday, though trading was muted ahead of testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, ...
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, but from spending more on technologies like artificial intelligence, even as chip sales d...
Rivian stock down 7% in the extended session
Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. RIVN, +1.24% fell more than 7% in the late session Monday, with losses accelerating after the electric-vehicle maker said it was selling about $1.3 billion in “green” ...
J&J Kenvue spinoff adds slew of banks to its initial public offering roster
Kenvue Inc., the consumer products spinoff from Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +1.00%, has grown the roster of banks underwriting its initial public offering beyond the two original leads . Goldman Sachs ...
‘I don’t have any other debt’: I have $40,000 in student loans, but saved $70,000 due to deferred payments. I live in the Bay Area. What should I do with this money?
I am a single 35 year-old with $40,000 remaining in federal student loans. In early 2020, I was super lucky to land a great new job that significantly increased my income. This was the middle of the p...
Apple’s stock surges again after Goldman says to buy, citing nearly 30% upside potential
Shares of Apple Inc. surged toward a third straight gain Monday after Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng urged investors to buy, as a growing installed base of users, which encourages repeat purchases, ...
Altria deepens push into vape biz with two deals
Altria Group Inc. said Monday it would buy e-vapor company NJOY Holdings Inc. for $2.75 billion in cash, its second deal in recent days in the smokeless-tobacco space. Altria MO, +0.59% said the trans...
Why the stock-market rally can keep going, says Morgan Stanley strategist who only recently warned of a death zone
On the heels of last week’s losing-streak breaking rally, investors look headed for the sidelines on Monday. Apart from an underwhelming growth forecast from China over the weekend that’s knocking oil...
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 to tumble, investors are focusing on quality. One way to do this is to look at free cash flow — and doing so might...