3M Co. stock tumbled 9.5% on Friday, pacing the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s steep decline after reports indicated that a bankruptcy judge blocked a request from 3M that would have shielded the comp...
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Here are 5 reasons why energy stocks look like a buy despite rising 74% in a year
Stocks in the S&P 500’s energy sector still have plenty of upside despite their 74% surge in the past 12 months, according to Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial. The strong ...
Dow posts 1,000-point drop Friday after Powell warns of pain for households, businesses
The Dow skid 1,008 points on Friday, marking its biggest pullback in more than three months, as stocks sold off sharply after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned of the pain to households an...
The Fed isn’t pivoting. Why were stock investors the last to know?
After Friday’s brutal session for stocks, it appears equities were the last asset class to accept the notion that the Federal Reserve likely won’t be pivoting to a less aggressive monetary policy stan...
Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF tumbles after Fed Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole speech
Cathie Wood’s flagship ARK Innovation ETF ARKK, -6.42% has taken a steep drop in midday trading as the technology sector sinks following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech Friday morning at ...
Alibaba, Nio stocks rally along with other Chinese names as SEC reaches audit deal with China
U.S-listed shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Nio Inc. were among Chinese names trading higher in morning action Friday after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has struck ...
Inflation falls for first time in more than two years, key U.S. gauge shows, due to sinking gas prices
The numbers: A key gauge of U.S. inflation fell 0.1% in July thanks to tumbling gasoline prices, marking the first decline in more than two years and giving Americans some relief from a rapidly rising...
‘The backlash to quiet quitting smacks of another attempt by the ruling class to get workers back under their thumbs:’ Am I wrong?
I have something to get off my chest. Please bear with me. We learned a lot from the (more than) two years of pandemic life. Among those lessons: 1. We can be really effective and productive working ...
Electronic Arts surges 14% on report of sale to Amazon
Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. EA, +4.07% soared 14% in premarket trading on Friday following reports that Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -1.53% is planning to announce a deal to buy the videogame maker. Accor...
Bed Bath & Beyond stock rises premarket after retailer announces Aug. 31 ‘strategic update’ call
Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY, +9.26% rose 1.6% before market open following the troubled retailer’s announcement that it will hold a conference call Aug. 31 at 8:15 a.m. Eastern to ...
‘Home prices where I live are close to $600,000.’ Is it a smart move to buy a house with all-cash — or better to take out a mortgage?
Dear Big Move, I’ve recently been thinking about purchasing my first home at 35. I have a nest egg of about $1.8 million that I’ve accrued over the past 14 years. This money is completely invested in...
Bed Bath & Beyond will hold Aug. 31 call to discuss strategic updates
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY, -2.51% said Thursday afternoon that it plans to hold a conference call Aug. 31 at 8:15 a.m. Eastern to offer a “business and strategic update.” Bed Bath &a...
Alibaba among China stocks gaining after report details possible resolution to U.S.-China audit issue
U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies were heading sharply higher in Thursday morning trading after The Wall Street Journal reported that officials from the U.S. and China were near an agreement tha...
Nvidia sales forecast falls about $1 billion short of expectations, stock falls
Nvidia Corp. executives on late Wednesday forecast another revenue shortfall in the current quarter, after confirming an earlier warning by showing a sharp reduction in profit, while the chip maker as...
Financial markets are bracing for what could be a ‘very hawkish’ Jackson Hole speech by Fed’s Powell
Financial markets are bracing for Friday’s widely-anticipated Jackson Hole speech by Federal Reserve Jerome Powell and expecting that he’ll signal the continued need for aggressive interest-rate hikes...
There’s a new supercycle emerging for the economy, and these are the stocks that would benefit, strategist says
It’s been an interesting summer for financial markets — more or less, a series of mostly downbeat economic data led traders to think the Fed will ease off the pedal, though over the last week they’re ...
Brink’s driver was asleep during California jewelry heist, lawsuit claims
LOS ANGELES — One of the drivers of a Brink’s tractor-trailer was asleep inside the big rig, parked near a remote Southern California rest stop earlier this summer, when thieves broke a lock and stole...
Cathie Wood dumps Nvidia stock ahead of results
Is Cathie Wood fearing more bad news from Nvidia? Wood’s ARK Invest funds trimmed their stake in Nvidia NVDA, +0.86% ahead of the graphics chipmaker’s results. Nvidia has already warned on second-quar...
Disappointing U.S. data has traders considering possibility of a half-point Fed rate hike in September
In the blink of an eye on Tuesday, the U.S. bond market’s focus shifted back toward fears of an unexpectedly sharp economic slowdown and away from persistently high inflation over the bulk of the trad...
What Biden’s reported student debt cancellation plan could mean for borrowers
The question on millions of student loan borrowers’ minds will likely be settled Wednesday, when the Biden administration is expected to announce broad-based student debt relief. Though borrowers wil...
Julian Robertson on how to make money — and avoid going bankrupt — in the stock market
Julian Robertson, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Tiger Management, has died at age 90. Robertson was a value-style investor who mentored, and invested with, a new generation of money managers a...
Only 5 S&P 500 stocks ended higher after Powell’s sobering Jackson Hole speech
It took only a 10-minute speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday to clarify that monetary policy would be relentlessly tightened in the months ahead. Investors dumped stocks, send...