Intel stock has fallen enough, Morgan Stanley says in upgrade

Intel Corp.’s dividend cut helped earn the stock an upgrade Thursday, as Morgan Stanley now sees “limited downside” for the beaten-down name. Morgan Stanley’s Joseph Moore bumped his rating on Intel’s...

Nvidia’s stock-market hot streak is far from over, according to Wall Street analysts

Nvidia Corp.’s stock has been a massive outperformer lately, and the company’s latest results suggest to some analysts that the run-up is not finished. Taking into account a 12% Thursday gain as of mi...

Bed Bath & Beyond stock falls again, has plunged more than 70% during a 12-day stretch in which it has declined 11 times

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY, -7.12% took a 6.8% beating Thursday, which put them on track for a third-straight loss and a seven-week closing low. The stock has shed 16.6% over the past t...

The bond market’s worst-case scenario isn’t a Fed rate of 6%. It’s this.

A doomsday scenario for bonds in 2023 wouldn’t be the fed-funds rate reaching 6% by July. A bigger worry would be if U.S. inflation that’s been slow to retreat starts heading higher annually, said Jas...

Many CDs are paying way more than they used to (think upwards of 4%-4.5%), but should you take one out?

CDs are savings vehicles that pay a fixed interest rate for a set period of time. Getty Images If you’re on the hunt for a safe place to park your money with a guaranteed return of sometimes 4% or mor...

Should you buy an annuity for your retirement?

Annuities are a popular retirement income vehicle with many insurance agents, registered representatives and financial advisers. They probably have as many supporters as detractors. Here are some of t...

6-month T-bill rate rises to nearly 16-year high after release of Fed minutes

The yield on the 6-month T-bill rose to an almost 16-year high on Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting indicated that all policy makers wanted to keep hiking interest rates....

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 easier to be patient if money is rolling in, and a strategy of reinvesting dividends may outperform when t...

As interest rates rise, Biden administration will reduce the cost of some mortgages by $800 per year

The federal government said Wednesday that it’s lowering the cost of certain federal mortgages by an average of $800 per year, lowering housing costs for an estimated 850,000 homebuyers and homeowners...

Keysight Technologies stock weighed down by outlook

Keysight Technologies Inc. KEYS, -16.56% shares fell more than 7% in extended trading Tuesday after beating Wall Street estimates on first-quarter profit and revenue but falling short of expectations ...

Rio Tinto profit slumps 41% to $12.42 billion, cuts shareholder payouts after iron and copper prices fell

Rio Tinto PLC reported a 41% fall in net profit for 2022 and cut its payout to shareholders, reflecting a downswing in iron ore and copper prices. The world’s second-biggest miner RIO, -1.16% RIO, +1....

PayPal CEO’s ‘unusual’ $2 million stock purchase is ‘certainly a positive’ signal

PayPal Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Dan Schulman just did something “unusual” for a departing executive. Often, executives and other insiders begin to trim their company stock exposure when they’re p...

Tesla shareholders seek to void Elon Musk’s $55 billion pay package

WILMINGTON, Del. — Attorneys for a Tesla shareholder urged a Delaware judge on Tuesday to invalidate a 2018 compensation package awarded by the company’s board of directors to CEO Elon Musk that is po...

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 entry point” into a name that’s been crunched in the wake of earnings. Shopify’s stock SHOP, -5.02% has ...

Stock market saw worst day of 2023 because it’s unclear where rates will peak

Rising Treasury yields appeared Tuesday to finally catch up with a previously resilient stock market, leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes with their worst day so far of 20...

Dow falls over 400 points, dragged down by earnings, rising bond yields

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Tuesday, with major indexes suffering the worst daily percentage declines in over two months, as downbeat guidance from major retailers, rising Treasury yields and e...

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 10-year partnership to bring Activision Blizzard Inc.’s catalog as well as Xbox ga...

Norfolk Southern’s stock extends selloff, and one analyst turns bullish

Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. have fallen enough — when compared with those of other railroad operators and the broader stock market — to create a “compelling entry point” for investors, according ...

These 61 companies tried out a 4-day workweek — and most are sticking with it

Four-day workweek for the win. Companies in the U.K. that experimented with a four-day workweek last year reported more revenue and less staff attrition, while most workers participating in the trial ...

‘I don’t use cash’: I’m 70 and my home is paid off. I live off Social Security, and I use a credit card for all my spending. Is that risky?

I am now 70 years old and partially disabled. I am fully retired, living on Social Security and Supplemental Security Income. Obviously, I have limited income. I am financially stable. I have no debts...

These are the housing markets where values have fallen the most: Zillow report

The mortgage rate meltdown from the end of 2022 is showing up in home prices. The typical home in America saw its value fall by 0.1% in December, compared to the previous month, according to a new rep...

‘Not a time to buy’: S&P 500 exiting ‘best era’ in decades for earnings growth amid ‘dried up’ liquidity

The U.S. stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 index, appears to be exiting the “best era” for growth in earnings per share in decades as sources of liquidity have dried up, according to resear...

Tesla may get into the lithium-mining business, and these stocks are cratering

Tesla Inc. TSLA, -5.25% reportedly is on the prowl for its own lithium-mining company, and losses are piling up for the stocks of lithium producers. Shares of Albemarle Corp. ALB, -6.22% were down mor...

Home Depot raises dividend, boosting yield above 2.8%

Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday it will raise its quarterly dividend by 10.0%, to $2.09 a share from $1.90 a share. The home improvement retailer said shareholders of record on March 9 will be paid the d...

Credit Suisse shares fall after Swiss regulator reportedly probes chairman’s remarks on outflows

Credit Suisse Group’s CSGN, -6.64% stock fell almost 6% on Tuesday morning following a Reuters report that Swiss financial regulator Finma is looking into comments made by the bank’s chairman Axel Leh...

HSBC profit more than doubled, boosted by higher interest rates

HSBC Holdings PLC’ fourth-quarter net profit more than doubled compared with the same period a year earlier, as higher interest rates boosted its top-line growth while better cost efficiency further s...

Just how bad were holiday sales? The world’s biggest retailers are about to tell us

The nation’s retailers limped into last year’s holiday season with too much stuff that people didn’t want. We’re about to find out how much of it they were able to get rid of, and how much an avalanch...

Already worth $19 billion, Ray Dalio will be paid ‘billions’ more after retiring from Bridgewater: report

Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s biggest hedge fund, is to be paid billions of dollars via an exit package he secured upon retiring from Bridgewater Associates last year, according to a report by the...

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, but healthier household balance sheets should support consumer-facing stocks, say strategists at Evercore ISI. The worl...

Raiffeisen Bank shares drop after U.S. Treasury unit that enforces sanctions asks for information

Shares in Raiffeisen Bank International AG dropped in early trade Monday after it disclosed that it had received a request for information from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Treasury ...

Lenovo shares jump as tech giant guides for second-half rebound

Lenovo Group Ltd. shares 992, +4.72% jumped in early trade on Monday, as investors shrugged off the latest drop in the Chinese technology giant’s quarterly profit and looked forward to an expected reb...