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...
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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...
Tempted to chase fat yields in money market accounts? Why it might not pay to switch.
The yield chase is on. After more than two years of historically low interest rates, savers are rediscovering that they can earn money on their money by letting it sit. During the pandemic, many saver...
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...
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....
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...