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Millennials Are Right to Expect Cuts in Social Security. What to Do Right Now.
Text size Millennials need to save more over the course of their careers, according to a new report. Dreamstime Millennials will probably collect less in Social Security than older generations, but a ...
NIO Stock Is a Cautionary Tale for Tesla Shareholders
Electric vehicle maker NIO has been stuck in a range of roughly 10,000 monthly deliveries for almost a year. Courtesy Nio Text size Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO offers a cautionary tale for Tesl...
Tesla Sued for Employee Layoffs. Musk Calls Suit Trivial.
Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Getty Images Employees laid off by Tesla have sued in response, giving investors in the electric-vehicle company one more issue to worry about. Employment has been on th...
FedEx’s Dividend Hike Stands Out
Text size FedEx trucks at a sorting facility Justin Sullivan/Getty Images FedEx grabbed the headlines this week for dividend announcements, declaring an increase of more than 50% to its quarterly payo...
Adobe Stock Is Falling After Hours. Earnings Guidance Was Disappointing.
Text size Software giant Adobe’s light guidance overshadowed a strong fiscal-second-quarter report. Dreamstime Adobe stock is losing ground in late trading Thursday after the provider of softwar...
Marvell and Other Chip Stocks Are Struggling. Two Bulls Turned Neutral.
Text size Pointing to concerns about demand, B.Riley just downgraded chip stocks. Dreamstime Semiconductor stocks have struggled this year as investors fretted about a potential economic slowdown. Poi...
Crypto Is Plunging. Here Are the Stocks With the Most Exposure.
Bitcoin has plunged amid murmurs of a “crypto winter.” Dreamstime Text size Murmurs of a “crypto winter” are intensifying and shares of crypto-exposed companies are being caught up in the carnag...
EV Start-Ups Are Getting More Orders. Why the Stocks Are Still Getting Bruised.
Text size Fisker’s Ocean SUV arrives later this year. Courtesy Fisker Electric vehicle start-up Fisker is getting more orders for its all-electric SUVs. So are rivals Lucid and Rivian Automotive...
Oracle Will Report Earnings Soon. Here’s What to Expect.
Text size Oracle company headquarters. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Maybe Larry Ellison’s software company can save the day. Late Monday, Oracle (ticker: ORCL) will report earnings for the quarter end...
Five Beaten-Up Biotech Stocks Saw Big Share Purchases
Text size Biotech stocks Kymera, Cullinan Oncology, Repare, Iovance, and Kodiak Sciences are all in the red so far this year, but they’ve seen large stock buys. Dreamstime Biotech stocks have taken so...
3 Boring Chip Stocks Could Buck a Slowing Economy, Says Morgan Stanley
Text size MIcrochip Technology, Sensata, and Lam Research could be safer bets among chip stocks. Dreamstime Morgan Stanley says chip-stock investors should get more defensive as the likelihood for a b...
Tesla and Microsoft Stock Are Why One Manager Predicts More Market Pain
Text size Tesla cars in a lot in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images Just how bad the 2022 market selloff will get, and if it’s time to buy in are two questions investors are wondering. There is no shor...
Musk Wants Tesla Workers to Return to the Office. The Move Might Backfire.
Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Maja Hitjj/Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants employees to come back to the office—and they will probably listen. The move, however, is not without its risks. On Wed...
Salesforce Stock Is Rising. Strong Earnings Overshadowed a Guidance Cut.
Text size The Salesforce logo at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Stephen Lam/Getty Images Salesforce . com stock headed higher in late trading Tuesday on better-than-expected result...
Broadcom’s Meta Pact May Mean a Billion Dollars a Year, Says J.P.Morgan
Text size A Broadcom Corp. Tomahawk chip. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg J.P.Morgan believes chip maker Broadcom will be a big beneficiary of the metaverse. On Tuesday, analyst Harlan Sur said Broadcom (...
Twitter Stock Jumps. Tesla CEO Elon Musk Is Fine-Tuning His Potential Purchase.
Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk filed an amended regulatory form for his potential buy of Twitter. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that he no longer pla...
These Stocks Could Pop if the Fed Keeps Its Hands off the Market
Text size Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Al Drago/Bloomberg Is the “Fed put” a thing of the past, or has it just been temporarily put on hold? I’m referring to the colloquial name Wall Street...
Deere Stock Plunged Friday. Wall Street Thinks Investors Overreacted.
Text size A John Deere autonomous tractor. Courtesy of John Deere Stock of agricultural-machinery giant Deere plummeted 14.1% Friday after the company reported better-than-expected fiscal-second-quart...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Is Taking a $30 Billion Hit on Apple
Text size Apple makes up 40% of Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio. Dreamstime Warren Buffett loves Apple , but Berkshire Hathaway’s big holding in the iPhone maker is hurting: Apple shares a...
Tesla Is King of EVs. Here Are the Top 10 Contenders for the Crown.
Text size Tesla cars at charging stations in Yermo, California. Chris Delmas / AFP via Getty Images Tesla makes the bestselling all-battery electric vehicle model in the world—by far. But others are m...
Switzerland’s Central Bank Bought Apple, AMC, Tesla, and Rivian Stock
Text size Apple stock is holding up better than the broader market. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg The central bank of Switzerland increased positions in some of its largest U.S.-traded equity investments in t...
Princeton University Discloses Large Stake in Lithium Miner
Text size Students walk on campus at Princeton University. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images Princeton University disclosed that it owned a large stake in an early-stage lithium miner. In fact, Princet...
Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz Bought $10 Million of Stock
Text size Howard Schultz has halted Starbucks’ buybacks of its stock. Getty Images Howard Schultz, now on his third stint as Starbucks ‘ top executive, just bought millions of dollars of the cof...
FAANG Stocks Are Crumbling. Why the Pain May Not Be Over.
Shares of Meta Platforms, Facebook’s parent company, are off by more than 40% so far this year. Nick Otto/Bloomberg Text size There has been no refuge for technology investors this year. And it ...
Boeing Might Sell Stock. It Could Be Too Late.
Text size Boeing’s Chicago headquarters. Scott Olson/Getty Images Boeing ’s chief financial officer indicated his company might sell stock when shares are higher. It’s a good idea. Boeing could ...
GE and Boeing Stock Trades Might Be Signs of Market Capitulation
Text size A picture shows helmets with General Electric logos. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images Monday was a terrible day for stocks. The last few days have been dreadful. With markets reeling, inves...
Exxon, Chevron, and Other Energy Producers Are Exercising Restraint
Text size The U.K. Fawley Refinery, owned by Esso Petroleum, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil. Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images U.S. energy companies are holding the line on capital spending and energy product...
Many EV Startups Need More Cash. Rivian Isn’t One of Them.
Text size Door panels at Rivian’s assembly plant. Courtesy Rivian Trading in shares of electric vehicle start-up Rivian Automotive is starting to make no sense. The stock was down almost 20% Mon...
Virgin Galactic Stock Is Tumbling. Here’s What’s Troubling Analysts.
Text size Truist Securities downgraded Virgin Galactic stock to Hold from Buy. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic Holdings Virgin Galactic Holdings stock continues to slide on Monday after Truis...
When Will the Fed Stop Raising Rates? The Number to Watch.
Text size Problems in the supply chain are among the factors boosting inflation. Brendan Smialowski /AFP via Getty Images Interest rates are rising—slamming the stock market—as the Federal Reserve tri...
Tesla Is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity. Why This Analyst Is Still a Bull.
Text size A Tesla in Manhattan Beach, California. Patrick. T Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Tesla stock tends to generate strong opinions—in both the bull and bear camps. Bears have had the upper hand la...