An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the U.S. midterm elections. They will be held Nov. 8, not Nov. 9. Despite a raft of risky events that investors must face down over the coming we...
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U.S. stock futures surge after Wall Street’s best week since June
U.S. stock futures surged out of the gate late Sunday, after Wall Street notched its best week since June. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, +0.62% jumped more than 200 points, or 0.7%, on Su...
Stock-market investors brace for busiest week of earnings season. Here’s how it stacks up so far.
So far, so good? Stocks ended the first full week of the earnings season on a strong note Friday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.47%, S&P 500 SPX, +2.37% and Nasdaq Composite CO...
‘Mounting fear is that something else will break along the way’: Stock-market investors look ahead to PCE inflation data amid Fed overtightening worries
Some investors are on edge that the Federal Reserve may be overtightening monetary policy in its bid to tame hot inflation, as markets look ahead to a reading this coming week from the Fed’s preferred...
Dow jumps almost 750 points as stocks end higher, bond yields fall after reports Fed may shift to smaller rate hikes after November
U.S. stocks closed sharply higher Friday as investors weighed a story from the Wall Street Journal and comments from Federal Reserve officials suggesting that the central bank might shift to smaller i...
Wall Street is driving explosive swings in stocks by embracing a trading strategy popularized by the Reddit crowd
Reddit-loving day traders are reportedly returning to their day jobs, according to the Wall Street Journal, but back in the world of high finance professional traders have adopted one of their signatu...
‘Fragile’ Treasury market is at risk of ‘large scale forced selling’ or surprise that leads to breakdown, BofA says
The world’s deepest and most liquid fixed-income market is in big, big trouble. For months, traders, academics, and other analysts have fretted that the $23.7 trillion Treasurys market might be the so...
‘Material risk’ looms over stocks as investors face bear market’s ‘second act’
Stock-market investors have been adjusting to the jump in interest rates amid high inflation, but they have yet to cope with profit headwinds faced by the S&P 500, according to Morgan Stanley Weal...
These 11 stocks can lead your portfolio’s rebound after the S&P 500 ‘earnings recession’ and a market bottom next year
This may surprise you: Wall Street analysts expect earnings for the S&P 500 to increase 8% during 2023, despite all the buzz about a possible recession as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary pol...
Here’s how ‘rare’ S&P 500’s ‘violent’ reversal was after Thursday’s inflation report — and what history shows may come next, according to Bespoke
The U.S. stock market took an unusual swing after Thursday’s inflation report. “Shortly after the open, the S&P 500 index had dropped nearly 4% from its pre-market highs before staging an epic ral...
Why stocks scored a historic bounce after another hot inflation report
Stock-market investors can be forgiven for feeling a little dizzy after a day that saw stocks plunge in reaction to another round of hotter-than-expected inflation data only to surge higher and extend...
Taiwan Semi reports stronger-than-forecast profit
Third-party silicon-wafer manufacturer reported Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported a stronger-than-forecast 80% increase in profit for the third quarter. The chipmaker said earnings rose ...
What stock-market investors will be watching in Thursday’s U.S. inflation report
Hotter-than-expected U.S. consumer-price index readings have triggered some of the stock market’s biggest one-day selloffs in 2022, serving to focus investor attention ahead of the latest measure of r...
Greener Industrial Chemicals, EV Fleet Challenges And Tesla’s Record Deliveries
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In the 19...
21 dividend stocks yielding 5% or more of companies that will produce plenty of cash in 2023
When the stock market has jumped two days in a row, as it has now, it is easy to become complacent. But the Federal Reserve isn’t finished raising interest rates, and recession talk abounds. Stock inv...
Stocks will continue falling even after Fed pivots, warns Morgan Stanley strategist who predicted bear market
Morgan Stanley Chief Equity Strategist Mike Wilson on Monday has doubled down on his call for stocks to continue falling into the end of 2022 partly because of a shrinking supply of dollars in some of...
Back From Brink, Sasol Gets On The Path To Greener Chemicals
The Lake Charles Chemical Project cost $12.75 billion. Sasol Louisiana megaproject complete, CEO Fleetwood Grobler is cutting risk and emissions at South Africa’s energy leader. After a peripate...
These 20 stocks in the S&P 500 tumbled between 20% and 30% in September
Stocks declined again on Friday, closing out September with large losses across the board as the rally from the June lows partway through August faded into memory. The S&P 500 SPX fell 1.5% on Fri...
It’s Time to Buy Tech Again. Here Are 20 Stocks to Start With.
One cruel truth the stock market confirmed this past week is that trying to pick the bottom for technology stocks is a fool’s errand. The Nasdaq Composite’s terrible September—it was down 10.5% on the...
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel accuses Fed of making one of the biggest policy mistakes in its 110-year history
““I think we’re giving Powell too much praise. … The last two years are one of the biggest policy mistakes in the 110-year history of the Fed by staying so easy when everything was booming.”” — Jeremy...
Growling Powell causes Goldman to cut its S&P 500 price target. Again.
During the height of the bull market – which, boy, seems so long ago – the call-option crazy punters inhabiting the Wallstreetbets channel had a favorite meme to explain why stocks would keep going hi...
Senators drill down on Zelle reimbursements, inflation and ‘uber-woke’ policies in bank CEO hearing
Democratic senators criticized banks for not serving consumers fairly while Republicans complained about liberal social agendas promoted by the same institutions, as chief executive officers of the co...
U.S. approves Kigali Amendment to curb climate-warming chemicals
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media after the 51-50 vote passed the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 7, 2...
Intel stock rises on earnings beat, plans for layoffs, billions in cost cuts planned
Intel Corp. shares rose after hours Thursday after the chip maker topped Wall Street earnings estimates for the quarter and PC-chip sales came in slightly higher than expected, while the company trimm...