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Stocks Poised to Open Higher on Monday
Stocks are poised to open higher in New York on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are poised to open higher on Monday as investors await the August reading on inflation. On S...
Dow downgraded again, but high dividend yield keeps analyst from turning bearish
Shares of Dow Inc. inched lower Friday, putting them on track to suffer a sixth-straight loss, after another Wall Street analyst downgraded the chemicals and specialty materials company, citing concer...
Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Stock Won’t Outperform Soon, Says J.P. Morgan
Text size Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell were both downgraded at least two times this week. Alamy Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Industries “are probably not the best places to put new money to work,” J.P. ...
Dow Inc., LyondellBasell and Westlake Get ‘Petrochemical Recession’ Downgrades
Text size Dow recently announced plans to cut its global polyethylene operating rates by 15%. Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg Dow Inc. is one of three chemicals stocks that KeyBanc downgraded, noting a “petro...
Dow sheds 643 points and stocks post worst day since June as investors question Fed pivot thesis
U.S. stocks posted their worst daily drop in two months Monday on fears that the recent rally was based on an overly optimistic view that the Federal Reserve would pivot away from sharply higher inter...
Biden Signs Climate Bill, How Long-Range EVs Work And Defeating Forever Chemicals
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. The Washington Post via Getty Images Afte...
Scientists Building Up Arsenal To Destroy PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
Topline Researchers at Northwestern University outlined a potential way to destroy the synthetic so-called “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in a paper published Thursday in the journal Science, the l...
10 defensive stocks that can also provide you with growth and dividends over the long term
The S&P 500 Index has rallied 10% since June 22 from a deep decline, but there are different schools of thought about whether investors are out of the woods yet. Mark Hulbert has called the recent...
Norwegian Stock Sinks as It Predicts Losses to Continue
Text size The cruise company predicted it would continue to be unprofitable in the third quarter. Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters/Alamy Shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings fell sharply Tuesday after ...
Cloudflare stock rallies 25% following earnings beat, raised revenue outlook
Cloudflare Inc. shares surged in the extended session Thursday after the cybersecurity company reported results that topped Wall Street expectations and hiked its revenue outlook for the year. Cloudfl...
Caterpillar’s Earnings Are Good and Sales Top Estimates. But the Stock Falls.
Text size Caterpillar’s earnings and sales in the second quarter beat Wall Street expectations. Bernd Lauter / AFP via Getty Images Caterpillar reported second-quarter numbers that beat Wall Str...
Royal Caribbean Stock Tumbles on $900 Million Notes Offering
Text size Cruise lines had to to take out significant debt during the pandemic to stay afloat. Pau Barrena/AFP via Getty Images Royal Caribbean Group stock tumbled after the company said it had starte...
Saudi Chemicals Producer SABIC Launches Blockchain Pilot Project – Blockchain Bitcoin News
A Saudi Arabia-based chemical manufacturer has said its recently launched blockchain pilot is expected to uncover the possibilities of the technology “in supporting end-to-end digital traceability of ...
Here’s the sector most at risk from Russia permanently shutting off gas to Germany — and it’s taking a tumble
There are few companies with more at stake from Russian natural-gas flows into Germany than the chemicals sector. Shares of chemicals companies including BASF BAS, +2.61%, Lanxess LXS, +3.77% and Cove...
Carnival Stock Could Fall to $0 in a Worst-Case Scenario, Analyst Says
Text size Carnival Dream cruise ship is docked at Port B in Key West, Florida. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Carnival stock was tumbling Wednesday after Morgan Stanley cut its price target to a ...
This veteran money manager has seen it all. And these 19 dividend stocks pass his rigorous quality screen right now.
Lewis Altfest’s time in the finance industry spans seven decades. He has some words of advice for investors who aren’t used to stomach-churning stock-price moves. He founded Altfest Personal Wealth Ma...
Soaring Demand For Specialty Chemicals Produces India’s Newest Billionaire
Ashwin Desai is the founder and managing director of Aether Industries. Courtesy of Aether Industries Ashwin Desai’s listing of his Surat, India-based specialty chemicals maker Aether Industries this ...
The S&P 500 sank 5% in a very bad week for stocks. These 20 lost as much as 24%.
U.S. stocks sputtered Friday to close out the week in the red. The day’s declines of less than 1% for the broad indexes paled against Tuesday’s, when they sank 4% to 5%. For the week, the Dow Jones In...