After weathering pandemic storm, cruise-line stocks offer upside, says Stifel

Like the rest of the travel industry, cruise operators have weathered a pandemic-related storm over the last couple of years, but they now deserve attention from investors, says analyst firm Stifel. “...

Tesla, Apple, Ciena, and More Stock Market Movers

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The stock market is a ‘drunken psycho.’ Why this hedge-fund manager is shorting some of the market’s biggest stocks.

Stocks are struggling for traction ahead of a few words from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who will make his appearance this afternoon, just days after moonshot jobs data. Our call of the day from the pres...

‘Overbought and overpriced’: This investor sees a bubble popping for one popular group of stocks

Investors wouldn’t be blamed for sizing up the first losing week in three for the S&P 500 and decide to start the weekend early. Stocks are on the rise in early action, but that won’t sway five-da...

This asset will crush all others in 2023, says hedge-fund manager who nailed one big call of 2022

As 2022 winds down and investors reflect on a horrendous year, they can take some comfort in the fact that the big guys also had their share of misses. Among them is Harris Kupperman, the president of...

Carnival stock is suffering its worst year on record, but looks ‘overly compelling’ to this analyst

Shares of Carnival Corp. have had a really bad year, even worse than the pandemic year of 2020. And that’s what makes Stifel Nicolaus analyst Steven Wieczynski believe the stock is now “overly compell...

Royal Caribbean Stock Could Rise 35%. How It Beat Other Cruise Lines With its Recovery.

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Norwegian Stock Is a Buy, Royal Caribbean Is a Sell, Says Analyst. Here’s Why.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has strong growth opportunities, while Royal Caribbean Group will be dealing with near-term funding requirements, according to a J.P. Morgan analyst. Daniel Adam assumed...

Why this cruise stock remains JPMorgan’s favorite as leisure travel keeps roaring

The outlook for cruise stocks is still “more positive than not,” according to JPMorgan analyst Daniel Adam, but given macroeconomic and financial concerns in the sector, not all names are worth buying...

Norwegian Cruise Stock Falls After a Rare Double Downgrade

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Carnival stock dives after private sale of $1 billion in convertible debt

Shares of Carnival Corp. pulled back sharply on heavy volume Wednesday, after the cruise operator took advantage of a recent big rally to commence a private offering of debt that can be converted into...

Carnival’s Pricing Problems Are ‘Company Specific,’ Analyst Says

“Not all cruise operators are created equally,” wrote Stifel analyst Steven Wieczynski, saying he is upbeat about the sector despite grim news from Carnival that dragged the stocks lower last week Car...

Opinion: Big selling wave in stocks makes for a buying opportunity, says Baron manager who has 20% of his fund’s assets in Tesla

Institutional investors have been clearing out of stocks. They sold $42 billion worth in the five weeks ending Sept. 21. That followed $51 billion in sales during the five weeks ending Sept. 7 — the b...

Junk-Bond Yields Top 8%. It Could Be a Good Time to Buy.

High-yield bonds are finally living up to their name after the broad selloff in fixed-income markets this year. Better known as junk, the $1.5 trillion sector looks appealing, as yields have risen to ...

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...

7 Companies at Risk of Liquidity Squeeze

Amid rising interest rates and a tightening credit market, companies with weaker balance sheets are getting squeezed by higher borrowing costs. Royal Caribbean Group (ticker: RCL) is a case in point. ...

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 ...

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...

These 20 stocks still have at least 48% upside, analysts say, despite the S&P 500’s 8% gain from its lows

The S&P 500 has climbed 8% since June 16, when it closed at its lowest point this year. While the benchmark index is still down 17% this year, analysts expect it to soar 21% over the next 12 month...

Biden Dropping China Tariffs Could Be Good News for Tech Stocks

If President Joe Biden rolls back tariffs on Chinese exports, it could have bigger implications than the impact on inflation. The U.S. is considering dropping the levies started by Donald Trump in 201...

Carnival and Other Cruise Operators Face Too Many Headwinds. Steer Clear of the Stock.

An analyst note predicting Carnival stock could fall to zero in a worst-case scenario has revived concerns about the cruise industry. Here, a Carnival ship docked at Key West, Fla., earlier this year....

Royal Caribbean, Netflix, and 3 Other S&P 500 Stocks Hit Hard This Quarter

Text size Royal Caribbean and cruise ship competitor Carnival were the leading S&P 500 decliners during the second quarter. Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty Images What a quarter. A lot happene...

These 10 stocks in the S&P 500 lost $4.2 trillion of investors’ money during the first half of 2022

The first half of 2022 is over, and good riddance for investors: The S&P 500 Index declined 20.6%. Below are two lists of the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 SPX, -0.88% this year. Firs...

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 ...

These 16 stocks in the S&P 500 crumpled at least 9% a day after the Fed raised rates

One day after U.S. stocks got a reprieve as the Federal Reserve lifted its target range for short-term interest rates by 0.75 percentage point, inflation fears built a new wall of worry to send U.S. s...

Apple Needs to Show Some Spark as Shoppers Favor Services Over Stuff

Customers at the Apple Store in Grand Central Terminal in New York City earlier this year. Getty Images Text size As Apple prepares to upgrade its products, there are two distinct trends hitting the e...

Oil prices are surging — these eight stocks are still bargains for long-term investors

The combination of underinvestment in new oil wells and rising demand underscores what might be a long period of high prices for energy commodities. Meanwhile, many oil and gas stocks are still tradin...

Wall Street Is So Terrified, Stocks Might Be Ready to Rise

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images Text size To paraphrase Monty Python, the stock market isn’t dead quite yet. Sure, it feels like the S&P 500 has nowhere to go bu...

The Cruise Crowd Is Back, Even if Investors Aren’t. Here’s Why It May Be Time to Take a Plunge.

Few sectors absorbed as much pain as the cruise industry during the pandemic, which shut down sailing operations in the U.S. from March 2020 through last June. Shares of the big three cruise operators...

Buy Kellogg and Four Other Food Stocks for Rising Inflation. Two to Avoid.

Text size Beyond Meat patties on a shelf Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images Inflation is driving up prices at the grocery store, but rising wages and high savings rates have given consumers some abil...

Royal Caribbean may finally be confident enough to provide long-term financial guidance

Royal Caribbean Group looks poised to report the first billion-dollar quarter since the pandemic, and may finally be confident enough about the post-pandemic outlook to provide long-term financial tar...