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Oil Has Been Falling, OPEC Cuts Could Drive Them Up Again
OPEC’s biggest producer, Saudi Arabia, recently suggested that the group may consider an output reduction. Asaad Niazi/AFP/Getty Images Text size Oil prices posted their biggest monthly loss of the ye...
The Stock Market Looked Ready to Recover Before Falling Apart. What Went Wrong.
Text size Jonathan Alpeyrie/Bloomberg August’s payrolls data was greeted with chants of “Goldilocks” for being not too hot and not too cold. Investors, however, forgot that “Goldilocks and the Three B...
After a Brutal Bond Selloff, Opportunities Have Emerged for Income Investors
For many years, dividend stocks were one of the few places where investors could find decent yields in a world of ultralow rates. A 10-year Treasury bond was dealing out an emaciated 1.3% a year ago, ...
Juniper Networks Had Lousy Earnings. It’s AI Strategy Could Push the Stock Higher.
Text size Juniper Networks’ shares look ready to break out.. Brendan McDermid/REUTERS/Alamy One month ago, Juniper Networks stock looked as good as dead. Now, it’s rallying, and it may just be getting...
California Sets the Pace on Zero Emissions. Car Makers, Old and New, Are Cheering.
Text size California is set to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California announced this week that it will ban sales of new gasoline-p...
Cardano SPO Column: Earn Coin Pool [ECP]
This week’s guest on the Cardano SPO Column is a stake pool that is operated by two brothers from the US and they’re members of the xSPO Alliance: Earn Coin Pool [ECP]. Last week’s guest was a stake p...
Fed Chief Talks Tough on Inflation. There’s More Pain Ahead for the Stock Market.
From left: Fed officials Jerome Powell, Lael Brainard, and John Williams ponder the great outdoors during a break at the economic symposium at Jackson Hole. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size Grand...
Cardano NFT Column: CardanoBits – The Cryptonomist
This week’s guest on the Cardano NFT Column is a pixel art project that is among the first 10k NFT collections: CardanoBits. Last week’s guest was a project that is building the book ecosystem of the ...
The Stock Market Couldn’t Handle the Uncertainty. It Better Learn How.
Text size It’s a market with big drops but big rips, as well, one that forces investors to accept low returns from index funds or try to take a more tactical approach. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Call it ...
Shoppers Are Getting Cheap. Here Are Stocks to Buy in a Trade-Down Economy
I regret buying a twin pack of 40-ounce ranch dressing jugs this past week. It’s not that I over-ranched—the warehouse club industry was built around rewarding extreme condiment commitments with low u...
Oil Prices Have Been Falling. Why It’s Time to Buy Oil Stocks.
Text size Energy stock profits rose nearly 300% during the second quarter, nearly 10 times faster than the next sector, industrials. Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg It has been a boom-and-bust year for oil sto...
The Bulls Still Own This Market. But Cracks Are Starting to Show.
Text size Riskier and more speculative pockets of the market have led the rally, which has coincided with a decline in bond yields. NYSE If it looks like a bull market and acts like a bull market, it’...
Ryan Cohen Dumped Bed Bath & Beyond Stock. Is the Meme Trade Over?
Text size Ryan Cohen sold his entire stake in Bed Bath & Beyond. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images So much for diamond hands. Ryan Cohen, meme stock cheerleader extraordinaire, just did something that ...
Tech Stocks Are Due for Another Fall
Text size Technology fundamentals are getting worse, not better. One example is weakening demand for consumer electronics. Illustration by Barron’s (Dreamtime 4) For years, tech investors seemed...
Duke Energy Sees a Bright Future for Nuclear Power
I figured I’d put the uranium rods near the basketball hoop. Water from the nearby garden hose would serve as both the coolant and the moderator, slowing the neutrons enough to keep my chain reaction ...
Stocks Could Keep Rising If the Fed Shows Restraint
Text size As the market rebounds, speculative stocks are stirring. For proof, consider Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF, up about 40% since mid-June. David Swanson/Reuters/Alamy What bear market? Stoc...
It’s a Good Time to Buy Berkshire Hathaway Stock. Here’s Why.
Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway has never been in better shape. Its stock looks appealing after pulling back more than 15% from its...
9 Chip Stocks That Look Like Buys
Text size Nvidia now expects July quarter revenue to be $6.7 billion, up only 3% from the year-ago period. The company had previously forecast $8.1 billion in revenue. Dreamstime These are troubling t...
Cardano SPO Column: Falcon Stakepool [FALCO]
This week’s guest on the Cardano SPO Column is a stake pool that is working on ALDEA, a DAO for spanish speakers: Falcon Stakepool [FALCO]. Last week’s guest was a stake pool operated by someone who h...
The Fed Is About to Ramp Up Balance-Sheet Shrinkage. It May Get Dicey.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, shown during a postmeeting press conference late last month, has suggested balance-sheet shrinkage may go on for up to 2½ years. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Text size There i...
What ‘Dr. Doom’ Says About Today’s Stock Market
For some of us of a certain age, an event from four decades ago often is recalled more vividly than what happened four weeks or even four days ago. Such is the case with Aug. 17, 1982. It arguably mar...
The Inverted Yield Curve Is Back. What Investors Need to Know.
Text size The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg The Treasury yield curve continues to widen, with no signs that the trend is nearing an end. The Federal Reserve raised t...
Bull Market or Bear Market. Investors Are Trying to Decide
GMO’s Jeremy Grantham has warned of a ‘superbubble’ that’s about to burst. Lane Turner/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Text size Unlike traders, the most stressful part of my day comes at 4 p.m., just a...