Prosecutors Say JPMorgan Traders Scammed Metals Markets by Spoofing

CHICAGO—JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s precious-metals traders consistently manipulated the gold and silver market over a period of seven years and lied about their conduct to regulators who investigated ...

JPMorgan, Delta, Morgan Stanley, TSMC, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Second-quarter earnings season is here. More than a dozen S&P 500 firms report this week, including several major banks. JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley go first on Thursday, followed ...

iHeart, Audacy, Clear Channel Stocks Fall on Forecast of Ad Market Slowdown

Text size Stock in iHeart has lost about two-thirds of its value so far this year. Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Clear Channel The prospect of an imminent economic recession has triggered a rush to th...

Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America Jason Alden/Bloomberg Text size Bank of America has emerged as one of the nation’s most resilient banks, thanks to CEO Brian Moynihan’s “responsible growth” stra...

These 10 stocks from a sector that is a bear-market bulwark have upside potential of up to 30%

During times of uncertainty, it can help to look at what happened during other down cycles for stocks. True, we don’t know when the stock market will hit bottom during this cycle, or if it already has...

Berkshire Hathaway Director Ron Olson Scooped Up Shares

Text size Attorney Ron Olson walks to a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in July 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A longtime director of Berkshire Hathaway snapped up the stock...

Buffett Bought More of Occidental. Here’s What Happened With HP, Citi, Coke.

Text size Warren Buffett has losses as well as wins on his record of stock picking. AFP via Getty Images Billionaire investor Warren Buffett disclosed that he has increased his stake in Occidental Pet...

Banks Get Burned by Risky Debt, Imperiling Buyout Activity

By Laura Cooper July 3, 2022 9:03 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Investment banks are facing big losses on leveraged buyouts they agreed to finance before markets soured, further chilling the out...

Wall Street’s favorite stock sector has potential upside of 43% as we enter the second half of 2022

At the midpoint of 2022, investors are looking at a remarkable change in stock valuations. The S&P 500 SPX has declined 20%, but the benchmark index’s forward price-to-earnings valuation has falle...

Banks Are Healthy. Why They’re Holding Back on Dividends.

Text size JPMorgan Chase held its dividends flat due to increasing capital requirements following the Federal Reserve’s stress test.  Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Banks may have gotten a clean bill of...

Bank Stocks Boost Dividends After Fed Stress Tests

Text size The Fed’s annual stress tests were introduced following the 2008-09 financial crisis. Dreamstime Morgan Stanley , Goldman Sachs , Wells Fargo , and Bank of America said they would rais...

Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo Boost Dividends After Fed Stress Tests

Text size The Fed’s annual stress tests were introduced following the 2008-09 financial crisis. Dreamstime Morgan Stanley , Goldman Sachs , Wells Fargo and Bank of America said they would raise ...

Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo Boost Shareholder Payouts

The largest U.S. banks said they would increase payouts to shareholders after the Federal Reserve said the banks are able to keep lending in a severe hypothetical recession. Four of the six biggest ba...

Analysts see lowest grades for Bank of America and JPMorgan in Fed’s stress test

Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. emerged with the lowest marks among the overall passing grade for banks in the Fed’s annual stress test, analysts at Jefferies and Citigroup said Fri...

These dividend stocks yield at least 5% and have plenty of room to raise payouts

This year’s stock price declines make for an increasing number of stocks with high dividend yields of at least 5%. Below is a screen that highlights 29 that appear to be able to raise their payouts co...

Citigroup Stock Is the Cheapest of the Big Banks. It’s Ready to Take Off.

Text size Even Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been buying Citi stock, a vote of confidence if there ever was one. Mario Tama/Getty Images Bank stocks have gotten hit as concerns about the U.S...

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...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Equity Portfolio Is Down An Estimated $65 Billion So Far in This Quarter

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway wasn’t a buyer of its own stock in April, but that might have changed with the market’s recent drop. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortun...

Apple Is Delving Into ‘Buy Now Pay Later,’ or BNPL. How to Play It.

Many of us are glued to our iPhones. If Apple has its way, the device will get stickier. The company announced a new “tap to pay” feature this past week—aiming to get consumers to pull out their iPhon...

Costco, Home Depot, and 3 Other Retail Stocks to Scoop Up Now—and 1 to Avoid

Home Depot is one of the retail stocks that are worth buying after the sector’s latest selloff. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Text size Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike. The same co...

Debt and Dividends Can Co-Exist. Here Are 5 Stocks That Shouldn’t Wilt.

Despite a hefty debt load, Deere has a healthy dividend-payout ratio that should allow its disbursements to continue. Courtesy of John Deere Text size Although a heavy debt load can sometimes crimp or...

‘We’re in technical recession, but just don’t realize it’: Bank of America sees more ‘shocks’ to come

The shocks aren’t over. Get ready. That’s the timely Friday advice of Bank of America, delivered hours before worse-than-expected U.S. inflation data knocked the wind out of Wall Street and left inves...

5 Retail Stocks Worth a Look, and 1 to Avoid

Home Depot is one of the retail stocks that are worth buying after the sector’s latest selloff. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Text size Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike. The same co...

Apple is offering ‘buy now, pay later.’ 4 reasons to think twice before signing up

After months of speculation, Apple AAPL, -0.45% finally unveiled its buy now, pay later offering this week, wading into an industry that’s experienced explosive growth. But consumers should be wary of...

Citigroup Trader Went Through Several Alerts on ‘Fat Finger’ Trade

A Citigroup Inc. C -2.10% trader who sent European stock indexes into free fall last month was working from home and went through several alerts before his order went live, people familiar with the ma...

Bank of America and 4 More Financial Stocks for a Tough Market

Text size Bank of America is Wells Fargo’s top pick among the large U.S. banks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images One couldn’t blame investors in the financial sector for feeling discouraged this year. Goi...

Elon Musk says workers should return to the office or quit. It’s a big gamble: ‘Tesla is kick-starting its own local Great Resignation’

Elon Musk is giving his employees an ultimatum. Tesla’s  TSLA, -2.36% chief executive officer and founder responded Thursday to an apparent leaked email that called on employees to return to the offic...

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 (...

Here’s the asset investors want if inflation stays high, says Deutsche Bank. And crypto isn’t even ‘on the radar’

Home is where the heart is, and the money, if inflationary trends don’t cool. That’s according to the latest Deutsche Bank survey of investors, who say that property will be their most preferred buy-a...

Brent crude hits two-month high as China lifts COVID restrictions. Analyst predicts $124/barrel is next.

Brent crude surged to levels not seen in two months on Monday, as easing COVID restrictions in China’s biggest cities drove fresh hopes for demand. U.S. markets will be closed on Monday in observance ...

Apple’s iPhone 14 Production Could Be Worse Than Feared, JPMorgan Says

Text size An Apple employee hands over Apple iPhone. Sean Gallup/Getty Images China’s manufacturing problems in the wake of strict lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid-19 may hit output of Apple ’...