Warren Buffett’s Preferred Equity Allocation Is 100%

Warren Buffett’s preferred equity allocation is 100%, and he has adopted that strategy both personally and at Berkshire Hathaway in a way that is radically different from other companies in the insura...

Stock Market Today: Dow Tumbles With Ukraine in Focus, Oil Surges, Gold Pops

Stocks tumbled into the start of a new trading week, as the invasion of Ukraine and a wave of new sanctions on Russia weighed on investor sentiment. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4...

European stocks skid on tightening Russian sanctions, while defense companies rally

European stocks slumped on Monday, responding to a ratcheting up on sanctions against Russia as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continued. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -1.38% fell 1.6%, as the financial...

Stock Futures Fall and Oil Gains as Ukraine Crisis Deepens

Stock futures fell and oil prices jumped as investors weighed geopolitical developments including new sanctions by Western countries against Russia. By early afternoon on Monday in Hong Kong, futures ...

U.S. stock futures plunge as investors weigh impact of latest Russia sanctions

U.S. stock-index futures tumbled late Sunday after President Vladimir Putin raised Russia’s nuclear alert level following stinging new sanctions from the West over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Dow...

Tech Stocks Get a Bear-Market Scare. What Could Come Next.

As Russian forces were pouring over the border into Ukraine, the tech sector briefly tumbled into a bear market on Thursday. Both the Nasdaq 100 and the Nasdaq Composite fell enough that morning to ex...

Dow futures up over 150 points amid reports that Russia agrees to talks with Ukraine

U.S. stock-index futures on Friday morning turned solidly higher on the back of reports that Russia had agreed to talks to possibly end the military conflict in Ukraine that kicked off earlier this we...

SEC proposes new rule requiring short-sellers to disclose their positions monthly

Gary Gensler has been circling short-sellers for months, and now the Securities and Exchange Commission chief is looking to make a big move. Under a new rule proposed by the SEC Friday morning, some i...

Buffett: Berkshire Hathaway Finds ‘Little That Excites Us’ in the Stock Market

Berkshire Hathaway finds “little that excites us” in the stock market, CEO Warren Buffett said in his annual shareholder letter released Saturday morning. “That’s largely because of a truism: Long-ter...

Look to the Energy Patch for a Dividend Bonanza. Devon Energy and Pioneer Natural Resources Look Good.

What was already going to be a challenging year for investors was further disrupted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But in a market that has been lacking in certainty, income investors may want to ta...

Opinion: This market-timing model says you probably have too much money in stocks

If you follow a traditional 60%/40% stock-bond portfolio allocation, you currently should be just 38% invested in equities — 63% of 60%. If your target equity allocation instead is 80%, you should cur...

Why Solar and Wind Stocks Soared After the Invasion

A late-day surge pushed the overall U.S. market into the green on Thursday, but few sectors did as well as renewable energy. Several solar and wind stocks jumped more than 10%, reversing months of dec...

Is Now the Time to Buy or Sell? 7 Stocks to Consider During Turbulent Times.

I asked two market strategists whether U.S. investors should buy stocks here despite the pall of war in Ukraine. One says definitely, and the other says to hold off. Both are convincing. This is why I...

Opinion: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could keep stocks sliding for weeks before the market finally hits bottom

U.S. stocks staged an impressive reversal on Feb. 24 — including a 950-point intraday move to the upside for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.51% — but there’s too much eagerness to declare t...

Why Stocks Rebounded After Russia Invaded Ukraine

Russia invaded Ukraine to start the biggest land war in Europe since Hitler. U.S. stocks soared. What gives? It isn’t that Wall Street secretly loves Vladimir Putin. A close look at the market’s perfo...

Dow surges nearly 800 points and aims for best day in over a year as Nasdaq, S&P 500 erase weekly losses and angst over Russia-Ukraine clash gives way to buying

U.S. stock benchmarks were trading sharply higher Friday as investors who were cautious about buying at the onset of the military clash in Eastern Europe were turning eager to hunt down bargains. The ...

U.S. Stocks Rise After Russia Agrees to Talks With Ukraine

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average rose after Russia agreed to talks with Ukrainian leadership, while Russian forces closed in on Kyiv and bombing intensified in Ukraine. The two benchma...

Opinion: Meme stocks soar on bad news for Melvin Capital and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Shares in GameStop GME, +8.45% closed up 8.5% Thursday, while stock in AMC Entertainment AMC, +12.40% soared 12.4% as retail investors digested global unrest and some trouble for one —or maybe two— Wa...

Russia’s attack on Ukraine: ‘Now is not a time to be buying the dip’ in stocks, cautions Wells Fargo strategist

Investors should probably hold back from putting cash to work in the sinking stock market as geopolitical fears swirl around Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Paul Christopher, hea...

Oil Is Surging. Why Oil Stocks Are Down.

Text size Oil prices are higher, but concerns about economic growth are weighing on oil stocks. Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil prices soared on Thursday after Russia invaded Ukraine. But oil stocks were ...

The S&P 500 Entered a Correction. What History Says Happens Next.

Text size The S&P 500 now sits in correction territory. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Stocks were crushed Tuesday, sending the S&P 500 index into correction territory. It might just be time to bu...

Dow futures sink over 700 points as Putin authorizes invasion, explosions heard near Ukraine’s Kyiv

U.S. stock-index futures were tumbling Wednesday night, extending an earlier decline on Wall Street, as Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a “special military operation” in Ukraine. CNN on We...

Here Are the 10 Highest-Yielding S&P 500 Stocks

High dividend yields are a nice offset to inflation, now running at more than 7%, the highest rate in four decades. Barron’s screened the S&P 500 for the 10 highest-yielding stocks based on data f...

The next shoe to drop? The 125-year old Dow industrials are on brink of correction. Here’s what history says happens next in the U.S. stock market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was on the verge of entering correction territory after closing sharply lower on Wednesday as the Pentagon said that Russian troops were poised to launch a full-blown ...

Home Depot leads the list of 20 worst performers in the S&P 500 on Tuesday

Slightly positive isn’t good enough for this stock market. While market jitters on Feb. 22 were driven by Russia’s movement of troops into Ukraine, the U.S. stock market was also adjusting to the idea...

S&P 500 logs first correction in 2 years as Russia-Ukraine conflict escalates. Here’s what history says happens next to U.S. stock-market benchmark

The S&P 500 on Tuesday fell into a correction for the first time in two years, joining the Nasdaq Composite, as Russia sent troops into pro-Russian regions in Ukraine. The S&P 500 index SPX, -...

Global Markets Fall After Russia Orders Troops Into Ukraine

Oil prices jumped, while global stocks and U.S. futures fell, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway areas of Ukraine, bringing fears of all-out war to their highest ...

Dow futures sink about 500 points as Putin orders deployment of troops to eastern Ukraine

U.S. stock-index futures were headed sharply lower Monday evening as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to separatist areas within Ukraine, after recognizing their indep...

Stock Market Today: Overseas Stocks Fall as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Simmer

Text size Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden have agreed in principle to a summit in Europe. AFP via Getty Images Global stocks fell on Monday as tensions remained high over the Russian military buildup on ...

European Indexes Waver, Russian Stocks Fall Amid Ukraine Tensions

European stock indexes wavered as investors watched for signs of escalation between Moscow and the West, alongside the potential for a diplomatic solution.  U.S. stock markets will be closed Monday fo...

Why Barrick Gold’s CEO Is Looking to Boost Its Copper Business

Text size Barrick aims to boost its gold production to 4.8 million ounces annually by the end of decade from 4.4 million in 2021. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images Mark Bristow, the CEO of one of the bi...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Hours for Presidents Day 2022.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D. features the sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Text s...