If the stock market crashes in 2023 it will be the fault of the Fed and U.S. banks. Here’s what could go wrong.

Wall Street is in the red after a slew of early earnings and as Microsoft results await. That’s a day after soft-economic landing hopes fueled fresh 2023 highs for the S&P 500 SPX, -0.07% and Nasd...

Don’t let the ‘bear market house of mirrors’ fool you, Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson warns of the stock market

An important week for earnings is straight ahead, with the spotlight on updates from the tech space, which has been laying off thousands of workers. Among those not expecting good news in the earnings...

Earnings Watch: Microsoft, Tesla and Intel are about to face the doubters

After one of the worst years in Wall Street’s history, investors have some serious questions for companies. As holiday returns roll in — and with them, forecasts for the months or year ahead — many ha...

‘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...

The 1980s was the blueprint for the upcoming disinflation cycle and these are the stocks for it, strategists say

Stocks logged a third-straight losing session on Thursday as investors continue to deal with a mixed bag of economic data. That followed Wednesday’s session and extremely weak industrial production th...

Super Micro stock rises on hiked outlook

Super Micro Computer Inc. SMCI, -11.60% shares rose in the extended session Wednesday after the server and data-storage company raised its outlook for the quarter. Super Micro shares rose 3% after hou...

IRS says ‘Tax Day’ will be different this year — put these important tax dates on your calendar

It’s not too early to start thinking about your 2022 income-tax return, if you can bear the thought. That’s because the tax-filing season is scheduled to start on Monday, Jan. 23, the Internal Revenue...

AMD poaches Marvell’s Jean Hu for CFO slot as Devinder Kumar retires

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said late Wednesday that financial chief Devinder Kumar was retiring and that Marvell Technology Inc.’s Jean Hu would take his place. Marvell MRVL, +3.81% announced that Hu...

The ‘best job in America’ pays over $120,000 a year — and offers a low-stress, healthy work-life balance

We’ve had the great resignation, quiet quitting, resistance to going back to the office — and now? It turns out people are looking for happiness, stability, flexibility and a good salary. In 2023, in ...

Broadcom stock dinged in final minutes on report Apple working on its own WiFi/Bluetooth chips

Broadcom Inc. shares closed sharply lower Monday in the final minutes of trading following a report that Apple Inc. was working on its own WiFi and Bluetooth chips, which would make Broadcom’s unneces...

Look for a big cut to TSMC’s 2023 outlook as a bullish sign for chips, one analyst says ahead of earnings

The best thing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. can do in its earnings report Thursday is to cut its outlook for 2023 big, indicating a bottoming in the first half of the year, according to one ...

6 value stock picks for 2023 from successful money managers

Following a down year for the stock market, there is no shortage of recession predictions for 2023, especially as the Federal Reserve has signaled it will continue to raise interest rates to fight inf...

Looking for clues about iPhone supply? Ask AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile

How have iPhone sales have fared in the wake of production constraints on high-end models? Wall Street likely won’t get a clear answer until Apple Inc. reports earnings later this month, but some publ...

These 20 stocks were the biggest losers of 2022

Updated with Dec. 30 closing prices. This was a year of reckoning for Big Tech stocks — even those of companies that continued to grow sales by double digits. Below is a list of the 20 stocks in the S...

Verizon, Intel and Dow stocks are the biggest ‘dogs’ of the Dow as 2022 ends

The stocks of Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, +0.36%, Intel Corp. INTC, +0.84% and Dow Inc. DOW, -0.52% are the biggest “dogs” of the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.22% as 2022 comes to an end....

5 things not to buy in 2023

It’s been a year of contradictions. The recession drum beats on, interest rates are rising, and the stock market has taken a tumble, and yet retail sales have risen 6.5% in the last 12 months, trailin...

Buy shares of only the strongest companies to make money in 2023, including ‘the kings of cash flow,’ says this five-star fund manager

Depending on your perspective as an investor, 2022 has either been a perfect storm or a perfect opportunity. The Federal Reserve’s rapid increase in interest rates and other tightening moves to fight ...

10 ways American finances actually improved in 2022, despite high interest rates and a slump in stocks

Many Americans are ending the year feeling gloomy about their finances, and you don’t need to be a psychiatrist to figure out why. Runaway inflation gnawed through household budgets as prices soared o...

Micron’s recovery from ‘worst memory downturn in 13 years’ will take time, analyst says

Micron Technology Inc.’s results and outlook show the memory-chip market is probably at its worst downturn in 13 years and analysts expect the bounce back may take a while. Late Wednesday, Micron MU, ...

Stocks remain overpriced, even vs. the dot-com bubble. But you can still find good picks in these 2 sectors.

After stocks surged to their best gains in three weeks following strong consumer sentiment data, Thursday is looking less spirited with stocks in the red as we close in on the long Christmas weekend. ...

Micron sales could dive more than 50%, and more belt-tightening is expected before outlook improves

Micron Technology Inc.’s revenue declines could worsen to more than 50% before inventory-saturated customers work though that product and boost sales in the second half of 2023, but before then the me...

Micron earnings: Memory-chip slowdown appears to be far from over

Micron Technology Inc. shares have fallen more than 45% this year, but the memory-chip specialist is not out of the woods yet, as demand for its core product continues to be weak. Micron MU, -2.01% is...

Nvidia stock is top pick as ‘fundamental bottom’ nears for chips, analyst says

After a semiconductor shortage flipped into a glut in 2022, chip stocks are headed for a strong entry point and will lead the broader market in the new year, with Nvidia Corp. the best pick among them...

One company could determine if U.S. corporate profits rise to a record next year

As Wall Street looks toward 2023, earnings growth for the companies that make up the S&P 500 index could hinge on just one of them: Amazon.com Inc. Amazon AMZN, -1.39%, the online retail giant who...

Broadcom refuses to provide full-year outlook, cites limited visibility as it ‘scrubs’ backlog

Broadcom Inc. late Thursday gave Wall Street analysts quarterly earnings and an outlook that topped consensus estimates, hiked its dividend and recommitted to share buybacks, yet analysts kept asking ...

Apple downsizes, delays its autonomous car plans: report

Apple Inc. has scaled back its autonomous electric-car plans and delayed its target date until 2026, according to a new report. Bloomberg News on Tuesday reported Apple’s Project Titan has been in a s...

Apple, AMD confirm they’re among TSMC’s first Arizona customers, while Intel preps for return to cutting edge in 2023

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook confirmed at an event Tuesday that the tech giant will be one of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s first Arizona fab customers, while Intel Corp. hopes to jo...

Opinion: Microsoft invested in an AI system that helped me write this column about Tesla

Can an artificial intelligence system help me write articles about investment ideas? Let’s find out. There are two subjects I would like to cover. But I will have help, and as a result there is a thir...

This trader sees a 43% drop for the S&P 500 and says to take shelter in these ETFs instead.

A day after the Dow DJIA, -0.11% climbed out of bear territory on hopeful comments by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, stocks look ready to rethink on that optimsim, even after fresh inflation data showed ...

Alibaba stock flies toward best month in 7 years

The U.S.-listed shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. were ending a historically strong month on a high note Wednesday, as the China-based e-commerce giant was swept up in the hope that the country wil...

Many investors are betting on an inflation peak. Here’s why a former hedge-fund manager says they’re wrong.

Investors are waking up to big trouble in big China. Stock futures and oil prices are falling after angry anti-COVID zero protests swept the country. “This is a sudden powerful new distraction for mar...