Constellation Brands and Murphy Oil Raised Their Dividends This Week

Text size This week was a slow one for dividend increase announcements. Freeze Frames/Dreamstime.com Constellation Brands and Murphy Oil were among the small number of companies that declared dividend...

Netflix and Other Tech Stocks Report Earnings Soon. What to Expect.

Text size Exposure to Russia is a concern for some tech companies this earnings season. Dreamstime The first-quarter tech earnings season is just around the corner, and Wall Street is getting just a w...

Conagra says meat snacks and frozen food taking an inflation-related hit from protein and transportation costs

Conagra Brands Inc. says its meat snack and frozen food business is taking a hit from inflation, which is driving up protein, dairy and transportation costs. Conagra’s CAG, +0.20% brand lineup include...

These inflation protection funds are on sale

Actual panic about inflation seems to be spiraling upward. But investments that will try to protect us from the ravages of inflation seem to be getting cheaper. Weird, right? Only on Wall Street. But ...

FinTech Looks Like a $1.5 Trillion Growth Market

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Wells Fargo ’s Jeff Cantwell says the time to buy fintech stocks is now—14 of them. Cantwell has started coverage of the group with Overweight ratings for all. Th...

WD-40 Stock Soars After Earnings. Analyst Expects Better Times.

Text size The price of crude oil is a key point to watch for WD-40 stock. Dreamstime The maintenance and cleaning products company WD-40 is likely finished with cutting its financial forecasts, and be...

AT&T Boss Sees Room to Raise Prices, Cut Costs After Media Exit

AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Stankey says inflation could prompt the wireless and broadband company to raise prices for some core services while it continues to cut costs after getting o...

General Dynamics Stock: Why It’s Time to Buy

Text size General Dynamics M1 Abrams battle tanks. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Russia’s war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending, and the news of civilian deaths in places like Kramatorsk, Bucha, and Irpi...

As food prices hit an all-time high, more Americans have abandoned online grocery shopping and returned to supermarket aisles

More Americans are browsing again — in grocery-store aisles rather than online. With U.S. states abandoning mask mandates in public places, and more retailers dropping requirements for masks — and the...

Stock Splits Are Popular Again. 5 Companies That Could Split Their Stocks Next

Stock splits are back in vogue, and the market is quickly rewarding companies that divide their shares. Google parent Alphabet , Amazon.com , Tesla , and GameStop are among the latest companies to see...

Buffett Gave HP Stock a Boost. Why It’s Still a Buy.

Text size Shares of HP jumped 15% this past week after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a large stake. Why the stock still looks cheap. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg When Bill Hewlett and Dave ...

The Chip Sector Has a New Worry in Plant Shutdown for Key PFAS Chemicals

Text size PFAS chemicals are used in the etching process for chip manufacturing. Dreamstime The fragile semiconductor supply chain has one more thing to worry about. Chips have been relatively scarce ...

Ford Stock: Auto Industry Problems Growing, Car Stock Enthusiasm Wanes

Text size The Ford logo is displayed on the sales lot at the Ford Store in San Leandro, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The auto sector faces a number of headwinds that are too much for one a...

Why P&G Just Gained a New Fan

Text size P&G’s products were popular earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Investors have been wary of consumer staples stocks lately, given worries about high inflation...

Nvidia, AMD, Intel Price Targets Are Cut. This Analyst Sees Chip Demand Slowing.

Text size Dreamstime Semiconductor stocks have soared over the last few quarters, driven higher by robust demand for chips amid a global supply shortage. But the tide may be turning for semiconductor ...

I’m 61, left my job due to medical reasons, and made $150,000 from the sale of my home. I’d like to work for at least another 5 years. Can I still retire? If so, how?

Dear Quentin, I recently sold my house and had to leave my job due to a medical issue that was easily resolved, and I am now fine. I have approximately $150,000 in my checking account from the sale of...

‘We are not sure how prepared we are for retirement’ – we are 60 and 61, and don’t know how much longer we can work, have $360,000 in retirement savings and a pension

I am a 61-year-old teacher in Missouri who plans to work 3-4 more years before retiring. Depending on what option my husband and I choose from the Public School Retirement System, we should get betwee...

I’m 57 and I don’t have much money. Is a financial adviser right for me?

How to find a financial adviser Getty Images Question: I’m 57 years old and late to the party. I do not have much money socked away nor do I have investments outside of my retirement fund, and I never...

Online Sports Betting Is a Buzzy Industry, but Where’s the Money?

Text size Gamblers may have won big with the men’s March Madness championship game on Monday, but investing in online gambling platforms has been a losing hand as of late. Shares of DraftKings (ticker...

UPS Stock Is Down For a Seventh Straight Day. Here’s Why.

Text size UPS stock is on a seven-day losing streak. Alex Wong/Getty Images   United Parcel Service stock is on an ignominious streak, falling for seven consecutive days. There hasn’t been much compan...

Do I resist refinancing my $160,000 federal student loan at a lower rate in the hope there will be loan forgiveness? What are the chances it will happen?

I graduated from college in 2017 with more than $210,000 in federal student-loan debt thanks to out-of-state tuition, a master’s program, and not fully understanding this cost at that time. I’ve chise...

As mortgage rates surge higher, these home buyers are being pushed out of the market

The steep upward climb in mortgage rates still isn’t showing any signs of stopping. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.72% as of the week ending April 7, Freddie Mac FMCC, -0.03% ...

Retired? Here’s when you don’t have to file your taxes – and when you do

Not all seniors need to file a tax return, but others may incorrectly think they fall in this category – don’t make that mistake.  Retirement Tip of the Week: If you don’t plan to file a tax return th...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Takes 11% Stake in HP

Text size Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc. Berkshire Hathaway has accumulated an 11.4% stake worth $4.2 billion in HP Inc. , the maker of personal computers and printers, ...

Rivian’s Production of Electric Trucks More Than Doubles. The Stock Falls.

Text size Courtesy Rivian Production at Rivian Automotive grew in the first quarter from the fourth, but the stock was falling Wednesday. Rivian (ticker: RIVN) reported first-quarter production on Tue...

Ackman’s Closed-End Fund Trades at a Steep Discount. Maybe It’s the High Fees.

Investor Bill Ackman recently highlighted market-beating 17% annualized returns generated by his Pershing Square Capital Management since 2004. But many investors in Ackman’s largest investment vehicl...

These 6 ‘Dividend Aristocrats’ Have a Strong Pipeline for Cash. That’s a Plus.

Text size Exxon Mobil is among the companies whose yield on free cash flow indicates strong support for the payout’s resilience. Here, an Exxon refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Dean Mouhtarop...

Wells Fargo to Pay to Settle Lawsuit Over Its 401(k) Plan

Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle a two-year-old case involving alleged self-dealing with the company’s 401(k) plan. Wells Fargo, which had previously sought to dismiss the lawsuit...

These income strategies can help protect your stock investments from inflation and a recession

There is always uncertainty in the stock market, but the deflationary cycle that helped feed tremendous gains over the past several decades has ended. Two related strategies can give you downside prot...

Elon Musk admits his Twitter investment isn’t passive and reveals that he began buying the stock in January

Elon Musk filed a new disclosure on his Twitter Inc. stake with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, admitting that he invested in the company with the goal of effecting change and that ...

Elon Musk Named to Twitter’s Board. He Can’t Own More Than 14.9% of the Stock.

Text size Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on Feb. 10, 2022. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Elon Musk w...