Costco Wholesale Corp. is talking over membership fee hikes after reporting an all-time renewal rate high of 90%. The last time Costco raised its membership fee was in June 2017. Historically, fees ri...
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Target Inventory Warning Portends Retail Bloodbath
Target ’s inventory problem is turning out even worse than it expected just a short time ago. Its latest warning could portend a promotional bloodbath among retailers this summer. The retailer on Tues...
Home affordability has ‘collapsed’ in 2022. What to expect next, according to BofA
The double whammy of surging mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices has led to “collapsed” housing affordability in America, according to Chris Flanagan’s team at BofA Global Research. The situat...
Exxon Gets an Upgrade, but Analyst Takes ‘Chips Off Table’ for 2 Other Oil Stocks
Text size Gas prices are displayed on a pump at an Exxon gas station in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2022. Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images Energy stocks have emerged winners in this period of vo...
3 Reasons AMD’s Analyst Day Will Be ‘Transformative’
Text size AMD will hold its analyst day on June 9, 2022. Courtesy AMD Advanced Micro Devices will continue its strong performance after meeting or exceeding all targets for the past two years, Piper S...
These Mortgage-Backed Securities Offer Hefty Yields, Mild Risk
Text size Bonds from Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac are more attractive than Treasuries or corporates. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Move over TINA, it’s time for TARA. The latter stands for “T...
Best Buy Founder Richard Schulze Bought a Big Block of Stock
Text size People shopping in a Best Buy store. Richard Schulze, Best Buy’s founder, bought $20 million in shares of the electronics retailer. Valentin M Armianu/Dreamstime.com Best Buy stock has tumbl...
Kohl’s Stock Rises on Takeover Bids. The Offers Show Scars of the Retail Rout.
Text size *** ONE-TIME USE *** The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on Jan. 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Kohl’s stock rose Fri...
Rivian’s Great EV Expectations Meet the Harsh Reality of Manufacturing
At Rivian Automotive Inc.’s factory in Normal, Ill., life is anything but. Car factories around the world routinely churn out models around the clock. About eight months after production on Rivian’s e...
Biden open to canceling $10,000 in student loans per borrower — what that means for your budget, credit score and tax bill
If $10,000 vanishes from your student debt, you may want to celebrate. This is a question millions of student loan holders may be facing soon if President Joe Biden proceeds with a controversial plan ...
‘I’d love to be married now. I would love to be a dad by now. I’d love to have a home by now’: The winners and losers in Biden’s plan to cancel $10,000 in student-loan debt
The Biden administration is planning to cancel $10,000 in student-loan debt for borrowers earning below a specific income threshold. But for borrowers like Johnathan Perkins, 36, the amount of debt fo...
Micron Stock Slumps After Downgrade. Why the Analyst Fears the Consumer.
Text size Dreamstime Micron Technology stock was slumping Friday after the memory chip manufacturer received the first Sell-equivalent rating since February. Piper Sandler analyst Harsh Kumar downgrad...
Turning Point Stock Doubles on Bristol Deal. What It Means for Biotech M&A.
Text size Photograph by Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images Turning Point Therapeutics stock has more than doubled after Bristol Myers Squibb announced that it had agreed to buy the company. It’s just the ...
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...
IBM Shed Half Its Stake in Kyndryl. The Rest Will Follow Soon.
Text size IBM disclosed that it swapped half of its stake in Kyndryl, about 22.3 million shares, along with $46 million in cash, to Goldman Sachs. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images IBM has swapped ha...
PayPal Stock Has Been Cut in Half. Why Analysts See Upside.
Text size PayPal stock could pass $150 a share by 2026, Mizuho says. Nuttapong Punna/Dreamstime.com There’s plenty of upside for PayPal ’s stock, analysts say. The payments app just needs to get its s...
Here Are 6 Stocks That Pay a Lot in Dividends and Have Solid Yields. And Microsoft and Apple.
PepsiCo total quarterly dividend payout and yield make for an intriguing combination. Here, a Pepsi display at a shop in Grovetown, Ga., earlier this year. Billy Blume/Dreamstime.com Text size Sometim...
Microsoft and Two Other Software Stocks for a Potential Recession
Text size Microsoft is a top pick of Bernstein software analyst Mark Moerdler for a potential recession. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The possibility of a bad recession is on everyone’s mind. On Tuesday,...