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Costco’s Latest Earnings Show Why the Stock Is a Winner
Text size Costco’s membership renewal rate for the U.S. and Canada stood at 92.3% last quarter. David Pail Morris/Bloomberg Costco Wholesale takes care of its more than 64 million members. The s...
War surges Norway’s oil, gas profit. Now, it’s urged to help
Europe’s frantic search for alternatives to Russian energy has dramatically increased the demand — and price — for Norway’s oil and gas. As the money pours in, Europe’s second-biggest natural gas supp...
Volkswagen says supply-chain problems are easing even as some Audi buyers face year-long wait times
Executives with German automobile maker Volkswagen said at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that supply-chain problems exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war are easing but they’...
Netflix Has a Big Problem. Here’s the Math That Might Fix It
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Netflix shares are off 70% this year, due in large part to the streaming-video company’s disastrous first-quarter earnings. Among other things, Netflix lost 200,0...
These money and investing tips are tools to help fix your broken portfolio
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Your stock portfolio didn’t have to lose so much this year Strong insider buying suggests a 15% rally in the S&P 500 from here ‘I feel like I am ...
Companies Are Rebuilding Their Inventories. What That Means for Profits.
Text size Target’s inventory rose 43.1% and sales grew 4% in the most recent quarter. Joe Raedle/Getty Images After months of being empty, shelves are finally being restocked. That makes shoppers happ...
Robots Pick Up More Work at Busy Factories
Robots are turning up on more factory floors and assembly lines as companies struggle to hire enough workers to fill rising orders. Orders for workplace robots in the U.S. increased by a record 40% du...
Toyota Is Cutting Car Production Again. It’s Bad News for Inflation.
Text size A scene from a Toyoya production line in India. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg Global car production has been hampered for months because of a plethora of supply-chain and logistics issues. Investor...
Durability of U.S. stock- market bounce in question as inflation worries linger ahead of payrolls report
Investors took a breather this week as U.S. stocks bounced back from a weeks long selloff and the latest reading on inflation offered glimmers of optimism to those hoping for a peak in price pressures...
Avoiding Recession May Require Moving the Inflation Goal Post
Fed chief Jerome Powell, shown at a May 4 press conference, has said the central bank remains committed to bringing inflation down to 2%. Al Drago/Bloomberg Text size Signs of economic weakness are pi...
Why the Dow finally bounced — and what it will take to prove it’s for real
A little pre-summer cheer finally filtered its way into the stock market the week before Memorial Day, but it will likely take more than the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s first winning week since lat...
Boeing Hasn’t Delivered…on Jets or Other Requisites for Recovery
Text size At this point, Boeing’s task is simple—it needs to stop the bleeding. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Boeing’s badly beaten-up stock might be nearly as weak as it will get. When Barron’s recommended...
U.S. inflation rate slows to 6.3%, Fed-favored PCE gauge shows, in a sign that price pressures could be peaking
The numbers: A key measure of U.S. inflation rose just 0.2% in April to mark the smallest increase in a year and a half, aided by lower gasoline prices. There were additional hints that a surge in U.S...
Is It Time to Buy Stocks Again? Why Citi Says Yes.
Text size Can investors finally stop worrying about a bear market? Photo by MORRIS MAC MATZEN/AFP via Getty Images It’s been a long slog this year for the plummeting stock market. Citigroup’s model th...
Why cash is an important part of your retirement plan
Retirement savers are often told they’ll see a greater return in their retirement assets if they invest it – and that may be true – but it’s important to prioritize some cash in a retirement plan as w...
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 ...