Intel still has a lot to prove to Wall Street one year after Pat Gelsinger came home

Intel Corp. had a rough 2021, and it looks like the chip maker will still face Wall Street criticism in 2022 for its ambitious capital investment plan and the success of competitors amid continuing de...

Fastenal and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Dividends This Week

Text size Fastenal increased its quarterly dividend by 11%. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Fastenal , Consolidated Edison , and J.B. Hunt Transport Services were among the U.S. companies that declared divide...

Ocean Freight Shipper Maersk Continues to Expand. The Stock Could Sail to New Highs.

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is expanding its ocean freight business to include road, rail, and air services. Peter Boer/Bloomberg Text size The world’s largest shipping container company, A.P. Møller-Maers...

Wall Street: $100 Oil Might Just Be the Beginning

Text size The big question now for oil is where the U.S. dollar goes. Oil is priced in dollars and a strong dollar tends to hurt oil prices. Mario Tama/Getty Images A bet on $100 oil has gone from a l...

IBM Reports Its Earnings Monday. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size IBM has previously said it expects annual growth to return to the mid-single-digits range, starting this year. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg IBM will report fourth-quarter earnings after the c...

Advice and Observations From Investment Newsletters

Text size This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Don’t Rush In Technical Morning Meeting Commentsby...

These 3 Bank Stocks Won Earnings Season. They’re All Worth Buying.

Text size Wells Fargo is a good play for investors who can stomach a little uncertainty. Dreamstime This bank earnings season has had its winners and losers, but the winners couldn’t be more different...

The Market’s Priced in a Rate Rise. Now the Fed Has Lots of Other Issues to Decide.

Watch what they say, not what they do, at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting this coming week. The obverse of the famous advice from Richard Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, is what eco...

Where to Find Bargains Among Tech and Growth Stocks

The technology sector may not be on sale, but it certainly has gotten cheaper lately. Major technology stocks like Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Meta Platforms (FB) are...

Weekend reads: Is this the end of the bull market for stocks?

The Federal Reserve is reversing course to fight inflation, but interest rates remain low, which means bond prices remain high. Meanwhile, stock valuations are high relative to earnings, in part becau...

Opinion: On the 1-year anniversary of the big short squeeze, GameStop bulls tried to relive their first attack, and that’s the problem

It has been one year since retail traders began their unprecedented move on GameStop stock GME, +3.59%, sending the price soaring and short sellers scattering, creating both a Wall Street panic and th...

It’s Time to Bargain Hunt. 27 Picks to Beat the Stock Market From Barron’s Roundtable Experts.

“There is no easier way to make money in the market than to buy a great company under pressure due to short-term concerns.” So said the newest member of the Barron’s Roundtable, David Giroux of T. Row...

We’re in our 60s, my husband plans to work until he ‘drops dead’ and our medical bills are overwhelming – how can we retire like this?

My husband works for the county making approximately $55,000 a year but before that was in retail with earnings of only about $36,000. In 1996, our daughter was diagnosed with a life threatening incur...

Should I claim Social Security at 70, or take it earlier and invest the money?

Few things are certain, yet Social Security retirement benefits are among the safest sources of retirement income: Inflation-adjusted monthly benefits backed by the federal government for as long as y...

SunPower to Record $31 Million of Charges for Cracking Issue. The Stock Tumbles.

Text size An employee works to install new solar panels at a solar plant in Turkey. Chris McGrath/Getty Images SunPower shares were falling sharply Friday after the solar tech company said it expects ...

Apple Stock Gets a Big Target Price Boost. Supply-Chain Problems Are Improving.

Text size Apple has faced tough supply-chain challenges. Things could be looking up. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Tech stocks were getting hammered again Friday, but there was good news on the radar for...

ASIC Selects 5 Regtech Firms to Solve Corporate Disclosure Challenges

The Australian financial market regulator, ASIC, has selected five regulatory technology (regtech) companies for the Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) to find a solution for the chall...

Bitcoin drops below $40,000 as global market selloff spreads to cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin prices were trading at levels not seen since August, pushing below a key support level on Friday, as a selloff of perceived riskier assets spread to cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -6.06%, t...

I’m an attorney with more than $200K in student loans. How should I handle this?

Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I’m an attorney with over $200,000 in federal student loan debt, and I desperately want to file for bankruptcy on these loans. I’m on an income-driven repayment plan...

‘Good luck! We’ll all need it’: U.S. market approaches end of ‘superbubble,’ says Jeremy Grantham

The U.S. is approaching the end of a “superbubble” spanning across stocks, bonds, real estate and commodities following massive stimulus during the COVID pandemic, potentially leading to the largest m...

SoFi stock surge continues on record volume

SoFi Technologies Inc. shares are soaring for the second-straight day on heavy volume as optimism continues to build for the company’s banking ambitions. SoFi’s stock SOFI, +9.41% is up more than 15% ...

Peloton’s stock skids, following report it will pause production of bikes, treadmills

Shares of Peloton Interactive PTON, -17.24% were sinking Thursday afternoon, trading below where it first listed, after a report said the exercise-equipment maker was temporarily pausing production of...

AMD Stock Fell to Its Lowest Price in Months. Why It’s Dropping Again.

Text size AMD Ryzen Threadripper Courtesy AMD Advanced Micro Devices was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight by analysts at Piper Sandler, who said the downgrade was driven by, among other factors, ...

Why Is Ford Stock Down Again Today? A Downgrade Is Hitting Shares.

Text size Ford stock has climbed 95% over the past year. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Ford Motor stock has been been on a tear, cruising by most analyst price targets. That leaves analysts in an interest...

American Airlines Beats Earnings Estimates. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size American Airlines stock pointed 1.2% higher in premarket trading Thursday. Getty Images American Airlines beat earnings expectations in the fourth quarter, reporting a smaller-than-expected ...

‘We Were Wrong’ About Exxon’s Prospects, Analyst Says

Text size Scott Olson/Getty Images A former bear on Exxon Mobil has changed his tune, and acknowledged that he underestimated the company’s comeback last year. RBC Capital Markets analyst Biraj Borkha...

Tesla earnings: News about the Cybertruck and new factories could set the tone for 2022

Tesla Inc. is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings next Wednesday, with investors expecting a return of Chief Executive Elon Musk to the post-results call and bracing for what could be worrying ne...

Virgin Galactic Stock Is Worth Just $10, Analyst Says

Text size Virgin Galactic stock closed on Tuesday down 85% from an all-time high of almost $63 set back in February 2020. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Investors in space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic Ho...

Johnson & Johnson’s got a new CEO and a plan to split the company in two. Here’s what else to expect out of J&J’s earnings

Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.31% has long been viewed as a bellwether stock for other health care companies, given its early slot in the earnings calendar and a business model that spans everything f...

The 60/40 portfolio ‘is in danger’ as Federal Reserve gears up for a rate-hike cycle in coming months

The traditional portfolio mix of 60% stocks and 40% bonds, historically seen as the safest allocation for investors of moderate-risk tolerance, “is in danger” as the Federal Reserve gears up for its f...

Plug Power Just Gave Bullish 2022 Sales Guidance. The Stock Is Down.

Text size Investors will be listening to Plug Power’s conference call to hear how hydrogen technology is developing and being adopted. Courtesy Plug Power Hydrogen fuel cell technology provider ...