Elon Musk says that Tesla could someday be worth more than Apple and Saudi Aramco, combined. First, it needs to get through the next few months. Before Tesla (ticker: TSLA) reported third-quarter earn...
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IRS sets new 401(k) limits — investors can save a lot more money in 2023
People can contribute up to $22,500 in 401(k) accounts and $6,500 in IRAs in 2023, the IRS said Friday. For 401(k)s, that’s an almost 10% increase from 2022’s contribution limit of $20,500. For IRAs, ...
2 Chip Equipment Stocks to Buy on the Dip, According to an Analyst
Text size The stocks of both Applied Materials and ASML have fallen more than 40% this year. Paul Morris/Bloomberg It has been a terrible year for chip equipment stocks. But based on history, prices i...
Microsoft earnings on deck amid layoffs, recession fears: What to expect
Microsoft, which is laying off nearly 1,000 workers across multiple divisions, reports its fiscal first-quarter results after market close on Oct. 25. With fears of a recession looming, Axios and Busi...
Verizon Stock Slips on Earnings Beat. It’s Not AT&T
Verizon Communications delivered third-quarter results that largely beat expectations and maintained its financial forecast. That doesn’t seem to be enough for the market—and it looks worse compared w...
Nvidia’s Business ‘Very Close to the Bottom,’ Says Analyst
Text size Piper Sandler analyst Harsh Kumar notes chip maker Nvidia is making progress in working down its oversupply at retailers. Dreamstime Piper Sandler believes Nvidia stock is about to make a co...
With $3.1 Trillion In Debt Due And Rates Rising, Corporate Borrowers Find Themselves Fighting The Fed
$3.1 trillion of U.S. corporate debt is coming due over the next three years. getty Talk about bad timing. For three S&P 500 members, F5, IlluminaILMN , and NordsonNDSN , 40% or more of their debt...
These 27 stocks can give you a more diversified portfolio than the S&P 500 — and that’s a key advantage right now
You probably already know that because of market-capitalization weighting, a broad index such as the S&P 500 SPX, -0.80% can be concentrated in a handful of stocks. Index funds are popular for goo...
New IRS tax brackets and standard deduction could save families hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Now, for the bad news.
In a time of rising costs, the Internal Revenue Service just raised income-tax brackets through new inflation adjustments for next year. It might feel tough sometimes to link the IRS with the concept ...
Intel reportedly to start ‘targeted’ layoffs in November
Intel Corp. is planning on announcing “targeted” layoffs in November, according to a report late Thursday, citing an internal video shared with employees. After the close of markets Thursday, The Oreg...
Workers are disengaged from their jobs — but don’t blame remote work. The real cause lies elsewhere.
Worker disengagement is increasing no matter where a person does their job, whether that’s in the office, at home, or a hybrid of both. And just because people are showing up to the job in person, it ...
Vanguard ‘not confident’ U.S. Treasury rates have peaked after painful bond-market losses. Why ‘risk-reward profiles’ still appear more attractive across fixed income
U.S. Treasury rates may have yet to peak after surging this year, but higher yields have made bonds more attractive in tumultuous markets as investors face a likely recession next year, according to V...
Annoyed by ‘curt and almost dismissive’ Elon Musk, one Wall Street analyst sees cracks emerging in Tesla
While some on Wall Street appeared to take disappointing Tesla Inc. results in stride, one analyst was ringing alarm bells over Elon Musk’s “bold” predictions and his “almost dismissive” attitude towa...
UBS has released its annual house-price bubble report. Here are the most overvalued markets.
The housing market is in something of its own recession as mortgage rates have surged. If the economist consensus is right about an existing home sales report due later in the morning, then sales will...
Warren Buffett purchased more than 20 million shares of this stock in 2022. And it has a 133% return. But can that growth sustain?
“If you aren’t willing to own a stock for 10 years, don’t even think about owning it for 10 minutes,” Warren Buffett once wrote wrote in a letter to shareholders. Great performance and stocks may seem...
How to save a bundle on your tax return
This is Part Two of our list of suggested year-end strategies. Part 1 discusses gaming the federal standard deduction, and managing capital gains and losses. The tax environment is getting friendlier ...
Nokia posts forecast-beating net profit
Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a forecast-beating third-quarter net profit as demand for mobile networks and network infrastructure remained strong and supply-chain constraints eased. Nokia NOK, -1.94...
Generac stock rocked after profit warning due to weakness in home generator business
Shares of Generac Holdings Inc. suffered a record selloff on Wednesday after the manufacturer of home generators and solar equipment issued an earnings warning and cut its growth outlook, citing press...
Apple Stock Is a Top Pick, and Sales Will Beat Estimates, Says Morgan Stanley
Apple September quarter financial results should top current Street estimates, Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring asserted in a research note on Wednesday. Apple (ticker: AAPL) will report results f...
Generac Stock Is Tumbling. Sales Have Slowed, and Inventory Is Piling Up.
The second half of the year isn’t going as well as standby-power company Generac Holdings expected. Channel inventories are hurting sales, and that is crushing shares. Still, there should be brighter ...
IBM Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.
IBM is set to provide investors with a fresh look at the state of enterprise technology spending when it reports third-quarter financial results late Wednesday. There is growing concern that tighter c...
Do you have problems with the IRS — or does the IRS have a problem with you? Read this before you act.
How do you deal with a problem like the Internal Revenue Service? And how do you deal with your own tax problems as they pertain to the IRS? To be clear, I’m not talking about major problems like righ...