Taiwan Semi reports stronger-than-forecast profit

Third-party silicon-wafer manufacturer reported Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported a stronger-than-forecast 80% increase in profit for the third quarter. The chipmaker said earnings rose ...

Corporate insiders buy up their company stock again amid the latest sell-off

When participating in the stock market, investors often need to explore areas where others are not looking in order to maximize their potential for making substantial returns. Monitoring the transacti...

U.S. Suppliers Halt Operations at Top Chinese Memory Chip Maker

BEIJING–U.S. chip-equipment suppliers are pulling out staff based at China’s leading memory-chip maker and pausing business activities there, according to people familiar with the matter, as they grap...

Moderna Stock Takes Off on Cancer Vaccine News

Moderna stock shot up after Merck said it is exercising an option to work on a personalized cancer vaccine with the Covid-19 vaccine maker. Merck (ticker: MRK) will pay Moderna (MRNA) $250 million for...

5 Chip Stocks for Investors Who Want to Buy the Dip

Text size Cowen has a $70 price target for Marvell Technology Remusrigo/Dreamstime It has been a rough year for chip stocks, but investors should look beyond short-term weakness. Five semiconductor st...

Uranium Miner Cameco Agrees to Buy Stake in Nuclear Services Firm, Stock Drops

Cameco stock was tumbling after agreeing, along with Brookfield Renewable Partners to acquire Westinghouse Electric. The companies will be forming a strategic partnership to acquire Westinghouse, the ...

Layoffs at Intel Could Spell a Bitter Winter for Tech. It’s Not All Bad News.

Intel looks set to be the latest tech company to announce job cuts in the face of a gloomy macro outlook—a sign that a bitter winter is coming for the sector. From a more macro perspective, there are ...

Cruise Stocks Don’t Lead to Buried Treasure

Cruise-line stocks have been taking on water since Covid-19 hit, but lately investors have really abandoned ship. Hovering over $6 a share, Carnival stock hasn’t been this cheap since Boyz II Men, TLC...

Cameco Stock Tumbles on Agreement to Buy Stake in Westinghouse Electric

Cameco was falling nearly 10% after agreeing along with Brookfield Renewable Partners to acquire Westinghouse Electric. The companies will be forming a strategic partnership to acquire Westinghouse, t...

Intel reportedly plans to lay off thousands of workers, with details potentially emerging alongside quarterly earnings

Intel Corp. may fire thousands of workers by the end of the month, around the same time the chip manufacturer reports quarterly results amid a tough year for semiconductor makers, according to a repor...

Good News for Tesla Investors: The Stock Is Now Oversold.

Shares of electric-vehicle leader Tesla have gone through just a brutal stretch lately. It’s been painful for the bulls, but they might be getting some relief soon. Tesla (ticker: TSLA) stock dropped ...

Opinion: The stock market is in trouble. That’s because the the bond market is ‘very close to a crash.’

Don’t assume the worst is over, says investor Larry McDonald. There’s talk of a policy pivot by the Federal Reserve as interest rates rise quickly and stocks keep falling. Both may continue. McDonald,...

RingCentral added to ‘zombie’ stocks list by equity research firm New Constructs

Cloud-based communication company RingCentral has been added to the list of “zombie” stocks compiled by equity research firm New Constructs. The research firm, which uses machine learning and natural ...

Peloton Co-Founder John Foley Faced Repeated Margin Calls From Goldman Sachs as Stock Slumped

John Foley, the co-founder and former chief executive of Peloton Interactive faced repeated margin calls on money he borrowed against his Peloton holdings before he left the fitness company’s board la...

Robert Shiller created an index that shows investors’ fear of a stock market crash. Here’s what it’s saying now.

A sizeable majority of individual investors are worried about a possible U.S. stock market crash — and that’s bullish. That’s because crash anxiety is a contrarian indicator. It would be a bad sign if...

This industry could be worth $180 billion by 2040. Citigroup offers four stock names to play it, and a few more to think about.

Investors are bracing for some choppiness on Wall Street, with oil prices falling as growth worries rattle around the globe. That’s as the clock ticks down to CPI and the start of a earnings season la...

Saudi Arabia Lures Executives to Neom With Million-Dollar Salaries, Zero Taxes

Saudi Arabia’s megadevelopment Neom is paying senior executives roughly $1.1 million each annually, according to an internal Neom document, showing how the kingdom is using large pay packages to lure ...

Baby boomers, Generation X expect to work past 70 — or forever

Almost half of baby boomers and more than one-third of Generation X expect to work past age 70 or do not plan to retire at all, highlighting the need for backup plans in case life’s unexpected events ...

The Fed Looks Set to Overshoot on Interest Rates. What to Learn From Earnings.

Last week saw markets raise their hopes of a Federal Reserve pivot to looser policy, only to have the dream dashed by a strong jobs report and string of policy makers saying interest rates must move h...

ARK’s Cathie Wood Sounds Used-Car Alarm Again. The Risk Is Still Overstated.

ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood sees a collapse in used-car prices on the horizon. If she’s right, that could mean disaster for auto-finance companies, traditional car makers and dealerships. The good news i...

Strong Dollar Poses Looming Threat To Corporate Earnings—But These Stocks Avoid One Of The Biggest Risks

Topline With third-quarter earnings season kicking off this week, analysts at Goldman Sachs are telling clients to buy stocks with a high percentage of sales from the United States to help protect aga...

Exxon Mobil Won’t Comment on Report It Is Exploring Deal for Denbury

Denbury’s stock jumped on Monday afternoon after a report said Exxon Mobil was considering a takeover of the oil-recovery specialist, but the oil giant said it wouldn’t comment on speculation. Bloombe...

Stocks could fall ‘another easy 20%’ and next drop will be ‘much more painful than the first’, Jamie Dimon says

JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, -0.92% CEO Jamie Dimon warned investors on Monday that he expects markets to remain volatile for the foreseeable future, and that the S&P 500 could easily fall anothe...

Here’s how you’ll know stock-market lows are here, says investor who called crash in ’87

“If you think about where we are right now, the Federal Reserve Board is fighting something that it hasn’t seen really in almost four decades, which is inflation. Inflation is a bit like toothpaste: o...

Ford stock is now a ‘sell’ at UBS as an oversupply problem looms

Shares of Ford Motor Co. were hit hard Monday by UBS analyst Patrick Hummel’s recommendation that investors sell, as the auto industry is facing a worrisome U-turn from undersupply to oversupply. Humm...

Rivian’s big recall is a ‘black eye’ for bulls, but the stock is still a buy, analyst says

Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. took a dive Monday, in the wake of the electric-vehicle maker’s recall of nearly all of its vehicles, but Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said the news is just a “speed bump”...

‘We’re likely to see one of the greatest transfers of intergenerational wealth,’ says head of TIAA

For 25 years, we at MarketWatch have made retirement one of our core coverage areas. We have tried to help our readers navigate the fraught and often confusing issues surrounding saving, investing and...

Famed Value Investor Buys Stock in Citigroup, PulteGroup, and Oshkosh

Value investor Edgar Wachenheim III’s Greenhaven Associates recently made major changes in its investments. Greenhaven increased its stakes in Citigroup (ticker: C) and home builder PulteGroup (PHM), ...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Hours for Columbus Day 2022.

Columbus Day arrives this year after investors navigated choppy waters last week. The S&P 500 marked its largest two-day gain since April 2020 on Tuesday, after a weak ISM manufacturing activity r...

Electric-Vehicle Makers and Suppliers Drive Into a Stormy IPO Market

Updated Oct. 8, 2022 5:33 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Electric-vehicle makers in Asia and the companies that supply them are rushing to capital markets to raise money, as they try to take adva...

Brace for Mortgage Rates to Climb Higher After the Jobs Report

Text size A housing development in Pearland, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The rising cost of buying a home has cooled the market this year. In a roundabout way, Friday’s jobs report will add to ho...