Costco Stock Is Near Record Highs. Why It Could Keep Climbing.

Text size Costco stock currently trades at more than 41 times forward earnings. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images While many retailers have floundered in 2022 on fears that inflation will cut into consumer...

A key part of the Treasury yield curve has finally inverted, setting off recession warning — here’s what investors need to know

A closely watched measure of the yield curve that serves as one of the bond market’s most reliable recession indicators inverted on Tuesday, underlining fears about the economic outlook as the Federal...

Apple Stock Is on Its Hottest Winning Streak Since 2003. What Happens Next.

Text size Apple stock is on a historical tear. Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for Apple Apple stock hasn’t had a winning streak this hot since spring 2003. Shares in Apple (ticker: AAPL) have climbed i...

Target Prices for Ford and GM Are Slipping. Tesla Is Holding Up Better.

Text size The assembly line at a General Motors plant in Michigan, in 2012. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Wall Street is taking a less upbeat view of the stock-price outlook for General Motors and Ford M...

S&P 500 set to exit correction: What history says happens next to stock-market benchmark

The S&P 500 index exited market-correction territory Tuesday, a move that has tended to point to near- and medium-term gains for the U.S. large-cap benchmark in the past. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.2...

Defense Stocks Take a Hit on U.S. Defense Spending Request

Text size Defense stocks trade for about 18 times estimated 2022 earnings. Jose Luis Magana / AFP) Defense stocks are taking a small hit after details of the coming defense budget were released. On Mo...

QuantumScape May Bring Drivers an All-Electric Porsche 911, Report Says

Text size Porsche aims to have 80% of its sales come from all-electric cars by the end of the decade. Courtesy Porsche Iconic sports cars are going electric. The Ford Mustang has the all- electric Mac...

This ‘potentially poisonous mix’ means forget about buying the dip in stocks, says Neuberger CIO

The threat of high inflation, climbing rates and sputtering growth could turn into a “potentially poisonous mix” for stocks, prompting a new underweight call for equities by Erik Knutzen, chief invest...

Boeing’s 737 MAX 10 Faces Delays. It Might Not Be a Major Problem.

Text size A Boeing 737 MAX 10 airliner. Ellen Banner-Pool/Getty Images Boeing stock is lower Monday morning. The company’s regulatory woes might be creating another overhang in the shares. The new iss...

Get ready for $900 billion of stock purchases this year, says Goldman Sachs. Here’s who’s buying.

Wall Street is looking a little less surefooted as a new week begins, with oil sliding as fresh COVID lockdowns in China adding to a hefty worry pile. Bonds continue to slump as well. But maybe don’t ...

Deere Stock Catches an Upgrade, but This Analyst Likes a Rival Better

Text size John Deere tractors. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images J.P. Morgan raised its rating on Deere stock to Hold from Sell, but it isn’t that the analyst had a change of heart. A different person is t...

XPeng Earnings Are Coming Monday. Here’s What To Expect.

XPeng shares are down about 46% this year, far worse than the 5% drop in the S&P 500. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Text size Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng will report fourth quarter ...

Why the Postwar 1940s May Tell Us More About Our Inflation Than the ‘70s

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size As inflation stirs, economists have fixated on the 1970s. That’s a mistake, says Guggenheim’s chief investment officer, Scott Minerd, who believes the causes of t...

Larry Fink says globalization is over — Here’s what it means for the markets

BlackRock founder Larry Fink declared that the Russia-Ukraine war is bringing the era of globalization to an end, but investors should keep in mind that the global economy and the financial system can...

Stock Market Gets Boost From Bond Selloff. Time to Sell the Rip?

Text size NYSE The Federal Reserve is talking tough about fighting inflation—and the stock market loves it. Don’t expect equities to be so relaxed if Powell & Co. act on their words. The S&P 5...

Home Depot cut its overall workforce but boosted salaried employees by 20% last year

Home Depot Inc. HD, -1.62% disclosed that it cut its overall workforce by 2.8% in the fiscal year ended Jan. 30, 2022, while increasing the number of salaried employees by 19.9%. In the home improveme...

Dow ends 350 points higher as Biden touts NATO response to Russia-Ukraine war, Fed speakers

U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday afternoon, as world leaders met to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and investors monitored remarks by Federal Reserve officials. Technology and communication...

Bitcoin rallies after Russia hints at using crypto with $50,000 seen possible on short covering

Bitcoin on Friday briefly traded above $45,000, a psychological level, as financial institutions pushed further into the digital asset space, while Russia hinted at the possibility of accepting bitcoi...

Tesla, GM, and Volkswagen Each Lead the Car Industry in R&D Spending

Text size A Tesla car at the company’s new factory in Germany. Christian Marquardt — Pool/Getty Images Does Tesla spend the most money on research and development? Or is it General Motors? Or Vo...

Apple, Tesla, and 98 Other Growth Stocks That Are Getting Their Groove Back

Text size Apple stock fell 18% from Jan. 3 to March 14. Dale Del La Rey/AFP via Getty Images Growth stocks like Apple and Tesla have had quite the time these past four months–retreating, then roaring....

Rivian Stock Gets a Target Price Cut. Wall Street Is Trying to Catch Up.

Text size Most analysts still rate Rivian shares Buy, despite the stock’s recent decline. Courtesy Rivian Analysts are adjusting their price targets for Rivian Automotive stock to reflect its ex...

It’s the beginning of the end of globalization, say BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Oaktree’s Howard Marks

“The magnitude of Russia’s actions will play out for decades to come and mark a turning point in the world order of geopolitics, macroeconomic trends, and capital markets.” That was Larry Fink, CEO of...

The stock market hit its COVID low 2 years ago today. Here’s how its performance since then stacks up.

It’s the second anniversary Wednesday of the lows set in the U.S. stock-market plunge triggered by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Stocks have stumbled thus far in 2022, but the S&am...

New home sales decline, surprising analysts, even though the inventory of properties for sale has hit the highest level since 2008

The numbers: U.S. new-home sales decreased 2% to an annual rate of 772,000 in February, the government said Wednesday. That figure represents the number of homes that would be sold over a yearlong per...

What to Know About the Boeing 737 Crash in China

Text size Rescuers head to the site of a plane crash in southern China on March 22, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images A Boeing 737-800 carrying 132 passengers and crew members crashed in southern China o...

ChargePoint and Toyota Team Up on EV Charging

Text size Toyota’s bZ4X is due to hit U.S. roads in mid-2022. Courtesy Toyota Electric-vehicle charging company ChargePoint announced a new partnership with Toyota Motor on Tuesday. The agreemen...

The All-Electric Cadillac Lyriq Is Here. What It Means for GM Stock.

The Lyriq has 300 miles of driving range, via a 100-kilowatt-hour battery. Cadillac photo Text size General Motors began retail production of its all-electric luxury crossover vehicle, the Cadillac Ly...

Boeing Stock: What Wall Street Is Saying After the China Plane Crash

Text size The Boeing logo Scott Olson/Getty Images A China Eastern Airlines 737-800 tragically crashed Monday, sending shares of Boeing lower. Wall Street is hopeful that Monday’s crash wasn’t a MAX-l...

Dow ends 200 points lower after Fed’s Powell leaves door open to larger rate hikes

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Samuel Corum/Getty Images Stocks fell Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell left the door open to the prospect of bigger rate hikes to bring down i...

Here’s what it will take to make stocks a ‘great’ buying opportunity, says this strategist

It was an interesting time for the best weekly gain for Wall Street since late 2020 as the devastating war in Ukraine grinds toward the one-month mark. “Stabilizing stock markets point to less cautiou...

The Boeing 737 Crash Isn’t Worrying the Market. How We Know.

Text size A China Eastern Airlines Corp. passenger aircraft at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg A plane crash in China has clearly shaken investor confidence in Boeing . S...

Stock Market Today: Dow Dips, Boeing Slides, and Oil Rises With Ukraine in Focus

Text size The S&P 500 saw its best week since November 2020 last week. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Stocks weren’t doing all that much Monday as markets digest last week’s large gains and the pri...