Energy, health care are attractive sectors to watch for rest of year

“Segments of the health-industry should also perform better than most,” says Andrew Graham, founder and managing partner of Jackson Square Capital, pointing to Eli Lilly, in particular. Te...

Rivian CEO Bought Stock in the EV Start-Up. The Shares Are Rising.

Text size CEO R.J. Scaringe’s recent purchase means he owns about 4.5 million shares of Rivian stock. Courtesy of Rivian Rivian ’s CEO R.J. Scaringe stepped up and bought the dip in his company’...

Boeing Could Face Another Test on 787. Investors Need ‘D’ for Deliveries.

Text size An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Boeing investors could use a bit of good news, but they don’t seem to be getting any. The latest is the assertion that t...

How to buy stocks on the brink of a bear market

It seemed like everyone was in a buying mood on Friday, except Elon Musk. The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke a six-day losing streak, the Nasdaq Composite turned in its second positive session in ...

Stocks Nearly Entered a Bear Market. What History Says Happens Next.

Text size Everything in the markets seemed on the verge of collapse this week. NYSE It’s the moment of truth for stocks—and investors might not enjoy what comes next. For a moment this past week, the ...

Why are stocks falling? What you need to know about bear markets, stagflation and crypto chaos

It will take more than Friday’s big bounce to put to rest the fear of a bear market in stocks as uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s ability to get a grip on inflation without sinking the economy ...

It Might Not Be Time to Buy Stocks Yet. This Technical Analyst Sees the Market Going Even Lower.

Text size Michael Nagle/Bloomberg The major U.S. stock market indexes have lost roughly 12% to 25% this year, a painful setback after two years of gains. Time to buy? Not so fast, based on a technical...

This portfolio manager’s strategy uses just one ETF and his own ‘crash indicator’ to beat the market by 530%

Markets are off to a stronger start on Friday, but it’s been a rough few days, with the S&P 500 facing a six-week losing streak, its longest in a decade. With a war raging in Europe, surging price...

The S&P 500 is on the brink of a bear market. Here’s the threshold.

The latest bull market for U.S. stocks remains on the brink of expiring, with the benchmark S&P 500 just shy of the threshold that marks bear territory. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.13% finished 0.1% l...

GM and Ford Get Double Downgrades to Sell. Wells Fargo Sours on EVs.

Text size Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck Courtesy of Ford The auto industry is all-in on electric vehicles. Wells Fargo isn’t so sure that’s a great idea. Wednesday evening, analyst Colin Langan ...

Bitcoin Is Finally Breaking. Why That’s Good News for the Stock Market.

Text size Bitcoin, Ether, and other cryptos have plunged in the past week. Stocks have suffered, too. Dreamstime A cryptocurrency crash has already wiped out $600 billion in digital asset market value...

Rivian’s Earnings Missed Forecasts. Why the Stock Is Up.

Text size Electric-vehicle maker Rivian went public in November. Courtesy Rivian Electric-truck start-up Rivian Automotive missed first-quarter estimates. Shares are up, anyway, because the report was...

Boeing Might Sell Stock. It Could Be Too Late.

Text size Boeing’s Chicago headquarters. Scott Olson/Getty Images Boeing ’s chief financial officer indicated his company might sell stock when shares are higher. It’s a good idea. Boeing could ...

Coinbase Earnings Reveal Large Loss, Sink Stock

Text size Coinbase reported a loss of $1.98 a share on sales of $1.165 billion. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Coinbase Global stock was tumbling after the Bitcoin broker reported a larger-than-expected loss...

SoFi Stock Tumbles as Earnings Published Ahead of Schedule

Text size Dreamstime SoFi Technologies stock has resumed trading after formally releasing the earnings that had been released early by Bloomberg. The earnings weren’t supposed to arrive until after th...

Investors haven’t begun to price in recession — Here’s how far the S&P 500 could fall

The battered S&P 500 index is not pricing in a recession, according to DataTrek Research.  “At 4,000, the recession odds imbedded in S&P are close to zero,” said DataTrek co-founder Nicholas C...

Buy GM Shares, But Not Ford or Tesla. Here’s What One Analyst Says.

Text size GM looks to be the preferred U.S. auto maker pick among Wall Street analysts, with about 85% of analysts covering the stock rating it a Buy. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Investors are bearis...

April’s consumer price index report expected to show inflation has already peaked

Shoppers inside a grocery store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, May 2, 2022.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images April’s consumer price index report is expected to show ...

Tesla, Nvidia, and 10 Other Beaten-Up Stocks That Look Like Opportunities

Nvidia qualifies as a growth stock. It trades for about 30 times estimated 2022 earnings. Dreamstime Text size Stocks are struggling. Everything is going down, even stocks with improving outlooks. But...

These charts warn the Dow’s new lower low won’t be the lowest

The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s selloff on Monday puts it on track to make it unanimous: All of the Big 3 market indexes have now produced the bearish pattern of lower lows and lower highs, suggest...

GE and Boeing Stock Trades Might Be Signs of Market Capitulation

Text size A picture shows helmets with General Electric logos. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images Monday was a terrible day for stocks. The last few days have been dreadful. With markets reeling, inves...

Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ still not signaling stock-market bottom is near, analysts say

Stock-market investors have been on a roller-coaster ride, but a closely watched measure of expected volatility has yet to convincingly signal that the selloff is set to bottom out, analysts said Mond...

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slide, Tech Sells Off, Bond Yields Surge

Text size Stocks have had a tough 2022, with the S&P 500 firmly in correction territory. Dreamstime Stocks slipped on Monday with last week’s selloff resuming, as investors fretted about the econo...

Contra Simpleton Pundits, ‘the Fed’ Didn’t Cause the Stock-Market Correction

Every stock-market rally is top heavy. In other words, every stock-market rally is led upwards by the very few. The 80/20 Pareto Principle that defines so much of life is 95/5 when it comes to equitie...

Virgin Galactic Burned Less Cash Than Expected. The Stock Fell Anyway.

Text size Virgin Galactic reported a loss of 36 cents a share in the first quarter on sales of $319,000. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic posted first-quarter results wer...

When Will the Fed Stop Raising Rates? The Number to Watch.

Text size Problems in the supply chain are among the factors boosting inflation. Brendan Smialowski /AFP via Getty Images Interest rates are rising—slamming the stock market—as the Federal Reserve tri...

‘Unhinged’ markets followed ‘unforced error’ by Fed’s Powell, says David Tepper

“‘Taking the optionality of 75 basis points off the table was an unforced error the Fed didn’t have to do. The Bank of England making a similar mistake the next day caused the market to become a bit u...

Stock market selloff in ‘liquidation’ stage. Why it needs to get ‘hotter’ before it burns out.

This week’s violent U.S. stock-market turnabout may have left investors feeling shaken, but a liquidation phase that may finally be under way will probably need to “get hotter” before it burns itself ...

Based on 19 bear markets in the last 140 years, here’s where the current downturn may end, says Bank of America

At nearly the halfway mark in a volatile year of trading, the S&P 500 index is down, but not out to the point of an official bear market yet. According to a widely followed definition, a bear mark...

Why did the Dow plunge more than 1,000 points? Should I wait for stocks to sink lower? Here’s what some pros think.

What a difference a day makes. Fresh off the best percentage gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -3.12% since Nov. 9, 2020, the blue-chip index got clobbered, along with the rest of the st...

As Dow sinks over 1,000 points, signs of panic-selling emerge in stock market

Panicky behavior was starting to set in on Wall Street on Thursday, at least from a technical perspective, as the Dow industrials shed all of the previous day’s dramatic gains, and then some. Trading ...

This trader predicted the bond meltdown, tech selloff and oil’s surge. Here’s what she says is coming next.

Fade the Fed anyone? Stocks are headed south, following a big Wall Street rally stemming from perceptions Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and co. may be less hawkish than markets think. A short-li...