Dow’s biggest drop since 2020 has bulls nervously watching this support level, says chart watcher

The stock market’s Friday plunge will have market bulls looking for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to hold important support tied to the market’s gyrations all the way back to the 2007-09 financial ...

Netflix is the S&P 500’s worst performer this week — here are the next 14

Investors remained sour for a second consecutive session on Friday as they continued to digest comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the prospect for rapidly rising interest rates...

Why did the stock market fall? Dow finishes nearly 1,000 points lower in worst day since October 2020

U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday to suffer their biggest one-day drop since 2020, as investors continued to weigh hawkish comments on interest rates a day earlier by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome ...

Investors just pulled a massive $17.5 billion out of global equities. They’re just getting started, says Bank of America.

Are the bears just getting started? That’s a question posed by strategists at Bank of America, who noted Friday that investors pulled $17.5 billion out of global equities over the past week, making fo...

Cleveland-Cliffs Crushes Earnings Estimates. Contract Steel Pricing Does It.

Rising prices helped steel maker Cleveland-Cliffs report much better-than-expected first-quarter sales and earnings. Prices for Cliffs steel rose even as spot prices for steel dropped in the first qua...

This Is What Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Other Company Is Worth

Text size The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling company, just raised more capital. Robyn Beck/Getty Images One of Elon Musk’s companies just got more valuable. No, this isn’t about Tesla (ti...

As Putin eyes a date to declare victory, here’s a Ukraine scenario that could slam stocks by another 10%

Stocks are set to get a major bump on Thursday, thanks to blowout results from Tesla, which go some way in easing the sting over Netflix disappointment. With earnings sharply in focus for now, market ...

IBM Stock Soared. Why the 111-Year-Old Tech Company Outperformed Today.

Text size IBM’s results lifted other low-multiple, legacy-tech stocks including Oracle and HP. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Score one for the old timers. On a day when Netflix stock plunge...

Tesla’s Earnings Crushed Expectations, Setting More Records. The Stock Is Up.

Tesla’s first-quarter profit was far higher than expected. Above, CEO Elon Musk speaks at the opening party for Tesla’s new factory in Texas. SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP / Getty Images Text siz...

Here are 30 stocks that Goldman Sachs likes when the economy stutters and markets gyrate

Wall Street is finding some traction for Tuesday, as investors wade through big earnings and ample, gloomy distractions. Fighting has ramped up again in Ukraine as the battle begins for the country’s ...

Delta Tested Elon Musk’s Wi-Fi. That’s Not Why SpaceX Is Worth $100 Billion.

Text size A Delta Air Lines plane Al Drago/Bloomberg Delta Air Lines tested SpaceX Starlink internet service for in-flight Wi-Fi. It’s another milestone for the privately held space company that broug...

Why consider the Dow transports when they point to a slowing economy? Because these 7 stocks are cheap

The Dow Jones Transportation Average has long been considered a good forward indicator of the direction of the U.S. economy. With early signs that an economic slowdown is coming, this might be an obvi...

Elon Musk Isn’t Going Away if Twitter Rejects Him. Here’s What He Might Pay.

Text size Elon Musk Scott Olson/Getty Images Even if the Twitter board rejects Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social-media platform, he won’t go away immediately. There is more drama to come. ...

U.S. stock futures slip headed into big earnings week

U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, ahead of a big week of earnings reports. As of midnight Eastern, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.16% futures were down about 80 points, or 0.2%, whi...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Will Have No Trouble Financing Twitter

Text size Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk at the “Cyber Rodeo” opening party, April 7, 2022, in Austin, Texas. AFP via Getty Images Rich people rarely have to pay cash. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ...

Selling Your Stocks in May and Go Away Could Be the Best Strategy This Year

Text size A trader at the New York Stock Exchange. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images This could be the year to follow the adage: Sell in May and go away. It was a pretty lousy holiday-shortened week. T...

Recession fears and the stock market — Is it too late to play defense?

Recession fears are on the rise as the Federal Reserve gears up to fight inflation. Many stock-market investors are already playing defense and may wonder if those strategies have more room to run. Bu...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Good Friday 2022 Trading Hours.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size Good Friday may come as a bit of sweet relief for investors. The stock market has taken a hit this year. Stocks slipped this week, too: The Dow Jones Industrial Av...

Recession is `the most likely’ outcome for U.S. economy, says Larry Summers

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, whose out-of-consensus views about the risks of persistent inflation have come true, is reiterating his concerns about a potential U.S. downturn: He now says a...

Ford Is Now 3 Businesses. What That Means for the Stock.

Text size Ford stock is down about 25% year to date. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images Ford Motor Chief Financial Officer John Lawler spoke at the Bank of America conference taking place at the New Y...

EV Battery Firm QuantumScape Stock Is Rising

Text size Car batteries at a factory. STR/AFP via Getty Images Electric-vehicle battery technology company QuantumScape picked up a new rating. It’s lukewarm, but the stock is rising Wednesday. Deutsc...

What’s Behind The Recent Dow Jones Stock Market Performance?

getty Key takeaways Last week, the stock market declined following the release of the Federal Reserve’s March meeting minutes The Dow Jones Industrial Average kicked off this week with additional loss...

Boeing Stock Climbs Higher, Shrugging Off India’s 737 MAX Pilot Ban

Text size A Boeing 737 MAX jet. Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images The Indian aviation regulator has barred 90 pilots from flying Boeing 737 MAX jets due to concerns over the simulators used to trai...

Boeing Stock Shrugs Off Concerns Over 737 MAX Simulator

Text size A Boeing 737 MAX jet. Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images The Indian aviation regulator has barred 90 pilots from flying Boeing 737 MAX jets due to concerns over the simulators used to trai...

‘Calamity’ may be coming, stock-market setup similar to 1999: Jeffrey Gundlach

 A “calamity” may be coming for markets, potentially in 2023, Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of DoubleLine, warned Tuesday on stage at the Exchange ETF conferen...

U.S. Car Sales Are in a Recession. One Analyst Is Bullish on GM and Ford Stock.

Text size U.S. car sales have tumbled Dreamstime Inflation is raging and the Fed is tightening monetary policy, creating a cycle that might push the U.S. economy into a recession. That isn’t great new...

Dow falls more than 400 points, Nasdaq finishes 2.2% lower as Treasury yields keep surging

Dow industrials and the S&P 500 index book their biggest one-day declines since March on Monday, with energy, tech and other growth names bearing the brunt, as Treasury yields soared and investors...

Rivian Gets Its First Sell Rating From Wall Street. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size Rivian is expected to produce fewer cars than Wall Street had anticipated this year. Courtesy Rivian Wall Street has been pretty positive on Rivian Automotive stock, despite some rocky tradi...

Bitcoin Prices, Other Cryptos Fall—and Why One Trader Sees a Tumble to $30,000

Text size Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto space has come under pressure amid a shift in Fed policy. Rutmer Visser/Dreamstime Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies slipped lower on Monday, continuing t...

Stock Market Slides as Recession, Fed Fears Grow. Here’s What’s Really Happening.

Investors don’t need to watch The Shining to get a fright fix. Growth scares will do just fine. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% this past week, and concerns about a possible slowdown, or growth scare, have ...

The housing market is running hot. Can the Fed cool it before it crashes?

When the “Bond King” Bill Gross sat down recently with Barry Ritholtz for an episode of “The Big Picture” podcast, the billionaire investor and PIMCO founder took a pretty skeptical view of who might ...

Ford Stock: Auto Industry Problems Growing, Car Stock Enthusiasm Wanes

Text size The Ford logo is displayed on the sales lot at the Ford Store in San Leandro, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The auto sector faces a number of headwinds that are too much for one a...