UPS Stock Is Down For a Seventh Straight Day. Here’s Why.

Text size UPS stock is on a seven-day losing streak. Alex Wong/Getty Images   United Parcel Service stock is on an ignominious streak, falling for seven consecutive days. There hasn’t been much compan...

The Fed’s plan to rapidly slash its balance sheet is out. Here’s what happens to money in the system.

Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s March meeting released on Wednesday detailed plans for shrinking its nearly $9 trillion balance sheet to help cool U.S. inflation running at 40-year highs, but tricky ...

Another Recession Indicator Just Flashed Red

An index tracking plane, train, and ground transportation stocks has dropped more than 20% from its recent high. Dreamstime.com Text size The Dow Jones Transportation Average slipped into bear market ...

Rivian’s Production of Electric Trucks More Than Doubles. The Stock Falls.

Text size Courtesy Rivian Production at Rivian Automotive grew in the first quarter from the fourth, but the stock was falling Wednesday. Rivian (ticker: RIVN) reported first-quarter production on Tue...

Fed must ‘inflict more losses’ on stock-market investors to tame inflation, says former central banker

So much for the Fed put. “‘It’s hard to know how much the U.S. Federal Reserve will need to do to get inflation under control. But one thing is certain: To be effective, it’ll have to inflict more los...

These income strategies can help protect your stock investments from inflation and a recession

There is always uncertainty in the stock market, but the deflationary cycle that helped feed tremendous gains over the past several decades has ended. Two related strategies can give you downside prot...

Carvana Stock Tumbles as Analyst Sees Risk of Car Boom Becoming Car Bust

Text size An eight-story car-vending machine, operated by Carvana, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Car sales have are slowing after their pandemic-fueled boom and have le...

Why Was the Stock Market Down Today? A Fed Official’s Speech Tanked the Market.

Text size Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard said she expects policy to return “to a more neutral position later this year.” Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tech stocks and bond markets both sold off on Tue...

Markets are hankering to find out the Fed’s plan to shrink its $9 trillion balance sheet. They should get their wish Wednesday

Markets have been craving information about how the Federal Reserve plans to shrink its massive $9 trillion balance sheet. They will get their wish Wednesday when the Fed releases minutes of its March...

Key people from the Fed just spooked the markets — here’s what they said

If there was any question about where the Federal Reserve stands on the key issue of the day — inflation — two important officials brought even more clarity on Tuesday. Fed Governor Lael Brainard and ...

NIO Has a Plan to End the Anxiety Over Charging Electric Vehicles

Text size NIO, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker, is in talks to license its battery swapping technology, according to the Financial Times. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images Electric-vehicle sales are ...

A big shift is under way for markets, and old Warren Buffett shareholder letters point to which companies will survive

Given a war and inflation have marked the start of 2022, investors would be forgiven for holding their breath over the rest of the year’s offerings. Our call of the day from a team at Saxo Bank sees a...

Stocks are rallying because of what an inverted yield curve says about the Fed and inflation, strategist says

The inversion of a key measure of the Treasury yield curve is telling investors more about inflation and the Federal Reserve’s credibility than it is about the prospect of recession, according to a ve...

Get ready for a ‘new world order’ that drives stocks and bonds: BlackRock

It’s an end of an era. That’s BlackRocks Inc.’s BLK, +1.62% Tony DeSpirito, chief investment officer in the U.S. fundamental equities division of the world’s largest asset manager, telling investors t...

CEO of Robinhood rival shines fresh light on what retail investors are doing. Wall Street needs to pay attention.

From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, a newish crowd of retail investors emerged, pouring extra cash into equity markets and steering Wall Street into places they never dreamed, such ...

Real Yields Show Where the Stock Market Is Really Headed

Text size No one knows if even an accelerated pace of rate increases is enough to eliminate inflation—or what it will do to stocks. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The stock market’s greatest fear is comin...

What 10% inflation could look like for junk bonds: BofA

What happens to companies financed in the booming high-yield or “junk-bond” market on the off chance that U.S. inflation pegged at 7.9% in February soars to 10% and stays there? That’s a question Oleg...

U.S. government bonds just suffered their worst quarter of the past half century: Here’s why some investors may not be fazed

U.S. government bonds just finished their worst quarter since at least 1973, yet some investors aren’t likely to be put off from buying Treasurys again given rising risks of a U.S. recession within th...

GM and Ford Shares Are Falling. Vehicle Recalls May Be Taking a Toll.

Text size A Ford Motor plant Scott Olson/Getty Images General Motors and Ford Motor both announced vehicle recalls Friday. Investors appear nervous, as both shares are falling, but that’s probably an ...

Tesla Deliveries Met Wall Street Estimates. Here’s What Comes Next for Shares.

Tesla reported first-quarter deliveries in line with expectations. Here, new Tesla cars sit in front of a Tesla dealership in Corte Madera, Calif., last year. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size Te...

Here’s What a 3M Breakup Could Look Like

Text size PFAS problems, product liability litigation tied to earplugs, and slowing growth have caused 3M stock to languish. Dreamstime What would 3M look like if it went down a General Electric -like...

Why a ‘1970s-style’ inflation spiral is a growing threat, according to a major hedge fund

One of the world’s largest macro hedge funds sees a rising risk of a 1970s-type wage-price spiral, according to a Thursday news report. “This combination of high inflation, tight labour markets, and u...

Roblox Stock Halved This Year. These Analysts Say Estimates Are ‘Too High.’

A wave of metaverse excitement for Roblox shares evaporated in recent months amid slowing domestic user growth trends and concerns about profitability. Courtesy of Roblox Text size A wave of metaverse...

Metaverse May Be Worth $13 Trillion, Citi Says. What’s Behind Its Bullish Take.

Text size Citi’s vision of the metaverse goes beyond gaming and virtual reality. Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images Citi is the latest Wall Street player to issue a bullish forecast for web3 and...

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...