Christmas Stock Market Closing, Housing and Labor Data, and More for Investors to Watch This Week

Stock and bond markets will be closed on Monday for the Christmas holiday. It will be a quiet holiday week once Wall Street reopens. It’s the stretch between Christmas and New Years, and the corporate...

Look Overseas for Stock Market Investments in 2023, Strategists Say

With the brutal returns of 2022 almost behind investors, those looking to make up lost ground might do better to look abroad next year. Some strategists see a better set-up for foreign stocks than the...

These money and investing tips can help give your portfolio a holiday makeover

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10 ways American finances actually improved in 2022, despite high interest rates and a slump in stocks

Many Americans are ending the year feeling gloomy about their finances, and you don’t need to be a psychiatrist to figure out why. Runaway inflation gnawed through household budgets as prices soared o...

The 2022 IPO Market: A Dearth of Volumes and Names

Investment bankers had a brutal year. One big reason: a dearth of initial public offerings. Thirty-seven companies went public in 2022 and raised a mere $7 billion, the lowest amount of IPO proceeds s...

U.S. stocks end higher, but S&P 500 logs 3rd straight weekly decline ahead of Christmas

U.S. stocks ended higher in a choppy, preholiday session Friday as an inflation report and a raft of other data did little to change expectations that the Federal Reserve would likely continue hiking ...

Equity funds suffer largest ever weekly outflows: BofA Global

Investors withdrew billions of dollars from equity funds at a record pace in the days after the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and European Central bank raised interest rates in mid-December and...

Big institutional investors ​are buying ​while retail investors are dumping stock funds and ETFs. That’s bullish for the market.

The stock market’s longer-term prospects are looking up, according to flow data for U.S. equity mutual funds and ETFs. That’s because institutional investors over the past 12 months have poured signif...

Tesla, AMC, Energy Stocks, and More Stock Market Movers Friday

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Avocado prices are plunging, sending Mission Produce stock toward its worst day ever

Mission Produce Inc. shares headed for their worst day yet on Friday, following an earnings report that showed the effects of rapidly declining avocado prices. Mission Produce AVO, -15.20% reported a ...

How a Santa Claus rally, or lack thereof, sets the stage for the stock market in first quarter

It’s the time of the year when the traditional seasonal lift for U.S. stocks known as the “Santa Claus rally” usually takes place. But unlike past holiday seasons, this one may get bogged down by the ...

Stocks Limp Toward 2023 as the Data Show Few Signs of a Clear Direction

Stocks limped on the low volumes of the pre-Christmas week, battered by conflicting data and leaving investors with a muddled outlook going into 2023. It’s a dynamic in which good news and bad news te...

Treasury yields end higher after U.S. inflation reading

Treasury yields ended a holiday-shortened New York trading session higher on Friday, cementing a weekly increase, after the release of the U.S. personal consumption expenditure price index, the Federa...

Expion360 stock skyrockets in active trading after exclusive lithium battery supply deal

Shares of Expion360 Inc. XPON, +139.19% rocketed 154.5% in very active midday trading Friday, enough to make them the biggest gainers listed on major U.S. exchanges, after the maker of lithium batteri...

Micron’s recovery from ‘worst memory downturn in 13 years’ will take time, analyst says

Micron Technology Inc.’s results and outlook show the memory-chip market is probably at its worst downturn in 13 years and analysts expect the bounce back may take a while. Late Wednesday, Micron MU, ...

Carnival stock is suffering its worst year on record, but looks ‘overly compelling’ to this analyst

Shares of Carnival Corp. have had a really bad year, even worse than the pandemic year of 2020. And that’s what makes Stifel Nicolaus analyst Steven Wieczynski believe the stock is now “overly compell...

What to expect for the stock market in 2023 after the biggest drop in 14 years

Investors have had a rough 2022 — the worst year since the financial crisis in 2008. There’s been a perfect storm of falling stock and bond prices as the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to b...

Tesla stock suffers longest losing streak since March 2020 after Wedbush slashes price target by 30%

Shares of Tesla Inc. suffered their longest losing streak since the start of the COVID pandemic, after Wedbush analyst Dan Ives slashed his price target by 30%, citing “demand cracks” for the fourth q...

AMC stock extends slide in active trading, while APEs keep soaring

Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC, -10.59% slumped 5.3% in premarket trading Friday, to extend their selloff in the wake of the movie theater operator’s announcement the previous session o...

Stocks remain overpriced, even vs. the dot-com bubble. But you can still find good picks in these 2 sectors.

After stocks surged to their best gains in three weeks following strong consumer sentiment data, Thursday is looking less spirited with stocks in the red as we close in on the long Christmas weekend. ...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Trading Hours for Christmas.

This holiday season hasn’t exactly been filled with cheer for investors: Companies have been battling inflation and market volatility—and a recession seems to be looming ahead. On Thursday, the market...

Amazon stock breaks below 2020 low for the first time, heads for worst year since dot-com bust

Amazon.com Inc. shares closed lower than their March 2020 nadir for the first time Thursday, as the tech giant’s stock heads for its worst year since the dot-com bust. Amazon AMZN, -3.43% shares fell ...

Rivian, Lucid Shares Fall. It’s Not Only Affordability. It’s Cash Flow.

It’s the car stock version of demolition derby on the Thursday before Christmas. The carnage indicates three things: Investors are deeply worried about the economy in 2023, investor are worried about ...

Dow ends nearly 350 points lower after strong economic data, bearish comments by David Tepper fuel worry about rate hikes

U.S. stocks ended well off session lows but still fell sharply, after a round of upbeat economic data and a warning from hedge-fund titan David Tepper that he was “leaning short” against both stocks a...

Opinion: If you think a Santa Claus rally is coming to the stock market, this is how to play it

The benchmark S&P 500 Index has finally fallen below the 3900- to 4100-point trading range. The move prompted an immediate reaction down to 3800, the next support level. (To see my suggestion for ...

Billionaire David Tepper Is Betting Against the Stock Market Because of the Fed

Text size David Tepper, co-founder of the hedge fund Appaloosa Management. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Appaloosa Management’s David Tepper says he is worried further tightening of monetary policies from g...

AMC stock plunges after $110 million capital raise, 1-for-10 reverse split proposal

Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC, -15.13% plunged 20.6% toward 22-month lows, after the movie theater operator announced a $110 million equity capital raise and said it was seeking a 1-fo...

20 big oil companies expected to be cash gushers in 2023 despite uncertainty

The energy sector of the S&P 500 has been the year’s best performer, yet oil stocks still appear to be inexpensive when compared with those in other industries. If you are interested in investing ...

6 Defensive Healthcare Stocks for 2023

As investors face another uncertain year for public equities, large-cap healthcare stocks remain an attractive defensive play. They offer a shot at insulating capital from the downturn many still expe...

Micron sales could dive more than 50%, and more belt-tightening is expected before outlook improves

Micron Technology Inc.’s revenue declines could worsen to more than 50% before inventory-saturated customers work though that product and boost sales in the second half of 2023, but before then the me...

Tesla’s stock drop has been bad. But this company has hurt investors even more.

Elon Musk has been trying this week to defend Tesla’s abysmal stock performance in 2022. The electric vehicle giant has seen its stock plummet by 61% this year, making it the 11th-worst performing sto...

Is a 2023 stock-market rebound in store after 2022 selloff? What history says about losing years.

History shows back-to-back losing years for the stocks are rare — but the size of the market’s drop in 2022 with no sign the Federal Reserve is ready to ride to the rescue means investors should bewar...