‘We’ve seen this before,” warns BofA. Why inflation could take until 2024 to fall to 3% and weigh on stocks.

U.S. stocks roared higher Thursday after October’s consumer-price index showed inflation rising at a less aggressive annual pace than expected, spurring hopes that the Federal Reserve’s inflation flig...

Disney stock tumbles to worst day since 2001 after ‘massive earnings downgrade’

Walt Disney Co. has a profit problem, and that’s helped send shares of the media giant to their worst daily performance in more than two decades. Though Disney DIS, -13.16% notched record sales during...

Semiconductor stocks have bounced from 2022 lows — and analysts expect upside of at least 28% in the next year

For investors aiming to take advantage of stock market declines, the obvious question is: How far is too far for stocks to fall? The semiconductor industry, a standout performer during the reopening o...

Opinion: Quality and high dividends set these five semiconductor stocks apart from rivals

It’s been a tough year in the stock market, but reserve some empathy for semiconductor investors. The iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX, +2.20% is down 40.5% this year, compared with 19.6% for the benchm...

Here’s the trouble under the hood at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

It’s midterm day in America, so pack your weapon (where legally permitted), have your local election lawyer on speed dial and get out the popcorn. U-S-A, U-S-A. More on that later. The company lost $2...

S&P 500 earnings estimates for 2023 take ‘complete U-turn’ as recession risks loom, according to BofA

The S&P 500 risks another leg down after a “complete U-turn” in 2023 earnings-per-share estimates for the U.S. stock-market index, according to a BofA Global Research note. “Forward estimates have...

Carvana, Dealers Show Risks of Deflation. Ford, GM Investors Should Watch Out.

Text size A Carvana car-vending machine in Huntington Beach, Calif., in 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Why buy now if prices are going to be lower tomorrow? That isn’t a question U.S. consumers h...

Alibaba and Other Chinese Stocks Are Rallying Again. Why It Doesn’t Make Sense.

Chinese stocks rallied on Monday as investors continued to be optimistic that coronavirus rules would be eased, despite repeated messages from authorities that China would stay the course on “zero Cov...

Opinion: A switch to ‘premium’ can keep you invested amid the tech wreck in stocks

It seems as if the stock market is punishing all technology companies regardless of performance. That underlines a set of opportunities for long-term investors. There were many eyes on this cycle of t...

Think you had a bad week? Salesforce, cloud companies had some of their worst weeks ever

Salesforce Inc. and other cloud-software stocks shed red over the week, as the lining in cloud-software stocks Friday turned blood red instead of silver, sending some cloud companies and ETFs tracking...

Fed warns of ‘low’ market liquidity in $24 trillion Treasury market, in latest financial stability report

The Federal Reserve on Friday confirmed what many investors were saying for some time: the $24 trillion Treasury market has been experiencing low levels of market liquidity in recent months. The centr...

Here’s strong new evidence that a U.S. stock-market rally is coming soon

Yet another piece of the investor-sentiment puzzle is falling into place to support a sizeable U.S. stock-market rally. I’m referring to an index that measures investors’ confidence that any market di...

Opinion: Don’t cheer yet — rising gold prices are likely to reverse

Long-suffering gold bugs will likely have to suffer a while longer. That’s because gold traders on the whole have not thrown in the towel and thereby given up on the yellow metal GC00, +0.54%. Only wh...

New stock-market lows ahead? What investors need to know as Fed signals rates will be higher for longer.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent a clear signal interest rates will move higher and stay there longer than previously anticipated. Investors wonder if that means new lows for the beaten-dow...

Apple and Google stocks both had their worst week in more than two years

Shares of Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. both suffered their largest weekly declines since the beginning days of the pandemic this week, as Big Tech companies continued to draw closer scrutiny from Wall...

Amazon stock breaks long-term chart support, and the worst may still be to come

Amazon’s stock has tumbled enough over the past week to do real damage to its long-term chart — and enough to warn investors the worst may be yet to come. But amid the market turmoil and concerns over...

The future looks gloomy for retirees — if you look closely at financial history

Retirement planning requires us all to become historians. Surely not, you object: Do we really have to become proficient in yet another subject? Unfortunately, yes. Regardless of whether you’re aware ...

Get ready for some bullish history to repeat with these stocks, says BofA analysts

Stagflation is coming, but with that comes a silver lining for some equities if history is any guide. That’s according to strategists at Bank of America, who see a macro backdrop that continues to ref...

Traders are loading up on bets against the stock market — and this time, it’s not a contrarian signal, says Citi

Markets continue to absorb the reverberations from this week’s Federal Reserve policy decision. The S&P 500 SPX has given up a chunk of its latest rally after Chair Jerome Powell suggested it was ...

‘Oh, my gosh, why am I not in the market?’ This forecaster says investors will be shocked by what’s about to happen next.

Slower, but higher rates and no pivot this side of Christmas. That was the message from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell after the central bank’s fourth-straight jumbo hike. Bruised investors continue to se...

Self-Driving Technology Provider Luminar Just Hit a Big Milestone

After 10-plus years of moonshot R&D, Luminar Technologies has made it into automotive production with its radarlike systems. Wednesday evening, lidar maker Luminar (ticker: LAZR) reported third-qu...

Hedge fund giant Elliott warns looming hyperinflation could lead to ‘global societal collapse’

“Investors should not assume they have ‘seen everything’” That was from executives at leading hedge fund Elliott Management, who warned that the world is heading towards the worst financial crisis sin...

What’s next for markets after Fed’s 4th straight jumbo rate hike

What’s next for markets now that the Federal Reserve has delivered its fourth and possibly final jumbo rate increase of 75 basis points? Well, a lot, actually. A sometimes tumultuous third-quarter ear...

Dow ends 500 points lower, Nasdaq falls 3.4% after Fed raises rates, Powell signals terminal interest rate will be higher than expected

U.S. stock indexes finished a volatile session with losses on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced the fourth straight jumbo increase in its benchmark interest rate and hinted at a potential ...

Tupperware stock craters after company warns its debt burden may force it out of business

Tupperware Brands Corp. stock tumbled 41% Wednesday, after the maker of food storage products missed third-quarter earnings expectations, warned it may go out of business, and conceded that some of it...

Fed approves another jumbo interest-rate hike but also signals go-slower strategy

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved the fourth straight jumbo increase in a key U.S. interest rate and signaled rates are likely to go higher than previously forecast. Yet the central bank also ...

Amazon closes below $1 trillion valuation for the first time since 2020

The swift recent decline in Amazon.com Inc.’s stock has brought the company’s closing market value below $1 trillion for the first time in more than two years. Amazon shares AMZN, -5.52% fell 5.5% in ...

20 dividend stocks that may be safest if the Federal Reserve causes a recession

Investors cheered when a report last week showed the economy expanded in the third quarter after back-to-back contractions. But it’s too early to get excited, because the Federal Reserve hasn’t given ...

GameStop stock soared, then fell all the way back down, in biggest price reversal since May. But why?

Something strange happened to GameStop Corp. GME, +0.50% stock on Monday. Minutes after the opening bell rang out on the New York Stock Exchange, both the price of the company’s shares and trading vol...

What Fed Chair Powell can say to keep the stock-market rally going — or kill it

Whatever Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says when he steps up to the podium on Wednesday will likely have ramifications for financial markets. But what do equity investors need to hear from th...

When retirement is a month away, here’s what you need to do

When retirement is coming up close—and you have that exciting date in mind—make sure you have everything organized to make it a seamless, enjoyable transition.  Retirement Tip of the Week: Before you ...

Cash key for Chevron and Exxon Mobil as Truist raises stock price targets

Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp.’s strong cash positions have prompted Truist Securities to raise its price targets for the oil and gas giants, as the stocks of both companies rallied toward fresh ...