Microsoft earnings: It’s the forecast that matters, so be patient

The most important financial news Microsoft Corp. executives will provide Tuesday requires a bit of a wait. Microsoft MSFT, -0.59% is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter financial results after ...

These 20 stocks still have at least 48% upside, analysts say, despite the S&P 500’s 8% gain from its lows

The S&P 500 has climbed 8% since June 16, when it closed at its lowest point this year. While the benchmark index is still down 17% this year, analysts expect it to soar 21% over the next 12 month...

WWE finds $14.6 million in ‘unrecorded expenses’ made by Vince McMahon

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. disclosed Monday that it will restate financial statements back to 2019 after uncovering $14.6 million in “unrecorded expenses” paid out by former long-time Chief Ex...

Here are the top 5 energy stocks, according to Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs on Monday picked five top energy stocks of ahead of their quarterly earnings, saying it keeps a “constructive” view on the sector thanks to cash flows and valuations, among other highlig...

Redbox stock shoots toward best day on record

Shares of Redbox Entertainment Inc. were surging toward their best day on record Monday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what was driving the stock move. The shares were soaring 87% in afternoon tr...

The Stock Market Is Entering Its Weakest Months. What to Watch Out For.

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Avoid GE stock ahead of earnings as Wall Street’s expectations haven’t fallen far enough, analyst says

Expectations for General Electric Co.’s second-quarter profit and sales have been reduced significantly in recent months, but there are still those on Wall Street who believe they haven’t come down en...

The Best Annuities for Income and Growth

These are boom times for annuities, which are providing retirement savers and investors with not only their hallmark stability during what has been a dismal year for both stocks and bonds, but also th...

It’s time to overweight small caps as ‘they’ve come very close to pricing in recession’: RBC Capital

Small-cap stocks have attracted more investors and analysts attention this week with their benchmark index the Russell 2000 jumping 3.5% on Tuesday to 1799 points, its biggest one day percentage gain ...

Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Plunges as Earnings Miss Estimates

Text size Cleveland-Cliffs stock has fallen a bit more than the broader market so far this year. Dreamstime Cleveland-Cliffs reported lower earnings than expected, news that sent the stock sharply low...

Is the Stock Market Going Up? It Depends on the Definition of Recession.

Text size Tradersat the New York Stock Exchange. Seth Wenig/AP Not since Bill Clinton testified about the meaning of the word “is” has so much hinged on the meaning of one simple word. The word is “re...

Alphabet, Amazon Look Ready to Join the Dow After Stock Splits

Text size Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg The recent stock split by Alphabet could pave the way for the search giant and Amazon . com to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average . ...

Oil Doesn’t Have to Boom for These Companies to Thrive

Oil-and-gas companies aren’t anywhere close to drilling as much as they did in 2014, but some oil-field service companies are squeezing out profit as if they were. Schlumberger said on Friday that its...

Weekend reads: Prepare for a big week — a crucial Federal Reserve decision, tech-company earnings and a GDP report

It was mostly a week for stocks, particularly a rebound in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index, as companies topped expectations on second-quarter earnings.  The coming week brings a heavy dose of t...

Will the Federal Reserve kill the stock-market bounce?

A summer rebound is stirring hopes the bear market in U.S. stocks has seen its lows, but a meeting of Federal Reserve policy makers this coming week might test the nerves of would-be bulls. “I expect ...

25 Stocks That Could Rise on a Short Squeeze

Investors betting against electric-vehicle stocks take note: Five of 25 stocks that short-selling research firm S3 Partners identified this month as being at risk of a short squeeze are in the EV busi...

Is the stock-market bottom in? What the pros say after S&P 500 tests 4,000

Stock-market bulls are poking their heads above the parapet, declaring the lows in for the 2022 selloff as indexes extend a bounce off their June lows, while skeptics still see little evidence of more...

My wife inherited a 401(k)–what’s the best way to avoid a big tax hit?

Q.: My wife inherited a 401(k) from my mom who died recently. How do we handle this? If she takes her share out will it count as income for us on our taxes? I read that we can’t roll it over into our ...

AT&T stock pulls back from historic drop after earnings

AT&T shares sank Thursday despite an earnings beat in a quarter with a lot of moving parts due to recent business divestments. While the company raised its annual forecast for mobility-service rev...

Here’s the incredibly strong signal for stocks that is coming from the corporate bond market

Is it a false dawn in the stock market or is there something real? The S&P 500 has never lost ground over the following year when advancing volume was at least 85% of volume for two out of three d...

Chip stocks rally despite an ominous forecast, as U.S. semiconductor funding bill advances in Senate

Chip stocks rallied to finish higher Wednesday after the Senate moved closer to greenlighting more than $50 billion in funds for U.S.-based chip manufacturing, even as one chip-equipment maker gave an...

‘Squeezable’ AMC, GameStop stocks break out to multi-month highs

Shares of both AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and GameStop Corp. surged to multi-month highs Wednesday, as they extended breakouts above previous chart resistance levels. The rallies come after Ihor ...

Buying stocks now could bring you pain over the next few weeks. But you’ll be thanking yourself a year from now, these analysts say.

How bad is the mood out there right now? Try max bearish. So said Bank of America’s latest fund manager survey on Tuesday that showed expectations for profits and growth at recessionary levels. Yet Wa...

GameStop, AMC, EV Startups, and Others Are Among the Most Shorted Stocks

Text size Lordstown Motors is on a list of squeezable stocks. Courtesy Lordstown Motors Investors who have bet against the electric-vehicle industry should take note. Five of 25 U.S. companies that th...

Canoo, Lordstown, Other EV Startups Are at Risk of a ‘Short Squeeze’. Beware.

Text size Lordstown Motors is on a list of squeezable stocks. Courtesy Lordstown Motors Investors who have bet against the electric-vehicle industry should take note. Five of 25 U.S. companies that th...

What a Netflix crackdown on password sharing could look like

Netflix Inc. has vowed to clamp down on password sharing as it looks to improve its financial fortunes, and the company just shared more details about how it will do that. The company plans to make cu...

‘Hot inflation is over.’ Here’s where what that means for investors, says this portfolio manager.

A firmer start is ahead for stocks. Investors seem to be perking up after Apple spoiled the mood some on Monday via a report it plans to slow its hiring roll. If true, Apple AAPL, +2.39% has good comp...

The Stock Market May Have Hit Bottom. Here’s Why.

Text size Commodity prices have tumbled in the past month, with oil and copper down 17% and 33%, respectively. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images It never feels good when the stock market turns big gain...

Dow books biggest drop in more than two weeks after report about Apple’s plans to slow hiring, spending

U.S. stocks gave up early gains to finish lower on Monday, after Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc. plans to slow hiring and spending growth in some divisions next year in anticipation of a potential ...

This bear market in stocks remains historically shallow and short: Jefferies

The current bear market may be painful, but history indicates it may need to fall further to clear the way for a meaningful recovery, said analysts at Jefferies.  Stocks have bounced modestly in July,...

Google’s stock split won’t matter in a recession, analyst says

Shares of Alphabet Inc. slumped Monday, with MKM Partners analyst Rohit Kulkarni saying the impact of an economic slowdown could offset the benefits from the long-waited stock split taking effect. The...

Why the 60/40 model suddenly has life again

The good ol’ 60/40 portfolio, designed to produce decent returns in all environments, is having one of its worst years ever. Going by the simplest possible construction — 60% in the S&P 500 SPX, +...