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Here’s one asset in an ‘up crash’ — and the stocks tied to it are lagging behind the move

There always seems to be an unusual commodity that captures the attention of the market. Last year it was uranium, which had both a theme — the need for clean energy provided by nuclear reactors — and...

Where to Find Bargains Among Tech and Growth Stocks

The technology sector may not be on sale, but it certainly has gotten cheaper lately. Major technology stocks like Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Meta Platforms (FB) are...

Weekend reads: Is this the end of the bull market for stocks?

The Federal Reserve is reversing course to fight inflation, but interest rates remain low, which means bond prices remain high. Meanwhile, stock valuations are high relative to earnings, in part becau...

As stock-market turbulence revs up, this ETF theme has drawn 32% of flows in 2022 so far: ‘This isn’t a flash in the pan’

Thank god its Thursday! The Nasdaq Composite posted its first correction since March and equity benchmarks were trying to stage a mini rally, at last check on Thursday. Is this the beginning of the en...

Banks’ Earnings Show Lenders Aren’t All the Same. It’s Time to Pick and Choose.

Text size JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup both reported declines in trading revenue. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The time has come to take a stock-picking approach to investing in banks. That was the le...

Adobe Stock Has Taken a Beating. This One Data Point Could Signal a Comeback.

Text size Adobe’s Creative Cloud application manager window. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Adobe stock has been tanking recently—and it’s time for it to make a stand. If it can’t, long-term investors could b...

Miners Are Off to a Strong Start. Freeport-McMoRan Could Be the Big Winner.

Text size A vehicle collect rocks with ore deposits at a Freeport-McMoRan mining complex. OLIVIA RONDONUWU/AFP/Getty Images Investors have been waiting months for mining stocks to regain their mojo. T...

‘We absolutely believe Ether’ surpassing bitcoin’s total market value ‘can happen this year,’ says ETF expert: ‘The bull case is an Etherum ETF in 2022’

Hello there! The Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ is up over 2% so far this week. That is not where many investors would have bet that the popular exchange-traded fund would be trading now based on the wild acti...

Value Gets Its Moment. Consider These Stocks and ETFs.

Buy the dip, wrote J.P. Morgan’s strategists early this past week. As calls to courage go, it wasn’t exactly Churchill during the Blitz. The dip in this case was a 2% decline, year to date, in the S&a...

These 3 ETFs let you play the hot semiconductor sector, where Nvidia, Micron, AMD and others are growing sales rapidly

Semiconductor stocks may continue to be an excellent area of the market for investors, even though the prospect of a long period of rising interest rates has put pressure on some high-flying technolog...

How a Flood of Money Swamped Cathie Wood’s ARK

Fund manager Cathie Wood became a superstar in 2020, after her ARK exchange-traded funds earned some of the highest returns in history. So far this year, ARK Innovation, the largest of Ms. Wood’s ETFs...

Five overlooked tech stocks poised to be the ‘household names of the future,’ according to this money manager

A much-needed market distraction from the churn of inflation worries is getting under way, but it’s not looking like what investors were hoping for as some big bank names are sliding on disappointing ...

Here are the ETFs to buy on persistently higher inflation in 2022 and beyond, says BlackRock’s head of iShares strategy

Given an outlook for high U.S. inflation that’s likely to persist beyond 2022, Gargi Chaudhuri of BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest asset manager, says investors should continue to hedge their portf...

The yield curve is no longer sending a don’t-worry-be-happy signal, warns bond king Jeffrey Gundlach

The S&P 500 SPX, +0.28% snapped a five-session losing streak on Tuesday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vowed the central bank would use its “tools” to get inflation under control wi...

Opinion: Four reasons why value stocks are poised to outperform growth in 2022 — and 14 stocks to consider

Investing is all about being in tune with the trends. Here’s one to be aware of for 2022: Value stocks will most likely beat their growth counterparts. The trend is already under way. Consider: * The ...

These 14 bank stocks are in the best position to benefit from rising interest rates

What would you say if you were told about a company whose stock was trading much lower to expected earnings per share than the S&P 500 Index? At the same time, it’s also expected to increase EPS n...

Tesla and Nvidia Picked for Big Gains by Robot Trader. It’s Been Right Before.

Text size Photograph by Spencer Platt/Getty Images An exchange-traded fund with holdings picked by artificial intelligence is betting on big gains from Tesla and Nvidia in January. It has been right a...

Can Energy Stocks Stay Hot in 2022?

By most measures, 2021 was a good year to be an energy investor. According to research firm Morningstar Inc., energy outperformed every other funds sector, and asset flows into these funds grew a net ...

Robinhood Is Making Changes. Keep an Eye on Its Stock.

Text size Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg Robinhood Markets stock is in the doldrums, down more than 50% from its initial public offering price in July. The company is making moves to reverse that decl...

Markets Are About to Face Off With the Fed. How to Play It.

Text size The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Samuel Corum/Bloomberg There is always a bull market. The trick is trying to find it. Let the pundits wrestle with Wednesday’s sharp decline in th...

The Hottest ETF Sectors for Investors to Bet On in 2022

Many investors are bracing for a more-volatile stock market this year as interest rates, inflation, the pandemic, geopolitical tensions, oil and supply-chain bottlenecks continue to cause uncertainty....

Biotech Stocks Are Due to Bounce Back. This One Stands Out.

Text size Large-cap biotech will offer a smoother ride than small, and Vertex, in particular, looks attractive. Igor Akimov/Dreamstime.com Biotech stocks began the year in much the same way they ended...

Unprofitable tech trades are off to an ugly 2022. Here are the ETFs to consider as Cathie Wood’s Ark sinks.

Happy Thursday! In mythology, Janus is a god of transitions who is often depicted as a two-faced deity. A mere three sessions into the month of January, and some investors already may be feeling whipl...

Alibaba’s ‘long-term strategy is intact,’ analyst says as stock rises

U.S.-listed shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. have come under pressure in recent months amid concerns about U.S.-China tensions and a slowdown in the company’s key business, but one analyst says th...

20 cheap value stocks that Wall Street expects to rise up to 58%

There are plenty of arguments for why the bull market for U.S. stocks will continue in 2022. But investors’ focus appears to have shifted recently in favor of value stocks, rather than the growth stoc...

Cathie Wood’s ARK ETFs Are in a Deep Hole—Already

Text size Cathie Wood of ARK Invest Reed Young The new year did not bring a fresh start for Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, a fund company known for its focus on innovation stocks and high price targets. Th...

These 12 ‘Dividend Aristocrat’ stocks have been the best income compounders over 5 years

Stock-market investors typically want to anticipate industry events or companies’ successes so they can make as much money as possible. But as a new year begins, a look back can be useful, especially ...

Stitch Fix Stock Has Cratered. One Investor’s $100 Million Bet on a Comeback.

Text size Courtesy of Stitch Fix Stitch Fix stock has tumbled in 2021, but one of the largest investors in the online apparel retailer has been racking up big stock buys. Stitch Fix (ticker: SFIX) sto...