6 Preferred Stocks That Offer Safety and High Yields

There still is plenty of yield in the depressed preferred-stock market—even after the recent half-point yield decline in the Treasury 10-year note to 3.7%. Many preferred issues yield 6% or more and o...

Tesla Stock Has Cost Musk $200 Billion. Here’s Who, and What, to Blame.

The drop in Tesla stock has cost investors and CEO Elon Musk a huge amount of money. As the end of the year approaches, investors—and maybe even Musk—should consider how it happened. On Monday, Tesla ...

Ford Shows That Reshoring U.S. Manufacturing Is Happening

Reshoring is a term industrial investors are becoming as familiar with as outsourcing. Outsourcing manufacturing to the regions of the planet with the cheapest labor to drive lower prices for consumer...

GE Stock Is Flying. Investors Should Be Careful.

This stock market is wild, and it’s been wild for longer than just Thursday’s massive move. Cyclical stocks have been on fire in the fourth quarter. The rally in many beaten-up names, unfortunately, l...

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...

All Is Not ‘Peachy’ at Ford and There’s No Reason for Traders to Chase It

On Monday morning the Wall Street Journal reported that the Ford Motor Co (F) would offer severance packages to some white-collar employees who have eight years of service or more and whose performanc...

Ford Expects a Profit Rebound. What Wall Street Is Saying.

Ford Motor expects a big fourth quarter, bouncing back from supply-chain-induced challenges experienced in the third quarter. Wall Street isn’t so sure things will turn as well as the company expects....

Ford Earnings Are Coming. What To Expect.

Third-quarter results from Ford Motor are due after the close of trading Wednesday. They should tell investors something about the state of the U.S. auto industry. Wall Street is looking for third-qua...

Ford already ‘bit the proverbial bullet’ ahead of earnings, but GM results could go either way

Ford Motor Co.’s third-quarter earnings report shouldn’t be too dramatic since the company already warned about rising costs and inventory problems, but General Motors Co.’s report could be a differen...

Foxconn Unveils EVs. The Apple iPhone Maker Is Pushing Into the Car Business.

Not all car companies want to build their own vehicles anymore. The reason is that they don’t have to. Tuesday, the contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry (Taiwan), an Apple (ticker: AAPL) i...

Nio shorts may have covered too soon, as EV maker’s stock sinks to more than 2-year low

Shares of Nio Inc. sank to the lowest prices seen in more than two years, disappointing not only bulls, but also likely the many bears who have just covered their short positions. While short selling,...

ARK’s Cathie Wood Sounds Used-Car Alarm Again. The Risk Is Still Overstated.

ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood sees a collapse in used-car prices on the horizon. If she’s right, that could mean disaster for auto-finance companies, traditional car makers and dealerships. The good news i...

Ford stock is now a ‘sell’ at UBS as an oversupply problem looms

Shares of Ford Motor Co. were hit hard Monday by UBS analyst Patrick Hummel’s recommendation that investors sell, as the auto industry is facing a worrisome U-turn from undersupply to oversupply. Humm...

Ford vs. GM: I’m Only Trading One

Analyst Patrick Hummel of UBS downgraded both Ford Motor (F) and General Motors (GM) on Monday morning, primarily citing demand destruction in a coming recessionary environment as a downside catalyst....

U.S. auto sales fall slightly in Q3, but GM is a bright spot

DETROIT — U.S. new vehicle sales fell slightly in the third quarter, even though some automakers reported improvement in September. But there are warning signs consumers’ appetite for expensive new ca...

Rivian Gets Another Buy Rating. Why Analysts Are Overlooking Ford.

Text size Rivian and Ford have a lot of strategic similarities. Courtesy Rivian Electric truck maker Rivian Automotive picked up a new Buy rating, but the optimism for leading EV start-up stocks just ...

Tesla Q3 Delivery Results Are Coming. What to Watch For.

Tesla third-quarter delivery results are coming, and while calling the Q3 delivery figure will be tough, calling the stock price reaction will be even harder. Given all the crosscurrents in the econom...

Ford Seeks New Trial After $1.7 Billion Jury Verdict in Truck Rollover Lawsuit

Listen to article (1 minute) Ford Motor is asking a Georgia court for a new trial, after a jury reached a $1.7 billion verdict against the auto maker last month involving a truck rollover accident tha...

These 20 stocks in the S&P skidded as much as 21.5% during another brutal week for the market

Another difficult week for U.S. stocks ended with shares of oil producers sliding and Ford Motor Co. tumbling further on concerns over supply shortages. The S&P 500 SPX, -1.72% fell 1.7% on Friday...

Ford Stock Is Still a Buy, Despite Supply Issues. Here’s Why.

Ford’s truck business is one heck of a business. Courtesy Ford Text size Ford Motor stock tumbled this past week after the company warned of continued parts shortages, but Wall Street doesn’t seem wor...

Ford’s Big Earnings Warning Is Really Good News. Just Ask Wall Street.

Text size There is a silver lining in Ford’s ugly update for the third quarter of 2022. Leon Neal/Getty Images Ford Motor said a lack of parts and inflation would leave it with a third- quarter ...

Ford stock drops more than 5% as supply costs to jump by $1 billion, parts shortages to leave more cars unfinished

Ford Motor Co. shares dropped more than 5% in the extended session Monday after the company said inflation and parts shortages will leave it with more unfinished vehicles than it had expected, remindi...

Electric Vehicles Took Off. Car Makers Weren’t Ready

Sept. 18, 2022 10:04 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Auto makers racing to turn out electric vehicles have generated long wait lists. Now they must try not to disappoint customers like Louie Figue...

Cathie Wood Says Falling Car Prices Could Mean Trouble

Text size ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood. Courtesy of ARK Falling car prices are coming, according to ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood. That might be cheered by car buyers, but falling prices could mean the Feder...

Lucid Stock Gets a New Buy Rating. Its Batteries Are Beating Tesla’s.

R.F. Lafferty says Lucid’s battery pack technology is a “key differentiator” in driving range and horsepower. Courtesy Lucid Motors Text size Luxury electric vehicle start-up Lucid picked up a n...

Tesla Is Planning a New Business

Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...

Tesla’s Planning a New Business. It’s a License to Print Money, Says Musk.

Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...

Ford and Rivian Recall Some EVs

Text size Rivian and Ford have recalled some of their EVs including the R1S, R1T and Mustang Mach Es. Courtesy of Rivian Ford Motor and Rivian Automotive recalled some electric vehicles. EV recalls ar...

Ford’s U.S. Sales Rose 27% in August on Strong EV Demand

Listen to article (2 minutes) Ford Motor U.S. sales rose 27% in August, rebounding from year-ago production shortages and benefiting from increased demand for electric vehicles. Ford has been posting ...

Toyota Is Upping Its EV Game to Catch GM, Ford, and Tesla

Text size An all-electric 2023 BZ4X from Toyota. The company sold only 14,000 all-electric vehicles in 2021. Courtesy of Toyota The automotive giant Toyota Motor is starting to pivot away from hybrid ...

20 dividend stocks with high yields that are expected to raise payouts the most through 2024

There are different ways to select stocks based on dividends. An investor might look for companies paying high dividends, with the hope that payouts will keep rising. Or the investor might focus less ...

California Sets the Pace on Zero Emissions. Car Makers, Old and New, Are Cheering.

Text size California is set to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California announced this week that it will ban sales of new gasoline-p...