Companies Lay Off Workers to Save Money. What 27 Said on Earnings Calls.

What do PayPal,  AT&T and Tinder owner Match Group all have in common? They are among the several S&P500 companies saying that trimming their workforces should provide a boost to their financi...

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...

FedEx (FDX) earnings Q2 2023

FedEx said Tuesday it would cut $1 billion more in costs after weak demand ate into its quarterly profit. The company in September announced cost-cutting measures that included parking planes and clos...

Nike, FedEx, Micron, General Mills, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

A bevy of economic data and several notable companies reporting will keep investors busy this week, before things slow down for the holidays. On Tuesday,  Nike FedEx and General Mills release quarterl...

FedEx and Nike earnings will hold vital hints on holiday-shopping strength

After investors raced for the exits following their last earnings reports, package-deliverer FedEx Corp. and athletic-gear maker Nike Inc. will try it again. And they’ll offer important reads on deman...

Top Mutual Fund Holders of FedEx (FDX)

Top Mutual Fund Holders of FedEx Stock Holder Shares Market Value Date Reported Dodge & Cox Stock Fund 10.8 million $1.6 billion Sept. 30, 2022 Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares 9.06 million $...

Dividend-Paying Stocks Can Help Battle Inflation

Surging bond yields have been a pleasant addition to the toolbox of income investors after years of minimal fixed-income returns. But dividend stocks can offer crucial balance and additional income to...

Cargo Shipowners Cancel Sailings as Global Trade Flips From Backlogs to Empty Containers

Listen to article (2 minutes) Ocean carriers are canceling dozens of sailings on the world’s busiest routes during what is normally their peak season, the latest sign of the economic whiplash hitting ...

Everything But The Kitchen Sink

No doubt, it has been a tough go of it for corporations and their stock prices this year. Higher interest rates and fears of recession have led folks to bail on stocks no matter their valuations. Mark...

The Dollar Is Crushing Rival Currencies. Here’s Where Things Are Headed.

The dollar’s remarkable rally shows no signs of slowing. In fact, the Federal Reserve’s hawkish message has given it fresh impetus. The strong dollar is a concern for U.S. multinational corporations, ...

FedEx (FDX) reports Q1 earnings

A person walks by a FedEx van in New York City, May 9, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters FedEx on Thursday announced rate hikes and detailed its cost-cutting efforts after the shipping giant warned last we...

FedEx Earnings Are Coming. It Shouldn’t Get Any Worse.

Text size FedEx investors will want to hear from management after a disappointing update given a week ago. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Shipping giant FedEx reports its fiscal first-quarter financial resul...

Bitcoin Slumps to Lowest Since Late 2020, Ether Tumbles on Fed Jitters

Text size Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has declined nearly 60% this year. Dreamstime Bitcoin fell Monday and other cryptocurrencies followed it lower ahead of what’s expected to ...

Surviving the Fed Is as Easy as One, Two, Three

It seems as if everyone is afraid of the Federal Reserve meeting this week. U.S. stock futures were down Monday and the S&P 500 has dropped almost 6% since the disappointing inflation report from ...

Dow Futures Fall as Wall Street Anticipates Another Big Rate Hike From the Fed

Text size AFP via Getty Images Stock futures traded lower Monday in a week that is expected to see the Federal Reserve raise interest rates by another three-quarters of a point in its effort to stamp ...

Bulls Get Scorched by FedEx. Don’t Expect the Fed to Help.

Text size FedEx’s disappointing earnings and unexpectedly weak guidance were key factors in this past week’s stock market swoon. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg The stock market faces a doubly poisonous c...

U.S. Stocks Poised for Mixed Open on Monday

Stocks were poised for a mixed open in New York on Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Text size U.S....

Goldman Sachs: Why European Natural Gas Could Fall by 50%

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Here’s a challenge to the conventional wisdom, courtesy of Goldman Sachs : Europe has “solved” its winter natural-gas crisis, and prices could drop by half in the...

The Latest U.S.-China Worry: Another Ramp-Up in the Tech Cold War

Text size Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images The already-fractured U.S.-China relationship could worsen as the U.S. rolls out more restrictions aimed at curbing China’s access to technology and investment...

With FedEx’s Stock Slide, Just How Safe Is Its Dividend?

Text size FedEx has regularly increased its dividend, though not by more than 50% as it did in June. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images How times have changed for FedEx . In June, the company boosted its qu...

There’s No Way I’d Buy FedEx Here: I’d Rather Trade UPS

Global recession! That’s the implication. The situation is this. FedEx (FDX) released on Thursday evening preliminary results for the firm’s fiscal quarter, which ended August 31st. The fi...

Wall Street Waited Too Long to Abandon FedEx Stock. It’s Too Early to Buy.

Text size FedEx will be closing FedEx Office locations to save money. Mario Tama/Getty Images Wall Street is piling on as FedEx stock plunges. Contrarian investors might want to snap up shares on the ...

Weekend reads: This may cause the next financial crisis

The Federal Reserve invigorated the economy before and during the coronavirus pandemic by purchasing Treasury bonds. The central bank was the main purchaser of newly issued U.S. debt and created trill...

The Economy Is Slowing Down. What It Means for the Fed.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has warned that the central bank’s tighter monetary policy will be painful. The latest data confirm he’s right. Ting Shen/Bloomberg Text size For Jerome Powell’s Fe...

Why Is the Stock Market Down? It Knows the Worst Is Yet to Come.

Text size NYSE From a certain point onward, there is no turning back. The stock market reached that point this past week. Oh, the market was hopeful, entering the week, that inflation had reached its ...

Why FedEx’s stock plunge is so bad for the whole stock market

FedEx Corp.’s profit warning has cast a pall on the broader stock market, as a record plunge in the package delivery giant’s stock has helped trigger one half of a Dow Theory “sell” signal. FedEx shar...

Chip Stocks Like Nvidia Keep Plunging to New Lows. It’s No Time to Bargain Hunt.

Text size Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said business may be a “little bit worse” since they gave guidance on second quarter earnings call in late July. Courtesy Intel Corporation With semiconductor stocks ...

Why FedEx’s profit warning is such bad news for the U.S. economy

FedEx Corp. has bad news for investors, but what the logistics company’s massive profit warning says about the U.S. economy may be even worse. “The FedEx news was pretty stark. But when I read it, I w...

‘Simply staggering.’ FedEx hit with downgrades, price target cuts as warning shocks Wall Street.

A profit warning from FedEx was ringing alarm bells for Wall Street and beyond on Friday, with shares of the economic bellwether slumping as analysts piled on downgrades and price target cuts. FedEx F...

FedEx Stock Tumbles After Delivering Terrible Earnings News

Text size FedEx disappointed investors Thursday with a surprise earnings miss. Benoit Doppagne/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images FedEx stock was tumbling after the company doubly disappointed investors Thurs...

FedEx to Close Offices, Park Aircraft After Warning of Sales Shortfall

Updated Sept. 15, 2022 5:42 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) FedEx said its quarterly revenue fell below its expectations and it was closing offices and parking aircraft to offset declining volumes...

FedEx stock tanks nearly 15% after company withdraws outlook, says year is about to get worse

FedEx Corp. shares fell nearly 15% in the extended session Thursday after the logistics company pulled its outlook for the year, called for significantly lower quarterly profit and lower revenue, and ...