Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in Occidental Petroleum Corp. in recent days. Berkshire bought about 5.8 million shares of Occidental in a series of purchases Friday, Monday an...
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Grayscale Bitcoin Fund Soars as Judges Sound Skeptical of SEC’s Arguments on ETF
Grayscale Investments for years has fruitlessly sought to convert its flagship product—the world’s largest Bitcoin fund at $14 billion—into an exchange-traded fund, most recently suing the Securities ...
Bond-market recession gauge plunges to triple digits below zero on way to fresh four-decade milestone
One of the bond market’s most reliable gauges of impending U.S. recessions plunged further below zero into triple-digit negative territory on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell point...
U.S. stock futures inch higher ahead of Powell testimony
U.S. stock futures were a touch firmer on Tuesday, though trading was muted ahead of testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, ...
Opinion: Powell will have to push rates even higher for the Fed to get inflation to 2%
Inflation is proving tougher to curb than Federal Reserve Chairman Powell anticipated, and despite indicators that a recession could be coming, consumers and businesses apparently haven’t gotten the m...
Why the stock-market rally can keep going, says Morgan Stanley strategist who only recently warned of a death zone
On the heels of last week’s losing-streak breaking rally, investors look headed for the sidelines on Monday. Apart from an underwhelming growth forecast from China over the weekend that’s knocking oil...
U.S. stock futures retain Wall Street’s rally ahead of Powell testimony and jobs data
U.S. stock futures were steady early Monday, holding their latest rally ahead of testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and crucial jobs data later in the week. How are stock-index futures...
Stock market faces crucial test this week: 3 questions to decide rally’s fate
There will be no rest for investors this week as they await a marquee report on the state of the U.S. labor market, along with biannual Congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Pow...
How to invest in the stock market and never lose money
Fixed index annuities are not the only way you can invest in the stock market and be assured of not losing money over the short term. That’s because there’s a do-it-yourself alternative that avoids th...
Ignore Wall Street’s gloom. Stocks do better when earnings fall: strategist
Adios to February, which disappointed many stock investors who enjoyed a bullish start to the year. But fears of a bigger meltdown by those swept up in Wall Street gloom may be in vain, says our call ...
How investors can learn to live with inflation: BlackRock
Growth stocks may have led the early 2023 rally, but stubbornly high inflation means that won’t last. That’s the main message from the BlackRock Investment Institute on Monday, as U.S. stocks attempte...
This is what Warren Buffett, a self-described ‘so-so investor,’ says is his ‘secret sauce’
Stocks are rebounding on the heels of a rotten week — the worst since December for the S&P 500 SPX, +1.15% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +1.39%. And as Wall Street analysts go dark, with talk of ...
Asian shares follow Wall Street lower after stronger-than-expected data
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Monday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks closed out their worst week since early December. U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices fell. Reports on inflation, the jobs...
Tech Carried the Stock Market. Now They’re Taking It Down With Them.
The prospect of still-higher short- and long-term interest rates produced the worst week for the S&P 500 index in the relatively young year, a drop of 2.67%, and the third straight down week for t...
The Stock Market Doesn’t Look Cheap, Any Way You Slice It
Stock indexes closed another losing week in a downbeat February, as investors continue to debate the path of the economy and monetary policy. It’s a decidedly muddled outlook for the market from a fun...
Any Way You Slice It, Stocks Still Don’t Look Cheap
Text size This past week’s numbers gave investors plenty to fret about. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Stock indexes closed another losing week in a downbeat February, as investors continue to debate the ...
What’s next for stocks as investors realize Fed’s inflation fight won’t end soon
The stock market is ending February on a decidedly wobbly note, raising doubts about the durability of an early 2023 rally. Blame stronger-than-expected economic data and hotter-than-expected inflatio...
This little-known indicator with an excellent record is projecting below-average long-term returns
Small- and midcap stocks will be below-average performers over the next five years. That’s a discouraging prospect, since these sectors have already suffered more than the broad market. The Russell 20...
Global financial markets have had a rough time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but it is not over yet
A year after Russia invaded Ukraine and set off the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II, global financial markets seem to no longer carry on the lasting shocks on a daily basis, but the fu...
For Nvidia Stock, It’s Game On!
These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...
Autodesk stock is biggest loser on S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 as Wall Street focuses on cash flow
Autodesk Inc. shares suffered their worst drop in more than a year after Wall Street focused on how the computer-assisted design software company’s shift in billing customers became a major drag on it...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is the largest investor in these 8 stocks
As 2022 wrapped, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway was the largest shareholder of eight stocks that include traditional oil companies and financial-services giants. “Berkshire now enjoys major owner...
Opinion: At last — somebody is trying to ‘save’ Social Security
Rude Europeans used to tell stories, possibly apocryphal, about American tourists who would ask for directions to a famous landmark while actually standing right in front of it. The Parisian would loo...