Exxon Mobil Won’t Comment on Report It Is Exploring Deal for Denbury

Denbury’s stock jumped on Monday afternoon after a report said Exxon Mobil was considering a takeover of the oil-recovery specialist, but the oil giant said it wouldn’t comment on speculation. Bloombe...

Here’s how you’ll know stock-market lows are here, says investor who called crash in ’87

“If you think about where we are right now, the Federal Reserve Board is fighting something that it hasn’t seen really in almost four decades, which is inflation. Inflation is a bit like toothpaste: o...

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...

Famed Value Investor Buys Stock in Citigroup, PulteGroup, and Oshkosh

Value investor Edgar Wachenheim III’s Greenhaven Associates recently made major changes in its investments. Greenhaven increased its stakes in Citigroup (ticker: C) and home builder PulteGroup (PHM), ...

Electric-Vehicle Makers and Suppliers Drive Into a Stormy IPO Market

Updated Oct. 8, 2022 5:33 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Electric-vehicle makers in Asia and the companies that supply them are rushing to capital markets to raise money, as they try to take adva...

These Growth Stocks Have Beaten the Market. Why It Can Continue.

The stock market has tumbled recently, but growth stocks have finally stopped getting hit the hardest. Subtle shifts in the broader investing environment are responsible.  The Russell 2000 index of sm...

Memory Chip Makers Struggle With Declines in Demand, Price

Listen to article (2 minutes) The pandemic boom in memory chips is on pause. A decline in prices in recent months has led the biggest memory players—including Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology...

Bank Stocks Have Gotten Slammed. Here Are 4 Worth a Look Ahead of Earnings.

Another bank earnings season is coming upon us, and no one is feeling too excited. Yet excitement isn’t what makes stocks like Citizens Financial Group and M&T Bank attractive. Make no mistake, ba...

S&P 500 would be in an ‘earnings recession’ if not for this one booming sector — but that may not last long

Fears of an actual recession are weighing on investors near the end of 2022, but there is another type of recession also in sight: an earnings recession. The S&P 500 index would already be in an e...

One of the world’s biggest container shipping companies is ‘too compelling to ignore,’ says analyst

With valuation at a trough and a dividend lined up for 2022, A.P. Moeller-Maersk is “too compelling to ignore” and investors should buy the shares. That’s according to analysts at Berenberg, who upgra...

Chip stocks slammed by new ban on chip and AI technology for China

The chip sector melted down Friday after U.S. regulators moved to pump the brakes on China’s military ambitions by issuing new restrictions on semiconductor and AI technology that can be sold to the c...

Tesla Won’t Stop Falling Until Musk Stops Selling. Here’s Where the Stock Is Headed.

Tesla stock has been having a terrible week, and it’s likely to get worse for the shares before it gets better. There are a few reasons for that. One is technical, the other is CEO Elon Musk. The week...

AMD Cuts Revenue Forecast Amid Worst Slump in PC Shipments in Years

Listen to article (1 minute) Advanced Micro Devices cut its revenue forecast for the most recent quarter citing weaker-than-expected demand for the personal computers that use its chips. The chip make...

AMD Revenue Warning Has Stock Falling

Advanced Micro Devices warned Thursday afternoon that it will miss its prior guidance for the September quarter, citing deteriorating demand for PCs. The chip maker’s stock is falling in after hours t...

Verizon’s ‘attractive’ dividend and growth potential earn stock an upgrade

Verizon Communications Inc. shares are fresh off their worst quarterly performance in two decades, but one analyst thinks the name deserves a fresh look. Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan upgraded Ver...

Where’s the beef? Rancher sentenced to 11 years for ripping off Tyson Foods of nearly $250 million in ‘ghost cattle’ scam.

A Washington state rancher has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for a nearly quarter-billion-dollar ripoff of Tyson Foods Inc. TSN, -1.22% in which it sold the meat processor more than 260,000 hea...

Buying stocks for dividend income? Read this first

There is nothing wrong in principle with buying stocks for the income they generate, through dividends, instead of growth. It’s a strategy that’s especially appealing to retirees and others who need t...

Chinese EV maker Nio’s stock resumes selloff, even as quarterly deliveries rise to a record

Shares of Nio Inc. resumed its recent selloff toward a more than four-month low on Monday, reversing an earlier intraday gain, after the China-based electric-vehicle maker reported an uptick in Septem...

DXC Stock Surges on News of Potential Sale

DXC Technology shares jumped Tuesday after the information-technology consulting firm said management had been approached by a financial sponsor regarding a potential acquisition of the company. “Cons...

Opinion: Technology stocks are booming, and these four companies have staying power for years to come

Shares of technology companies from chip makers to FAANGs slumped for a third quarter at the end of September, as softer revenue, profit warnings and fading CEO confidence added to the doom. The backd...

Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Is Very Pricey. Here’s the Math.

Elon Musk plans to buy Twitter for $44 billion, the original price he agreed to back in April. The world’s richest man is likely wishing he waited a few months to sign the contract. When Musk, the co-...

21 dividend stocks yielding 5% or more of companies that will produce plenty of cash in 2023

When the stock market has jumped two days in a row, as it has now, it is easy to become complacent. But the Federal Reserve isn’t finished raising interest rates, and recession talk abounds. Stock inv...

Ford’s EV Sales Nearly Tripled in September. The Stock Is Surging.

Ford Motor   sales fell 9% in September but electric-vehicle sales almost tripled with the auto maker’s F-150 Lightning remaining the best-selling EV pickup truck in the U.S. The automaker said total ...

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...

General Motors EV Bolt Sales Set a Record

General Motors investors got some good news Monday. The auto giant is making headway selling electric vehicles even before GM rolls out new models designed to boost EV sales even further. Monday, GM (...

Carnival’s Pricing Problems Are ‘Company Specific,’ Analyst Says

“Not all cruise operators are created equally,” wrote Stifel analyst Steven Wieczynski, saying he is upbeat about the sector despite grim news from Carnival that dragged the stocks lower last week Car...

This stock market strategist says the coming recession could be the biggest ever. ‘I recommend prayer.’

Keith McCullough, founder and CEO of Hedgeye Risk Management, isn’t one to mince words about financial markets, the Federal Reserve or the economy. Right now he has a few less-than-charitable things t...

A Strong Dollar Spells Trouble for Some U.S. Companies

The dollar has soared as the Federal Reserve has raised rates. U.S. Treasury yields now provide the best return over expected inflation in more than a decade, incentivizing investors to buy dollars to...

Tesla Deliveries Set a Record. Shares Should Fall.

Tesla delivered 343,830 vehicles in the third quarter and produced 365,923. Allison Dinner/Getty Images Text size Tesla quarterly deliveries set a new record, but the number probably won’t be good eno...

Micron faces ‘unprecedented’ supply issues, and analysts are split on if the bottom has been hit

Micron Technology Inc. is dealing with an “unprecedented” oversupply problem, but whether it gets worse or better in the near-term is up for debate. However, analysts had different ideas about when th...

An Alzheimer’s Drug’s Big Surprise: What It Means

Until this past week, there seemed to be no answers to the Alzheimer’s puzzle. The leading theory of the disease, that it was caused by a buildup of beta amyloid plaque in the brain, had been disprove...

Carnival Debt Yields in the Teens After Big Earnings Miss

Cruise line bonds have taken a fresh hit after Carnival’s weaker-than-expected financial update for its latest quarter, and yields on many debt issues now are in teens.  Carnival (ticker: CCL) shares ...