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Walmart, Target, Cisco, Deere, Housing Data, and Other Things for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Earnings season continues next week in what will be an action-packed stretch for retail stocks. Walmart and Home Depot report results on Tuesday, followed by Bath & Body Works , Lowe’s, ...
House passes Inflation Reduction Act: What Democrats’ bill does for climate, drug prices and taxes
Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act passed the House of Representatives in a 220-207 vote on Friday after clearing the Senate last weekend, and with it, some big changes could be coming to key sectors ...
Stocks Could Keep Rising If the Fed Shows Restraint
Text size As the market rebounds, speculative stocks are stirring. For proof, consider Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF, up about 40% since mid-June. David Swanson/Reuters/Alamy What bear market? Stoc...
It’s a Good Time to Buy Berkshire Hathaway Stock. Here’s Why.
Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway has never been in better shape. Its stock looks appealing after pulling back more than 15% from its...
10 Companies That Would Pay More Taxes Under Inflation Reduction Act
Text size Packages ready to be sent at an Amazon center. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images Some major companies, including Tesla and Amazon . com, are likely to face higher tax bills under the $750 b...
9 Chip Stocks That Look Like Buys
Text size Nvidia now expects July quarter revenue to be $6.7 billion, up only 3% from the year-ago period. The company had previously forecast $8.1 billion in revenue. Dreamstime These are troubling t...
U.S. Home Prices Jumped to Record High in Second Quarter
Home prices continued to climb across nearly all the U.S. in the second quarter, when buyer demand started to fade due to higher mortgage rates but still exceeded the housing market’s unusually low su...
The Big Winners—and Losers —in the Inflation Bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) helped shepherd the Inflation Reduction Act through the Senate after earlier bills died. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Text size The House won’t take up Democra...
Why an analyst says sell these four big software stocks
Salesforce Inc.’s stock gets a lot of love on Wall Street, with 43 of the 49 covering analysts tracked by FactSet rating the shares the equivalent of buy. But Guggenheim analyst John DiFucci bucked th...
Chicken Soup Completes Redbox Acquisition, Ending a Weird Meme-Stock Tale
Text size A Redbox video rental kiosk. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has finished its purchase of Redbox , winding up one of this year’s strangest meme-stock ep...
Rivian, Illumina, Toast, and More Stock Market Movers Friday
Text size Rivian, the maker of electric trucks, maintained its production estimates for the full year. Courtesy Rivian Stock futures rose Friday amid more signs that inflation in the U.S. has been coo...
Matterport Stock Jumps on Better Outlook, Hope for Relief on Parts Shortages
Text size Matterport builds cameras used to take 3-D images. It can take any space—from houses to high-rises—online. Matterport Matterport became the latest tech company to say a shortage of component...
Rivian’s Losses Nearly Triple to $1.7 Billion
Rivian Automotive Inc. reported its net loss in the second quarter nearly tripled to $1.7 billion, further pressuring the electric-vehicle startup to conserve cash and move quickly to fill customer or...
Rivian Keeps 2022 Production Guidance Intact. The Stock Is Still Falling.
Text size The Rivian R1S should start shipping to customers in just a few months. Courtesy of Rivian Electric-truck maker Rivian Automotive reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, but more impo...
Rivian loses nearly $2 billion in second quarter as expenses mount
Rivian Automotive Inc. late Thursday reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss, but called for steeper losses for the year, warned about ongoing supply-chain snags, and saw rising expenses, sen...
Oil prices are down, but energy companies’ earnings estimates keep rising — these stocks are cheap
Oil prices have fallen from a peak earlier this year. But energy companies’ earnings estimates have kept rising on stronger demand and low capital spending. Below is a screen of large-cap oil stocks a...
Rivian Earnings Are Today. Production Is What Really Matters.
Text size The Rivian R1S should start shipping to customers in just a few months. Courtesy of Rivian Electric-truck maker Rivian Automotive is expected to report second-quarter numbers after the marke...
Plug Power Misses Estimates. But Analysts Lift Price Targets on Climate Bill Catalysts.
Text size Photo courtesy of Plug Power Plug Power shares rose sharply Wednesday despite the fuel-cell company reporting second-quarter revenue that missed estimates. Analysts said they expect Plug Pow...
Rivian shares rise on second-quarter results: ‘The ball is finally rolling’ for the EV maker, says analyst
Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. RIVN, -0.13% gained more than 3% in morning trading Friday, as analysts were generally upbeat about the electric vehicle maker’s second-quarter results. Late Thursday,...