Text size Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood. Courtesy of ARK Cathie Wood’s $12 billion flagship exchange-traded fund was falling again in Monday trading. It is another sign that “innovation stocks” such as R...
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Consumer Staples Stocks Are Usually Safe. Here’s Why They’re Getting Crushed.
Text size Stock for Procter & Gamble, maker of Dawn dish soap, is down 13% since April 20. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Consumer staples stocks have been crushed in the past couple of months. They are ...
Earnings Are Under Threat, Another Blow to Sagging Stock Market
Stocks have tumbled this year in the face of rising interest rates. But with inflation showing little sign of cooling, many investors fear corporate earnings could be the market’s next support to fall...
Federal Reserve Meeting, Oracle and Adobe Earnings, May Inflation Data, and More for Investors to Watch This Week
It will be a quiet week on the earnings calendar between earnings seasons. The most important event of the week for investors will be the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate-setting comm...
Under Armour Stock Has Tanked. Director David Gibbs Scooped Up Shares.
Text size Under Armour stock plunged in early May after the company reported a first-quarter loss. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/Getty Images Under Armour stock has tumbled in 2022, but director David W. ...
Costco’s Cheap Gas Prices Are a Big Hit
Costco Wholesale is doing a booming business in gasoline by offering its members material savings that one Wall Street analyst has put at 37 cents a gallon. This comes at a time when prices have soare...
Why the Stock Markets Are Falling So Hard
Text size Wall Street Bull Dreamstime This past week was another brutal one for the markets. Investors had plenty to worry about from the Fed to inflation and retail sales. The Dow Jones Industrial Av...
Debt and Dividends Can Co-Exist. Here Are 5 Stocks That Shouldn’t Wilt.
Despite a hefty debt load, Deere has a healthy dividend-payout ratio that should allow its disbursements to continue. Courtesy of John Deere Text size Although a heavy debt load can sometimes crimp or...
Target, Caterpillar, and 3 More Stocks Getting Higher Dividends
Text size Target is raising its quarterly dividend by 20%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Target and Caterpillar were among the U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week. Target (ticker:...
Inflation is Hot and Stocks Are Cold. Now the Fed Needs to Rethink Its Rosy Projections.
Text size As the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee meets this coming week, it will have to confront the challenge of controlling higher-than-anticipated Inflation, driven by rising food and fue...
Exxon May Be Making ‘More Than God.’ But Apple and Alphabet Are More Profitable.
Text size President Biden, who his hurting politically due to high inflation, took a swipe at industry leader Exxon Mobil on Friday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Exxon Mobil may be making “more than God ...
Softer Housing Sales Are Hammering Demand for Lumber
Inflation and rising mortgage costs are putting a dent in the housing market, which is hurting lumber demand. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Text size You can almost hear the sound of falling lumb...
DocuSign Stock Tumbles on Cut to Outlook
Text size DocuSign reported fiscal first-quarter earnings well below Wall Street’s estimate. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg DocuSign (ticker: DOCU) shares are sharply lower in late trading Thurs...
Opinion: Inflation is making everything we buy more expensive, and once stagflation hits things could get even worse
Last month I examined the culprits that are causing global inflation, including rising interest rates, persistent supply chain issues (China locking down cities), and climbing energy and fertilizer pr...
Consider a portfolio of 100% stocks if you’re at least 10 years from retirement
This year’s stock market isn’t what it seems. “It wasn’t supposed to be this way!” That’s the refrain from many investors who are looking at a U.S. stock market SPX, -1.08% decline so far this year of...
Costco discussing membership rate hikes after renewals hit 90%
Costco Wholesale Corp. is talking over membership fee hikes after reporting an all-time renewal rate high of 90%. The last time Costco raised its membership fee was in June 2017. Historically, fees ri...
Home affordability has ‘collapsed’ in 2022. What to expect next, according to BofA
The double whammy of surging mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices has led to “collapsed” housing affordability in America, according to Chris Flanagan’s team at BofA Global Research. The situat...
Bank of America and 4 More Financial Stocks for a Tough Market
Text size Bank of America is Wells Fargo’s top pick among the large U.S. banks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images One couldn’t blame investors in the financial sector for feeling discouraged this year. Goi...
These 19 large-cap stocks have now dropped at least 60% from their 52-week highs
The latest inflation figures on June 10 were worse than expected and the effect on stock prices was brutal. A list of stocks in the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100 Index that have fallen at least 60% f...