Tesla Stock Is Down. Steering Wheels Are Not the Reason.

Safety matters a great deal in the automotive market. Safety recalls and investigations, paradoxically, don’t matter as much. Investors might not be able to tell that by looking at stocks. Tesla (tick...

DeLorean Has Hit the Brakes. Catching Tesla Is Proving Hard for EV Rivals.

When Marty McFly drove into the future in the famous 1980s movie, he made it look easy. For EV start-ups trying to leap ahead in their industry, it’s proving a lot harder. DeLorean, the car company ma...

Stellantis Stock Rises After Earnings Top GM, Ford, and Even Tesla

Stellantis finished up 2022 stronger than expected. By some measures, the company had a better year than even Tesla Stellantis stock climbed in early Wednesday trading. Stellantis (ticker: STLA) repor...

Why MGM Resorts International Stock Is Worth a Wager

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Ford Stock Is Falling. This Is Why.

Stock in Ford Motor has had a strong start to 2023, but the shares have slid since the company reported fourth quarter earnings, when CEO Jim Farley lamented profits his company left on the table in 2...

A Successful EV Start-Up Needs Cars, Capacity, and Cash

The company that provided the chassis for the original Tesla Roadster has reimagined itself as an electric-vehicle start-up. The market doesn’t have much love for EV start-ups in general these days, b...

Ford Mach-E Sales Fall 45%. The Reasons: High Prices, Incentive Confusion.

Text size Ford sold 2,626 Mustang Mach-E electric vehicles in January, down from 4,775 in December. Scott Olson/Getty Images Electric-vehicle sales at Ford Motor dipped to start the new year, showing ...

Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Ford, Nordstrom, and More Stock Market Movers

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Ford Missed Earnings, Will Pay Special Dividend, and Sold Rivian Stake

Ford Motor’s earnings for the fourth quarter weren’t good enough even though guidance for 2023 was just about right. The stock is falling even as strong cash flow has the company paying a special divi...

A Tesla Debate Just Happened. Both Sides Were Wrong.

A big Tesla bull-bear debate just went down, but most of the ground covered was old news. Investors should be asking different questions about the industry and how Tesla can keep growing. Friday after...

7 EVs That Cost Less Than the Average New Car After Tax Credits

Electric vehicle buyers in the U.S. can now get a purchase tax credit from the government, and it has pushed the price of several high-volume EVs below the average price paid for a new car in America....

7 EVs That Qualify for a Tax Credit—and Cost Less Than the Average New Car

Electric vehicle buyers in the U.S. can now get a purchase tax credit from the government, and it has pushed the price of several high-volume EVs below the average price paid for a new car in America....

The Window to Capture a $7,500 Electric-Vehicle Tax Credit May Be Closing. How to Snag It.

Americans are flocking to electric vehicles, pushing sales up 127% over the past two years. To sweeten the deal, the federal government is offering a tax credit of up to $7,500 for EVs and other “clea...

Bed Bath & Beyond, Virgin Galactic, Ford, and More Stock Market Movers Friday

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Tesla Has Too Many Cars to Sell. It Needs to Cut Prices.

Tesla has a new problem. U.S. inventories of its popular Model Y are ballooning because of tax-credit confusion. There is a solution to its electric-vehicle glut, though. Inventories of Model Y SUV ar...

Wall Street’s 5 Favorite Car Stocks for 2023, Including Tesla and Copart

Investors in automotive stocks had a horrible time in 2022. After a painful year, investors likely could use some new car ideas, and should also know what to avoid. Rising interest rates, supply chain...

The New EV Tax Credits Don’t Make Sense

Finally something the left and the right can agree on. The U.S. government electric-vehicle new purchase tax credits don’t make sense. At least the government is now accepting ideas on how to fix the ...

The 12 Best Income Investments for 2023, According to Barron’s

While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...

The Best Income Investing Ideas for 2023

While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...

Cash Flow Will Be Key in 2023 for Ford, GM, and Tesla Investors

Headed into 2023, automotive investors have a lot to worry about including rising interest rates, vehicle affordability, car pricing, supply chains, inventories, and, of course, the possibilities of a...

Tesla Shares Head for Worst Year Ever as Elon Musk Focuses on Twitter

Listen to article (2 minutes) Tesla Inc. is on pace for its worst annual stock performance on record as investors bristle at Elon Musk’s Twitter Inc. ownership, as well as declining demand for the car...

Ford Stock Falls. A $1.7 Billion Truck-Rollover Trial Is a Distraction.

Ford Motor has a legal hearing set to start Monday related to a product liability case that resulted in a $1.7 billion punitive award against the auto maker. Investors seem to be a little nervous abou...

Tesla’s Elon Musk Has a Finance Lesson For Investors. They Disagree.

There is little time off for investors following Tesla these days. The weekend before Christmas is no exception. In the past couple of days, there have been more tweets about the electric-vehicle make...

Tesla Stock Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet. There Are Too Many EVs.

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Generac Catches Another Downgrade. This Time Ford’s EV F-150 Is to Blame.

Shares of backup power provider Generac caught another downgrade. This time electric vehicles are to blame. Jefferies analyst Saree Boroditsky downgraded shares of Generac (ticker: GNRC) to Sell from ...

6 Preferred Stocks That Offer Safety and High Yields

There still is plenty of yield in the depressed preferred-stock market—even after the recent half-point yield decline in the Treasury 10-year note to 3.7%. Many preferred issues yield 6% or more and o...

Tesla Stock Has Cost Musk $200 Billion. Here’s Who, and What, to Blame.

The drop in Tesla stock has cost investors and CEO Elon Musk a huge amount of money. As the end of the year approaches, investors—and maybe even Musk—should consider how it happened. On Monday, Tesla ...

Ford Shows That Reshoring U.S. Manufacturing Is Happening

Reshoring is a term industrial investors are becoming as familiar with as outsourcing. Outsourcing manufacturing to the regions of the planet with the cheapest labor to drive lower prices for consumer...

GE Stock Is Flying. Investors Should Be Careful.

This stock market is wild, and it’s been wild for longer than just Thursday’s massive move. Cyclical stocks have been on fire in the fourth quarter. The rally in many beaten-up names, unfortunately, l...

Carvana, Dealers Show Risks of Deflation. Ford, GM Investors Should Watch Out.

Text size A Carvana car-vending machine in Huntington Beach, Calif., in 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Why buy now if prices are going to be lower tomorrow? That isn’t a question U.S. consumers h...

Ford Expects a Profit Rebound. What Wall Street Is Saying.

Ford Motor expects a big fourth quarter, bouncing back from supply-chain-induced challenges experienced in the third quarter. Wall Street isn’t so sure things will turn as well as the company expects....

Ford Earnings Are Coming. What To Expect.

Third-quarter results from Ford Motor are due after the close of trading Wednesday. They should tell investors something about the state of the U.S. auto industry. Wall Street is looking for third-qua...