Inflation Is Here to Stay. How to Adjust Your Portfolio.

Inflation is rampant and ubiquitous today, from the gas pump to the grocery store. The U.S. consumer price index has quadrupled in the past year, from a 1.7% annual rate in February 2021 to 7.9% this ...

Here’s What a 3M Breakup Could Look Like

Text size PFAS problems, product liability litigation tied to earplugs, and slowing growth have caused 3M stock to languish. Dreamstime What would 3M look like if it went down a General Electric -like...

What to Know About the Boeing 737 Crash in China

Text size Rescuers head to the site of a plane crash in southern China on March 22, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images A Boeing 737-800 carrying 132 passengers and crew members crashed in southern China o...

The Boeing 737 Crash Isn’t Worrying the Market. How We Know.

Text size A China Eastern Airlines Corp. passenger aircraft at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg A plane crash in China has clearly shaken investor confidence in Boeing . S...

GE Shows Why Stock Buybacks Aren’t Always as Good as Dividends

Text size GE’s net debt now amounts to 2.5 times Ebitda, compared with an average of 2 times for industrial companies in the S&P 500. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images News that General Elec...

GE Builds 350-Ton Turbines at Its Power Facilities. Here’s What We Found on a Tour.

Text size 7HA.03 gas turbine in GE’s Greenville, S.C., factory. Courtesy GE Power General Electric led a tour of one of its South Carolina gas power facilities as part of its Investor Day on Thursday—...

GE’s Power Business Is Its Most Complicated. It Also Holds the Most Potential.

Text size A General Electric wind turbine Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images Thursday, General Electric management took investors on a deep dive into its embattled power business at an analyst event...

Have The Glory Days Passed By For IBM, GE And These Other 4 Companies?

(Photo by Tim Boyle) Getty Images Bruce Springsteen sang that glory days will pass “in the wink of a young girl’s eye.” I was thinking about that song a few days ago when I cleaned out some files and ...

GE Stock Is Soaring. The Annual Report Has Provided a Boost.

Text size A GE Aviation Test Operations facility. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg General Electric stock is higher Tuesday. The market is up, as well, and upbeat company-specific Wall Street commentary is als...

GE’s Annual Report Is Shorter Again. Things Are Changing.

Text size General Electric plans to break itself into three parts. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images General Electric ‘s latest annual report is more evidence that the company is shaking itself up....

GE Stock Could Light Up Your Portfolio. Here’s Why.

Text size General Electric was once known as the company that brings good things to life—but so far this century, holding shares of the conglomerate has been a portfolio killer. That all may soon chan...

This Is What a Stock-Market Earnings Slowdown Looks Like. Things Could Take a Turn for the Worse.

Text size It’s been a painful time for investors hoping that earnings could drive stocks higher. Even the rallies are stomach-churning. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Stop me if you’ve heard this one before:...

Stocks Are on a Wild Ride. 20 Bargains to Buy Now, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts.

Fed be nimble, Fed be quick. The quicker, the better, in fact. Hike interest rates, shrink your balance sheet, and let’s be done with it all before the stock market sinks even further. The market’s re...

It’s Time to Bargain Hunt. 27 Picks to Beat the Stock Market From Barron’s Roundtable Experts.

“There is no easier way to make money in the market than to buy a great company under pressure due to short-term concerns.” So said the newest member of the Barron’s Roundtable, David Giroux of T. Row...

GE’s Larry Culp Posted an Open Letter on LinkedIn. He’s Talking to Investors.

Text size Larry Culp, General Electric’s chief executive officer. Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg General Electric CEO Larry Culp ripped a page from the playbook of another CEO—Tesla‘s Elon Musk—a...