Boeing Earnings Revealed Another Big Loss. What Saved the Day for the Stock.

Text size Boeing delivered 121 commercial jets in the second quarter of 2022, up from 95 jets delivered in the first quarter. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Boeing’s quarterly earnings were messy,...

The Fed will cut rates next year, says BofA. Here’s what will happen to Treasurys.

All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. The central bank is widely expected to continue the fast pace of monetary tightening with another 75 basis-point hike in borrowing costs. But even...

Qualcomm Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.

Text size Qualcomm is expected to report revenue of $10.86 billion for its June quarter. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images Investors will get an important update on Qualcomm’s business when the maker of...

Stock Futures Are Rising. Afternoon Earnings Boosted Tech Shares.

Text size Traders, here on the New York Stock Exchange, were encouraged by the earnings posted Tuesday. (NYSE) U.S. stock futures were up Tuesday evening as investors processed a rush of second-quarte...

Visa tops earnings expectations as CFO sees ‘no evidence of a pullback’ in spending

Visa Inc. topped expectations with its latest results Tuesday and gave an upbeat signal to investors about the resilience of spending volumes in the current macroeconomic climate. Amid increasing unea...

In a busy morning 3M announces healthcare spin off, mixed earnings and subsidiary’s voluntary bankruptcy

3M Co. was busy before market open Tuesday, announcing the planned spinoff of its healthcare business, second-quarter results, and the voluntary bankruptcy of the company’s Aearo Technologies subsidia...

Big Tech earnings are about to determine the direction of the market

Just five companies control nearly a quarter of the S&P 500 index’s market cap, and they will all report earnings this week that could determine the direction of the market for weeks or months to ...

Intel to Help Make Chips for Taiwanese Designer MediaTek

Text size Intel will make chips for Taiwan-based MediaTek. Courtesy Intel Corporation Intel said Monday its technology would be used by Taiwan-based  MediaTek   to manufacture chips for smart devices....

NXP Semi Will Kick Off Earnings Season for Chip Stocks. What to Expect.

Text size Dreamstime NXP Semiconductors reports earnings on Monday, kicking off earnings season for chip stocks. But many investors and analysts are bracing themselves for muted results across the ind...

Giant Manager Buys Up Apple, Nvidia, Corning, and Pfizer Stock

Text size MEAG bought 66,593 Nvidia shares to double its investment to 130,142 shares at the end of June. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The investment arm of one of the world’s biggest insurers just ma...

About 2,500 Boeing workers to strike after rejecting contract offer

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Roughly 2,500 Boeing workers are expected to go on strike next month at three plants in the St. Louis area after they voted Sunday to reject a contract offer from the plane maker. T...

Gold Prices Hit by Renewed Bets on Higher Yields and Stronger Dollar

Inflation keeps surging to multiyear highs, yet gold can’t catch a break.The most actively traded gold futures contract has fallen $79.90, or 4.4%, to $1,727.40 troy ounce in July, on pace for its fou...

Apple, Visa, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, Chipotle, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It will be a busy week on both the micro and macro fronts. Second-quarter earnings season ramps up, as more than 150 S&P 500 firms report, including Big Tech. The Federal Reserve’s policy committe...

Avoid GE stock ahead of earnings as Wall Street’s expectations haven’t fallen far enough, analyst says

Expectations for General Electric Co.’s second-quarter profit and sales have been reduced significantly in recent months, but there are still those on Wall Street who believe they haven’t come down en...

Micron Stock Is Slipping. Morgan Stanley Turned Bearish.

Text size Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore downgraded Micron to Underweight from Equal Weight. Dreamstime Micron Technology stock is lower Friday after Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore issued a ...

Apple, Amazon, Meta Highlight Tech-Heavy Earnings Week

Tech giants Apple Amazon.com and Microsoft headline a busy earnings week amid growing investor fears of recession, rising interest rates and surging inflation. A little more than one-third of S&P ...

The Best Tech CEOs: What Matters Most

Text size Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke spent years programming before he co-founded the e-commerce software firm. He has said he knows how long projects will take—and which initiatives to choose—because of ...

Boeing Poised to Increase 787 Production Once Deliveries Resume

FARNBOROUGH, England—Boeing is preparing to increase production of its 787 Dreamliner soon after U.S. air-safety regulators allow the aircraft to resume deliveries, according to a person close to the ...

Chip stocks rally despite an ominous forecast, as U.S. semiconductor funding bill advances in Senate

Chip stocks rallied to finish higher Wednesday after the Senate moved closer to greenlighting more than $50 billion in funds for U.S.-based chip manufacturing, even as one chip-equipment maker gave an...

ASML Stock Drops. The Chip Supplier Slashes Sales Outlook Amid Delays.

Text size ASML’s machines are key to the global chipmaking industry. Courtesy Bart van Overbeeke/ASML ASML beat expectations for second-quarter earnings, but shares in the critical supplier of m...

Senate Votes on Chips Act Today. What It Means for Intel and Other Stocks.

Text size The Senate votes Tuesday on a bill that would authorize more than $50 billion in subsidies and tax credits for U.S. chip makers. Tim Herman/Intel Corporation Semiconductor stocks rose Tuesda...

‘Hot inflation is over.’ Here’s where what that means for investors, says this portfolio manager.

A firmer start is ahead for stocks. Investors seem to be perking up after Apple spoiled the mood some on Monday via a report it plans to slow its hiring roll. If true, Apple AAPL, +2.39% has good comp...

Nancy Pelosi’s husband buys millions in Nvidia stock before semiconductor vote

The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just bought as much $5 million worth of stock in software and computer-chip company Nvidia, publicly available financial disclosures show. According to the di...

Dow books biggest drop in more than two weeks after report about Apple’s plans to slow hiring, spending

U.S. stocks gave up early gains to finish lower on Monday, after Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc. plans to slow hiring and spending growth in some divisions next year in anticipation of a potential ...

GE’s Three-Way Split Is Near. What the New Companies Will Be Called.

Text size GE’s aviation business will become GE Aerospace. Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images General Electric is undertaking an epic transformation under the leadership of CEO Larry Culp—the ...

CATL Might Bring Battery Capacity to America With Mexico Plant, Report Says.

Text size Contemporary Amperex Technology is the largest and most valuable battery maker. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg The electric-vehicle battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology might be readying its ...

Why the 60/40 model suddenly has life again

The good ol’ 60/40 portfolio, designed to produce decent returns in all environments, is having one of its worst years ever. Going by the simplest possible construction — 60% in the S&P 500 SPX, +...

Big Investor Sold Apple Stock, Bought Coinbase, GE, and Nvidia

Text size Customers shop at an Apple Store. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A large European asset manager recently made material changes in its largest U.S-traded stock investments. DNB Asset Managemen...

Expect gas prices to drop to $4 a gallon soon, Biden energy adviser says

After peaking above a record $5 a gallon in June, U.S. gas prices should continue to fall in the coming weeks, a top White House energy adviser said Sunday, predicting prices around $4 a gallon, on av...

Chip Investment Decisions Await Congressional Action on $52 Billion Funding Bill

Political wrangling in Congress over government funding for the semiconductor industry is leaving tens of billions of dollars of potential factory projects hanging in limbo and could dent the ambition...

Vertical Aerospace Stock Soars. American Airlines Provides Cash for eVTOL Maker.

Text size There are many new players vying for eVTOL market share, including Vertical Aerospace. Courtesy Vertical Aerospace Vertical Aerospace , the eVTOL maker, secured some expected funding from Am...

A ‘who’s who of American business’ — big Wall Street names are marking the end phase of the bear market, says adviser

The good news about this bear market in stocks is that we’re more than halfway through it. The bad news is that we’re getting close to the final stage, when “everything must fall.” That’s according to...