Delta Might Buy 737 MAX Jets. That Would Be a Big Win for Boeing.

Text size Delta shares are down about 28% from their 52-week highs. Investors are waiting for air traffic to recover from the pandemic. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images Delta Air Lines is considering...

Nvidia Stock Needs a Catalyst. It Could Get One Next Week.

Text size After rocketing higher in 2021, Nvidia shares have been under pressure in 2022. Remus Rigo/Dreamstime.com Like much of the rest of the stock market, to say nothing of the beaten-down tech se...

Fed’s Powell sees the light — and turns far more hawkish than expected

After remaining stubbornly dovish last year, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday jumped the central bank squarely into the hawkish camp at his press conference on Wednesday. “The March...

Apple and Nvidia Are Picked by Robot Trader That Dumped Google and Meta

Text size The robot trader likes Apple and Nvidia stock. Fresco/Evening Standard/Getty Images Apple and Nvidia were two stocks singled out for gains in March by a fund with holdings picked by artifici...

Micron stock rockets after Bernstein turns positive on memory industry

Shares of Micron Technology Inc. were flying Wednesday after a Bernstein analyst forecast a rosier landscape ahead for the memory industry. Bernstein’s Mark Li expects that prices for dynamic random-a...

Drone Maker’s Stock Jumps On U.S. Assistance to Ukraine

Text size An AeroVironment drone. Most of the company’s business is in defense. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Stock in the defense supplier AeroVironment is jumping Wednesday as President Joe Bide...

Lockheed Martin Stock Dips After Report U.S. Is Buying Fewer F-35s Jets

Text size The U.S. military has ordered some 2,400 F-35 jets. Above, F-35C Lightning II planes based in California fly in formation. Shannon E. Renfroe/ Navy Public Affairs Support Element West / Lock...

Intel and Qualcomm Are Gaining New Fans

Text size The PHLX Semiconductor Index has fallen 23% in 2022. Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg Semiconductor stocks have taken a beating in recent months, and there’s still plenty of nervousness to go around, acc...

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...

Fed to hike interest rates Wednesday, undeterred by lack of visibility on Russia-Ukraine war’s impact

On Saturday, a strong late winter storm caused havoc on the East Coast, particularly in Pennsylvania, with drivers experiencing severely reduced visibility as winds blew snow across the roads. Speed l...

Intel’s Lagging Notebook Shipments Are ‘Yellow Flag,’ Analyst Says

Text size Intel Dreamstime Intel ’s notebook shipments may struggle in the near term, adding further pressure to a stock that has traded lower this year, according to analysts at Citi. Notebook shipme...

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—...

Norway’s Central Bank Sells Apple Stock. It Bought Nvidia, Plug Power, and NIO.

Text size The iPhone 13 displayed at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store Spencer Platt/Getty Images Norway’s central bank recently trimmed its exposure to iPhones, and increased investments in the ecosystem ...

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...

Elon Musk Has Sold Seven Homes for Nearly $130 Million After Vowing to ‘Own No House’ 

It’s been almost two years since Elon Musk announced a plan to sell nearly all of his physical possessions, including his real estate, by tweeting “Will own no house” on May 1, 2020. The billionaire T...

SEC-targeted Chinese companies slump; Yum China warns of 2024 delisting risk

Shares of Chinese companies flagged for possible delisting in the U.S. slid in Hong Kong and Shanghai trading Friday, a move that analysts said highlighted geopolitical tensions but would have little ...

Alibaba and Other Chinese Stocks Got Crushed Thursday. Here’s Why.

Text size Chinese stocks including Alibaba fell on concerns they would eventually be delisted in the U.S. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Alibaba (BABA), Yum China Holdings (YUMC), ACM Research (ACMR), Baidu (BI...

12 dividend stocks paying at least 3.5% that are well-suited for high inflation

Investors may have turned for a moment from Russia’s aggression in Ukraine to energy and supply shortages in the U.S. that are producing high inflation. With purchasing power crumbling, patient invest...

6 Dividend Growth Stocks That Beat Commodities for Fighting Inflation

Text size Verizon Communications has a towering yield of 4.8%. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Is there such a thing as a meme metal? Humble nickel, used mainly to make stainless steel more workable, rece...

Boeing Stock Is Rising. A New Buy Rating Is on the Radar.

Text size A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Joe Raedle/Getty Images Boeing stock is rising faster than the market after an analyst launched coverage with a Buy rating. Boeing (ticker: BA) stock is up 4.4% in ...

12 stocks in clean energy, fossil fuels and uranium expected to keep soaring — up to 79% from here

The tragedy in Ukraine is having an economic effect on people all over the world as energy prices rise and other supply sources are disrupted. For investors, the day-to-day action is unpredictable. Bu...

Yale professor is keeping tabs on companies still operating in Russia despite Ukraine invasion — and the list includes some household names

A Yale professor and his research team are keeping tabs on companies that are still operating in Russia in the wake of its invasion of neighboring Ukraine — and the list includes many household names....

The U.S. Will Ban Imports of Russian Oil. What Exactly Does That Mean?

Oil prices spiked to their highest levels since 2008 on Tuesday after the U.S. announced it would ban imports of Russian oil. “Today I’m announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Ru...

Opinion: I’m raising cash and getting defensive as the stock market works through its excesses

This war is shameful and crazy. All wars are. And there’s no telling what President Putin is going to do next. What I do know is that the globalized world economy is not going back to what it was. The...

It wasn’t hard for Apple to cut off Russia, but the precedent could be troublesome — ‘China is the real test’

When Apple Inc. paused sales in Russia last week, it made a powerful political statement, but it also may have set a dangerous precedent. Big Tech has become as powerful and responsible as the top nat...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Market Cap Climbs. It Could Soon Overtake Tesla.

Text size Berkshire Hathaway currently is the sixth most valuable stock in the S&P 500. Photograph by Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Tesla is the fifth most valuable stock in the S&P 500. But Warren ...

Broadcom Earnings Are Good News for Nvidia Stock. Here’s Why.

Broadcom chip G0d4ather/Dreamstime.com Text size Broadcom stock is jumping after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings—and that could be good news for shares of Nvidia and other chip co...

7 Stocks to Play the Rally in Natural Gas

Tankers bringing liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Exports of U.S. LNG to Europe and elsewhere are expected to ramp later in the decade. Hollandse Hoogte/Shut...

Intel Is Still Struggling. Here’s Another Way to Play Chips.

Text size Intel stock was downgraded by Morgan Stanley. Courtesy Intel Corporation Shares of Intel and GlobalFoundries went in opposite directions Thursday after analysts at Morgan Stanley downgraded ...

Opinion: These 10 dividend-paying stocks show why cash isn’t trash in a brutal market

The best shareholders love dividend stocks —and anyone concerned about the current global financial market turmoil should consider them. Dividend stocks give shareholders regular cash payouts year aft...

These BDC Stocks Offer High Yields in a Low-Rate World

BDCs are a public play on private credit. They raise capital from investors and lend to small and midsize businesses. Illustration by Benedetto Cristofani Text size In a low interest-rate world, the p...

As Russia presses its war with Ukraine, here are 10 aerospace and defense stocks expected to rise up to 39%

No matter when the shooting stops and Russia’s war in Ukraine comes to an end, it seems clear from actions taken by European countries that we’re entering a period of increased defense spending. Below...