Why Is Ford Stock Down Again Today? A Downgrade Is Hitting Shares.

Text size Ford stock has climbed 95% over the past year. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Ford Motor stock has been been on a tear, cruising by most analyst price targets. That leaves analysts in an interest...

American Airlines Beats Earnings Estimates. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size American Airlines stock pointed 1.2% higher in premarket trading Thursday. Getty Images American Airlines beat earnings expectations in the fourth quarter, reporting a smaller-than-expected ...

‘We Were Wrong’ About Exxon’s Prospects, Analyst Says

Text size Scott Olson/Getty Images A former bear on Exxon Mobil has changed his tune, and acknowledged that he underestimated the company’s comeback last year. RBC Capital Markets analyst Biraj Borkha...

Tesla earnings: News about the Cybertruck and new factories could set the tone for 2022

Tesla Inc. is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings next Wednesday, with investors expecting a return of Chief Executive Elon Musk to the post-results call and bracing for what could be worrying ne...

Virgin Galactic Stock Is Worth Just $10, Analyst Says

Text size Virgin Galactic stock closed on Tuesday down 85% from an all-time high of almost $63 set back in February 2020. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Investors in space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic Ho...

Johnson & Johnson’s got a new CEO and a plan to split the company in two. Here’s what else to expect out of J&J’s earnings

Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.31% has long been viewed as a bellwether stock for other health care companies, given its early slot in the earnings calendar and a business model that spans everything f...

The 60/40 portfolio ‘is in danger’ as Federal Reserve gears up for a rate-hike cycle in coming months

The traditional portfolio mix of 60% stocks and 40% bonds, historically seen as the safest allocation for investors of moderate-risk tolerance, “is in danger” as the Federal Reserve gears up for its f...

Plug Power Just Gave Bullish 2022 Sales Guidance. The Stock Is Down.

Text size Investors will be listening to Plug Power’s conference call to hear how hydrogen technology is developing and being adopted. Courtesy Plug Power Hydrogen fuel cell technology provider ...

Rocket Is a ‘Clear Industry Leader.’ The Stock is Upgraded Twice.

Text size A pedestrian wearing a protective mask passes in front of Rocket Companies Inc. signage displayed on The Chase Towers building, home to Quicken Loans, in Detroit, Michigan Emily Elconin/Bloo...

Tesla Earnings Estimates Are Rising, but the Stock Is Down

Text size Tesla stock hasn’t been responding to rising earnings estimates. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Tesla ‘s fourth-quarter earnings are due out on Jan. 26. As the day approaches, Wall S...

Bank of America Earnings Rise 28% and Top Forecasts. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size A Bank of America branch in New York. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Bank of America delivered strong fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, bucking a trend seen across much of the sector this earning...

Leading Tesla shareholder wants automaker to issue deliveries guidance above Wall Street estimates

You don’t see this very often. Leo KoGuan, who according to Bloomberg is the third-largest individual shareholder at Tesla TSLA, -1.82%, on Wednesday was publicly lobbying the company over Twitter on ...

ASML Stock Jumps as Chip Supplier’s Earnings Beat Expectations

Text size ASML is a critical supplier of manufacturing equipment to the world’s biggest chipmakers. Courtesy Bart van Overbeeke/ASML ASML , a critical supplier of manufacturing equipment to the ...

Microsoft could have just kicked off a Big Tech gold rush, which helps videogame stocks but maybe not gamers

Microsoft Corp.’s agreement to buy Activision Blizzard Inc. would be the largest tech acquisition ever, and the chance it could prompt other Big Tech names to make their own acquisitions sent videogam...

Brace for a volatile 2022, but cling to this tech stalwart when the storm comes, says investment adviser

The pain is piling up for equity investors after the long U.S. holiday weekend, with bond yields at levels not seen since early 2020, and oil prices tapping 2014 highs. The pace of Federal Reserve mon...

Why Advisors Say You Shouldn’t Pay Off Debt Now

Got debt? Don’t be so quick to dump it. That’s what financial advisors are telling clients with low-rate, fixed debt these days. “There’s never been a worse time to pay more than is required on fixed,...

Ford to book $8.2 billion fourth-quarter profit on Rivian investment

Ford Motor Co. said late Tuesday it will post an $8.2 billion gain in the fourth quarter related to its investment in Rivian Automotive Inc. following the electric-vehicle maker’s November initial pub...

Alibaba Stock May See Its Worst Day of 2022. Here Are Two Reasons Why.

Text size Alibaba stock has outperformed much of the tech sector so far in 2022. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba stock is poised to take one of the biggest tumbles of the year Tuesday as inves...

Microsoft Buys Activision. What to Know About the Acquisition and Stocks.

Text size Troy Harvey/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard shares were surging following Microsoft ‘s announcement that it would acquire the gaming company in a nearly $70 billion deal. Microsoft (ticker: MS...

Spin or Split? AT&T Has a Big Decision to Make on Discovery Stake.

Text size An AT&T store on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images Spin or split? That is the decision that AT&T (ticker: T) faces as it considers what do with a 71% stake...

Giant Stock Swings Kick Off 2022

U.S. stocks are off to a rocky start in 2022. Under the surface, things are even more volatile. More than 220 U.S.-listed companies with market capitalizations above $10 billion are down at least 20% ...

Credit Suisse Chairman Quits After Breaching Covid-19 Rules

Text size António Horta-Osório, former chairman of Credit Suisse AFP via Getty Images Credit Suisse Chairman António Horta-Osório has resigned only 8 monthsafter being appointed, following a board inv...

Rolls-Royce, Bentley, BMW Sales Surge as Cheaper Brands Lag Behind

BERLIN—A surge in luxury-car sales and the shifting of scarce semiconductors to the most profitable vehicles helped many auto makers achieve robust profits last year, even as sales of mainstream vehic...

Global stocks advance with U.S. exchanges shut as traders wait for earnings reports

Global stocks rose and U.S. futures were steady Monday, as investors focused on upcoming corporate earnings and rising interest rates with U.S. exchanges shut in observance of the Martin Luther King J...

Unilever skids after attempt to snag Glaxo’s consumer-health unit, as FTSE 100 climbs

Unilever shares slumped Monday as the consumer products giant suggested it might increase its offer for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer health unit. Unilever ULVR, -7.02% fell 7% as Glaxo revealed it’s rej...

Up to three-quarters of the $800 billion PPP flowed to business owners instead of workers, study finds

The benefits of the landmark small-business relief program designed at the height of the pandemic mostly went to business owners rather than workers, a study from leading economists finds. The study f...

GlaxoSmithKline shares soar after Unilever bids for its consumer healthcare unit

Shares of GlaxoSmithKline surged on Monday, while Unilever stock tumbled following a failed $68 billion bid by the latter to acquire the pharmaceutical giant’s consumer healthcare arm. Driving the FTS...

First-time home buyers are selling crypto to fund down payments — here’s what to know before you do it

Many Americans are using their tendies to tap into the American Dream — and the trend doesn’t show signs of stopping. Nearly 12% of first-time buyers indicated that selling cryptocurrency holdings con...

Big Investor Tripled Its AMC Stake and Bought Apple, NIO, and Nikola Stock

Text size DNB Asset Management materially raised investments in some of the most volatile stocks, including AMC Entertainment, Apple, NIO, and Nikola. Ethan Miller/Getty Images A large European asset ...

DirecTV to Drop OAN Conservative News Channel

DirecTV said Friday it plans to drop conservative news channel One America News Network, a move that could sharply reduce the pro-Trump channel’s audience. “We informed Herring Networks that, followin...

Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Disrupt the Prices of These Commodities. What to Know.

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Russia would carry natural gas to Europe if approved by legislators. Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Text size Tensions between Russia and Ukraine are on the rise, and trade...

Banks’ Earnings Show Lenders Aren’t All the Same. It’s Time to Pick and Choose.

Text size JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup both reported declines in trading revenue. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The time has come to take a stock-picking approach to investing in banks. That was the le...