Stock Futures Drop, Implying Reverse in Earnings-Season Rally

Text size After two days of gains, investors are preparing for declines tomorrow. Spencer Platt/Getty Images U.S. stock futures were down Wednesday evening as markets appeared to reverse course follow...

Robinhood Was Behind Phantom Surge in Berkshire Hathaway Trade Volume, Study Finds

Updated July 20, 2022 10:16 am ET Listen to article (1 minute) A sudden surge in trading volumes in class A shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway confounded investors last year. Now, a trio of...

Blackstone Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect.

Text size Blackstone is expected to produce Q2 results of $1.43 a share in distributable earnings. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg Blackstone will kick off earnings season for alternative asset managers when ...

‘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...

We have $1.5 million we don’t intend to ever use in retirement – how do we invest it if we plan on giving it to our kids one day?

I’m 59 years old, and my wife is older (retired early). I will be retiring next year after 40 years of Naval service and government contracting.  After the recent market crash in 2022, we still have a...

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 ...

Google Parent Alphabet Starts Trading at Split-Adjusted Price

Text size Dividing up the shares of Google-parent Alphabet should make them easier for investors to buy. Dreamstime Shares of Google parent Alphabet start trading at a new price today after the stock ...

Carvana’s Share Price, Down 95% Since Pandemic Peak, Hits Another Roadblock

Few stocks suffered more after interest rates started rising than online used car seller Carvana its shares off 95% since their pandemic peak in August 2021. Carvana’s shares took their latest leg dow...

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...

Hate Tesla? Investors Can Short the EV Maker With a New Single-Stock ETF.

Text size There is a single-stock ETF that allows anyone to short Tesla stock now. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Tesla investors have a new way to play the electric vehicle maker in the U.S.—singl...

Why the bond market should be given the benefit of the doubt

The bond market’s rout has gone too far, so look for interest rates to decline in coming months. If that happens, it certainly would be good news to beleaguered retirees and near-retirees who have an ...

7 financial planning steps to take in the decade before retirement

The decade leading up to your retirement is one of the most critical periods for retirement planning. There are a number of financial planning issues to consider during this time period to help ensure...

I’ll be 65 soon, have $320,000 in retirement savings and a paid-off home but I’m $46,000 in debt – should I take more money out of my investments?

I’ll be 65 in a couple months. I retired at 63 and am currently receiving survivor Social Security payments (from my late husband). I plan on switching over to my Social Security at 70. I receive abou...

Morgan Stanley, Clorox, and Cummins Lifted Dividend Payouts

Text size Clorox Disinfecting Wipes canisters on a conveyor belt. Matt Odom/Bloomberg Morgan Stanley , Clorox , and Cummins were among the U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week as ...

A psychologist’s 5 steps to stop panicking about your 401(k)

In the fall of 2008, when global stock markets were imploding, I happened to be in New York. I switched on the TV in my hotel room and saw financial commentator Suze Orman on Larry King Live. She took...

75 or 100 basis points? Lost in market debate over Fed’s next rate hike is ‘how long inflation stays at these levels’

Debate has been simmering over whether Federal Reserve policy makers will raise the fed-funds rate by three-quarters of a percentage point later this month, as they did in June, or step up their infla...

6 Apartment Stocks That Get a Rise Out of High Home Prices

Illustration by Naomi Elliott Text size Skyrocketing home prices and mortgage rates make this a tough time to buy a house. But it’s an opportunity for bargain hunters to invest in apartment real estat...

What to Buy Right Now: 42 Picks From Barron’s Roundtable Pros

To everything there is a season: A time to hide in a bunker with a crash helmet on as stock and bond prices plummet, and a time to wade cautiously into the market in search of newly created bargains. ...

The U.S. dollar hasn’t been this strong against the euro in 20 years. Here’s what happened next.

A gutsy contrarian bet right now is that the strong U.S. dollar will weaken, particularly versus the euro. A secondary bold bet is that U.S. stocks will lag international equities. Dollar weakness wou...

Opinion: ‘I see buying opportunities.’ How this stock trader with 40 years of experience makes money in a bear market

Howard Kornstein, a professional trader with more than 40 years’ experience in stocks, options and futures, developed and fine-tuned his strategies while facing every imaginable market environment. He...

‘I just wake up and cry’: Voyager and Celsius bankruptcies have destroyed some crypto investors’ confidence in centralized platforms

Yotsy Ruiz recently bought his first ever crypto hardware wallet — a Nano X from Ledger. He is transferring all his crypto holdings that he can still move to the small physical device which looks like...

Cathie Wood’s ARK Buys 1 Million Unity Software Shares After IronSource Acquisition

Text size An attendee plays a game at the Unity Technologies booth at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest purchased more than 1 millio...

12 Battered Stocks That Could Be the Next Amazon

Text size Vehicle maker Rivian is one of the companies with battered share prices that is worth a look. Courtesy Rivian The 2022 bear market has popped a few bubbles. But it’s also created bargain sto...

Opinion: ‘Quality’ companies are getting stronger yet their shares are down in this selloff. This is how to find the bargains.

If you’re a long-term investor, this year’s selloff is good news because it offers a great chance to pick up quality companies at a discount. But wait a second. If a company is “high quality,” why wou...

The Next Amazon? 12 Battered Stocks That Are Worth a Look.

Text size Vehicle maker Rivian is one of the companies with battered share prices that is worth a look. Courtesy Rivian The 2022 tech-wreck bear market has popped a few bubbles. But it’s also created ...

We have 25 years until retirement and are saving 25% of our income — are we doing it right? And are we saving too much?

My wife, 33, and I, 40, have our own 403(b)s, Roth accounts (maxing their contributions this year for the first time) and pensions as part of our retirement plan.  My wife contributes 14% of her pay t...

Broadcom loses top software exec in the middle of VMware deal to head combined Citrix-Tibco company

Broadcom Inc.’s head of software Tom Krause is leaving the company in the middle of a $61 billion software acquisition he helped bring about, which analysts called “a surprise” and “not the greatest o...

What big Wall Street banks say about where the S&P 500 will end 2022

The stock market has steadied at midyear, but after a historically ugly six months that saw the S&P 500 enter bear territory, big Wall Street banks offer diverging views on where equities are like...

Will Coinbase go bankrupt? Crypto CEO says there is ‘no risk of bankruptcy’

““We have no risk of bankruptcy.”” That’s a quote from Brian Armstrong, chief executive and co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase COIN, -10.63%. In a series of tweets on May 10, Arms...

‘Good deals for the bold:’ How the rest of 2022 might play out for hopeful homebuyers

This is reprinted by permission from .  The first half of 2022 was a catastrophe for home buyers. Skyrocketing mortgage rates and home prices made homeownership unaffordable for millions of renters. A...

Big Banks Report Earnings This Week. Here’s What Wall Street is Watching.

Text size CEO Brian Moynihan says Bank of America is always prepared for a recession because it has no choice but to be ready, Davis Turner/Getty Images The big banks start to report their earnings th...

Crypto Rout Deflates Some Web3 Startups Buoyed by Push Into Digital Tokens

The cryptocurrency rout has spread to startups that offer users digital tokens, pushing down digital asset prices and driving away hordes of users. The startups—part of what has been called Web3—allow...