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U.S. dollar is now slicing through key technical levels ‘like a hot knife in butter’
The U.S. dollar is back on the upswing and headed toward the year-to-date highs seen in mid-July following a period of relative dormancy over the past month as investors pulled back on expectations of...
3 Companies That Declared Dividend Increases This Week
Text size Winnebago Industries said that it plans to boost its quarterly dividend by 50%. Courtesy of Winnebago It was a very light week for dividend announcements, which tend to slow down in August b...
This Unpopular Move Could Save Invitae
It’s been an eventful 30 days for Invitae (NVTA) . That might be an understatement. The genetic testing pioneer announced a major strategic pivot July 18. The business replaced its CEO, laid of...
U.S. FDIC Issues Cease and Desist Order to FTX US Over False Insurance Claims
The United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued cease and desist letter to FTX US over “false claims and misleading statements” concerning its insurance coverage. The regulat...
Ford Dealt a Huge Blow
The announcement no doubt resonated strongly on all floors at Ford’s (F) headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. This unexpected news has certainly taken CEO Jim Farley and his team by surprise as the...
Google’s Alphabet Invested $1.5 Billion in Crypto
According to recent research by blockchain analytics firm Blockdata, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, invested a whooping sum of $1.5 billion into crypto and blockchain startups, topping the ch...
JP Morgan quant who called summer rally says there’s plenty of ammunition to drive stocks higher — and here’s why
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Marko Kolanovic wants clients to hang on, because he thinks the rally in stocks is far from over. In a note entitled “Setting the Record Straight and What We Expect Next,” K...
Stock Market Investing Action Plan: Jackson Hole, Nvidia, Toll Brothers, Chip Stocks
The Nasdaq undercut its short-term 10-day moving average for the first time since late July, while the Dow industrials gave up support at the 200-day level. But the Nasdaq’s first weekly drop si...
Single-stock ETFs: ‘We’re going to see this entire ETF category absolutely explode’
Hi! In this week’s ETF Wrap, you’ll get a look at the wave of single-stock ETFs that have recently hit the market — and whether they may be geared toward your investment approach. Please send feedback...
What Are the Best States for Retirement in 2022?
So many factors go into the decision of not only when and where to retire. Some people are limited by the places where their savings will stretch the farthest while others want to be by the sea at any...
Oil Prices Have Been Falling. Why It’s Time to Buy Oil Stocks.
Text size Energy stock profits rose nearly 300% during the second quarter, nearly 10 times faster than the next sector, industrials. Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg It has been a boom-and-bust year for oil sto...
The Three ‘Kings’ of High Dividend Yield
Investors on the hunt for safe dividends should consider the Dividend Kings, a group of just 45 stocks that have increased their dividends for at least 50 consecutive years. Of the Dividend Kings, thr...
Bill Gates Is Ecolab’s Largest Shareholder. He Just Scooped Up More Shares.
Text size Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been buying shares of Ecolab. Leon Neal/WPA Pool /Getty Images Ecolab ’s largest shareholder, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bought more shares of the p...
The Bulls Still Own This Market. But Cracks Are Starting to Show.
Text size Riskier and more speculative pockets of the market have led the rally, which has coincided with a decline in bond yields. NYSE If it looks like a bull market and acts like a bull market, it’...
Tech Stocks Are Due for Another Fall
Text size Technology fundamentals are getting worse, not better. One example is weakening demand for consumer electronics. Illustration by Barron’s (Dreamtime 4) For years, tech investors seemed...
Gasoline Prices Are Down, But There’s a Big Threat Looming
Gasoline prices fell again on Aug. 19 with the national average declining to $3.89 a gallon as crude oil prices inched slightly higher to $91.56 a barrel. The most common price is $3.49 a gallon, Pat...
Tesla Rival Fights to Survive
An electric vehicle startup whose design has drawn comparisons with the Batmobile is on the ropes, and it’s not the first time. Faraday Future Intelligent (FFIE) has already had several lives ...
Serena Williams pushes Selena Gomez’s startup to $100 million valuation
In the same Vogue feature where Serena Williams announced her possible retirement after the U.S. Open, the tennis star said she’ll continue to prioritize investment in women-owned businesses. Days la...
3 Dividend Growth Stocks for Long-Term Income
Dividend stocks are often classified by the size of their yields. After all, most investors looking for income will naturally focus on the highest-yielding stocks. But income investors should not imme...
Disney, Netflix and Comcast Just Made a Huge Content Mistake
Walt Disney (DIS) dominates the box office and has quickly launched an incredibly successful streaming service because it owns some of the world’s most popular intellectual property. The company...
Alibaba Partners With Tik Tok, EV Sales Tax Exemption is Extended, Short Turnover Analysis, Week in Review
China Last Night KraneShares Week in Review Asian equities traded largely lower this week on currency weakness, slowing GDP growth, and short selling in Hong Kong. On Monday, the People’s Bank of Chin...
TheStreet’s Doug Kass: Don’t Be Fooled by Stock Rally
The stock rebound since mid-June has turned some investors bullish on the market. Doug Kass, a columnist for TheStreet.com’s Real Money Pro, isn’t one of them. “The swiftness and size of the rise in ...
Opinion: Evidence for a new bull market in stocks is rapidly piling up
“Gradually, then suddenly.” This was the answer Mike gave to the question about how he went bankrupt in Earnest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises.” It’s a good way to think about how any change occurs ...