S&P 500 would be in an ‘earnings recession’ if not for this one booming sector — but that may not last long

Fears of an actual recession are weighing on investors near the end of 2022, but there is another type of recession also in sight: an earnings recession. The S&P 500 index would already be in an e...

How credit cards ruined the airport lounge

This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet.  Years ago, there were business travelers and there were leisure travelers, and nary did the perks of the high-flying former trickle down to th...

One of the world’s biggest container shipping companies is ‘too compelling to ignore,’ says analyst

With valuation at a trough and a dividend lined up for 2022, A.P. Moeller-Maersk is “too compelling to ignore” and investors should buy the shares. That’s according to analysts at Berenberg, who upgra...

Chip stocks slammed by new ban on chip and AI technology for China

The chip sector melted down Friday after U.S. regulators moved to pump the brakes on China’s military ambitions by issuing new restrictions on semiconductor and AI technology that can be sold to the c...

GXO Logistics is a buy

Axsome Therapeutics Inc: “They’re trying to cure pain. … We know who didn’t do it well, and we’re not even going to mention it.” nCino Inc: “As much as I like...

Logistics Not to Blame for Tesla’s Deliveries Miss. There Is a Bigger Reason.

Tesla stock was getting hammered after weaker-than-expected third-quarter delivery numbers. Wall Street seems to believe the shortfall was due to logistics. That isn’t what investors are worried about...

Carnival’s Pricing Problems Are ‘Company Specific,’ Analyst Says

“Not all cruise operators are created equally,” wrote Stifel analyst Steven Wieczynski, saying he is upbeat about the sector despite grim news from Carnival that dragged the stocks lower last week Car...

Cargo Shipowners Cancel Sailings as Global Trade Flips From Backlogs to Empty Containers

Listen to article (2 minutes) Ocean carriers are canceling dozens of sailings on the world’s busiest routes during what is normally their peak season, the latest sign of the economic whiplash hitting ...

These 20 stocks in the S&P 500 tumbled between 20% and 30% in September

Stocks declined again on Friday, closing out September with large losses across the board as the rally from the June lows partway through August faded into memory. The S&P 500 SPX fell 1.5% on Fri...

Carnival Debt Yields in the Teens After Big Earnings Miss

Cruise line bonds have taken a fresh hit after Carnival’s weaker-than-expected financial update for its latest quarter, and yields on many debt issues now are in teens.  Carnival (ticker: CCL) shares ...

Carnival Stock Sinks as Discounting Dings Earnings

Sept. 30, 2022 12:44 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Carnival shares lost more than a fifth of their value Friday as the cruise giant struggled to win over travelers without offering discounts. Ca...

Dividend yields on preferred stocks have soared. This is how to pick the best ones for your portfolio.

This year nearly every type of security has declined — bad news if you look at your portfolio’s value each day and have difficulty sleeping at night. On the other hand, it’s good news if you’re lookin...

Scorecard For FedEx And 2 Other Logistics Companies

. Logistics Stocks Recent News The global logistics market is expected to grow at a 6.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2022 and 2030, particularly due to a surge in e-commerce logistics, ...

Bond Yields Are Finally Looking Attractive. What to Buy Now.

It has taken a historic selloff, but the bond rout may finally be winding down. Yields are also looking plump enough to be attractive again. A two-year Treasury now gets you 4.1%, a yield not seen sin...

These 20 stocks in the S&P skidded as much as 21.5% during another brutal week for the market

Another difficult week for U.S. stocks ended with shares of oil producers sliding and Ford Motor Co. tumbling further on concerns over supply shortages. The S&P 500 SPX, -1.72% fell 1.7% on Friday...

Here Are the 12 Best Performing Tech Stocks

Text size Activision Blizzard is one of a handful of tech stocks down less than 15% from their latest peak. Rich Polk/Getty Images for Activision It’s been a brutal year for stocks in general, but tec...

JD.com Billionaire Founder Richard Liu Gives Up Stakes In Healthcare, Logistics Affiliates Amid China’s Regulatory Crackdown

JD.com’s Richard Liu Lintao Zhang/Getty Images Richard Liu, the billionaire who founded e-commerce giant JD.com, gave up all his shares in two affiliated companies, in the latest move by a Chine...

FedEx Earnings Are Coming. It Shouldn’t Get Any Worse.

Text size FedEx investors will want to hear from management after a disappointing update given a week ago. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Shipping giant FedEx reports its fiscal first-quarter financial resul...

Delta Looks to Improve Margins, Cut Debt as Travel Rebounds

Dan Janki, the finance chief of Delta Air Lines Inc., had to navigate a host of pressures in his first year in the airline industry as travel demand remained below the levels seen before the Covid-19 ...

China’s EV Startups Suffer Widening Losses Despite Sales Boom

Sept. 19, 2022 6:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) HONG KONG—China’s electric-vehicle market is booming, but the country’s hottest EV startups are seeing losses grow even as sales rise. Rising ba...

Dow Futures Fall as Wall Street Anticipates Another Big Rate Hike From the Fed

Text size AFP via Getty Images Stock futures traded lower Monday in a week that is expected to see the Federal Reserve raise interest rates by another three-quarters of a point in its effort to stamp ...

Bulls Get Scorched by FedEx. Don’t Expect the Fed to Help.

Text size FedEx’s disappointing earnings and unexpectedly weak guidance were key factors in this past week’s stock market swoon. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg The stock market faces a doubly poisonous c...

The Latest U.S.-China Worry: Another Ramp-Up in the Tech Cold War

Text size Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images The already-fractured U.S.-China relationship could worsen as the U.S. rolls out more restrictions aimed at curbing China’s access to technology and investment...

With FedEx’s Stock Slide, Just How Safe Is Its Dividend?

Text size FedEx has regularly increased its dividend, though not by more than 50% as it did in June. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images How times have changed for FedEx . In June, the company boosted its qu...

13 Investment Moves to Pump Out Income as Interest Rates Rise

Text size The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg Interest rates have further to rise amid persistent inflation, while the labor market remains too strong for its own good. ...

Wall Street Waited Too Long to Abandon FedEx Stock. It’s Too Early to Buy.

Text size FedEx will be closing FedEx Office locations to save money. Mario Tama/Getty Images Wall Street is piling on as FedEx stock plunges. Contrarian investors might want to snap up shares on the ...

Weekend reads: This may cause the next financial crisis

The Federal Reserve invigorated the economy before and during the coronavirus pandemic by purchasing Treasury bonds. The central bank was the main purchaser of newly issued U.S. debt and created trill...

Why Is the Stock Market Down? It Knows the Worst Is Yet to Come.

Text size NYSE From a certain point onward, there is no turning back. The stock market reached that point this past week. Oh, the market was hopeful, entering the week, that inflation had reached its ...

The S&P 500 sank 5% in a very bad week for stocks. These 20 lost as much as 24%.

U.S. stocks sputtered Friday to close out the week in the red. The day’s declines of less than 1% for the broad indexes paled against Tuesday’s, when they sank 4% to 5%. For the week, the Dow Jones In...

Why FedEx’s stock plunge is so bad for the whole stock market

FedEx Corp.’s profit warning has cast a pall on the broader stock market, as a record plunge in the package delivery giant’s stock has helped trigger one half of a Dow Theory “sell” signal. FedEx shar...

Chip Stocks Like Nvidia Keep Plunging to New Lows. It’s No Time to Bargain Hunt.

Text size Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said business may be a “little bit worse” since they gave guidance on second quarter earnings call in late July. Courtesy Intel Corporation With semiconductor stocks ...

Why FedEx’s profit warning is such bad news for the U.S. economy

FedEx Corp. has bad news for investors, but what the logistics company’s massive profit warning says about the U.S. economy may be even worse. “The FedEx news was pretty stark. But when I read it, I w...