Shares of General Motors Co. rallied Wednesday, after the automaker reported U.S. fourth-quarter and 2022 vehicle sales that rose from a year ago, as a big jump in electric vehicle sales provided a bo...
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Startups End a Bruising 2022, Stare Down Another Challenging Year
Startups had a dismal year by nearly every measurement in 2022, from plummeting investment to scarce public listings, and data point to a 2023 that could be even more difficult. As markets tanked in e...
Oil books biggest weekly gain since October as concerns rise over Russia supplies
Oil futures rose Friday, booking strong weekly gains, as concerns grew about a drop in Russian exports following the imposition of a price cap by G7 countries earlier this month. Russia’s deputy prime...
20 big oil companies expected to be cash gushers in 2023 despite uncertainty
The energy sector of the S&P 500 has been the year’s best performer, yet oil stocks still appear to be inexpensive when compared with those in other industries. If you are interested in investing ...
Amazon stock still a ‘compelling opportunity’ despite cloud concerns, says JPMorgan
Sentiment toward Amazon.com Inc.’s stock “is at a multiyear low,” according to JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth, but he thinks investors aren’t giving the e-commerce giant enough credit. A main source of ...
Gas prices are now lower than at this time last year. Could they fall below $3 a gallon in the months ahead?
Gas prices on Thursday were slightly less on average than they did one year ago — with a slim one-cent margin — but experts say there could be cheaper gas in the weeks and month to come. Thursday’s na...
Verizon stock has had a tough year. Is a ‘drastic’ shakeup in order?
At a time when AT&T Inc. is winning praise for disentangling itself from recent deals, is it time for rival Verizon Communications Inc. to actually think about a merger of its own? LightShed Partn...
Is the Housing Market Headed for a Big Crash? What’s Ahead for Real Estate.
Todd Clark and his wife, Jocelynn Wilde-Clark, have lived through the ups and downs of the housing market in the time of pandemic. In the summer of 2021, as Covid produced frenzied home buying, the co...
Competitors chip away at Tesla’s share of U.S. EV market
DETROIT — New electric vehicle models from multiple automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla’s dominance of the U.S. EV market, according to national vehicle registration data. But numbers collec...
Not All Retailers Are Overstocked for the Holidays. They’re Discounting Anyway.
Many big retailers are discounting heavily and earlier this holiday season to clear excess stock from their shelves and warehouses. But others, with no substantive overhang of inventory, are also offe...
U.S. Natural-Gas Pioneer Struggles in His Second Act
Charif Souki has played a starring role in transforming America into an energy powerhouse, but his second attempt at exporting natural gas is foundering. Mr. Souki’s new firm, Tellurian Inc., is strug...
The PC boom has gone bust, and we are about to see the results ahead of Black Friday
The pandemic-fueled personal-computer boom has ended, so how will that affect demand and pricing for PCs and the retailers that sell them this holiday season? A sense of the fallout will be provided i...
Black Friday can offer investors clues about how much gas consumers have left in the tank: Here’s what to watch out for
Black Friday is arriving at an interesting time for the American consumer. Shoppers have seemingly persevered this year despite an all-out assault on their pocketbooks and net worth — from falling equ...
Black Friday surprise: Jeff Bezos tells people not to buy cars, refrigerators and other big-ticket items. Critics call him out.
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who founded the e-tail behemoth Amazon, has some spending tips as Americans gear up for the holiday shopping season — amid four-decade-high inflation and recession worries. Her...
Opinion: The new bull market will be led by stocks in these three industries.
We don’t know yet if the recent rally kicks off a new bull market in stocks. But here’s a safe bet: Once the new bull market is here, entirely different groups will lead. It’ll be out with the old — t...
FTX bankruptcy: Can account holders expect to get their money back?
FTX, the unraveling cryptocurrency exchange, has plummeted from its high-profile perch straight into bankruptcy court. On Friday morning, FTX and related entities including Alameda Research, its affil...
What the Stock Market and the Midterm Elections Have Common.
Investing and politics go together about as well as mango chutney and burned hair, and we prefer to focus on the stocks and leave the pontificating about the state of the nation to the Beltway pundits...
Stocks Rallied Dramatically. It’s Still a Bear Market
This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Bear-Market Rallies Technical Strategy BTIGNov. 11: Thursday...
Disney overtook Netflix as the streaming leader, and is expected to widen the lead
Walt Disney Co. displaced Netflix Inc. as king of the video-streaming market, and it is expected to widen the gap. Disney DIS, +0.33% seized the mantle three months ago as its potent content troika of...
Mortgage Giant Rocket Plunges Back to Earth, Hit by Rising Rates
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TSMC’s stock slumps after reported diss of U.S. chip efforts; industry downgrades also weigh on sector
Chip stocks lagged behind the broader market Monday following one report that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is pessimistic about U.S. efforts to build domestic capacity, and another that said...
What to expect for the stock market in 2023 after the biggest drop in 14 years
Investors have had a rough 2022 — the worst year since the financial crisis in 2008. There’s been a perfect storm of falling stock and bond prices as the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to b...