Ford Stock: Auto Industry Problems Growing, Car Stock Enthusiasm Wanes

Text size The Ford logo is displayed on the sales lot at the Ford Store in San Leandro, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The auto sector faces a number of headwinds that are too much for one a...

The stock market is behaving a lot like it did during the Iraq war. Here’s the future if the pattern continues.

History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme. The Iraq war of 2003 doesn’t have many parallels to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, other than perhaps global unpopularity. But there seems to be at least one ...

Rivian’s Production of Electric Trucks More Than Doubles. The Stock Falls.

Text size Courtesy Rivian Production at Rivian Automotive grew in the first quarter from the fourth, but the stock was falling Wednesday. Rivian (ticker: RIVN) reported first-quarter production on Tue...

Elon Musk admits his Twitter investment isn’t passive and reveals that he began buying the stock in January

Elon Musk filed a new disclosure on his Twitter Inc. stake with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, admitting that he invested in the company with the goal of effecting change and that ...

NIO Has a Plan to End the Anxiety Over Charging Electric Vehicles

Text size NIO, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker, is in talks to license its battery swapping technology, according to the Financial Times. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images Electric-vehicle sales are ...

A big shift is under way for markets, and old Warren Buffett shareholder letters point to which companies will survive

Given a war and inflation have marked the start of 2022, investors would be forgiven for holding their breath over the rest of the year’s offerings. Our call of the day from a team at Saxo Bank sees a...

Why GM and Ford Stocks Have Driven Off Course

Are high gas prices and rising interest rates hitting demand for gas-guzzlers? Sales data don’t offer much of an answer these days, leaving investors to fear the worst. On Monday, Ford Motor reported ...

CEO of Robinhood rival shines fresh light on what retail investors are doing. Wall Street needs to pay attention.

From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, a newish crowd of retail investors emerged, pouring extra cash into equity markets and steering Wall Street into places they never dreamed, such ...

Russia war could further escalate auto prices and shortages

BMW has halted production at two German factories. Mercedes is slowing work at its assembly plants. Volkswagen, warning of production stoppages, is looking for alternative sources for parts. For more ...

Tesla Deliveries Rose in Quarter Elon Musk Calls Exceptionally Difficult

Tesla Inc. vehicle deliveries rose in the first quarter, but missed Wall Street expectations as the company struggled with global supply-chain disruptions and a brief Covid-19 shutdown at its Shanghai...

Tesla Proposes a Dividend (Not Really). TJX and PNC Announce Payout Hikes (for Real).

Tesla’s proposed ‘dividend’ was really a proposed stock split. Here, a Tesla manufacturing plant near Gruenheide, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Text size Tesla was among the hand...

Tesla Beat All the Trillion-Dollar Stocks. Berkshire Hathaway Did Even Better.

Text size The new Tesla factory in Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images What do Elon Musk and Warren Buffett have in common? Shares of both of their megacapitalization companies posted gains for the firs...

Missed the Dip in Stocks? Where to Find Yields of 3% to 6%.

I sneezed, and missed the buying opportunity in stocks. The S&P 500 was down 13% at one point this year. It ended the first quarter with a loss of just 4.6%, including dividends. But all of the ba...

GM and Ford Shares Are Falling. Vehicle Recalls May Be Taking a Toll.

Text size A Ford Motor plant Scott Olson/Getty Images General Motors and Ford Motor both announced vehicle recalls Friday. Investors appear nervous, as both shares are falling, but that’s probably an ...

Cathie Wood Sold Tesla Stock. She Is as Bullish as Ever.

Text size Tesla stock remains the biggest position in Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF. Courtesy of ARK Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF sold about 22,000 Tesla shares Thursday, according to her...

Investors are fed up with Netflix and Facebook’s parent. Why this portfolio manager is digging in and buying more.

It has been a quarter to forget for two of the megacap tech giants, Netflix and Facebook parent Meta Platforms. The 34% decline for Meta FB was its worst on record — the 30% drop in the third quarter ...

Tesla Deliveries Met Wall Street Estimates. Here’s What Comes Next for Shares.

Tesla reported first-quarter deliveries in line with expectations. Here, new Tesla cars sit in front of a Tesla dealership in Corte Madera, Calif., last year. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size Te...

Hycroft Mining stock’s ‘memester’-induced rocket ride is making AMC a lot of money

Shares of Hycroft Mining Holding Corp. rallied in very active trading Tuesday, as the gold and silver miner enjoyed its new meme-like status, with help from new investor AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc...

Target Prices for Ford and GM Are Slipping. Tesla Is Holding Up Better.

Text size The assembly line at a General Motors plant in Michigan, in 2012. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Wall Street is taking a less upbeat view of the stock-price outlook for General Motors and Ford M...

QuantumScape May Bring Drivers an All-Electric Porsche 911, Report Says

Text size Porsche aims to have 80% of its sales come from all-electric cars by the end of the decade. Courtesy Porsche Iconic sports cars are going electric. The Ford Mustang has the all- electric Mac...

Henry Ford’s Great-Grandson Buys Up Ford Stock

Text size Ford Motor has been hurt by cost inflation, rising interest rates, and persistent parts shortages. Dreamstime Ford Motor stock has slipped so far this year, and Executive Chair Bill Ford, gr...

Get ready for $900 billion of stock purchases this year, says Goldman Sachs. Here’s who’s buying.

Wall Street is looking a little less surefooted as a new week begins, with oil sliding as fresh COVID lockdowns in China adding to a hefty worry pile. Bonds continue to slump as well. But maybe don’t ...

Tesla stock pops after stock split plans disclosed

Shares of Tesla shot up Monday after the electric vehicle giant disclosed plans to enable a stock split, which would be the second in two years. The company TSLA, +6.94% said in an 8-K filing with the...

XPeng Earnings Are Coming Monday. Here’s What To Expect.

XPeng shares are down about 46% this year, far worse than the 5% drop in the S&P 500. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Text size Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng will report fourth quarter ...

GameStop stock shows rare resiliency as it rises to longest win streak in more than 4 years

Shares of GameStop Corp. continued to charge higher Friday, to extend the win streak that started nine trading days ago, after they closed at a one-year low. The videogame and consumer electronics ret...

Tesla Stock Has Been on a Tear. Can Deliveries Data Keep It Going?

Text size New electric cars at the official opening of the new Tesla manufacturing plant on March 22 in Germany. Christian Marquardt/Getty Images A Tesla Model S Plaid can go from 0 to 60 in just two ...

Tesla, GM, and Volkswagen Each Lead the Car Industry in R&D Spending

Text size A Tesla car at the company’s new factory in Germany. Christian Marquardt — Pool/Getty Images Does Tesla spend the most money on research and development? Or is it General Motors? Or Vo...

Weekend reads: the slowing housing market and inverted yield curve signal a coming recession

It is human nature to fear missing out as prices skyrocket, But all bubbles burst eventually. Ian Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics predicts a 25% decline in U.S. home sales. What will that do to...

What Ryan Cohen’s Insider Buys Say About GameStop’s True Value

Text size GameStop stock can take investors on a wild ride. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Just when meme stocks seemed down for the count, Chewy co-founder Ryan Cohen stepped in and bought 100,000 shar...

Rivian Stock Gets a Target Price Cut. Wall Street Is Trying to Catch Up.

Text size Most analysts still rate Rivian shares Buy, despite the stock’s recent decline. Courtesy Rivian Analysts are adjusting their price targets for Rivian Automotive stock to reflect its ex...

Investing legend Bill Miller says there are many good values in the market even after relief rally

It’s a good time to get the perspective of the recent market rally from legendary investor Bill Miller, who beat the S&P 500 SPX, +1.43% for 15 years in a row and has seen a cycle or two. “No one ...

GameStop Stock Was on a Tear. Ryan Cohen Bought More Shares.

Chairman Ryan Cohen snapped up 100,000 more shares in GameStop, boosting his holding to 11.9%. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Text size GameStop stock has been on an absolute tear over the past seve...