Earnings Season Won’t Make or Break the Stock Market

Text size Investors will get the first earnings news from the big banks, which start reporting on July 14. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Earnings season is about to begin, and that means the stock market ...

Stock Outlook Brightens as Jobs Stay Strong, Commodities Prices Decline

Text size The jobless rate held steady at 3.6% in June. Above, looking for work at a job fair in Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The economy looks resilient, and inflation is coming down. That combin...

JPMorgan, Delta, Morgan Stanley, TSMC, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Second-quarter earnings season is here. More than a dozen S&P 500 firms report this week, including several major banks. JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley go first on Thursday, followed ...

The Stock Market Had a Great Week. Can the Good Times Last?

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Is the Stock Market or Post Office Open Today? The Fourth of July Trading Hours.

Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Text size Investors are likely getting out their hamburger buns—and putting away their stock trading apps—on Monday for Independence Day. This year, the Fourth of July...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Fourth of July Trading Hours.

Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Text size Investors are likely getting out their hamburger buns—and putting away their stock trading apps—on Monday for Independence Day. This year, the Fourth of July...

The Best Income Investments Now

Income-oriented investors, it’s time to celebrate. There are suddenly many more opportunities—in areas ranging from junk bonds to real estate investment trusts—after the bear markets in stocks and bon...

U.S. Banks Are a Bargain. Bank of America and 7 More Stocks to Buy.

Text size Bank of America says lenders with large loan books will be affected as the economy worsens. Dreamstime U.S. financial institutions are trading at bargain-basement prices and continue to pres...

This veteran money manager has seen it all. And these 19 dividend stocks pass his rigorous quality screen right now.

Lewis Altfest’s time in the finance industry spans seven decades. He has some words of advice for investors who aren’t used to stomach-churning stock-price moves. He founded Altfest Personal Wealth Ma...

Banks Are Healthy. Why They’re Holding Back on Dividends.

Text size JPMorgan Chase held its dividends flat due to increasing capital requirements following the Federal Reserve’s stress test.  Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Banks may have gotten a clean bill of...

Bank Stocks Boost Dividends After Fed Stress Tests

Text size The Fed’s annual stress tests were introduced following the 2008-09 financial crisis. Dreamstime Morgan Stanley , Goldman Sachs , Wells Fargo , and Bank of America said they would rais...

Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo Boost Dividends After Fed Stress Tests

Text size The Fed’s annual stress tests were introduced following the 2008-09 financial crisis. Dreamstime Morgan Stanley , Goldman Sachs , Wells Fargo and Bank of America said they would raise ...

Jefferies Just Posted Results. Investment Banks Should be Worried.

Text size Total underwriting revenue at Jefferies was down by 62% as banks face tougher conditions. Amir Hamja/Bloomberg Wall Street just got a taste of what to expect when investment banks post secon...

Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo Boost Shareholder Payouts

The largest U.S. banks said they would increase payouts to shareholders after the Federal Reserve said the banks are able to keep lending in a severe hypothetical recession. Four of the six biggest ba...

Analysts see lowest grades for Bank of America and JPMorgan in Fed’s stress test

Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. emerged with the lowest marks among the overall passing grade for banks in the Fed’s annual stress test, analysts at Jefferies and Citigroup said Fri...

S&P 500 must fall another 15%-20% to price in recession, says Mike Wilson at Morgan Stanley

The price is not right. That’s the verdict from strategists at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, who each warned as a new week kicked off that the stock market wasn’t fully pricing in a recession. And...

Why Conagra Brands and Albertsons Could Be havens

Text size Albertsons Companies stock is down just 10% for the year and is about flat since May 20.  Dreamstime The stock market has been a scary place this year, but grocery stocks may provide a haven...

There Might Be a Recession, but It Won’t Be Long, Wall Street Says

Text size Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman says he sees a 50% chance of a recession. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Fears about a possible recession sent stock markets into free fall on Monday as inves...

Federal Reserve Meeting, Oracle and Adobe Earnings, May Inflation Data, and More for Investors to Watch This Week

It will be a quiet week on the earnings calendar between earnings seasons. The most important event of the week for investors will be the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate-setting comm...

Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo Are Now Trading Below Book Value. Time to Pounce.

Text size Goldman Sachs stock is trading below book value. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The old saw is to buy Goldman Sachs when it trades below its book value—and investors once again have that opportu...

Opinion: Strong insider buying suggests a 15% rally in the S&P 500 from here

One of the troubling things about this market downturn is that as brutal as it got, corporate insiders never showed much interest in their discounted stocks. That’s changed in a big way. They’re bulli...

Investment Firm Files Finra Arbitration Demand Against Morgan Stanley

An investor accused Morgan Stanley of leaking information about a large sale of shares of Palantir Technologies Inc., saddling it with millions of dollars in losses. Morgan Stanley is at the center of...

These 10 S&P 500 Stocks Have Solid Dividends, Not Just Big Buybacks

Last week’s Income Investing column focused on shareholder yield, which combines dividends with stock buybacks, by sector. This week, Barron’s decided to drill down and look at the shareholder yields ...

Retail Investors Are Dropping Out of the Stock Market

Text size Robinhood’s app is a popular tool for retail traders. Dreamstime There was a time—during the pandemic era—when retail investors were participating in the stock market, even driving its...

Snowflake Stock Falls as Software Tweak Hits Revenue. Analysts Remain Bullish.

Text size Snowflakes made a tweak to its software that allows customers to do more with less resources. That hit revenue because customers pay only for the amount of computing time they use. Dreamstim...

Intel Slides After Analyst Day. Wall Street Sees Risks From Foundry Plans.

Text size Intel laid out its expectations at a meeting for analysts and investors on Thursday. Courtesy Intel Corporation Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger came into his first analyst day since he took the top ...

Morgan Stanley Wants to Educate Investors on Ethereum

It’s not often that one of the major wirehouses tells clients to pay attention to cryptocurrencies, so when Morgan Stanley Wealth Management introduces a 20-page primer on the cryptocurrency Ether, it...

Why the Floor for Bitcoin’s Price Is Zero

Text size What matters for Bitcoin is price momentum. Dreamstime A few thoughts early in the trading week: Recent crypto buyers who are sitting on deep losses surely don’t need me reminding them that ...

Goldman Sachs Stock Is a Buy—Even After a Disappointing Quarter

The lobby of the Goldman Sachs headquarters building in lower Manhattan. Goldman had a strong 2021, although trading slowed in the fourth quarter. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Text size Goldman Sachs Grou...

These 3 Bank Stocks Won Earnings Season. They’re All Worth Buying.

Text size Wells Fargo is a good play for investors who can stomach a little uncertainty. Dreamstime This bank earnings season has had its winners and losers, but the winners couldn’t be more different...

It’s Time to Bargain Hunt. 27 Picks to Beat the Stock Market From Barron’s Roundtable Experts.

“There is no easier way to make money in the market than to buy a great company under pressure due to short-term concerns.” So said the newest member of the Barron’s Roundtable, David Giroux of T. Row...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? These Are the Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022 Hours.

Text size Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Investors looking for a brief respite from two weeks of volatile trading on Wall Street may get one on Mo...