Text size D.R. Horton plans to boost its quarterly payout by 11% to 25 cents a share. Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg It was a busy week for dividend increases among large U.S. companies across a varie...
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3Q Earnings Weren’t Bad. But 2023 Estimates Could Be Ugly.
Wall Street expected 2023 earnings forecasts to drop after third-quarter results came in. That time has come. With companies that account for some 90% of the S&P 500’s market capitalization having...
Ray Dalio Sees More Pain Ahead in This Debt Cycle
Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in his Manhattan apartment in 1975 and grew it into a hedge fund colossus—with about $150 billion in assets—through astute analysis of macroeconomic trends. Al...
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...
Big Pharma Stocks Are Breaking Out. Here Are Some Winners.
Big pharma stocks are trying to break out to new heights. They have reported more-than-satisfactory earnings and are expecting further progress on new pipelines of drugs. These stocks had been outpe...
Bonds Look Attractive Now. Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Like Them.
Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Alex Wong/Getty Images Bonds don’t excite Warren Buffett even after the sharp rise in yields this year. The Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) C...
Crypto Is Losing a Big Trader. A Top Exchange May Also Be Worthless.
The world of cryptocurrency remains in turmoil. The dust hasn’t settled, but it looks like the market will lose one one of its most influential trading firms, and possibly one of the largest exchanges...
Philip Morris Declares Victory in Bid for Swedish Match
Philip Morris International is pushing ahead with its takeover of smaller tobacco rival Swedish Match despite falling short of winning over shareholders with around 90% of the target’s stock. On Monda...
Judge Pauses Albertsons’ $4 Billion Special Dividend From Kroger Merger
A Washington judge has blocked Albertsons Cos. from paying out $4 billion in dividends while regulators review its proposed merger with Kroger. King County Superior Court Commissioner Henry Judson a...
Self-Driving Technology Provider Luminar Just Hit a Big Milestone
After 10-plus years of moonshot R&D, Luminar Technologies has made it into automotive production with its radarlike systems. Wednesday evening, lidar maker Luminar (ticker: LAZR) reported third-qu...
PayPal Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.
PayPal may be in the midst of a turnaround but Wall Street still expects the payments company to post a sharp drop in earnings when it reports third-quarter financial results after the bell Thursday. ...
SoFi Stock Leaps on Narrower-Than-Expected Loss and Revenue Beat
SoFi Technologies was surging after posting a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss and revenue that exceeded forecasts. SoFi (ticker: SOFI), the financial-technology company, reported third-quar...
DuPont Ends Rogers Acquisition. Blame China Regulators.
After a wild series of events, stock in materials giant DuPont rose while shares of DuPont’s almost-merger partner Rogers Corp. plummeted. Here’s what happened: DuPont (ticker: DD) on Tuesday complete...
Stocks Poised to Fall Monday
U.S. stocks are poised for a slightly lower open on Monday ahead of another busy week of earnings and the Federal Reserve’s latest decision on interest rates on Wednesday. At 6:22 p.m. Eastern time Su...
Retired? Here Are 3 Things You Need to Get Right.
So much financial planning is focused on getting people to retirement. Planning and investing during those golden years is even more critical because missteps can be disastrous. Spending down money i...
As China-U.S. Relations Cool, Reshoring Heats Up. Honeywell and Other Stocks That Should Benefit.
The gulf between the U.S. and China is widening, which could be good news for stocks benefiting from the reshoring of industries that migrated over the past 40 years. If President Xi Jinping’s consoli...
Volkswagen and Porsche’s Earnings Don’t Make a Lot of Sense. The Numbers, Explained.
Text size Investors should ask themselves why Volkswagen is worth nothing when its stake in Porsche is backed out. AFP via Getty Images European auto makers Volkswagen and Porsche both reported third ...
Small-Cap Stocks Have Rarely Been So Depressed. 7 to Buy Now.
Longtime investor Nicholas F. Galluccio has seen his fair share of market turmoil, but one thing has remained constant over nearly four decades: a focus on finding small stocks with big prospects. Gal...
Medtronic Is Doing a Spinoff. What It Means for Our Stock Pick.
Medical device maker Medtronic is spinning off two business units to try to drive higher growth. The market isn’t impressed. In theory, it should be. Spinoffs are supposed to streamline operations of...
This Isn’t the Bottom and Recession Isn’t Priced In, Goldman Says
Markets haven’t priced in a recession, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs Equities and credit markets are pricing in a lower risk of recession than rates and currency traders, though no asset clas...
Texas Instruments Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.
Texas Instruments will be the first major semiconductor company to report this third-quarter earnings season after the close on Tuesday. While investors are worried about the chip industry as it faces...
RMDs Will Be a Heavy Lift for Those Who Delayed Them
Retirees who have postponed taking this year’s required minimumdistributions (RMDs) from their 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts face a bitter task before year-end: withdrawing assets when po...
U.S. to provide millions in funding for tidal, river current systems
While there is excitement about the potential of renewable technologies such as tidal power, there are challenges when it comes to scaling up. Laro Pilartes / 500Px | 500Px | Getty Images The U.S. Dep...
Apple Earnings Are Next Week. What to Watch.
When Apple reports financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter next Thursday, the most crucial question will be whether the company is seeing signs of strain from the softening consumer economy. P...