A boom in clean-energy manufacturing is fast getting under way across the U.S. Factories are suddenly cranking out everything from solar and wind equipment to batteries and low-carbon fuel. Corporate ...
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Rethinking Retirement Savings in Light of Longer Life Spans
Every day, Jordi Visser checks his heart rate. He also monitors his breathing, keeps tabs on how well he slept, and consumes a diet consisting largely of fruits and vegetables. Visser, 56, doesn’t do ...
Buy Linde Stock. The Industrial-Gas Giant Is Going All-In on Hydrogen.
The thunderous force of the Niagara River above the famous falls will soon power a plant three miles away as it pumps out clean energy in the form of hydrogen. It heralds an exciting future for a cent...
Disney, Uber, and 4 Other Value Stocks Poised to Shine in 2023
Value stocks finally outperformed growth stocks in 2022 after lagging behind them for more than a decade. The value subset of the Russell 3000 index of most U.S. stocks lost about 8% after dividends t...
The 12 Best Income Investments for 2023, According to Barron’s
While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...
The Best Income Investing Ideas for 2023
While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...
6 Value Stocks Poised to Shine in 2023
Value stocks finally outperformed growth stocks in 2022 after lagging behind them for more than a decade. The value subset of the Russell 3000 index of most U.S. stocks lost about 8% after dividends t...
Buy Costco Stock. Share Are on Sale.
Selling cheap gas and groceries hasn’t been enough to keep Costco Wholesale stock in the black in 2022. But next year looks better for the warehouse-store giant, whose loyal customers continue to snap...
Is the U.S. Economy Headed for a Recession? What to Expect in 2023.
If 2022 was the year U.S. investors came around to the reality of entrenched inflation and a reactionary Federal Reserve, 2023 will be the year they learn to live with both. Neither is likely to fade ...
Costco Stock Is on Sale. It’s a Good Time to Buy.
Selling cheap gas and groceries hasn’t been enough to keep Costco Wholesale stock in the black in 2022. But next year looks better for the warehouse-store giant, whose loyal customers continue to snap...
This Could Make Your Medicare Premiums Even Higher. Here’s How to Avoid IRMAA.
People who think IRMAA is another hurricane may have a tax shock coming when they go on Medicare. IRMAA is short for income-related monthly adjustment amount. It frequently surprises retirees because ...
The Lesson of Blackstone’s Retail Real Estate Fund: Liquidity Matters.
The recent move by Blackstone giant retail real estate fund to limit redemptions after outsize withdrawal requests is a wake-up call for investors in a once-hot sector that may now face more regulator...
The Housing Boom Is Over. But Housing Stocks Could Still Be Winners.
Plunging orders. Widespread price discounting. Shrinking profits. These are just some of the factors weighing on home builders after surging mortgage rates burst the pandemic-era real estate boom. Hom...
Buy AbbVie Stock. The Pharma Giant Is Still Worth Owning Even as Humira Fades.
Sometimes, a single worry grows so large that it obscures all the good things happening at the same time. That’s the case with the stock of pharma giant AbbVie whose blockbuster drug Humira faces pate...
BDCs Sport Lofty Yields, But the Risks Are Growing
Business development companies lend to midsize private companies at high interest rates. They have proven popular with retail investors in recent years by offering dividend yields of around 10%. Total...
Twitter Is Elon Musk’s Biggest Test—and Tesla’s Biggest Challenge. How They’ll Make It Work.
Elon Musk officially owns Twitter—and now the hand-wringing about his ability to oversee the rest of his empire has begun again. Of all the concerns around Tesla however, Musk’s ability to manage his ...
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings Looks Invitingly Cheap
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has a flair for the dramatic and often makes bold moves. This year has been no exception. Ackman made about $1.7 billion from a bet on higher interest rates and incurr...
Municipal Bonds Are Offering the Yields You’re Looking For. Here’s Where to Look.
A historic rout in the bond market this year has resulted in the highest yields on municipal bonds in 15 years—and what looks like an excellent buying opportunity. At midweek, the muni market, as meas...
Buy BP and Exxon Stock. They Have a Surprisingly Green Future.
Just two years ago, the world’s giant oil producers seemed to be going the way of the typewriter industry. No one wanted oil—the price of a barrel fell below zero early in the pandemic. Exxon Mobil st...
Stocks Look Alluring for the Longer Term, say U.S. money managers
Patience in a volatile market like this year’s is a tall order. But it is the recipe for long-term success espoused by institutional investors in Barron’s latest Big Money poll. Big Money respondents ...
The U.S. Dollar Is Superstrong. 8 Ways to Invest Abroad.
The U.S. dollar got a brief, welcome walloping this past week, falling 1.5% on Tuesday alone against a basket of six major currencies. It remains up a hefty 17% for the year, and close to its stronges...
The SPAC Bubble Has Burst. 6 Stocks That Still Have Potential.
One year ago, investors couldn’t get enough of special-purpose acquisition companies. Now, they can’t dump SPACs fast enough. In 2021, some 613 SPACs came to market, two-and-a-half times as many as in...
Microsoft, Chevron and 3 Other Favorite Stocks to Buy, According to Advisors
For most of 2022, the market has been a grim place, with stocks swept up in the Federal Reserve’s war on stubbornly high inflation. But while the long-term outlook for markets might seem gloomy, indiv...
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...
5 Favorite Stocks From Advisors. Buy Them for the Long Haul.
For most of 2022, the market has been a grim place, with stocks swept up in the Federal Reserve’s war on stubbornly high inflation. But while the long-term outlook for markets might seem grim, individ...
Junk-Bond Yields Top 8%. It Could Be a Good Time to Buy.
High-yield bonds are finally living up to their name after the broad selloff in fixed-income markets this year. Better known as junk, the $1.5 trillion sector looks appealing, as yields have risen to ...
Netflix and Disney+ Ads Are Almost Here. What It Means for Streaming Stocks.
“We’ll be right back after these messages.” The age-old commercial lead-in takes on new meaning at a time when a bounceback for Netflix and Walt Disney shares rests on the coming launch of ad-supporte...
Newmont Is a Hedge Against Uncertainty With a 5% Dividend Yield
A processing plant at the Merian gold mine in Suriname, owned and operated by Newmont. The company’s stock may be the safest way to bet on a gold revival. Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters/Alamy Text size Gold ha...
Will Social Security Run Out? No, but It Will Hit a Breaking Point. What It Means for You.
Will Bowron doesn’t give much thought to retirement. The 32-year-old from Birmingham, Ala., is busy with his job at his family’s coffee and tea roaster, his wife and young child, and a side career wri...
Should You Buy Target Stock? Yes, Its Problems Won’t Last Forever.
Fashion is fickle, even for trend-friendly Target . But the trend might get friendlier for the stock as it looks to put 2022 behind it. It seems everything that could go wrong for Target (ticker: TGT)...
Ethereum Aims to Become the Internet of Crypto With ‘The Merge’
If Bitcoin is crypto’s answer to gold, Ethereum is the closest thing it has to its own internet. Anyone who wants to mint a new token, launch a crypto app, or spend $150,000 on a Bored Ape nonfungible...
Where Is the Stock Market Going? It Could Have a Messy Fall.
If 2022 were to end tomorrow, or the day after, it would enter the books as a dismal one for investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 13% year to date, the S&P 500 index is off 17%, and...