Water is harder to pump than crude oil. It’s harder to invest in, too. Water, believe it or not, is denser than crude oil, which makes transporting it a feat. In fact, while energy is a sector, water ...
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As Intel Shares Slide, CEO Gelsinger Doubles Down
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Alex Wong/Getty Images Text size Shares of Intel have shed a third of their value so far in 2022. And Pat Gelsinger just made his largest open-market purchase since becoming th...
6 Water Stocks for an Increasingly Thirsty World
Water is harder to pump than crude oil. It’s harder to invest in, too. Water, believe it or not, is denser than crude oil, which makes transporting it a feat. In fact, while energy is a sector, water ...
Recession Is Already Here for Many Small Businesses
When central bankers and economists gather in Jackson Hole, Wyo., this coming week to debate the trajectories of inflation and monetary policy, there will be hopeful talk of peak prices and renewed di...
PNC Financial Services Has Big Ambitions—and a 3.4% Dividend Yield
With the acquisition of the U.S. banking operations of Spain’s BBVA, PNC now has a presence in all of the top 30 markets in the U.S., including St. Louis. Peter Newcomb/Great Forest Park Balloon Race ...
China Stocks Are No Longer a Sure Thing. Where to Invest Now.
For decades, China has been synonymous with fast growth. Multinational companies invested billions in supply chains and production hubs, and catered to the millions of Chinese who climbed out of pover...
Buy Haleon Stock. This GSK Spinoff Is a Bargain in Consumer Health.
In January, the United Kingdom pharmaceutical firm GSK turned down Unilever ’s offer of 50 billion pounds sterling, or about $60 billion, to buy its consumer healthcare division, saying the price was ...
When Is Tesla’s 3-for-1 Stock Split?
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Tesla has given investors something to look forward to this coming week: a three-for-one stock split. As of the close of trading on Aug. 24, Tesla shareholders wi...
7 Companies at Risk of Liquidity Squeeze
Amid rising interest rates and a tightening credit market, companies with weaker balance sheets are getting squeezed by higher borrowing costs. Royal Caribbean Group (ticker: RCL) is a case in point. ...
Buy American Eagle Stock Even Though It Got Smacked in the Retail Carnage
An American Eagle Outfitters store advertises its Aerie line in Times Square in New York. Aerie is a fast-growing division of the retailer. Richard Levine/Corbis/Getty Images Text size Clothes that lo...
Tesla’s Stock Will Split on Aug. 24
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Tesla has given investors something to look forward to this coming week: a three-for-one stock split. As of the close of trading on Aug. 24, Tesla shareholders wi...
The Climate Bill Is About to Reshape Global Energy. Here’s How to Invest.
As a rule, energy transitions don’t happen quickly. It took some 200 years for coal to supplant wood as the world’s leading source of energy. The rise of oil wasn’t that much faster. After the first o...
Blackstone’s Giant Real Estate Fund Faces a Test
Blackstone Group is the world’s largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate. It is also a leader in one of the industry’s biggest initiatives—attracting retail investo...
Buy GE Stock as a Breakup Looms
So, it comes to this— General Electric once arguably the greatest of American companies, will cease to exist, at least as the industrial titan it once was. After more than 20 years of decline, the com...
Why GE Stock Is Worth More Than You Think
So, it comes to this— General Electric once arguably the greatest of American companies, will cease to exist, at least as the industrial titan it once was. After more than 20 years of decline, the com...
The World Food Shortage Is Getting Worse. These Companies Have Solutions.
Scorching heat and drought shriveling up crops in the Midwest and eastern Africa. A continued pandemic. War in Ukraine. Rarely has the world seen such a confluence of disasters, threatening the abilit...
NextEra Energy and 5 Other Utility Stocks That Offer Safety and Growth in a Messy Market
Contractors working on photovoltaic modules on an AES solar farm in Brazil. Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg Text size Sometimes utility stocks can feel downright sleepy, and that can be comforting when markets ...
Farmland Is an Inflation Hedge. How to Invest.
At a time when stock prices are slumping and inflation is soaring, farmland looks to be an appealing investment. It is a real asset that performs well in inflationary environments, delivers stable ret...
The Best Annuities for Income and Growth
These are boom times for annuities, which are providing retirement savers and investors with not only their hallmark stability during what has been a dismal year for both stocks and bonds, but also th...
Buy Amazon Stock: It Could Double From Here
Amazon.com has reported earnings about 100 times since it went public in 1997. Every one of those quarterly reports has shown a growing company, despite plenty of ups and downs in the economy—and the ...
6 Apartment Stocks That Get a Rise Out of High Home Prices
Illustration by Naomi Elliott Text size Skyrocketing home prices and mortgage rates make this a tough time to buy a house. But it’s an opportunity for bargain hunters to invest in apartment real estat...
What to Buy Right Now: 42 Picks From Barron’s Roundtable Pros
To everything there is a season: A time to hide in a bunker with a crash helmet on as stock and bond prices plummet, and a time to wade cautiously into the market in search of newly created bargains. ...
Buy Watsco Stock. The Air-Conditioning Stock Is Ready to Heat Up.
Watsco has paid out a dividend for 48 consecutive years and raised it every year since 2013. Dreamstime Text size The temperature is rising, but shares of air-conditioning distributor Watsco have cool...
Stocks Had a Nasty 6 Months. The Second Half Could Be Ugly Too.
Text size Bond markets are pricing in significant additional interest-rate hikes this year, but some stock analysts’ earnings forecasts remain optimistic. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg It was a first half d...
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...
Activision Stock Is a Bet on Microsoft’s Takeover. It’s One Worth Making.
Text size Gamers play a beta version of Activision Blizzard’s ‘Overwatch 2’ in a tournament in San Antonio. Sergio Flores/Bloomberg With mergers getting increased scrutiny, Microsoft picked a tough ti...
AutoZone and 3 Other Auto Parts Stocks That Look Like Buys
Text size Morgan Stanley recently upgraded AutoZone, citing its ability to pass on higher prices to consumers. Andrea Morales/Bloomberg Auto parts retailers have outpaced the market for much of the pa...
Carvana Sought to Disrupt Auto Sales. It Delivered Undriveable Cars.
Terri Burton wanted to do something special to mark her son’s high school graduation, so she bought him the car of his youthful dreams: a Volkswagen Golf GTI. But the purchase was the start of a night...
Buy Starbucks Stock. Shares Could Be Ready to Run.
China’s economic slowdown is among the factors pressuring Starbucks shares. Above, dispensing coffee to customers on the go in Hangzhou. Long Wei/VCG/Getty Images Text size A sequel is seldom as good ...
8 Home-building and Steel Stocks That Offer Substantial Value
Looking for the cheapest stocks in the market now? Two industries stand out: home builders and steel makers. Barron’s screened for the 10 stocks in the S&P 500 index, S&P Midcap 400, and S&...
The ‘Crypto Winter’ Could Become a ‘Crypto Hell.’ What to Know.
When a traditional bank fails, a SWAT team of regulators swoops in, winding it down in secret and preventing a panic that could spread throughout the financial system. In cryptocurrency banking, the d...
Markets Won’t Sink Forever. Asset Manager Stocks Are a Cheap Play on a Rebound.
Asset-management stocks have been hit hard this year in the market selloff, with some down 35% to 45%, almost double the decline in the S&P 500 index. No industry is more directly tied to stock an...