The news coming from this giant volcano is even gloomier than the new forecasts from the IMF and World Bank

Investors love looking at esoteric indicators for clues on how the economy is performing, and therefore how stocks, bonds and other assets will trade. How about looking at carbon dioxide emissions? Th...

Here are 30 stocks that Goldman Sachs likes when the economy stutters and markets gyrate

Wall Street is finding some traction for Tuesday, as investors wade through big earnings and ample, gloomy distractions. Fighting has ramped up again in Ukraine as the battle begins for the country’s ...

Ford Is Now 3 Businesses. What That Means for the Stock.

Text size Ford stock is down about 25% year to date. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images Ford Motor Chief Financial Officer John Lawler spoke at the Bank of America conference taking place at the New Y...

Here’s the playbook if the rest of the world breaks free from the U.S. dollar, says Credit Suisse’s monetary plumbing guru

It’s pretty well accepted that no one knows as much about the plumbing of the world’s financial system as Zoltan Pozsar, global head of short-term interest-rate strategy at Credit Suisse, who was the ...

U.S. Car Sales Are in a Recession. One Analyst Is Bullish on GM and Ford Stock.

Text size U.S. car sales have tumbled Dreamstime Inflation is raging and the Fed is tightening monetary policy, creating a cycle that might push the U.S. economy into a recession. That isn’t great new...

China’s Nio halts EV production as COVID lockdowns disrupt its supply chain

Nio Inc., the China-based electric-vehicle maker, over the weekend warned of delivery delays after suspending production due to COVID-19 restrictions that have disrupted its supply chain. “There will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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...

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...

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...

It’s the beginning of the end of globalization, say BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Oaktree’s Howard Marks

“The magnitude of Russia’s actions will play out for decades to come and mark a turning point in the world order of geopolitics, macroeconomic trends, and capital markets.” That was Larry Fink, CEO of...

ChargePoint and Toyota Team Up on EV Charging

Text size Toyota’s bZ4X is due to hit U.S. roads in mid-2022. Courtesy Toyota Electric-vehicle charging company ChargePoint announced a new partnership with Toyota Motor on Tuesday. The agreemen...

Opinion: GameStop shares soar 30% and take other meme stocks on a ride, after Reddit poster touts shares at a ‘58.2%’ discount

The thing about meme stocks is that sometimes they move like meme stocks. Shares of GameStop GME, +14.50% and AMC Entertainment AMC, +13.58% rocketed upward Tuesday, helping to create a draft for rela...

The All-Electric Cadillac Lyriq Is Here. What It Means for GM Stock.

The Lyriq has 300 miles of driving range, via a 100-kilowatt-hour battery. Cadillac photo Text size General Motors began retail production of its all-electric luxury crossover vehicle, the Cadillac Ly...

Here’s what it will take to make stocks a ‘great’ buying opportunity, says this strategist

It was an interesting time for the best weekly gain for Wall Street since late 2020 as the devastating war in Ukraine grinds toward the one-month mark. “Stabilizing stock markets point to less cautiou...

AMC Stock Rises After GameStop Earnings. What It Says About the Meme Trade.

Text size Meme stock GameStop posted a surprise quarterly loss. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images A number of familiar “meme” stocks were on the move Friday after GameStop —the most popular meme stock ...

Investors have been scared out of this group of stocks, says fund manager, who offers five ideas for the rebound to come.

China has been talking up its markets, and that’s lifting all boats this morning, with Wall Street off to a strong start ahead of what’s expected to be the first Fed rate hike in more than three years...