Headed into 2023, automotive investors have a lot to worry about including rising interest rates, vehicle affordability, car pricing, supply chains, inventories, and, of course, the possibilities of a...
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Dow ends over 350 points lower as investors weigh housing data, 2023 recession concerns
U.S. stocks finished sharply lower on Wednesday, as investors assessed economic data on the housing market amid concerns over rising interest rates and economic growth in 2023. How stock indexes trade...
‘Auto makers are building more expensive vehicles’: Why you should not buy a new car in 2023
There are always good reasons for most people not to buy a new car. Such a purchase can set you back for years, as high monthly payments delay the buildup of savings and investments that will be neede...
Car repos are on the rise, thanks to record-high monthly payments, recession warnings
Car repossessions have grown less common in the past two years, but those days may be over. Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings says repossession rates have nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels. Some...
Stocks remain overpriced, even vs. the dot-com bubble. But you can still find good picks in these 2 sectors.
After stocks surged to their best gains in three weeks following strong consumer sentiment data, Thursday is looking less spirited with stocks in the red as we close in on the long Christmas weekend. ...
Given up on Wall Street? Here’s how stocks could rally 20% next year, says veteran analyst
Just two weeks of 2022 to go and the stock market mood remains grim. The latest burst of optimism, on further evidence that U.S. inflation continues to ease, has again evaporated. Equity investors fea...
Tesla and four other laggards should be avoided next year, this technical analyst says
Stocks seem stuck. The S&P 500 SPX has been wobbling within a 200-point channel for about a month. Market frenemy Jay Powell on Wednesday made sure with his hawkish stance that it didn’t challenge...
Tesla Stock Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet. There Are Too Many EVs.
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Lucid Secures EV Batteries, But the Stock Falls Anyway
Electric vehicle start-up Lucid is securing electric-vehicle batteries ahead of its product line expansion. The stock isn’t getting any benefit though. Tesla might be to blame. On Tuesday, Lucid (tick...
Toyota Changing EV Strategy in Bid to Catch Tesla: Report. It’s Way Behind.
Toyota Motor has been slow to develop all-battery electric models. Now it wants to pick up the pace, as it tries to keep pace with Tesla and other EV makers, and suppliers will be key to its efforts. ...
Rivian Pauses Its Electric Van Tie-Up With Mercedes
Rivian Automotive has paused its joint venture to build commercial vans with Mercedes-Benz Group in Europe just three months after it was announced. The electric-vehicle maker, whose stock has collaps...
Rivian says it won’t go forward with Mercedes-Benz deal three months after agreeing to it
Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive on Monday said it won’t go forward with a plan to make electric vans in Europe with Mercedes-Benz, just three months after agreeing to the pact. “As we evaluat...
As Carvana Plunges, Consider These 5 Car Dealer Stocks
It was a bad week for Carvana —and a bad week for used-car dealers. But some auto-dealer stocks might still be worth buying. After falling almost 40% this past week, Carvana (ticker: CVNA) is off an i...
Here’s what resolves the big mystery on why older Americans have left the workforce
One of the many challenges facing the Federal Reserve is that the labor force participation rate is still lower than it was before the pandemic. The fewer workers in the jobs market, the more wages wi...
BNP Paribas studied 100 years of market crashes — here’s what it says is coming next
Oops. Stocks fell through a key support on Tuesday and it looks like some recent momentum has now petered out. The new line in the sand for the S&P 500 SPX, -1.44% seems to be 3,900. Whether Santa...
Apple downsizes, delays its autonomous car plans: report
Apple Inc. has scaled back its autonomous electric-car plans and delayed its target date until 2026, according to a new report. Bloomberg News on Tuesday reported Apple’s Project Titan has been in a s...
Opinion: Microsoft invested in an AI system that helped me write this column about Tesla
Can an artificial intelligence system help me write articles about investment ideas? Let’s find out. There are two subjects I would like to cover. But I will have help, and as a result there is a thir...
This long-time bear warns of a ‘trapdoor’ situation looming for the stock market.
Uncertainty is lingering for investors following a recent mixed batch of data — softer-than-expected inflation, stronger-than-anticipated jobs and wages — as we kick off the third week before Christma...
Canada’s Largest Pension Sells Apple, Tesla, NIO, XPeng, Li Auto Stock
Canada’s largest pension fund by assets under management recently made striking changes in its investments in Apple and four prominent electric-vehicle makers. Canada Pension Plan cut its stake in App...
5 things not to buy in 2023
It’s been a year of contradictions. The recession drum beats on, interest rates are rising, and the stock market has taken a tumble, and yet retail sales have risen 6.5% in the last 12 months, trailin...