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Online Real Estate Isn’t Worth the Chance
You can make a lot of money on physical real estate right now, but recent results from major online real-estate players show 2022 isn’t the year to play Monopoly in the stock market. The carnage isn’t...
Redfin Stock Sinks. This Analyst Is ‘Throwing in the Towel.’
Text size Stephen Brashear/Getty Images for Redfin Shares of Redfin were falling sharply Friday after the online real estate brokerage said it expected a first-quarter loss wider than analysts’ estima...
Zillow Is Betting on a Housing Super App. What Wall Street Thinks.
Text size Zillow Group announced plans to shut down its home-flipping business in November. Chris Goodney/Bloomberg Zillow ‘s spectacular decision to shut down its home-flipping business last year has...
Oil is the hottest sector, and Wall Street analysts see upside of up to 48% for favored stocks
Energy is the best-performing stock-market sector this year. Given today’s strong economic growth and inflation, many believe oil prices could remain at current levels for years or maybe even move hig...
Opinion: Should you add residential real estate to your retirement portfolio?
Is there a way to invest in residential real estate as an asset class? It’s a timely question since, as I pointed out last week, residential real estate can play an important role in reducing the prob...
This way of picking value stocks has actually worked — and Berkshire Hathaway screens the best
Amazon.com’s earnings surprise is the story of the day, pushing even the jobs report into second billing. More on that in a second. But the broader story of the markets is unchanged. Interest rates ar...
8 tech stocks poised to bounce after Nasdaq plunge, according to AI platform
Nvidia Corp. tops a list of technology stocks that would be expected to bounce back strongly over the next month based on the reaction to past plunges by the Nasdaq Composite, according to an artifici...
Tech Is Falling Again. Why Apple, Tesla, and Other Tech Stocks Are Still Buys.
Text size Apple and other tech stocks have had a rough start to 2022. They could still be good picks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Tech stocks are getting slammed yet again, for familiar reasons. Inve...
One of the World’s Dirtiest Oil Patches Is Pumping More Than Ever
TORONTO—Major oil companies, under pressure from investors and environmentalists, are fleeing Canada’s oil sands, the fourth-largest oil reserve in the world and by some measures one of the most envir...
Wall Street’s Favorite Oil Stocks for 2022—Including an Obscure One
Text size Bing Guan/Bloomberg Several analysts and strategists expect energy stocks to outperform the broader market in 2022, as they did in 2021. Energy tends to do well in inflationary environments,...
Opinion: Four reasons why value stocks are poised to outperform growth in 2022 — and 14 stocks to consider
Investing is all about being in tune with the trends. Here’s one to be aware of for 2022: Value stocks will most likely beat their growth counterparts. The trend is already under way. Consider: * The ...
These 14 bank stocks are in the best position to benefit from rising interest rates
What would you say if you were told about a company whose stock was trading much lower to expected earnings per share than the S&P 500 Index? At the same time, it’s also expected to increase EPS n...
Victims in Colorado Fire Face High Building Costs Exceeding Insurance Coverage
Rising construction costs will push the price tag for rebuilding after Colorado’s most destructive wildfire beyond the insurance coverage of some homeowners, according to construction, insurance-indus...
Stocks Tumble as Fed Minutes Confirm Rate Hikes Are Coming
Text size Interest rate hikes are coming. The stock market is taking note. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Stocks fell Wednesday after the minutes from the last FOMC meeting confirmed that the Federal R...
Home Building Stocks Are Ultracheap, Analyst Says. Investors Are Catching On.
Home building stocks now are “dirt cheap,” according to one Wall Street analyst, and investors are beginning to take notice. Stephen Kim, the home building analyst at Evercore ISI, wrote in a client ...