‘Material risk’ looms over stocks as investors face bear market’s ‘second act’

Stock-market investors have been adjusting to the jump in interest rates amid high inflation, but they have yet to cope with profit headwinds faced by the S&P 500, according to Morgan Stanley Weal...

SPAC Sponsors Were Winners Even on Losers

Since AEye went public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company in August 2021, shareholders have had a rough go. The laser-technology company’s stock is down over 90% in the midst of mis...

Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Netflix, AT&T, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

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Peloton Co-Founder John Foley Faced Repeated Margin Calls From Goldman Sachs as Stock Slumped

John Foley, the co-founder and former chief executive of Peloton Interactive faced repeated margin calls on money he borrowed against his Peloton holdings before he left the fitness company’s board la...

This big tech stock looks way oversold. Here’s your best strategy for buying it now in this volatile market.

Hoping for a bear killing October? The month looks ready to kick off with gains, as the stock market appears ready to shake off a few troubling headlines. Tesla shares are tumbling after not-good-enou...

Why Alibaba Stock Is an Exception to Goldman’s US Market Preference

Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been battered since the beginning of last year. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Chinese tech stocks have taken a beating since many hit all-time highs in earl...

Zillow sees peak rent growth as over, but that isn’t what the Fed’s tracking

A look at Zillow Group’s closely followed rent index shows that last year’s roughly 17% yearly surge in rental prices was probably the peak, with the rate of increases dramatically receding in the pas...

‘More pain to come’ for stocks as S&P 500 likely to bottom around 3,300, Interactive Brokers’ founder says

““I think there is more pain to come. I expect the market to bottom out around 3,300. As interest rates indicate today, the Fed still has quite a bit of work to do,”” — Thomas Peterffy, chairman and f...

Why Alibaba, Other China Tech Stocks Are an Exception to Goldman Sachs’ Outlook

Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been battered since the beginning of last year. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Chinese tech stocks have taken a beating since many hit all-time highs in earl...

Goldman Sachs: Why European Natural Gas Could Fall by 50%

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Here’s a challenge to the conventional wisdom, courtesy of Goldman Sachs : Europe has “solved” its winter natural-gas crisis, and prices could drop by half in the...

A further 27% drop in the S&P 500 could be coming if inflation hawks are right, Goldman Sachs team warns

Not exactly TGIF this Friday. What the sellside is slowly realizing is not just that the Fed is going to be aggressive in September after the latest shocking inflation figure, but that the central ban...

Goldman Sachs Is Preparing Layoffs. Tech Isn’t the Only Industry Cutting Jobs.

Text size Goldman Sachs is putting together a plan to lay off employees, according to reports. Jason Alden/Bloomberg Goldman Sachs is putting together a plan to lay off employees, according to media r...

Europe’s Unfolding Crises Could Impact U.S. Stocks. Here’s How.

U.S. investors are watching the Federal Reserve but the European Central Bank is likely to keep hiking rates to pull down prices, and those moves deserve more attention. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg Text si...

Robinhood users buy and hold companies ‘they know, understand and believe in for the long-term.’ Here are their favorite stocks.

Tech companies, electric-vehicle makers and some meme stocks are part of the aggregate mix of equities inside the portfolios of Robinhood users, according to a new index from the brokerage app geared ...

‘The psychology has changed so quickly’: Why stock-market lows may be retested as S&P 500 enters its weakest stretch of year

With summer winding down, the U.S. stock market is set up for a potentially shaky fall.  “Recession fears are the most likely trigger of a retest of the June lows,” said Ed Clissold, chief U.S. strate...

After a Brutal Bond Selloff, Opportunities Have Emerged for Income Investors

For many years, dividend stocks were one of the few places where investors could find decent yields in a world of ultralow rates. A 10-year Treasury bond was dealing out an emaciated 1.3% a year ago, ...

Here are 5 reasons why energy stocks look like a buy despite rising 74% in a year

Stocks in the S&P 500’s energy sector still have plenty of upside despite their 74% surge in the past 12 months, according to Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial. The strong ...

Goldman Sachs has run the numbers on student-loan relief. This is its assessment.

The White House on Wednesday finally released its program for student-loan-debt relief, saying it will cancel up to $20,000 in debt per borrower to households earning as much as $250,000. Read: Biden ...

Banks Nearing $1 Billion Settlement Over Traders’ Use of Banned Messaging Apps

WASHINGTON—Many of Wall Street’s biggest banks are nearing agreements to pay as much as $200 million each and admit that their employees’ use of personal messaging apps such as WhatsApp violated regul...

Friday’s $2.3 trillion options expiration could remove a critical avenue of support for stocks, analysts say

Investors looking for signs as to whether the rally in U.S. stocks will continue in the latter half of August may find some meaningful clues on Friday, when $2.3 trillion in equity-linked options are ...

‘Irrational expectations’ are keeping commodity prices unsustainably low, warns Goldman

A previous version of this report incorrectly spelled the name of Jefferie Curry of Goldman Sachs. It has been corrected. A combine harvesters of Astarta-Kyiv agri-industrial holding harvests wheat on...

Morgan Stanley’s Kathy Roeser: Prepping for the Next Bull Market

Morgan Stanley advisor Kathy Roeser has found herself using the word “cloud” quite a bit this year, as in the cloud that’s been hanging over the economy and markets. While acknowledging the gloom, she...

Avaya stock plunges toward record low after WSJ report that $600 million debt deal soured

A $600 million debt deal arranged for beleaguered business communication company Avaya Holdings Corp. quickly went bad, according to The Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reported Tuesday that Goldman Sach...

Palantir stock’s ‘strength will prove unsustainable,’ analyst says in downgrade

Palantir Technologies Inc. shares are up nearly 50% from their May lows, but one analyst worries that “this strength will prove unsustainable.” Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co. analyst Brian White dow...

Robinhood Was Behind Phantom Surge in Berkshire Hathaway Trade Volume, Study Finds

Updated July 20, 2022 10:16 am ET Listen to article (1 minute) A sudden surge in trading volumes in class A shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway confounded investors last year. Now, a trio of...

Google Parent Alphabet Starts Trading at Split-Adjusted Price

Text size Dividing up the shares of Google-parent Alphabet should make them easier for investors to buy. Dreamstime Shares of Google parent Alphabet start trading at a new price today after the stock ...

Morgan Stanley, Clorox, and Cummins Lifted Dividend Payouts

Text size Clorox Disinfecting Wipes canisters on a conveyor belt. Matt Odom/Bloomberg Morgan Stanley , Clorox , and Cummins were among the U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week as ...

12 Battered Stocks That Could Be the Next Amazon

Text size Vehicle maker Rivian is one of the companies with battered share prices that is worth a look. Courtesy Rivian The 2022 bear market has popped a few bubbles. But it’s also created bargain sto...

The Next Amazon? 12 Battered Stocks That Are Worth a Look.

Text size Vehicle maker Rivian is one of the companies with battered share prices that is worth a look. Courtesy Rivian The 2022 tech-wreck bear market has popped a few bubbles. But it’s also created ...

JPMorgan, Delta, Morgan Stanley, TSMC, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Second-quarter earnings season is here. More than a dozen S&P 500 firms report this week, including several major banks. JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley go first on Thursday, followed ...

Banks Get Burned by Risky Debt, Imperiling Buyout Activity

By Laura Cooper July 3, 2022 9:03 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Investment banks are facing big losses on leveraged buyouts they agreed to finance before markets soured, further chilling the out...

Bank Stocks Boost Dividends After Fed Stress Tests

Text size The Fed’s annual stress tests were introduced following the 2008-09 financial crisis. Dreamstime Morgan Stanley , Goldman Sachs , Wells Fargo , and Bank of America said they would rais...