Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo 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 raise ...

Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo Boost Shareholder Payouts

The largest U.S. banks said they would increase payouts to shareholders after the Federal Reserve said the banks are able to keep lending in a severe hypothetical recession. Four of the six biggest ba...

Employees Scrambled to Keep Robinhood Afloat in January 2021 Meme-Stock Frenzy, House Report Finds

Robinhood Markets struggled to handle huge volumes of stock trading and sparred with its principal customer, market maker Citadel Securities, during the week in January 2021 when meme stocks exploded,...

Analysts see lowest grades for Bank of America and JPMorgan in Fed’s stress test

Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. emerged with the lowest marks among the overall passing grade for banks in the Fed’s annual stress test, analysts at Jefferies and Citigroup said Fri...

IBM Shed Half Its Stake in Kyndryl. The Rest Will Follow Soon.

Text size IBM disclosed that it swapped half of its stake in Kyndryl, about 22.3 million shares, along with $46 million in cash, to Goldman Sachs. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images IBM has swapped ha...

Deteriorating earnings revisions could knock stocks down another 5% to 10%, warns Morgan Stanley

U.S. company earnings revisions are “deteriorating quickly,” threatening to deepen the stock-market’s losses so far this year, according to a note from Morgan Stanley’s wealth-management division. “Ne...

After Big Pullback, It’s Time to Shop for Walmart Stock

Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...

Robinhood and 4 Other Broken IPO Stocks That Could Be Buys

After a bubbly year for initial public offerings, 2022 looks like a bust. Shares of many companies that came public last year are down 80% or more from their peaks. “This is the IPO market’s worst sel...

You bought. They sold. Meet some of the insiders who unloaded $35 billion in stock amid the tech IPO bonanza before it tanked.

A year ago, Heather Hasson and Catherine “Trina” Spear traveled from Santa Monica, Calif., to New York to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The co–chief executives of FIGS, an onli...

Chevron, Micron and 18 More Stocks Goldman Recommends to Ride Out the Storm

Text size Qualcomm is one of the 20 stocks on Goldman Sachs’ ‘margin of safety’ list. Pau Barrena /AFP via Getty Images Exxon Mobil , Qualcomm , Micron and Chevron are just some of t...

This JPMorgan portfolio manager says he isn’t betting on a U.S. recession

In a wobbly stock market, Phil Camporeale, a portfolio manager at JPMorgan Chase & Co., is betting the U.S. will avoid a recession.  Rising interest rates are the “number one culprit this year for...

Boeing Might Sell Stock. It Could Be Too Late.

Text size Boeing’s Chicago headquarters. Scott Olson/Getty Images Boeing ’s chief financial officer indicated his company might sell stock when shares are higher. It’s a good idea. Boeing could ...

Morgan Stanley’s done better than most forecasting markets during this turbulent year. Here’s what it says is coming next.

Wall Street analysts are the types who get to the airport with hours to spare. Year-ahead previews come in before Thanksgiving, so it can’t be too huge a surprise that Morgan Stanley has released its ...

Carvana, Robinhood and Teladoc Stock Give Way to Old-School Rivals. Here’s When It Might Be Safe to Buy.

Text size Carvana’s stock has fallen nearly 80% in the past 12 months. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images It’s new school versus old school, and the new school doesn’t stand a chance. No, we’re not talking...

Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson says S&P 500 could tumble toward 3,400 if a ‘true growth scare’ is on the cards

Morgan Stanley’s bearish chief U.S. equity strategist Mike Wilson has some bad news and some good news for investors. On the heels of the worst April for stocks since 1970, Wilson and a team of strate...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger Takes Another Swipe at Robinhood

Charlie Munger’s opinion of Robinhood HOOD -2.82% Markets Inc. hasn’t improved in the past year. If anything, it has become more negative. “It was pretty obvious that something like that was going to ...

Robinhood Has a Crypto Trading Problem. It Might Soon Be Coinbase’s, Too.

Text size Robinhood reported a significant slowdown in trading volumes in the first three months of 2022. Dennizn/Dreamstime Trading platform Robinhood Markets experienced a stark decline in market ac...

How to prepare your finances for another recession: ‘We think a hard landing will ultimately be unavoidable’

Two years after the short, sharp pandemic-related recession, Wall Street is once again warning of a new recession on the horizon. That’s not a lot to go on, but financial-planning experts say it ought...

Charles Schwab Stock Is Falling. Earnings Missed.

Text size Charles Schwab reported less profits than Wall Street expected. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg  Charles Schwab stock is tumbling after the discount broker missed first-quarter earnings and revenue...

Have fun AND retire rich — a great tax-refund life hack

For the 100 million of you who will get a tax refund this year, the former head of retirement solutions at J.P. Morgan has a great and very simple idea. Don’t spend all your refund. And don’t save all...

Why the stock-market rally may be nothing more than ‘wishful thinking,’ according to Morgan Stanley CIO

Listen to the bond market. That is the advice from Lisa Shalett, chief investment officer at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, warning that recent resilience in stocks could be “nothing more than a be...

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Delta, TSMC, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited First-quarter earnings season begins this week, kicked off as always by results from several big banks. JPMorgan Chase reports on Wednesday, followed by Wells Fargo , Goldman Sach...

Investment Firm Files Finra Arbitration Demand Against Morgan Stanley

An investor accused Morgan Stanley of leaking information about a large sale of shares of Palantir Technologies Inc., saddling it with millions of dollars in losses. Morgan Stanley is at the center of...

AMD, Qualcomm make software-focused acquisitions as growth in core chip businesses questioned

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. both announced acquisitions on Monday that will help diversify into greater software holdings as analysts question growth in the chip makers’ core busines...

Apple reportedly wants to handle its own financial services, and partners’ stocks paid the price

Apple Inc. has increasing ambitions in financial technology as it explores ways to participate in the financial-services industry more directly, according to a Wednesday report. The company is develop...

Robinhood extends trading hours from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. — 3 rookie mistakes when trading stocks after hours

At 7 a.m., it can be the time for a morning coffee while 8 p.m. can be time to have supper, watch your favorite television shows, or even enjoy a glass of wine. If you have a Robinhood account, it’s a...

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 ...

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...

Constellation Energy Is a Buy at Goldman Sachs. Here’s Why.

Text size Constellation is one of the largest carbon-free energy generators in the country, relying on a mix of hydro, wind, solar, and nuclear energy. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Shares of Constellation...

Morgan Stanley Hires 2 Advisors From J.P. Morgan

Morgan Stanley hired two advisors from J.P. Morgan Securities, the brokerage arm of JPMorgan Chase. Advisors Mark Horowitz and Joel Bodner previously managed approximately $750 million in client asset...

Cathie Wood’s ARK Stays the Course, Betting Big on Innovation

Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management LLC is snapping up more shares of largely unprofitable companies, doubling down on a bet that many traders and investors expect to be tested this year by rising...

After Alphabet’s Stock Split, Amazon and Others Look Ripe to Split Shares

Text size Amazon, Chipotle, and others could be candidates for splitting their stocks. Noah Seelam/AFP via Getty Images Alphabet recently announced it is splitting its stock. It probably won’t be the ...