Solar Panels Don’t Power Your Home and Other Insights From an Energy CEO

Text size Generac stock is down 51% year to date. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Powering a home is getting more complicated as outages rise and options—such as solar panels, generators, and batteries—pro...

Wall Street’s fear gauge hits highest level since June

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 31, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A measure of fear in stocks just hit the highest level in three months a...

Junk-Bond Yields Top 8%. It Could Be a Good Time to Buy.

High-yield bonds are finally living up to their name after the broad selloff in fixed-income markets this year. Better known as junk, the $1.5 trillion sector looks appealing, as yields have risen to ...

Will This Be Another ‘Lost Decade’ for the Stock Market?

Text size Investors are staring at a ‘lost decade.” NYSE After four decades of incredible performance, the stock market could be at the beginning of a lost decade. Yes, the S&P 500 has...

The Stock Market Is Reeling. How It Could Stop Falling Next Week.

Text size The S&P 500 is down 23% from its January peak. Getty Images After one of the worst weeks for the stock market in 2022, two factors could swing the market over the next few days and set i...

The Stock Market Is Reeling. What to Watch This Week.

Text size The S&P 500 is down 23% from its January peak. Getty Images After one of the worst weeks for the stock market in 2022, two factors could swing the market over the next few days and set i...

Microsoft, Accenture, and American Tower Boost Dividends

Text size Microsoft, Accenture, and American Tower REIT lifted dividends. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft , Accenture , and American Tower REIT declared dividend increases this week in a ...

Tumbling Markets Imperil Tech, the Dollar, and Private Equity

Text size Japan has had to intervene to support the sliding yen for the first time since 1998, even as it tries to keep its interest rates low. Akio Kon/Bloomberg The world has been hooked on cheap mo...

September Was Bad for Investors. October Could Be Worse.

Text size Market chaos has hit stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, and futures. It’s hard to see it ending soon. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images It’s a bumpy, volatile, no good, very bad market o...

5 Dividend Stocks to Beat Inflation and Rising Interest Rates

Dividend stocks are facing stiffer competition, thanks to a big spike in bond yields. A risk-free 10-Year Treasury note was recently yielding 3.7%, up from 1.63% at the start of 2021. That’s well abov...

Goldman Sachs Just Lowered Its S&P 500 Price Target. How Low It Could Go.

Text size Traders working at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), today, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NYSE Goldman Sachs finally decided to stop fighting the Fed and lowered its year-end forecast for the S...

Hedge funds ramp up market bets as volatility brings the asset class back into favor

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 21, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The extreme market volatility is not causing hedge funds to back dow...

Stocks Are Tumbling Again. Where the S&P 500 Might Be Headed Next.

Text size Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The stock market is getting crushed again. The chances that it revisits its recent bottom are greater no...

Porsche Is Sued by a U.S. Dealership Ahead of the Sportscar Maker’s IPO

Text size Porsche’s U.S. sales declined from a year earlier in the first half of 2022. Allison Dinner/Getty Images A South Florida dealership is suing Porsche, just ahead of an initial public of...

Costco Earnings Underwhelmed and the Stock Is Falling. It’s Time to Buy the Dip.

Text size Costco earnings rarely disappoint. Mario Tama/Getty Images Costco Wholesale isn’t the kind of company that delivers much in the way of bad news and Thursday’s earnings report wasn’t anything...

The Stock Market Is Getting Crushed Again. But the Pain Is Almost Over.

Text size The Fed is trying to stamp out inflation by reducing economic demand, which is hurting the stock market. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The stock market has once again gone into selloff mo...

Buy Eli Lilly Stock. Its Obesity Drug Mounjaro Will Be a Hit, Analyst Says.

Text size Eli Lily said in August that initial demand for Mounjaro was strong. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Eli Lilly’s novel treatment for diabetes and obesity could become one of history’s bestselling dru...

More Power Outages Make Generac Stock Worth Buying Now

Text size The average U.S. electricity customer lost power for more than eight hours in 2020. That’s up more than 100% from 2013. Alamy In theory, record heat waves, Western wildfires, rolling blackou...

Despite fears of a recession, many may give more to charity

With lingering high inflation, stock market volatility and recession fears, it’s easy to see why some Americans might trim charitable giving. But some donors may be eyeing bigger gifts for 2022 ...

Stock Dividend Yields That Top What Treasuries Offer

Text size JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York. Nina Westervelt/Bloomberg Bond yields have surged, making many dividend stocks less appealing. A quick look, however, shows that reliably high-yieldi...

FedEx Earnings Are Coming. It Shouldn’t Get Any Worse.

Text size FedEx investors will want to hear from management after a disappointing update given a week ago. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Shipping giant FedEx reports its fiscal first-quarter financial resul...

Putin’s Tough Talk Is Boosting Defense Stocks and Tanking Chinese EV Makers

Text size Defense stocks are rising after Russia’s Putin talks tough. Sarah Silbiger / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Defense stocks are rising along with global tensions after Vladimir Putin talked ...

Freyr Battery Gains as Analyst Calls It a Top Pick. The Stock Could Quadruple.

Text size Freyr can be a serious battery player in years to come, says Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas. FREYR Stock in Norwegian battery start-up Freyr Battery is getting a boost from a new bullish ...

Fed should hike interest rate rates 150 basis points: Wells Fargo

It’s a move that would likely cause panic on Wall Street. But Wells Fargo Securities’ Michael Schumacher suggests the Federal Reserve is raising rates too slowly, telling CNBC’s R...

Amazon and Other Growth Stocks Have Been Hammered. Get Ready to Buy.

Text size Amazon shares are down 27% for the year. Mark Makela/Getty Images Growth stocks have been crushed this year, but several indicators point to a recovery soon—and investors should get ready to...

Ford’s Big Earnings Warning Is Really Good News. Just Ask Wall Street.

Text size There is a silver lining in Ford’s ugly update for the third quarter of 2022. Leon Neal/Getty Images Ford Motor said a lack of parts and inflation would leave it with a third- quarter ...

Dow Futures Fall as Wall Street Anticipates Another Big Rate Hike From the Fed

Text size AFP via Getty Images Stock futures traded lower Monday in a week that is expected to see the Federal Reserve raise interest rates by another three-quarters of a point in its effort to stamp ...

Paccar, Philip Morris, Texas Instruments Lift Dividends

Text size The research and development campus of Philip Morris In Neuchatel, Switzerland. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Paccar , Philip Morris and Keurig Dr Pepper were among the large U.S. co...

Constellation Brands, Coca-Cola, and Other Safe Staples Stocks for a Possible Recession

Text size Constellation Brands stock looks particularly attractive. Jones/Bloomberg Recession risks are growing, and investors are looking for safety. But not all safe stocks are created equal. Take c...

Wall Street Waited Too Long to Abandon FedEx Stock. It’s Too Early to Buy.

Text size FedEx will be closing FedEx Office locations to save money. Mario Tama/Getty Images Wall Street is piling on as FedEx stock plunges. Contrarian investors might want to snap up shares on the ...

Apple iPhone 14 Goes on Sale Friday. Why You Shouldn’t Sell the Stock.

Text size Pricing for the iPhone 14 starts at $799 while the iPhone 14 Plus starts at $899. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple users are getting ready for Sept. 16, when the new iPhone 14 and iPhone 1...

The ‘Fear Trade’ Is in Effect, but the Early Stages Are Over

Text size An oil pumpjack operates near Ventura, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images The “fear trade” that emanates from destructive inflation is in effect, but it is starting to look less appealing. The f...