Verizon Hikes Its Dividend for the 16th Straight Year

Text size Verizon stock’s yield of around 6.2% far exceeds that of the broader market. Scott Olson/Getty Images Verizon Communications already offered a very big yield. The company sweetened the...

Kohl’s Kicks Higher, Qualcomm Dropped

U.S. stock market averages posted their third consecutive weekly decline last week, with the S&P 500 Index slipping 3.2% and down 8.8% from its August 16 rally high. In April and May, the S&P ...

Al Gore’s Firm Bought Up Microsoft, Shopify Stock

Text size Al Gore’s investment firm, Generation Investment Management, made big bets on Microsoft and Shopify stock. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Al Gore’s investment firm recently made some big cha...

How much cash you need in an emergency fund at every career stage

Nirunya Juntoomma | Istock | Getty Images If you’re feeling unsteady amid stock market volatility, high inflation and rising interest rates, you may wonder how much cash you really need to have ...

Retail Stocks Got an Earnings Boost. Why There’s No Comfort in That.

Text size Many retailers are still struggling with the high inventories, with profits dragged down by pricier supply-chain and transport costs. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Investors breathed a sigh of ...

Wall Street Analysts Rate Stocks With a Variety of Labels. Here’s How to Read Them.

Text size Wall Street analysts slap Buy, Strong Buy, Sell, Underperform, Neutral or other labels on stocks Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Ratings can be confusing. Analysts slap Buy, Strong Buy, Sell, Underp...

GameStop, Apple, Kroger, NIO, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed on Monday for Labor Day. It’s a quiet week on the earnings calendar once investors return from the long weekend, but a few major economic-data rele...

Lucid Stock Takes a Tumble. Why? Look at the Shareholder Mix.

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size A sudden drop in Lucid Group ’s stock price highlights a key investing insight: Shareholder mix matters. The electric-vehicle maker’s shares (ticker: LCID) fell 6...

Should You Buy Target Stock? Yes, Its Problems Won’t Last Forever.

Fashion is fickle, even for trend-friendly Target . But the trend might get friendlier for the stock as it looks to put 2022 behind it. It seems everything that could go wrong for Target (ticker: TGT)...

U.K. Tobacco Company Imperial Brands Is a Good Bet Against Inflation

Tobacco companies as a whole have historically been one of the most recession-resistant industries. Dreamstime Text size Stockholders have had a rough time this year, with surging inflation and fears ...

Bonds Are in a Bear Market. How to Play What Happens Next.

Text size A shift in Federal Reserve monetary policy has helped ratchet up bond yields, hitting prices. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Red-hot inflation and rising interest rates have hammered the globa...

Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Stock Won’t Outperform Soon, Says J.P. Morgan

Text size Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell were both downgraded at least two times this week. Alamy Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Industries “are probably not the best places to put new money to work,” J.P. ...

3M’s Next Problem For Investors Could Be The Dividend.

Text size 3M’s CEO says the dividend is a high priority for the company. Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg 3M investors have had to endure a lot lately, with a slowing economy, rising inflation, and toug...

Where Is the Stock Market Going? It Could Have a Messy Fall.

If 2022 were to end tomorrow, or the day after, it would enter the books as a dismal one for investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 13% year to date, the S&P 500 index is off 17%, and...

Bull Market or Bear Market. Investors Are Trying to Decide

GMO’s Jeremy Grantham has warned of a ‘superbubble’ that’s about to burst. Lane Turner/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Text size Unlike traders, the most stressful part of my day comes at 4 p.m., just a...

The Stock Market Looked Ready to Recover Before Falling Apart. What Went Wrong.

Text size Jonathan Alpeyrie/Bloomberg August’s payrolls data was greeted with chants of “Goldilocks” for being not too hot and not too cold. Investors, however, forgot that “Goldilocks and the Three B...

The Stock Market Is in a ‘Super Bubble,’ Renowned Investor Jeremy Grantham Says

Text size Jeremy Grantham, shown in 2010. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Famed investor Jeremy Grantham says the stock market is in the midst of a “super bubble.” That means prices are even more out of whack ...

Tesla Stock May Slip, but an Analyst Sees a Buying Opportunity

Text size Analysts have raised Tesla price targets since a stock split at the end of August. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Piper Sandler analyst Alexander Potter sees “crosscurrents” that cou...

Why a Bearish Money Manager Likes Gambling Stocks and Is Ready to Dump Apple

Dan Niles thinks the stock market is headed lower. Maybe a lot lower. A Stanford University–trained electrical engineer who once worked at the old minicomputer giant Digital Equipment, Niles has focus...

Why Renowned Investor Jeremy Grantham Says Stocks Are in a ‘Super Bubble’

Text size Jeremy Grantham, shown in 2010. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Famed investor Jeremy Grantham says the stock market is in the midst of a “super bubble.” That means prices are even more out of whack ...

‘Don’t be a hero’ — Cramer says unprofitable stocks may have even more room to fall

Investors should continue to shun money-losing companies, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday, contending the turbulence that dominated earlier this year has returned with vigor. “It’s a...

3M Plans Job Cuts to Rein in Expenses as Legal Troubles Grow

Text size 3M suffered a legal setback last week when a judge denied a motion that would have limited payouts. Alamy 3M , the maker of Post-it notes and Scotch tape, plans to eliminate jobs in a cost-c...

Tesla Stock Takes Hit From Nvidia’s Warning About Business With China

Text size Production at Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory could face another supply problem in coming months. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images Nvidia ’s new chip problem can impact shares of some chip custome...

Tesla Stock-Price Targets Are Rising After the Split

Text size Wall Street thinks Tesla is worth roughly $900 billion, as implied by average price targets. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Wall Street price targets for Tesla stock are creeping up after the ...

3M Stock Reels From Legal Setback, EPA News

Text size 3M Scotch brand shipping tape. Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg The conglomerate 3M is facing a couple of legal risks that are weighing on its shares. Investors’ approach has been to sell first and ...

Dow Inc., LyondellBasell and Westlake Get ‘Petrochemical Recession’ Downgrades

Text size Dow recently announced plans to cut its global polyethylene operating rates by 15%. Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg Dow Inc. is one of three chemicals stocks that KeyBanc downgraded, noting a “petro...

ChargePoint Earnings Are Today. What to Expect.

Text size ChargePoint has grown sales faster than it expected. Bing Guan/Bloomberg ChargePoint has had a flurry of good news. That raises the bar for the electric-vehicle charging company’s quarterly ...

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Jump as Jackson Hole Selloff Eases

Text size Wall Street saw its worst day in months last Friday. Angels Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Stocks were set to snap a two-day losing streak ignited by hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Chairm...

The S&P 500 Is Still Overvalued, Say Analysts. Blame FAANG+M.

Text size An Apple store in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Federal Reserve is poised to keep tightening financial conditions, but you wouldn’t know it by lookin...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Apple, Amazon, Coinbase, Boeing, and More.

Text size Boeing shares are lower in the premarket session. Scott Olson/Getty Images Stock futures were lower Monday, extending losses for Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made...

Juniper Networks Had Lousy Earnings. It’s AI Strategy Could Push the Stock Higher.

Text size Juniper Networks’ shares look ready to break out.. Brendan McDermid/REUTERS/Alamy One month ago, Juniper Networks stock looked as good as dead. Now, it’s rallying, and it may just be getting...

3M Stock Drops. Judge Says No to Bankruptcy Plan to Deal With Legal Liability.

Text size 3M stock was dealt a blow by a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday. Alamy 3M stock posted its biggest one-day decline since April 2019 after a legal ruling went against the company. On Friday af...