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Fed Chief Talks Tough on Inflation. There’s More Pain Ahead for the Stock Market.
From left: Fed officials Jerome Powell, Lael Brainard, and John Williams ponder the great outdoors during a break at the economic symposium at Jackson Hole. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size Grand...
2 Companies That Boosted Their Stock Dividends This Week
Text size Altria Group said it plans to boost its quarterly disbursement to 94 cents a share. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Altria Group and Lam Research declared dividend increases this week ...
Stocks in September Have Often Struggled. The Good News: The Selloff May Have Already Begun.
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size The stock market’s worst month—September—will soon be upon us. The S&P 500 index has averaged a 1% loss in September dating back to 1928, says Dow Jones Marke...
Emotionless Investing: Finding Growth Without Bias
. Growth Potential With Charles Kirkpatrick Charles Kirkpatrick’s book, Beat the Market: Invest by Knowing What Stocks to Buy and What Stocks to Sell (FT Press, 2008), outlines stock-picking and portf...
Interest Rates Are Going Up. These 11 Banks Will Benefit.
Text size Bank of America is among the lenders that RBC says are especially well positioned for the current environment. Dominick Reuter/AFP via Getty Images Bank stocks—one of the few immediate benef...
Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slip as Jackson Hole Speech From Fed’s Powell Looms
Text size Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech scheduled for Friday has hung over markets all week. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Stocks were heading for losses Friday as a major catalyst loomed, wit...
How the Stock Market Performs After Jackson Hole, According to History
Text size The stock market’s traditional September swoon has been less pronounced in recent years. Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images The stock market usually performs well just after th...
How Jackson Hole Could Revive the Stock Market Rally
Text size The market will be listening carefully to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech in Jackson Hole, Wy. Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images The stock market has gotten itself into a better pl...
AMC Stock Is Out of Whack With APE Shares. Jim Chanos Is Taking Advantage.
Text size AMC’s market capitalization is higher than it was before the pandemic slammed the theater industry. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Legendary stock bear Jim Chanos has an arbitrage idea f...
Intel Scores $30 Billion Deal With Brookfield to Fund Chip Factories
Text size Intel’s deal with Brookfield will give it majority ownership of two new chip factories. Courtesy Intel Corporation Intel is turning to financial engineering to fund its chip-making amb...
4 takeaways from the Investing Club’s ‘Morning Meeting’ on Monday
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments: Stocks slide to start tradi...
The Stock Market Couldn’t Handle the Uncertainty. It Better Learn How.
Text size It’s a market with big drops but big rips, as well, one that forces investors to accept low returns from index funds or try to take a more tactical approach. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Call it ...
The Oil Surplus Could Persist. Expect Prices to Fall
Text size This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Expect Oil Prices to Fall THINK Economic and Finan...
Largest U.S. Pension Bought EV Stocks Rivian and Li Auto. What It Sold.
Text size The Rivian R1S. Pension giant Calpers bought more Rivian shares in the second quarter. Courtesy of Rivian America’s largest public pension has increased bets in electric-vehicle makers. Cali...
Why Did Bitcoin Fall? Is It Because Stocks Slumped Too?
Text size How strong is the link between stocks and Bitcoin? AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin sank Friday and stocks did too. The world’s largest crypto posted losses for the week, as did equities. Could ...
Oil Prices Have Been Falling. Why It’s Time to Buy Oil Stocks.
Text size Energy stock profits rose nearly 300% during the second quarter, nearly 10 times faster than the next sector, industrials. Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg It has been a boom-and-bust year for oil sto...
GM Reinstates Dividend. Ford’s Yield Is Higher.
Text size GM stock was rising after the auto maker said it was reinstating its dividend. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images American automotive giant General Motors is returning capital to shareholders again—...
The Bulls Still Own This Market. But Cracks Are Starting to Show.
Text size Riskier and more speculative pockets of the market have led the rally, which has coincided with a decline in bond yields. NYSE If it looks like a bull market and acts like a bull market, it’...
Deere Stock Tumbles as Earnings Miss Expectations
Text size Higher crop and food prices tend to boost demand for Deere products. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Deere reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that missed analysts’ expectations and the stoc...
Dow Futures Fall as Wall Street Parses Mixed Signals on Pace of Rate Hikes
Text size Investor focus remains on the Federal Reserve’s pace of future interest-rate increases. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Stock futures pointed to a lower start for Wall Street Friday as inve...
Buy Tesla Stock Because It’s ‘Christmas in August’
Text size A Tesla, Inc. electric vehicle departs after charging at supercharger location in Hawthorne, California Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images A Tesla bull is a little more bullish after the...