BlackRock stock has tumbled this year, and director William E. Ford, the chairman and CEO of investment firm General Atlantic, scooped up shares of the asset manager on the open market. BlackRock (tic...
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A Key Bond Yield Nears 3%. It’s a Bad Omen for Stocks.
Interest rates may finally be getting real. To investors with a sense of history, the near-zero and even negative interest rates of recent years might have seemed unreal, and indeed were unprecedented...
S&P 500 Must End The Week Above This Annual Pivot Level To Avoid Having A Negative Chart
(Photo Illustration by Omar Marques) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The S&P 500 Index (SPX) traded as low as 4,370 on April 18 but closed above its annual pivot at 4,383. The index trade...
Blackstone’s Earnings Beat Estimates. Assets Under Management Are Rising.
Text size Blackstone Group had net inflows of $50 billion in the quarter. Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg Blackstone, the private-equity giant, reported higher distributable earnings than expected and came clo...
This Is What Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Other Company Is Worth
Text size The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling company, just raised more capital. Robyn Beck/Getty Images One of Elon Musk’s companies just got more valuable. No, this isn’t about Tesla (ti...
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect.
Text size Telecom stocks have outperformed the market year to date. Above, a wireless tower. Dreamstime Telecom stocks have been on a tear in 2022. The next round of earnings reports for the sector sh...
Tesla’s Earnings Crushed Expectations, Setting More Records. The Stock Is Up.
Tesla’s first-quarter profit was far higher than expected. Above, CEO Elon Musk speaks at the opening party for Tesla’s new factory in Texas. SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP / Getty Images Text siz...
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s Earnings Are Coming. What to Watch.
Text size Telecom stocks have outperformed the market year to dae. Above, a wireless tower. Dreamstime Telecom stocks have been on a tear in 2022. The next round of earnings reports for the sector sho...
Market will break out of slump due to peaking inflation: Evercore ISI
The market slump may be in its final innings. According to Evercore ISI’s Julian Emanuel, stocks should start grinding higher due to peaking inflation. He cites a positive trend going back to th...
Tesla, AT&T, Netflix, Bank of America, IBM, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size First-quarter earnings season picks up next week, with 67 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report. Bank of America will be Monday’s highlight, followed by Netflix , Johnson & Johnson ...
Utility Stocks Are Hot Right Now. Here’s Why.
Text size A Dominion Energy solar-power facility in Selmer, Tenn. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Higher bond yields are roiling the stock market. Utility shares have benefited—and it doesn’t look like their r...
Tesla Could Reopen Its Shanghai Factory Next Week: Report
Text size An aerial view of Tesla’s Shanghai factory, which closed in late March due to rising cases. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images Tesla might be reopening its most productive facility earlier than i...
Selling Your Stocks in May and Go Away Could Be the Best Strategy This Year
Text size A trader at the New York Stock Exchange. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images This could be the year to follow the adage: Sell in May and go away. It was a pretty lousy holiday-shortened week. T...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Good Friday 2022 Trading Hours.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size Good Friday may come as a bit of sweet relief for investors. The stock market has taken a hit this year. Stocks slipped this week, too: The Dow Jones Industrial Av...
Boeing Stock Climbs Higher, Shrugging Off India’s 737 MAX Pilot Ban
Text size A Boeing 737 MAX jet. Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images The Indian aviation regulator has barred 90 pilots from flying Boeing 737 MAX jets due to concerns over the simulators used to trai...
Boeing Stock Shrugs Off Concerns Over 737 MAX Simulator
Text size A Boeing 737 MAX jet. Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images The Indian aviation regulator has barred 90 pilots from flying Boeing 737 MAX jets due to concerns over the simulators used to trai...
EV Battery Firm QuantumScape Stock Is Rising
Text size Car batteries at a factory. STR/AFP via Getty Images Electric-vehicle battery technology company QuantumScape picked up a new rating. It’s lukewarm, but the stock is rising Wednesday. Deutsc...