BlackRock Stock Has Slid. Director William E. Ford Scooped Up Shares.

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...

Six Dividend Stocks to Help Beat Inflation

The hot new investment theme isn’t socially nuanced crypto space finance or metaverse charging networks for virtual vehicles. It’s dividends—cash payments to shareholders. This year, U.S. equity divid...

Apple Is the Last FAANG Standing

Apple is the last FAANG standing—and its earnings report this coming week could go a long way toward determining if the stock market bounces back or slides even further. As bad as this year has been f...

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...

Cleveland-Cliffs Crushes Earnings Estimates. Contract Steel Pricing Does It.

Rising prices helped steel maker Cleveland-Cliffs report much better-than-expected first-quarter sales and earnings. Prices for Cliffs steel rose even as spot prices for steel dropped in the first qua...

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...

Delta Tested Elon Musk’s Wi-Fi. That’s Not Why SpaceX Is Worth $100 Billion.

Text size A Delta Air Lines plane Al Drago/Bloomberg Delta Air Lines tested SpaceX Starlink internet service for in-flight Wi-Fi. It’s another milestone for the privately held space company that broug...

Stocks Are Struggling After Earnings. Nvidia, AMD, and Others That Could Soar.

Text size Stock in Advanced Micro Devices has plunged this year. Dreamstime The latest corporate earnings news isn’t giving stocks a lift, but it is still possible to find shares that can jump in resp...

Elon Musk Isn’t Going Away if Twitter Rejects Him. Here’s What He Might Pay.

Text size Elon Musk Scott Olson/Getty Images Even if the Twitter board rejects Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social-media platform, he won’t go away immediately. There is more drama to come. ...

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...

Twitter Is the S&P 500’s Top Performer in April. Nvidia Is the Worst.

Text size Target store shopping carts in Miami. Joe Raedle/Getty Images It’s been a volatile month for stocks as investors have navigated a complex macroeconomic minefield — from rising interest rates...

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 ...

Big Investor Sold AMC and Apple Stock. It Bought PayPal and Pfizer.

Text size An AMC theater Dreamstime A large European asset manager slashed its investment in the volatile shares of a movie-theater chain, and made other changes in its U.S.-traded stock portfolio. DN...

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...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Will Have No Trouble Financing Twitter

Text size Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk at the “Cyber Rodeo” opening party, April 7, 2022, in Austin, Texas. AFP via Getty Images Rich people rarely have to pay cash. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ...

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...

Cathie Wood Just Took Her Tesla Price Target to $4,600. Robotaxis Are Why.

Text size Tesla cars recharging Mario Tama/Getty Images ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood is a longtime Tesla bull. Her Tesla models and price targets usually make headlines. That was the case the prior time...

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...

Ford Is Now 3 Businesses. What That Means for the Stock.

Text size Ford stock is down about 25% year to date. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images Ford Motor Chief Financial Officer John Lawler spoke at the Bank of America conference taking place at the New Y...

Costco Just Raised Its Dividend. It’s One More Reason to Own the Stock.

Text size Costco raised its dividend again. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Costco Wholesale just raised its dividend–and it’s just one more reason to own its stock. After Wednesday’s close, Costco (ticker: C...

10 Beaten-Down Stocks That Investors Are Starting to Like Again

Text size Zillow is on Barron’s list of stocks regarding which sentiment has begun to improve. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg Twitter stock’s 20% gain since Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed his 9% ...

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...

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...

U.S. Car Sales Are in a Recession. One Analyst Is Bullish on GM and Ford Stock.

Text size U.S. car sales have tumbled Dreamstime Inflation is raging and the Fed is tightening monetary policy, creating a cycle that might push the U.S. economy into a recession. That isn’t great new...