Why Apple’s Stock Buybacks and Its Dividend Could Get a Big Boost

Text size Apple stock has faced headwinds in 2022 but is still up 26% from this time a year ago. Dreamstime Apple ’s quarterly earnings reports frequently hog the spotlight on days when they drop. The...

AT&T Cut Its Dividend With the Spinoff. Why It’s Still Generous.

Text size AT&T’s dividend commitment will total around $8 billion annually. Dreamstime AT&T has officially spun off its media business, with Warner Bros. Discovery trading on its own for the f...

Rivian Gets Its First Sell Rating From Wall Street. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size Rivian is expected to produce fewer cars than Wall Street had anticipated this year. Courtesy Rivian Wall Street has been pretty positive on Rivian Automotive stock, despite some rocky tradi...

Pfizer’s New CFO David Denton Negotiated One of the Biggest Healthcare Deals in History

Pfizer on Monday named a new chief financial officer with a resume that hints at the company’s plans to spend big with its Covid-19 vaccine windfall. David Denton is taking up the CFO role at Pfizer (...

Tesla Needs Lithium. Elon Musk Suggests It Could Get Into Mining Business.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested that the electric vehicle maker might get into the mining business. Patrick Pleul/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk lamented the rising cost of ...

Stock Market Slides as Recession, Fed Fears Grow. Here’s What’s Really Happening.

Investors don’t need to watch The Shining to get a fright fix. Growth scares will do just fine. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% this past week, and concerns about a possible slowdown, or growth scare, have ...

Constellation Brands and Murphy Oil Raised Their Dividends This Week

Text size This week was a slow one for dividend increase announcements. Freeze Frames/Dreamstime.com Constellation Brands and Murphy Oil were among the small number of companies that declared dividend...

FinTech Looks Like a $1.5 Trillion Growth Market

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Wells Fargo ’s Jeff Cantwell says the time to buy fintech stocks is now—14 of them. Cantwell has started coverage of the group with Overweight ratings for all. Th...

Stock Splits Are Popular Again. 5 Companies That Could Split Their Stocks Next

Stock splits are back in vogue, and the market is quickly rewarding companies that divide their shares. Google parent Alphabet , Amazon.com , Tesla , and GameStop are among the latest companies to see...

Buffett Gave HP Stock a Boost. Why It’s Still a Buy.

Text size Shares of HP jumped 15% this past week after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a large stake. Why the stock still looks cheap. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg When Bill Hewlett and Dave ...

Ford Stock: Auto Industry Problems Growing, Car Stock Enthusiasm Wanes

Text size The Ford logo is displayed on the sales lot at the Ford Store in San Leandro, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The auto sector faces a number of headwinds that are too much for one a...

UPS Stock Is Down For a Seventh Straight Day. Here’s Why.

Text size UPS stock is on a seven-day losing streak. Alex Wong/Getty Images   United Parcel Service stock is on an ignominious streak, falling for seven consecutive days. There hasn’t been much compan...

Another Recession Indicator Just Flashed Red

An index tracking plane, train, and ground transportation stocks has dropped more than 20% from its recent high. Dreamstime.com Text size The Dow Jones Transportation Average slipped into bear market ...

Rivian’s Production of Electric Trucks More Than Doubles. The Stock Falls.

Text size Courtesy Rivian Production at Rivian Automotive grew in the first quarter from the fourth, but the stock was falling Wednesday. Rivian (ticker: RIVN) reported first-quarter production on Tue...

Ackman’s Closed-End Fund Trades at a Steep Discount. Maybe It’s the High Fees.

Investor Bill Ackman recently highlighted market-beating 17% annualized returns generated by his Pershing Square Capital Management since 2004. But many investors in Ackman’s largest investment vehicl...

Fintech Stocks Look Cheap. Why It Could Be Time to Buy.

Text size Wells Fargo has a strong outlook for the fintech sector. Dreamstime The fintech and digital payments sector has a new fan at Wells Fargo, who says the time to buy them is now. Analyst Jeff C...

Why Was the Stock Market Down Today? A Fed Official’s Speech Tanked the Market.

Text size Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard said she expects policy to return “to a more neutral position later this year.” Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tech stocks and bond markets both sold off on Tue...

NIO Has a Plan to End the Anxiety Over Charging Electric Vehicles

Text size NIO, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker, is in talks to license its battery swapping technology, according to the Financial Times. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images Electric-vehicle sales are ...

Elon Musk Is Already Dropping Hints on His Plans for Twitter. So Much for ‘Passive.’

The world’s richest person may have taken a ‘passive’ stake in Twitter , but he is clearly intent on playing an active role in pushing for change on the platform itself. There is a chance the stake wi...

Bear market rally setting stage for correction: Morgan Stanley warns

A major Wall Street firm is on correction watch. Despite the latest market bounce, Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson is bracing for an S&P 500 decline of at least 13% between now and September. W...

Real Yields Show Where the Stock Market Is Really Headed

Text size No one knows if even an accelerated pace of rate increases is enough to eliminate inflation—or what it will do to stocks. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The stock market’s greatest fear is comin...

Defense Stocks Rose With the Ukraine War. Then a Tight Proposed Budget Set Them Back.

Elias Stein Text size Defense stocks took a surprising blow after a proposed defense budget was released last week. The Biden administration asked Congress for $773 billion to fund defense for fiscal ...

Tesla Beat All the Trillion-Dollar Stocks. Berkshire Hathaway Did Even Better.

Text size The new Tesla factory in Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images What do Elon Musk and Warren Buffett have in common? Shares of both of their megacapitalization companies posted gains for the firs...

Missed the Dip in Stocks? Where to Find Yields of 3% to 6%.

I sneezed, and missed the buying opportunity in stocks. The S&P 500 was down 13% at one point this year. It ended the first quarter with a loss of just 4.6%, including dividends. But all of the ba...

GM and Ford Shares Are Falling. Vehicle Recalls May Be Taking a Toll.

Text size A Ford Motor plant Scott Olson/Getty Images General Motors and Ford Motor both announced vehicle recalls Friday. Investors appear nervous, as both shares are falling, but that’s probably an ...

Cathie Wood Sold Tesla Stock. She Is as Bullish as Ever.

Text size Tesla stock remains the biggest position in Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF. Courtesy of ARK Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF sold about 22,000 Tesla shares Thursday, according to her...

The Case for Building Wealth With Stocks, Not Homes

Illustration by Barron’s staff; Cynthia Farmer/Dreamstime Text size Once upon a time, a young family bought a modest three-bedroom Cape, the worst house in the best location in a prosperous subu...

Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation Has Had a Bad Year. Why It Could Get Even Worse.

Text size Cathie Wood’s success in 2020 made her one of the most high-profile fund managers. Alex Flynn/Bloomberg Investors in ARK Innovation ETF, Cathie Wood’s flagship exchange-traded fund, sh...

As Oil Briefly Dips Below $100, Russia and Europe Play a Game of Chicken

U.S. oil prices briefly dipped below $100 barrel Friday, as President Joe Biden’s plan to release one million barrels a day of reserves began to have the desired effect. But it’s premature to start th...

Home Builders Are the Cheapest Stocks Around. Is It Time to Buy?

Construction workers on a Toll Brothers home in Boca Raton, Fla. Toll and other home builders currently trade near book value. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Text size The housing market is still robust, but...

Tesla Deliveries Met Wall Street Estimates. Here’s What Comes Next for Shares.

Tesla reported first-quarter deliveries in line with expectations. Here, new Tesla cars sit in front of a Tesla dealership in Corte Madera, Calif., last year. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size Te...

Here’s What a 3M Breakup Could Look Like

Text size PFAS problems, product liability litigation tied to earplugs, and slowing growth have caused 3M stock to languish. Dreamstime What would 3M look like if it went down a General Electric -like...