Text size The Boeing logo Scott Olson/Getty Images A China Eastern Airlines 737-800 tragically crashed Monday, sending shares of Boeing lower. Wall Street is hopeful that Monday’s crash wasn’t a MAX-l...
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Warren Buffett Does Deal Making Differently. Alleghany Acquisition Shows How.
Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images When it comes to acquisitions, Warren Buffett does things differently, and Berkshire Hathaway ’s deal on Monday for Alleghany illustrates his unique ...
Stock futures inch higher after Powell says bigger hikes possible
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, March 21, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures inched higher in overnight trading after Federal Reserve Chai...
Nike Reports Earnings Monday. Don’t Get Your Hopes Up.
Text size The Nike store in Miami Beach, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Nike already had a China problem. Now you can add Europe to the list. The only question ahead of Monday’s earnings report is wheth...
Dollar General, Williams-Sonoma, and 3 More Stocks Whose Dividends Are Going Up
Text size Dollar General raised its quarterly dividend by 31%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dollar General , Williams-Sonoma , and Equity Residential were among the U.S. companies that said this week ...
Pipeline Stock Dividends Are Rising as Oil Prices Surge. Here’s How to Play It.
Sanctions on Russia are upending global energy markets, pushing up crude oil above $100 a barrel and sending U.S. gasoline prices to an average $4.30 a gallon, up nearly 50% in the last year. It has a...
The S&P Experienced a Death Cross. Here’s the Bright Side.
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size The S&P 500 has performed poorly this year, down about 6.4%. This past Monday, it got scary in a Harry Potter sort of way: The benchmark experienced a death c...
The Stock Market Just Had Its Biggest Rally Since 2020. Enjoy It While It Lasts.
Text size It was the largest weekly gain for all three major U.S. indexes since November 2020. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Drop a ball off a balcony, and it will bounce. Drop the market off an all-time hi...
Fed Not Doing Enough to Fight Inflation, Fed President Says. He May Be Right.
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis James Bullard wants the Fed to move faster. Alastair Pike / AFP via Getty Images Text size St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard has...
Tesla’s Elon Musk Is Working On Master Plan 3. The Stock Is Jumping.
Text size Elon Musk. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A Thursday tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to be helping the stock. All it says is “working on Master Plan Part 3,” but people who follow the ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Is Working On Master Plan 3. Investors Are Excited.
Text size Elon Musk. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A Thursday tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to be helping the stock. All it says is “working on Master Plan Part 3,” but people who follow the ...
Nvidia Stock Needs a Catalyst. It Could Get One Next Week.
Text size After rocketing higher in 2021, Nvidia shares have been under pressure in 2022. Remus Rigo/Dreamstime.com Like much of the rest of the stock market, to say nothing of the beaten-down tech se...
The Market Rose on the Fed’s Rate Hikes. What It Might Be Missing.
Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell told reporters Wednesday the central bank had the tools to bring inflation down. Photographer: Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg It may not rank with the “whatever it takes” ...
Stick With Tesla Stock Even if Wall Street Is More Bullish on Other EV Names
Text size A Lucid Air. Courtesy Lucid Motors Electric-vehicle stocks have been, well, horrible so far in 2022. Barron’s tracks about 20 EV makers from around the globe. That group overall has given up...
Jim Cramer says investors should buy these 11 recently-boosted dividend stocks
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday offered investors a list of dividend stocks with yields that recently increased, that he believes buyers should add to their portfolio. Dividends are a generally &#...
Americans are pausing investments because of the Russia-Ukraine war
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is degrading Americans’ financial outlook, sparking the desire to save more and postpone investing, according to a survey from MassMutual. But steering clear of st...
Charts suggest the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 could be days away from bottoming, Jim Cramer says
Legendary chartist Tom DeMark thinks key U.S. stock market indexes could be days away from reaching a bottom, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. “We’ll be in some more pain before we ...
Retail Investors Are Dropping Out of the Stock Market
Text size Robinhood’s app is a popular tool for retail traders. Dreamstime There was a time—during the pandemic era—when retail investors were participating in the stock market, even driving its...
Altria Stock Is a Buy and Philip Morris Isn’t, Says Goldman Sachs
Text size Analyst Bonnie Herzog raised her rating on Altria to Buy from Neutral and her price target to $57 from $48 Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Altria Group has been the standout in Big Tob...