An Unstoppable Stock Market Is About to Meet the Immovable Fed

The stock market has acted as if the Federal Reserve doesn’t exist as it jumps out to a quick start to the year. Expect Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to remind it when the central bank hikes interest rat...

Boeing’s Terrible Earnings Have Left Wall Street More Bullish. Here’s Why.

Free cash flow at commercial aerospace giant Boeing has stabilized. Earnings, however, are all over the place. That isn’t bothering Wall Street, though—the stock remains attractive and target prices a...

Plug Power Stock Took a Dive. Here’s What Wall Street Thinks.

Shares of hydrogen and fuel cell technology company Plug Power took a hit after the company gave a disappointing update about how 2022 finished off. But Wall Street is still bullish about 2023. Wednes...

Energy Earnings Could Drop 11%

After two years of skyrocketing growth, oil and gas earnings are now past their peak. The good thing for the stocks is that the peak was remarkably high, and the decline is likely to be very gradual. ...

The Next PCE Report Lands Today. What It Will Say About Inflation.

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of rising prices is set to show that inflation continues to trend downward, supporting the narrative that the central bank could soon ease up in its battle agai...

Tesla Stock Was Supposed to Hit a Wall by Now. It Just Keeps Climbing.

Tesla stock is hard to figure. It always seems to surprise. Investors could always use help figuring out what comes next. Stock charts are as good a place as any to start. Tesla (ticker: TSLA) reporte...

Why Layoffs at 3M, Dow Are More Concerning Than Amazon, Google and Microsoft

Layoffs are spreading beyond tech. That’s a troubling trend investors should be paying attention to. On Thursday, chemicals giant Dow Inc. (ticker: DOW) reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter nu...

Mobileye Stock Gains After Blow-Out Earnings Show Growth in Self-Driving Cars

Car owners who want their vehicles to drive them around have been burned by years of overpromising by the auto industry. There are no truly self-driving cars. Autonomous-driving technology is getting ...

Dow Inc. Warns of Weakness, to Lay Off 2,000 Workers as Earnings Fall

Chemicals giant Dow Inc. sees the global economy slowing down and is preparing for weakness by cutting costs and focusing on cash generation. That’s the right playbook for a weak operating environment...

Who Makes Abrams M1 Tanks? What to Know About General Dynamics.

As the Ukraine-Russia war continues, the U.S. has decided to send 31 advanced Abrams tanks to Ukraine. That military staple comes from American aerospace and defense giant General Dynamics which repor...

JPMorgan’s Kolanovic sees correction, hard landing

JPMorgan’s Marko Kolanovic is abstaining from the early 2023 rally. Instead, the Institutional Investor hall-of-famer is bracing for a 10% or more correction in the first half of this year, tell...

Boeing Reports Earnings Wednesday. What to Expect.

Text size Boeing investors are looking for improvement in sales, earnings and free cash flow in 2023. Logan Cyrus/Getty Images Boeing investors have endured a lot of bad news over the past few years. ...

Tesla Is Expanding Its Footprint in Nevada. The Stock Is Dropping.

Tesla had to cut prices recently to increase demand, but that isn’t stopping it from expanding its manufacturing capacity at its Gigafactory in Nevada. Investors should be pleased, although they might...

Here’s how to report Roth IRA conversions on your taxes

If you made a Roth individual retirement account conversion in 2022, you may have a more complicated tax return this season, experts say.  The strategy, which transfers pretax or non-deductible IRA fu...

J&J Reports Earnings Tuesday. What to Expect.

Johnson & Johnson CEO Joaquin Duato’s warning earlier this month that the outlook for 2023 remains uncertain is tempering investor expectations ahead of the company’s earnings reports on Tuesday. ...

Tesla, AT&T, Visa, Chevron, Microsoft, and More Stocks to Watch This Week

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Tesla, AT&T, Visa, Chevron, Microsoft, and More Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

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Giant Fund Buys Up Tesla and Plug Power Stock, Sells GM

A large European asset manager recently made adjustments in its U.S.-traded stock investments that seem to favor electric vehicles over traditional car makers. DNB Asset Management materially increase...

Debt-Ceiling Crisis: What Could Happen, According to History

The White House and Congress are locked in a standoff, once again, over whether to raise the debt ceiling—the legislative limit on the total amount of money the federal government is authorized to bor...

Stocks and Bonds Are Sending Different Messages. One of Them Is Wrong.

Stocks have embraced the concept of a soft landing so far in 2023. Bonds are trading like a recession is nigh. Only one can be right. What soft landing, we can hear you say? The Dow Jones Industrial A...

Toyota, Warner Bros., and 24 More Stocks Barron’s Roundtable Pros Love This Year

Roundtable Companies Shares of companies with strong fundamentals are poised to shine this year, no matter the economic backdrop. Toyota and Warner Bros. fit the bill. Updated Jan. 20, 2023 8:35 pm ET...

GM May Be Cutting a Battery Plant. What That Means for Its EV Spending.

Text size GM and Renewable Innovations are collaborating on a rapid charger that can help gas stations add fast-charging capabilities. Courtesy GM General Motors has plans to be a big seller of electr...

The Meme Stock Frenzy Is Back. A Brokerage Chairman Says They’re ‘Horrendous.’

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A Tesla Debate Just Happened. Both Sides Were Wrong.

A big Tesla bull-bear debate just went down, but most of the ground covered was old news. Investors should be asking different questions about the industry and how Tesla can keep growing. Friday after...

7 EVs That Cost Less Than the Average New Car After Tax Credits

Electric vehicle buyers in the U.S. can now get a purchase tax credit from the government, and it has pushed the price of several high-volume EVs below the average price paid for a new car in America....

7 EVs That Qualify for a Tax Credit—and Cost Less Than the Average New Car

Electric vehicle buyers in the U.S. can now get a purchase tax credit from the government, and it has pushed the price of several high-volume EVs below the average price paid for a new car in America....

Disney could use an activist investor like Nelson Peltz

An activist investor like Trian Partners’ Nelson Peltz on Walt Disney ‘s (DIS) board could help prod the entertainment conglomerate to address its financial woes and implement much-needed ...

7 Cheap But Risky Biotech Stocks

Biotech stocks remain depressed, nearly two years into a dip that has seen the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF drop nearly 50%. The other most-watched exchange-traded fund that tracks the biotech sector, the...

Carvana Adopts a ‘Poison Pill’ to Ward Off a Hostile Takeover. Stock Bounces.

Carvana stock rose Tuesday after the used-car retailer announced it is adopting a net-operating-loss poison pill. Net operating losses, or NOLs carryforwards, are a tax provision allowing businesses t...

Buy Apple and IBM Stock Ahead of Earnings, Says Analyst

With tech earnings season now dead ahead, investors are tweaking their portfolios ahead of what could be a tumultuous period for the group, with the Street anticipating generally weak guidance for 202...

What JPMorgan and Other Banking Giants Are Saying About a Possible Recession

America’s banking giants are looking into their economic crystal balls, and not all of them like what they see. JPMorgan , Bank of America , and other top U.S. banks recently offered economic outlooks...

Tesla’s Profits Are at Risk From Price Cuts. It Could Get Bad.

Tesla is cutting its prices, so Wall Street is lowering its forecasts for earnings, fearing profit margins will be decimated. That makes 2023 a scary time for investors in the electric-vehicle company...