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Stocks Poised For Rally—But Don’t Expect It To Last, Noted Morgan Stanley Bear Wilson Says
Topline The S&P 500 could soon test a seven-month high as stocks prove resilient even as earnings disappoint, according to Morgan Stanley’s famously pessimistic lead equity strategist Michael Wils...
3 Reasons Long-Term Investors Should Be Optimistic
Short-term market moves should always be expected, especially for equity investors. But over the … [+] long-term, historical data paints a much better picture about the resiliency of markets. ge...
Microsoft’s AI Pivot Pays Off
Ai (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images) Getty Images During the last two weeks one of the largest companies in the world transformed into a nimble start-up, and investors rewarded the business wit...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Could Get an Occidental Stock Payoff
One of Berkshire Hathaway’s best investments in the past five years was its purchase of $10 billion of Occidental Petroleum preferred stock paying an 8% dividend yield. Occidental Petroleum (ticker: O...
This Is How To Pick Treasuries For Best Returns While The Stock Market Is In Turmoil
Second Liberty Loan of 1917 Poster (Photo by Swim Ink 2, LLC/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images After a dismal 2022 ending with a weak December, the stock market came to roaring l...
Diverging World – Strong Labour Markets May Force The Fed To Hike Rates Further
NEW YORK – OCTOBER 07: A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 7, 2008 … [+] in New York City. Despite a government debt buyout plan, the Dow continued to fall t...
Companies Are Getting More Confident About Profits. What It Means for Stocks.
Companies are just beginning to get more confident in their profit outlooks, although the stock market has a lot to sort through before it is likely to stage any substantial rally. Still, the signs o...
The S&P 500’s Rally Is in Question. It Doesn’t Mean Stocks Will Plunge.
Investors just don’t feel confident about stocks’ rally over the past few months, but the market could still hold up well this spring. The S&P 500 has risen about 15% since early October, when it ...
The Stock Market Is Dropping Again. This Is What’s Happening.
The stock market is losing steam all of a sudden, probably because investors had just gotten too aggressive in their assumptions about a recovery in the economy and profits in 2024. The market has be...
The Stock Market Is in the Mood to Rally, Even if It Defies Logic
Text size John Taggart/Bloomberg Oh, what a difference a few simple words can make. “The disinflationary process has started,” said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at Wednesday’s press conferen...
A Good Year For Stocks? Sure
Happy days: A bullish case for the stock market Getty Images Last year was a bummer for the stock market, with the S&P 500 down 19%. Economists keep predicting a recession in 2023, although they t...
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...
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. ...
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...
9 Safe High Yield Dividend Stocks To Buy For 2023
There are safe high yield dividend stocks if you know where to look getty Inflation plus rising interest rates on your variable debt may be putting the squeeze on your budget. There are two ways out o...
Why Utilities and Energy Are the Stock Market Sectors to Play Right Now
If 2022’s stock market could be described as brutal, 2023’s might best be described as befuddling. Thankfully, there is a portfolio for that. What’s so befuddling? It’s not just that there is uncertai...
Citigroup, Target, Lennar, and 2 More Companies Keeping Their Dividends Steady
PPL, a utility based in Allentown, Pa., said this week that it plans to raise its next quarterly dividend by 7%. It was an otherwise light stretch for such announcements among large U.S. companies. PP...
The Stock Market Is on a Tear. Don’t Ignore the Debt Ceiling.
It’s always fun until the bill comes due—and the bill always comes due. In fact, it’s coming due right about now. On Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the U.S. would hit its...
Strong Economic Data Weaken the Case for Continued Stock Rally
The dash for trash has hit a speed bump. Stocks faltered again this past week as the early-year rally, led by rebounds in 2022’s speculative-grade losers, ran into resistance from higher expected inte...