Social Security Payments Are Going Up. 3 Ways to Spend the Extra Cash.

Social Security recipients will get a 8.7% raise next year, thanks to the biggest annual adjustment to benefits in more than 40 years. Higher-income beneficiaries should consider a strategic approach ...

Kroger unveils $24.6 bln deal to buy smaller grocery chain Albertsons

Kroger has inked a deal with Albertsons to purchase the smaller grocery retailer for $24.6 billion. The acquisition will establish a national footprint “to serve America with fresh, affordable food,” ...

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The United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 8.2% annually in September, beating economists’ expectations of an 8.1% rise. The CPI print lived up to its hype and caused a sharp, but short-te...

Stocks Look Alluring for the Longer Term, say U.S. money managers

Patience in a volatile market like this year’s is a tall order. But it is the recipe for long-term success espoused by institutional investors in Barron’s latest Big Money poll. Big Money respondents ...

The Stock Market Rebound Fizzled. Why a Real Bottom Could Be Forming Soon.

Investors seemingly can’t stop trying to pick a stock market bottom, no matter how bad the news—and it continues to backfire. The day for a real bounce, however, may be coming soon. Consider: This pas...

‘This is not QE or QT. This is none of those.’ Why the U.S. Treasury is exploring debt buybacks

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday said it plans to start talking with primary dealers in late October about the potential for it to begin buying back some of its older debt to help stave off mark...

Kroger and Albertsons Say the Merger Will Cut Prices. Their Shares Are Tumbling.

With inflation still an untamed threat, Friday’s announced merger of the grocers Kroger and Albertsons will spur debate about whether the consolidation will raise food prices, or lower them. The Biden...

Northrop Is Downgraded. Defense to Get ‘Left Behind’ in Better Macro Environment, Analyst Says.

Northrop Grumman shares were declining Friday after an analyst at J.P. Morgan downgraded the stock, citing concerns over valuation and the future of defense shares. J.P. Morgan analyst Seth Seifman do...

Plug Power stock sinks after revenue warning, as supply chain issues offset ‘robust’ demand

Shares of Plug Power Inc. PLUG, -5.04% sank 7.0% in premarket trading Friday, after the hydrogen and fuel cell systems company said 2022 revenue could be 5% to 10% below previous guidance, as some lar...

Tesla Stock Is Too Cheap. It Should Start Buying Back Its Own Shares.

Future Fund Active ETF co-founder Gary Black sent a letter to Tesla board of directors with a recommendation on how to spend some of the company’s growing cash hoard. He wants them to buy back Tesla (...

Nutanix stock rockets toward a 5-month high after WSJ report of buyout interest

Shares of Nutanix Inc. NTNX, +0.76% soared 20.2% toward a five-month high in premarket trading Friday, after The Wall Street Journal reported that the cloud services company has received buyout intere...

JPMorgan Report Earnings Today. What to Expect.

JPMorgan Chase will kick off the third-quarter profit-reporting for the big banks on Friday, and Wall Street is looking ahead to the numbers with tempered expectations. Speaking at a CNBC conference t...

This is how high interest rates might rise, and what could scare the Federal Reserve into a policy pivot

The stock market’s reaction to the latest inflation report Thursday underlined just how confused and fearful investors are. The S&P 500 SPX, +2.60% plunged as much as 3% shortly after the open as ...

Why stocks scored a historic bounce after another hot inflation report

Stock-market investors can be forgiven for feeling a little dizzy after a day that saw stocks plunge in reaction to another round of hotter-than-expected inflation data only to surge higher and extend...

Thursday was ‘one of the craziest days of my career’ in markets, says Rick Rieder

Investors have witnessed some “pretty crazy” times in financial markets these past few weeks, with Thursday’s wild fluctuations ranking among the “craziest days of my career,” said Rick Rieder, the ch...

Why Is the Stock Market Up Today? It’s Complicated.

“Stop making sense,” the Talking Heads once sang. The stock market took it literally on Thursday with a massive rally following an inflation reading that everyone agreed was way too hot. So what gives...

Dow up over 450 points as stocks erase post-CPI plunge

Stocks rose sharply in volatile trade late Thursday morning, erasing a steep plunge seen after a rise in the core reading of the consumer price index sparked an across-the-board tumble. The Dow Jones ...

Cruise stocks soar to pace the S&P 500, as Norwegian is upgraded to buy

Shares of cruise operators were the top-3 gainers in the S&P 500 SPX, -0.33% in afternoon trading Wednesday, with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. NCLH, +11.61% getting bullish backing from UBS...

What stock-market investors will be watching in Thursday’s U.S. inflation report

Hotter-than-expected U.S. consumer-price index readings have triggered some of the stock market’s biggest one-day selloffs in 2022, serving to focus investor attention ahead of the latest measure of r...

AMC unit Odeon Finco to offer $400 million of 5-year bonds to raise money needed to repay term loans

Odeon Finco Plc, a unit of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC, -4.33%, said Wednesday it is issuing $400 million of senior secured five-year bonds in a private offering. Proceeds of the deal will be ...

Layoffs at Intel Could Spell a Bitter Winter for Tech. It’s Not All Bad News.

Intel looks set to be the latest tech company to announce job cuts in the face of a gloomy macro outlook—a sign that a bitter winter is coming for the sector. From a more macro perspective, there are ...

Good News for Tesla Investors: The Stock Is Now Oversold.

Shares of electric-vehicle leader Tesla have gone through just a brutal stretch lately. It’s been painful for the bulls, but they might be getting some relief soon. Tesla (ticker: TSLA) stock dropped ...

Why questions are swirling about who will buy more than $31 trillion of U.S. debt — and at what price

For the first time ever, U.S. national debt crossed above $31 trillion this month, at a time when the Federal Reserve is in retreat from buying government debt and foreign investors’ interest in it is...

Opinion: The stock market is in trouble. That’s because the the bond market is ‘very close to a crash.’

Don’t assume the worst is over, says investor Larry McDonald. There’s talk of a policy pivot by the Federal Reserve as interest rates rise quickly and stocks keep falling. Both may continue. McDonald,...

RingCentral added to ‘zombie’ stocks list by equity research firm New Constructs

Cloud-based communication company RingCentral has been added to the list of “zombie” stocks compiled by equity research firm New Constructs. The research firm, which uses machine learning and natural ...

ARK’s Cathie Wood Sounds Used-Car Alarm Again. The Risk Is Still Overstated.

ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood sees a collapse in used-car prices on the horizon. If she’s right, that could mean disaster for auto-finance companies, traditional car makers and dealerships. The good news i...

Bernanke says Fed shouldn’t use interest rates to ‘fine-tune’ financial stability risks

The Federal Reserve shouldn’t use its interest-rate policy to “fine-tune” financial stability risks, said former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday. Speaking to reporters at the Brookings Institution...

Stocks could fall ‘another easy 20%’ and next drop will be ‘much more painful than the first’, Jamie Dimon says

JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, -0.92% CEO Jamie Dimon warned investors on Monday that he expects markets to remain volatile for the foreseeable future, and that the S&P 500 could easily fall anothe...

Famed Value Investor Buys Stock in Citigroup, PulteGroup, and Oshkosh

Value investor Edgar Wachenheim III’s Greenhaven Associates recently made major changes in its investments. Greenhaven increased its stakes in Citigroup (ticker: C) and home builder PulteGroup (PHM), ...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Hours for Columbus Day 2022.

Columbus Day arrives this year after investors navigated choppy waters last week. The S&P 500 marked its largest two-day gain since April 2020 on Tuesday, after a weak ISM manufacturing activity r...

Opinion: How you can save $60k for a home down payment without risk or waiting forever

Yes, starting from zero and trying to save a bit each month will take a while. To put together that princely sum, you’d have to save $500 a month for around nine years in a high-interest savings accou...

The U.S. Dollar Is Superstrong. 8 Ways to Invest Abroad.

The U.S. dollar got a brief, welcome walloping this past week, falling 1.5% on Tuesday alone against a basket of six major currencies. It remains up a hefty 17% for the year, and close to its stronges...