The Stock Market Is Entering Its Weakest Months. What to Watch Out For.

Text size Russia restarted natural-gas flows to Western Europe through Nord Stream 1, but President Vladimir Putin can shut it down again. Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images Bad news on the economy was go...

Restaurant Stocks Are Finally Coming Back. This One Looks Like a Good Bet.

Text size A recession, if one comes, would be particularly bad news for full-service restaurants. Saul Martinez/Bloomberg Recent market volatility can make anyone’s stomach queasy. Some restaurant sto...

Apple, Visa, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, Chipotle, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It will be a busy week on both the micro and macro fronts. Second-quarter earnings season ramps up, as more than 150 S&P 500 firms report, including Big Tech. The Federal Reserve’s policy committe...

How to Invest During a Bear Market: 6 Tips

If you’re new to the stock market, you’ve probably had a rude awakening: The value of your investments has declined in the past few months. While that may be worrisome, don’t panic. A bear market—defi...

Tesla Wasn’t a ‘Money Furnace’ After All

Text size Tesla’s credit metrics look better than automotive peers. They look better than many large-cap stocks too. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It turns out that money furnaces don’t have to b...

It’s time to overweight small caps as ‘they’ve come very close to pricing in recession’: RBC Capital

Small-cap stocks have attracted more investors and analysts attention this week with their benchmark index the Russell 2000 jumping 3.5% on Tuesday to 1799 points, its biggest one day percentage gain ...

Tesla Stock Could Hit $900 in Its Latest Surge

Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter saga appears to be a concern still for investors. Mario Tama/Getty Images Tesla stock is on one of its hot streaks again. Shares are climbing Friday, putt...

The Bear Market Has Brought ‘Fear and Uncertainty’ for Gen Z. How They’re Coping.

Ella Gupta made her first investment when she was 10. With the help of her parents, she took half the profits of her bracelet-making business and invested in the stock market. At 14, she opened a Roth...

Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Plunges as Earnings Miss Estimates

Text size Cleveland-Cliffs stock has fallen a bit more than the broader market so far this year. Dreamstime Cleveland-Cliffs reported lower earnings than expected, news that sent the stock sharply low...

Is the Stock Market Going Up? It Depends on the Definition of Recession.

Text size Tradersat the New York Stock Exchange. Seth Wenig/AP Not since Bill Clinton testified about the meaning of the word “is” has so much hinged on the meaning of one simple word. The word is “re...

Weekend reads: Prepare for a big week — a crucial Federal Reserve decision, tech-company earnings and a GDP report

It was mostly a week for stocks, particularly a rebound in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index, as companies topped expectations on second-quarter earnings.  The coming week brings a heavy dose of t...

Will the Federal Reserve kill the stock-market bounce?

A summer rebound is stirring hopes the bear market in U.S. stocks has seen its lows, but a meeting of Federal Reserve policy makers this coming week might test the nerves of would-be bulls. “I expect ...

It’s a Bear-Market Rally. Whether it Lasts Depends on the Fed.

Text size This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Powell the Volckerizer? Intraday Strategy Edge Eve...

Is the stock-market bottom in? What the pros say after S&P 500 tests 4,000

Stock-market bulls are poking their heads above the parapet, declaring the lows in for the 2022 selloff as indexes extend a bounce off their June lows, while skeptics still see little evidence of more...

GameStop Stock Is Splitting to $38. Trading Starts Today.

Text size GameStop has been hit hard as more people download games rather than using physical discs. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The GameStop saga is set to take another turn on Friday when shares be...

GameStop starts split-adjusted trading with a near 2% gain

Shares of GameStop Corp. GME, -12.10% rallied 1.9% in premarket trading Friday, which implies a price of just above $39 as the videogame retailer and “meme” stock has started trading on a ...

Rivian Stock Is Surging Thanks to Amazon

Text size Amazon has begun using Rivian’s all-electric delivery vans. Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg Stock of electric-truck start-up Rivian Automotive is rising, and Amazon.com is the reason. The...

GameStop Stock Is Splitting to $38. Trading Starts Friday.

Text size GameStop has been hit hard as more people download games rather than using physical discs. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The GameStop saga is set to take another turn on Friday when shares be...

AT&T’s Dividend Yield Jumps as the Stock Falls After Earnings

Text size AT&T Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T stock is shedding value on Thursday, after a big miss on second-quarter free cash flow and lowered guidance for the remainder of the year. That...

Ford Now Has Enough Batteries to Grow EV Deliveries Faster Than Tesla—Profitably

Text size The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center Ford plant. Courtesy of Ford Batteries are a critical success factor for any auto maker looking to win electric-vehicle market share. Ford Motor sad it has ...

AT&T Stock Drops Despite Adding Subscribers. Here’s Why.

Text size AT&T added more wireless and fiber subscribers than expected, paid down debt, and continued to invest in fiber and 5G. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images In its first three months as a telecom...

Freeport-McMoRan misses on profit and revenue amid a ‘precipitous’ fall in copper prices

Shares of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX, +0.58% slipped 0.1% in premarket trading, after the copper and gold miner reported second-quarter profit and revenue that missed expectations, concerns over the gl...

Buying stocks now could bring you pain over the next few weeks. But you’ll be thanking yourself a year from now, these analysts say.

How bad is the mood out there right now? Try max bearish. So said Bank of America’s latest fund manager survey on Tuesday that showed expectations for profits and growth at recessionary levels. Yet Wa...

GameStop, AMC, EV Startups, and Others Are Among the Most Shorted Stocks

Text size Lordstown Motors is on a list of squeezable stocks. Courtesy Lordstown Motors Investors who have bet against the electric-vehicle industry should take note. Five of 25 U.S. companies that th...

AMC stock gains after repurchasing of 10% second lien debt at a 31% discount

Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC, +7.18% gained 0.9% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the movie theater operator and “meme” stock said it paid about $50 million to repurc...

Canoo, Lordstown, Other EV Startups Are at Risk of a ‘Short Squeeze’. Beware.

Text size Lordstown Motors is on a list of squeezable stocks. Courtesy Lordstown Motors Investors who have bet against the electric-vehicle industry should take note. Five of 25 U.S. companies that th...

AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect.

AT&T is among the big telecoms reporting earnings this week. Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images Text size Telecom stocks have been a haven in 2022, with the big U.S. companies leading the mar...

The Stock Market May Have Hit Bottom. Here’s Why.

Text size Commodity prices have tumbled in the past month, with oil and copper down 17% and 33%, respectively. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images It never feels good when the stock market turns big gain...

IBM Earnings Beat Estimates. The CEO Says Tech Demand Remains Strong.

IBM has restructured to focus on software and services tied to hybrid cloud computing and artificial intelligence. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size IBM kicked off tech earnings season with better...

Dow books biggest drop in more than two weeks after report about Apple’s plans to slow hiring, spending

U.S. stocks gave up early gains to finish lower on Monday, after Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc. plans to slow hiring and spending growth in some divisions next year in anticipation of a potential ...

This bear market in stocks remains historically shallow and short: Jefferies

The current bear market may be painful, but history indicates it may need to fall further to clear the way for a meaningful recovery, said analysts at Jefferies.  Stocks have bounced modestly in July,...

GE’s Three-Way Split Is Near. What the New Companies Will Be Called.

Text size GE’s aviation business will become GE Aerospace. Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images General Electric is undertaking an epic transformation under the leadership of CEO Larry Culp—the ...