Optimism on Chinese stocks soars to five-year highs

Trucks and passenger cars drive across the Sutong Bridge in the city of Suzhou near Shanghai on Jan. 27, 2023, during the Lunar New Year holiday. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images B...

Disney, CVS, Uber, Chipotle, PayPal, and More Stocks to Watch This Week

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How to play stocks as nonfarm payrolls increase in January?

S&P 500 ended down on Friday after the Bureau of Labour Statistics said nonfarm payrolls in January nearly doubled versus the previous month. Analyst reacts to the monthly jobs report Nonfarm payr...

These money and investing tips can steer your portfolio around the market’s many obstacles

Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Market pros are feeling so hap...

As stocks rally in 2023, investors can’t stop thinking about 2021

The year is 2023. But hindsight is still 2021 on Wall Street. For an industry known to be forward-looking, investors are still trying to make sense of the last two years. In 2021, easy money policies ...

Strong Catalysts Confirm the Bull Thesis on These 2 Stocks

All investors are after gains, but in trying to find the right stocks to increase a portfolio’s value, are constantly inundated with massive amounts of data. Thus, separating the wheat from the chaff ...

The World’s Best Stocks Need New Buyers

(Bloomberg) — China’s all-or-nothing stock market is losing momentum, after three months of what might be best described as forced buying of a deeply oversold asset. Most Read from Bloomberg The...

Tech Bounces Back: The Best Mutual Funds Bet On These 11 Semiconductor Stocks

As the major indexes rebound from last year’s bear market, the best mutual funds have shown a renewed interest in tech stocks, which took a particular beating in 2022. In the latest screen of ne...

Bitcoin remains above $23,000 while crypto stocks stay in the red

Both bitcoin and ether have remained steady heading into the weekend. The two cryptocurrencies declined on Friday as a result of a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report. Bitcoin (BTC) is curre...

How These Measures Look Right Now

Stock market, volatility getty It’s one way of looking at the stock market that doesn’t require a deep understanding of the ways of the Federal Reserve or of assessing what the quarterly earnings of a...

S&P 500 Stocks, Led By Exxon Mobil, Top 5 Stocks Near Buy Points

S&P 500 stocks Exxon Mobil (XOM), Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Qualcomm (QCOM) along with Dow Jones stock Boeing (BA) and Autoliv (ALV) are in focus this week. X With the market rally attempting to g...

What Is An Earnings Recession, And How Does It Affect Stock Prices?

getty Key takeaways An earnings recession may be imminent as consumer spending slows and high costs undercut profits on Wall Street As inflation and layoffs continue, talk of an earnings recession has...

UK Stocks Just Hit a Record. That Might Be as Good as It Gets

(Bloomberg) — Most Read from Bloomberg UK stocks just hit a record high, defying the country’s gloomiest economic outlook in decades. Scratch the surface, however, and the market is already fall...

Meta, Amazon, Tesla and Microsoft stocks

The most important stocks that make up the Nasdaq have come out with new data, and Meta, Amazon, Tesla, and Microsoft shares have adjusted. Meta, Amazon, Tesla, and Microsoft stock analysis. With earl...

Tech Earnings Weren’t Great. Stocks Are Soaring Anyway.

Technology stocks have kicked off the year with a roar, staging the kind of spirited, widespread rally last seen during the market’s Covid-era surge. There are nearly two dozen tech tickers on my scre...

Canaccord loves these biotech stocks — and gives them upside of more than 80%

Biotech stocks give a whole new meaning to risk/reward plays. Unlike names inhabiting other areas of the market, these tickers can witness explosive movements in the blink of an eye, giving them a Str...

Stocks slide after jobs report shocks, Big Tech results disappoint

U.S. stocks tumbled Friday after government employment data showed more than half a million jobs were added in January — throwing a wrench in hopes for a pause on rate increases — while subpar earning...

Jobs report tells markets what Fed chairman Powell tried to tell them

Oh dear. A lot of investors just learned again, the hard way, the old rule: When someone tries to tell you something about themselves, listen. On Wednesday afternoon Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Po...

Nvidia and 5 Other Stocks at High Risk for Short Selling

Stocks have rallied in recent months, with the S&P 500 gaining about 16% since its low point in October, but some of the market’s best performers could now be at risk of short selling. The Federal...

Dividend stocks: Why Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Holds Dividend Stocks But Does Not Pay Dividends

When a stock pays a dividend, it sweetens the pot. X Investors get a quarterly bonus on their shares, and that extra money can compensate for slow growth. But what if you are sacrificing growth for di...

5 Energy Stocks Gurus Are Drilling Into

Exxon Mobil reported a record profit for 2022. Other energy companies are also expected to do well on the back of high prices and strong demand. During the third quarter, gurus loaded up on ChevronCVX...

Protect Your Portfolio With Defensive Stocks Like These

. Defensive Stocks Recent News The investing landscape in 2022 was notable not only for the severity of losses but also their breadth: It was the first year, since at least the 1870s, that U.S. stocks...

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: AMZN, GOOGL, AAPL

Workers load packages into Amazon Rivian Electric trucks at an Amazon facility in Poway, California, November 16, 2022. Sandy Huffaker | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trad...

J.P. Morgan Pounds the Table on These 2 Reliable Dividend Stocks

The year has started well for stock market investors, no doubt of that. The S&P 500 has jumped 9%, and the NASDAQ is up nearly 17%. While this doesn’t reverse last year’s losses, the gains, prompt...

S&P 500: Value Stocks Are Still Beating Growth — Analysts Like These 5 Best

Some speculative S&P 500 stocks may be getting some lift this year. But make no mistake — value stocks are still in control. X And that’s why analysts are still spotting big opportunities in...

Cash is no longer trash, says Dalio, who calls it more attractive than stocks and bonds

“‘Cash used to be trashy. Cash is pretty attractive now. It’s attractive in relation to bonds. It’s actually attractive in relation to stocks.’” Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio no longer thin...

Stocks moving in after-hours: Amazon, Alphabet, Apple

Amazon (AMZN) The online giant’s net sales $149.20 billion for the fourth quarter came in above analyst expectations of $145.8 billion. Its adjusted earnings of 3 cents per share came in below e...

AI related stocks soar on artificial intelligence craze

AI-related stocks are rallying as investors look for ways to make money off the hottest topic in Wall Street: artificial intelligence. The AI craze is fueled by Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI’s ...

Jim Cramer says he likes these 3 junior growth stocks for younger investors

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday gave young investors a list of stocks he believes should be on their shopping lists. “If you’re a younger investor, you need to take some risk in your ...

Jeff Erdmann Says Focus on Dividend-Growing Stocks; Here Are 2 Names That Analysts Like

This year has started with a ‘bang’ for stocks, a January rally that saw the S&P gain 6% and the NASDAQ jump 11%, a welcome change in mood from the volatile declines we saw in 2022. Even so, there...

How To Invest In Defense Stocks To Capitalize On U.S. Government Spending In 2023

Getty Images Key takeaways The U.S. government is poised to spend about $800 billion on defense in the coming year Some publicly-traded companies compete for government defense contracts that can be w...

Stocks moving big midday: META, ALGN, COIN

The Commission took issue with Meta’s pairing of Facebook Marketplace with its personal social network. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making h...