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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...