Apple Stock Keeps Falling—and I Feel Fine

If Apple stock falls and it doesn’t make a sound, will anyone notice? Not if the market stock market keeps going up. The past month has been good for the stock market and bad for Apple stock (ticker: ...

XPeng Stock Gets Another Downgrade. It’s Becoming More Controversial Than Tesla.

Shares of pure-play electric vehicle producers can be controversial on Wall Street. High-growth car stocks can be difficult to value when the traditional auto players trade for less than seven or eigh...

Raytheon Stock Named a ‘Best Idea’ for 2023

As the calendar turns to December, investors are thinking about stocks for 2023. Brokerage firm Cowen likes Raytheon Technologies shares for the new year, calling it a “best idea” and a top aerospace ...

The Logistics and Supply-Chain Slowdown Has Begun. Here’s How to Take Advantage.

After the pandemic-driven surge in consumer demand that triggered a frenzy of shipping activity and skyrocketing prices, logistics and transportation companies are signaling a fast slowdown.  With con...

Buying a Car Now? How to Score a Deal With High Prices and Loan Rates Going Up.

Car buyers just can’t catch a break these days. Vehicle prices climbed sharply during the pandemic, and now the cost of financing a new set of wheels is going up. Even if prices ease, interest rates o...

Elon Musk Email Was Old News. He Still Likes His Advice For Managers.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk looked to have some welcome news for investors. But it was old news. All that investors can take away from a Saturday tweet is Musk doesn’t like a lot of meetings. An email from Mu...

Hormel Foods and HP Inc. Declare Dividend Increases

Text size Hormel stock has returned about 3% this year through Friday, dividends included. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Hormel Foods and HP declared dividend increases in a light week for such announcements...

Second-Largest U.S. Pension Buys Up Rivian, Snowflake, Airbnb, and Noble Stock

America’s second-largest public pension by assets recently increased its investments in some of the market’s more volatile stocks. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System doubled its stakes i...

Audit Standards Overseer Also Backs Startups

Listen to article (2 minutes) An accounting trade body has invested in audit-related tech startups, while setting auditing standards and overseeing millions of audits—prompting concerns within the ind...

Employers Rethink Need for College Degrees in Tight Labor Market

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Shinhan Financial’s U.S. Unit Ordered to Beef Up Money Laundering Oversight

A U.S. unit of South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group has agreed to bolster the oversight of its anti-money-laundering program as part of a settlement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Shinhan B...

Black Friday Has Lost Its Punch for Retailers and the Economy

This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Black Friday Said What? Talking Points BMO Capital MarketsNo...

Not All Retailers Are Overstocked for the Holidays. They’re Discounting Anyway.

Many big retailers are discounting heavily and earlier this holiday season to clear excess stock from their shelves and warehouses. But others, with no substantive overhang of inventory, are also offe...

BDCs Sport Lofty Yields, But the Risks Are Growing

Business development companies lend to midsize private companies at high interest rates. They have proven popular with retail investors in recent years by offering dividend yields of around 10%. Total...

Stock Market Looks Poised to Rally as Bond Yield Falls

Text size Michael Nagle/Bloomberg The worst may be over for the stock market. Key equity indexes continued their autumn rally, and there could be more gains before the end of the year, helped by conti...

Where to Get Yields of 10% and Up, if You Can Stomach a Little Risk

The $280 billion convertibles sector is replete with 10%-plus yields on many issues. There is a risk in these high-yielders, but they can offer nice appreciation potential and a good alternative to th...

Investors Have Lost Faith in Crypto Exchanges. JPMorgan Sees an Opportunity.

A string of crypto business failures has stranded millions of dollars in customer funds this year, underscoring the level of trust needed for groups that are custodians of digital assets. JPMorgan Cha...

U.S. Natural-Gas Pioneer Struggles in His Second Act

Charif Souki has played a starring role in transforming America into an energy powerhouse, but his second attempt at exporting natural gas is foundering. Mr. Souki’s new firm, Tellurian Inc., is strug...

TJX, Lowe’s, and Home Depot Stocks Have Soared. Further Gains Might Have to Wait.

Retail stocks—and earnings—are showing signs of life. But even though it is retail’s busiest season, this isn’t a great time to buy.  Shares in retail companies, as measured by the VanEck Retail excha...

Binance U.S. Arm to Bid for Bankrupt Voyager Digital’s Assets After FTX Collapse

The U.S. arm of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will make a bid for bankrupt lender Voyager Digital  following the collapse of FTX, which in September won an auction for the comp...

6 Preferred Stocks That Offer Safety and High Yields

There still is plenty of yield in the depressed preferred-stock market—even after the recent half-point yield decline in the Treasury 10-year note to 3.7%. Many preferred issues yield 6% or more and o...

Mega-Companies Messed Up America’s Job Market. They’re Doing it Again.

Part of what has made America’s job market so tight is that big, publicly traded companies hired like crazy after the pandemic struck. Now that many are slamming into reverse, it seems like there is a...

Apple’s iPhone Issues Could Hit Revenue. Why Analysts Say Not to Worry.

Apple is facing delivery problems for some iPhones as issues at a critical factory in China continue. But analysts are playing down the potential long-term impact on the company. Apple (ticker: AAPL) ...

The Disney CFO Who Raised Concerns About Bob Chapek Has Respect on the Street

Christine McCarthy, Walt Disney Co. ’s longtime finance chief, took an unusual step when she expressed a lack of confidence in the chief executive to directors of the entertainment giant.  Finance chi...

Activision Stock Falls on Report FTC Might Block Microsoft Deal

Activision Blizzard stock dropped Friday after a Politico report suggested that the Federal Trade Commission will file an antitrust lawsuit to prevent Microsoft ‘s takeover of the videogame maker. An ...

Oil Stocks Rally Despite Falling Prices. Why People Are Buying.

A unique phenomenon has been playing out in the oil market: Oil stocks have risen 5% in the past month even as the price of oil has fallen 9%. The divide could mean that oil stocks are set for a downw...

Get Big Tax Breaks for 2022 by Acting Now

It’s time to make year-end tax moves. With inflation way up and markets way down for 2022, there’s plenty to track. As in the past, most actions for tax-year 2022 must be made before Jan. 1, 2023. The...

How to Set Up a ‘Bond Ladder’ That Can Yield 4% to 5%

Bond ladders can be rickety at times. But they may provide protection against volatile interest rates and offer ways to capture higher yields as they hit the market. The concept is straightforward: As...

Can You Buy Bitcoin Without an Exchange Like FTX? We Tried.

Bitcoin is supposed to be a “trustless” token, but you’ll still need to place your trust in someone or something. Illustration by Barron’s Staff FTX’s bankruptcy got us wondering: Can you buy Bitcoin ...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Hours for Black Friday.

Instead of gearing up to trade Thursday, investors may be defrosting their Thanksgiving turkeys—and clipping coupons ahead of Black Friday. This year, Thanksgiving and Black Friday come after two days...