Don’t Expect the Stock Market to Rally, Even if GOP Wins Control of Congress

The outcome of the midterm elections on Nov. 8 could disappoint investors, regardless of which party they support. According to Wall Street lore, stocks usually perform strongly following the midterms...

Rethinking China: Xi’s Power Play Could Bring Down Stocks Even More

Chinese stocks have lost roughly half their market value, or almost $1.5 trillion, over the past two years. But the damage may not be over as investors reassess their China allocations after President...

Chinese Stocks Look Cheap. But Bargain Hunters Risk Losing Big.

Thirty years ago this past week, Eaton Vance launched a U.S. mutual fund for investing in China. I remember the wholesaler’s sandwiches. A mutual fund wholesaler, if you’re unfamiliar with the term, i...

An American Helped Build a Business Inside China. Clients Want Him to Leave.

It took Jacob Rothman two decades to build a Chinese manufacturing business with his friends and family. Now the 49-year-old American executive says customers want him to make some of his grilling too...

Retired? Here Are 3 Things You Need to Get Right.

So much financial planning is focused on getting people to retirement. Planning and investing during those golden years is even more critical because missteps can be disastrous.  Spending down money i...

As China-U.S. Relations Cool, Reshoring Heats Up. Honeywell and Other Stocks That Should Benefit.

The gulf between the U.S. and China is widening, which could be good news for stocks benefiting from the reshoring of industries that migrated over the past 40 years. If President Xi Jinping’s consoli...

Natural Gas Took a Dive. A Warmer Winter Could Keep Prices Down.

Natural-gas prices were poised for their largest yearly percentage rise in 23 years before erasing much of that gain in the span of six sessions this month. The U.S. market shifted from worries about ...

Volkswagen and Porsche’s Earnings Don’t Make a Lot of Sense. The Numbers, Explained.

Text size Investors should ask themselves why Volkswagen is worth nothing when its stake in Porsche is backed out. AFP via Getty Images European auto makers Volkswagen and Porsche both reported third ...

Dogecoin Is Surging on Hopes of a New Life on Twitter

Twitter shareholders can breathe easy now that Elon Musk has taken the company private. Dogecoin owners may be even more thrilled since the cryptocurrency could get a new lease on life through the soc...

Lockheed’s Stock Has Soared. One Director Scooped Up More Shares.

Lockheed Martin stock has trounced the market this year, and director John Donovan just bought some more shares of the aerospace and defense giant. Lockheed (ticker: LMT) stock sports a 36% year-to-da...

Apple’s Stock Buyback Pace Hits Record $25.2 Billion

Text size Apple has been astonishingly aggressive in buying back its own stock. Getty Images Almost five year ago, Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri said on an earnings conference call that t...

Meta’s Problems Could Be Fixed but First Mark Zuckerberg Needs a Reality Check

One thing that became clear in this past week’s terrible tech earnings is that Mark Zuckerberg already lives in the metaverse. At the very least, it seems that the Meta Platforms CEO has established r...

Rising Markets Seem to See the Fed Easing. It’s Too Early for That.

What everybody knows isn’t worth knowing, according to market wisdom. The Federal Reserve will raise its key federal-funds target rate by 75 basis points this coming week, as we all know, from the cur...

Ford Expects a Profit Rebound. What Wall Street Is Saying.

Ford Motor expects a big fourth quarter, bouncing back from supply-chain-induced challenges experienced in the third quarter. Wall Street isn’t so sure things will turn as well as the company expects....

Municipal Bonds Are Offering the Yields You’re Looking For. Here’s Where to Look.

A historic rout in the bond market this year has resulted in the highest yields on municipal bonds in 15 years—and what looks like an excellent buying opportunity. At midweek, the muni market, as meas...

Buffett’s Berkshire Chases Musk’s Tesla on Market Value

Watch out, Elon, Warren is catching up. With the drop in shares of Tesla this year, the market value of Berkshire Hathaway is hot on the heels of the electric-vehicle leader. Berkshire, led by longtim...

Small-Cap Stocks Have Rarely Been So Depressed. 7 to Buy Now.

Longtime investor Nicholas F. Galluccio has seen his fair share of market turmoil, but one thing has remained constant over nearly four decades: a focus on finding small stocks with big prospects. Gal...

XPeng Stock Plunges After Rare Double-Downgrade

Shares for Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng have just been hammered in 2022—and they dropped even more Friday after a once-bullish analyst said to sell the stock. Citi analyst Jeff Chung doubled-d...

AbbVie Stock Slips as Sales Miss Expectations And Bigger Challenges Await.

Stock in AbbVie slipped after the drug company reported a higher profit than expected, while sales fell short. The revenue shortfall may have reminded investors of a challenge AbbVie (ticker: ABBV) fa...

Alibaba, JD, Baidu, and NIO Sink as China Tech Stocks Follow U.S. Selloff

Chinese technology stocks fell on Friday driving the Hang Seng Index to new lows. They seemed to be following U.S. investors who have fled from the sector after a string of disappointing earnings repo...

Apple Is the Winner of a Gruesome Earnings Season. Maybe Buffett Was Right.

The tech earnings season has been full of ups and downs. Sure, it’s seen more downs than ups, but the ups have been notable. Amazon was the latest stock to tank after reporting third-quarter results. ...

Medtronic Is Doing a Spinoff. What It Means for Our Stock Pick.

Medical device maker Medtronic is spinning off two business units to try to drive higher growth. The market isn’t impressed.  In theory, it should be. Spinoffs are supposed to streamline operations of...

Intel Stock Gains as Guidance Disappoints. Layoffs Are Coming.

Intel plans significant cost cuts , including a “meaningful number” of layoffs, its CFO said as the chip maker detailed its financial results and forecast revenue that was much lower than Wall Street ...

Apple Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.

Apple shares have been remarkably resilient in the face of this year’s tech stock selloff, falling less than 15% since the end of December, and sharply outperforming rivals Microsoft Alphabet and Amaz...

Markets Could Go on a Tear After the Midterms, History Suggests

The autumn of 1991 was a stressful time for investors. The country had just been in a war in Iraq, interest rates were rising, and the U.S. economy was barreling toward recession. In other words, it w...

Never Mind Microsoft and Alphabet. This Is the More Ominous Sign for Tech.

In a big week for tech earnings, the most notable results may have come from a memory maker based in South Korea and another lesser known American chip company. While most of the attention is focused ...

Americans Say They Need $1.2 Million to Retire. Most Aren’t Saving Enough.

When it comes to retirement, Americans are simultaneously determining they need more stashed away to have a comfortable retirement and falling behind their savings goals. That’s according to two new s...

Exxon and Oil Giants to Post Stunning Earnings

A warning from President Biden could dampen the party atmosphere for Big Oil’s expected third-quarter earnings bonanza. Biden, who is worried about high gasoline prices, said last week that oil compan...

Ford Earnings Are Coming. What To Expect.

Third-quarter results from Ford Motor are due after the close of trading Wednesday. They should tell investors something about the state of the U.S. auto industry. Wall Street is looking for third-qua...

Mobileye Prices IPO At $21, Just Above the Expected Range

Mobileye Global priced its initial public offering at $21 a share late Tuesday, raising about $800 million. The offering values the maker of self-driving car systems at about $17 billion. The $21 deal...

This Isn’t the Bottom and Recession Isn’t Priced In, Goldman Says

Markets haven’t priced in a recession, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs Equities and credit markets are pricing in a lower risk of recession than rates and currency traders, though no asset clas...

Boeing’s Earnings Are Coming. This Is What to Watch.

Boeing has reported positive free cash flow in only one quarter in more than three years. Whether the company generated more than it burned through in the three months through September, and how much ...