Here Is the New Standard Deduction and Federal Income Tax Brackets For 2023

The IRS has announced inflation adjustments to the standard deduction and other tax provisions for the 2023 tax year. The standard deduction for married couples filing jointly for tax year 2023 will r...

A Big Tesla Stock Sale Is Coming. We Don’t Know How Big.

It’s looking increasingly likely that Tesla investors will have to deal with their CEO Elon Musk buying social media platform Twitter In the long run, the issue for Tesla (ticker: TSLA) investors is m...

Boeing’s 737 MAX Jet Faces Another Setback

One version of Boeing’s 737 MAX jet faces certification delays, according to a media report. Investors seem to be inured to negative MAX news as of late. The Federal Aviation Administration’s review p...

Foxconn Unveils EVs. The Apple iPhone Maker Is Pushing Into the Car Business.

Not all car companies want to build their own vehicles anymore. The reason is that they don’t have to. Tuesday, the contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry (Taiwan), an Apple (ticker: AAPL) i...

Goldman CEO Frustrated by Stock Price, Says Most Staff in Office Every Day

Goldman Sachs Group CEO David Solomon expressed some frustration with the valuation of the company’s stock, noting that it generally has traded a premium to book value since its IPO in 1999. “Would I ...

Netflix Kicks Off Tech Earnings Today. What to Expect.

Netflix opens the third-quarter tech earnings season after the close on Tuesday, with a focus on whether the streaming giant can snap a two-quarter streak of declining subscriber count. As usual, Netf...

Apple Stock Is Top Pick, but Hardware Sector Set for Pain, Says Morgan Stanley

The sharp drop in sales of personal computer and consumer electronics in recent quarters augurs poorly for stocks in the computer hardware sector, Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring cautioned in a r...

Goldman Sachs Reports Earnings Today. Everyone Is Watching For This.

Goldman Sachs Group is the last of the big banks to post third-quarter earnings but Wall Street is more concerned over the investment bank’s bigger plans. Over the last few weeks reports have noted th...

Tesla Could Be a ‘Zombie Stock’ as Interest Rates Rise

A longtime pessimist about Tesla says the shares could be headed for what he calls “zombie stock” territory. David Trainer, CEO of stock research firm New Constructs, who wrote in August 2013 that Tes...

Cano Health Stock Plumments on Report CVS Is Abandoning Purchase

Cano Health shares had their largest drop on record Monday following a report that CVS Health has walked away from a potential acquisition of the primary care provider. Dealreporter was the first to r...

New England Risks Winter Blackouts as Gas Supplies Tighten

Listen to article (2 minutes) New England power producers are preparing for potential strain on the grid this winter as a surge in natural-gas demand abroad threatens to reduce supplies they need to g...

BP Buys Renewable Natural-Gas Company in $4.1 Billion Deal

By Chris Wack Oct. 17, 2022 8:17 am ET Listen to article (1 minute) Archaea Energy said Monday it is being bought by BP PLC for $26 a share in cash, or a total enterprise value of $4.1 billion, includ...

Alibaba and Other China Stocks Jump as President Xi Reassures on Tech

Shares in U.S.-listed Chinese companies were moving higher Monday as investors smiled on comments from a high-profile speech by President Xi Jinping that was supportive of the country’s technology sec...

McDonald’s and A.O. Smith Declare Dividend Increases

Text size Chernetskaya/Dreamstime.com McDonald’s and A.O. Smith declared dividend increases this week in an otherwise quiet stretch on that front for large U.S. companies. McDonald’s (ticker: MCD) pla...

SPAC Sponsors Were Winners Even on Losers

Since AEye went public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company in August 2021, shareholders have had a rough go. The laser-technology company’s stock is down over 90% in the midst of mis...

The ’60/40′ Portfolio Is Having Its Worst Year in a Century. What’s Next.

The boilerplate “60/40” portfolio so far this year has had its worst stretch in a century. The pain will subside at some point.  Such portfolios are comprised 60% of stocks and 40% of fixed-income and...

Medicare Open Enrollment Starts Today. Here’s What to Know.

Medicare’s open enrollment period arrives predictably each fall, blanketing beneficiaries in advertisements. While there’s no need to look at everything, it pays to review your coverage and make sure ...

How Alternative Investments Saved the Day for Big University Endowments

University endowments, battered by stock-market losses, posted their worst fiscal year since the financial crisis. The largest funds, however, were helped by higher allocations to alternative investme...

Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Create a Big Player in Retail Advertising

The proposed merger of Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. would reshape the U.S. supermarket industry by combining its two largest operators. It also would create a big player in so-called retail media, o...

Shortages Have Turned to Gluts. These Stocks Could Benefit.

Shortages have turned into surpluses—and that’s bad news for goods producers and sellers everywhere. Still, there are some companies that could buck the trend. Companies like Nike (ticker: NKE) and Mi...

Tesla, Netflix Set to Report Earnings as Recession Talk Mounts

Procter & Gamble Netflix and Tesla highlight a busy coming week of earnings as persistent inflation and climbing interest rates stoke talk of a recession. Consumer healthcare giant Johnson & J...

Higher Heating Bills Poised to Hit U.S. Households This Winter

High fuel prices have been a big driver of inflation, pumping up the cost of summer travel and air conditioning, and federal energy forecasters say that staying warm this winter will be more expensive...

Kroger Pauses Buybacks to Prioritize Debt Reduction After Albertsons Deal Closes

Grocery giant Kroger Co. is pausing share buybacks ahead of its planned acquisition of rival Albertsons Cos. Inc., aiming to use the additional cash to reduce its debt as it closes one of the biggest ...

Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Netflix, AT&T, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

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The Fed Has Another Problem. States Are Doling Out Stimulus Funds

A spending spree is coming, and it may do more harm than good. An analysis by Deutsche Bank economists shows that 20 U.S. states have recently enacted, or are in the process of enacting, stimulus prog...

Senior KFC Executives Opt for Retirement as Interest Rates Hit Pension Payouts

Rising interest rates are adding to companies’ borrowing costs and triggering higher credit-card bills for consumers. At KFC, they are driving a turnover in senior management. The Louisville, Ky.-base...

Mystery Stock Surge Is Probably Just Another Bear Market Rally

Listen to article (2 minutes) With volatility comes opportunity. And what volatility! Thursday saw the biggest intraday gain in the S&P 500 since the wild swings as stocks were approaching their l...

American Executives in Limbo at Chinese Chip Companies After U.S. Ban

SINGAPORE—American workers hold key positions throughout China’s domestic chip industry, helping manufacturers develop new chips to catch up with foreign rivals. Now, those workers are in limbo under ...

Plug Power Stock Drops On Revenue Shortfall

Plug Power stock fell on Friday after the fuel-cell company said its annual revenue would be lower than expected because of supply-chain problems. Revenue for 2022 will be 5% to 10% lower than the $90...

Social Security Payments Are Going Up. 3 Ways to Spend the Extra Cash.

Social Security recipients will get a 8.7% raise next year, thanks to the biggest annual adjustment to benefits in more than 40 years. Higher-income beneficiaries should consider a strategic approach ...

Tether Says It Has Ditched Commercial Paper. It’s a Good Sign for Stablecoins.

Tether said that it no longer holds commercial paper in its reserves, favoring U.S. Treasuries instead in a move that addresses worries about the quality of assets backing the world’s most popular sta...

Airline Stocks Have Struggled. Here Are a Few Highfliers.

Some airline stocks trade at five times projected earnings. Why so expensive, you might be wondering. The group’s reputation on capital preservation at the moment ranks somewhere between damaged and U...