Dividend stocks are facing stiffer competition, thanks to a big spike in bond yields. A risk-free 10-Year Treasury note was recently yielding 3.7%, up from 1.63% at the start of 2021. That’s well abov...
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Ford Stock Is Still a Buy, Despite Supply Issues. Here’s Why.
Ford’s truck business is one heck of a business. Courtesy Ford Text size Ford Motor stock tumbled this past week after the company warned of continued parts shortages, but Wall Street doesn’t seem wor...
Goldman Sachs Just Lowered Its S&P 500 Price Target. How Low It Could Go.
Text size Traders working at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), today, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NYSE Goldman Sachs finally decided to stop fighting the Fed and lowered its year-end forecast for the S...
BP Stock Regains Some Ground After Fire at Refinery Leaves Two Dead
Text size BP is the operator at the Toledo, Ohio refinery where two workers died in an accident on Wednesday. Greame Robertson/Getty Images Shares of oil giant BP (ticker: BP) retraced some of their l...
Why Standard Deviation Is the Wrong Way to Measure Risk in a Bear Market
Illustration by Alex Nabaum Text size About the author: Rick Lear is the founder and chief investment officer at Lear Investment Management. The idea of adding to or maintaining fixed-income exposure ...
New York Suit Against Trump Mixes Routine Business Law, Uncommon Allegations
The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against former President Donald Trump uses a common state business law to make allegations about property valuations, which lawyers say are rarely the focus of ...
These Are the 7 Worst Housing Markets, According to Lennar
Higher mortgage rates have cut into home sales at a national level—but, as the saying goes, all real estate is local. Lennar , the nation’s second-largest builder by market capitalization, on Thursda...
Costco Sales Rise as Inflation Continues to Weigh on Consumers
Updated Sept. 22, 2022 6:09 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Costco Wholesale Corp. posted higher sales in the most recent quarter, the latest indication that the warehouse retailer remains a haven...
Humana, CVS Circle Cano Health as Potential Buyers
Humana and CVS Health are circling Cano Health according to people familiar with the situation, as healthcare heavyweights scramble to snap up primary-care providers. The talks are serious and a deal ...
Costco Earnings Underwhelmed and the Stock Is Falling. It’s Time to Buy the Dip.
Text size Costco earnings rarely disappoint. Mario Tama/Getty Images Costco Wholesale isn’t the kind of company that delivers much in the way of bad news and Thursday’s earnings report wasn’t anything...
The Stock Market Is Getting Crushed Again. But the Pain Is Almost Over.
Text size The Fed is trying to stamp out inflation by reducing economic demand, which is hurting the stock market. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The stock market has once again gone into selloff mo...
Bitcoin Could Hit $500,000 in Next Decade, Says MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor
Text size Bitcoin prices have plunged this year. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Bitcoin could reclaim its November 2021 all-time high by 2026 and surge even higher if its valuation fundamentals change, ...
FedEx Earnings Are Coming. It Shouldn’t Get Any Worse.
Text size FedEx investors will want to hear from management after a disappointing update given a week ago. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Shipping giant FedEx reports its fiscal first-quarter financial resul...
Chip Stocks Marvell and Broadcom Can Outperform, Says J.P. Morgan
Text size Dreamstime J.P. Morgan believes two chip stocks can do well even as growth prospects for the cloud market softens. On Wednesday, semiconductor analyst Harlan Sur told investors the weaker ec...
Freyr Battery Gains as Analyst Calls It a Top Pick. The Stock Could Quadruple.
Text size Freyr can be a serious battery player in years to come, says Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas. FREYR Stock in Norwegian battery start-up Freyr Battery is getting a boost from a new bullish ...
Dollar Hits 20-Year High After Russia Mobilizes More Troops
Text size Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of nuclear blackmail against Russia. Alexei Druzhinin/SPUTNIK/AFP/Getty Images The U.S. dollar rose to 20-year highs early Wednesday after R...
Buy Luminar Stock, Analyst Says. It’s a Winner in Radar for Autonomous Cars.
Text size Luminar’s stock is forecast to reach $30 by December 2023. Here, a photo of a Luminar Lidar-based sensor on a test vehicle. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The autonomous vehicl...
Amazon and Other Growth Stocks Have Been Hammered. Get Ready to Buy.
Text size Amazon shares are down 27% for the year. Mark Makela/Getty Images Growth stocks have been crushed this year, but several indicators point to a recovery soon—and investors should get ready to...
Tellurian Stock Sinks on Withdrawal of Bond Sale for LNG Project
Text size Tellurian said it withdrew the bond deal “due to uncertain conditions in the high-yield market.” Spencer Platt/Getty Images Tellurian shares were tumbling Tuesday after the natur...
Ford’s Big Earnings Warning Is Really Good News. Just Ask Wall Street.
Text size There is a silver lining in Ford’s ugly update for the third quarter of 2022. Leon Neal/Getty Images Ford Motor said a lack of parts and inflation would leave it with a third- quarter ...
Berkshire Made Big Bets on Citi, HP, and Paramount Stock. They Look Like Losers.
Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said his company often buys equities before a market hits bottom. AFP via Getty Images When asked about Berkshire Hathaway ’s investment success at...
Stocks Are Sinking and Rates Are Rising. It’s Painful, But We’re Heading for Normal.
Stocks and bonds are tumbling. Housing has weakened. And I haven’t heard a word about nonfungible cartoon monkey tokens in maybe three months. Strategists are now turning to truly bizarre assets—two I...