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The Other Doomsday Scenario Looming Over Markets
By James Mackintosh Sept. 3, 2022 10:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Think inflation is the biggest threat to your investments? Perhaps not: One fund manager that successfully navigated the pas...
Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Stock Won’t Outperform Soon, Says J.P. Morgan
Text size Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell were both downgraded at least two times this week. Alamy Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Industries “are probably not the best places to put new money to work,” J.P. ...
Nvidia and AMD Stock Tumble as U.S. Limits Exports to China
Text size Nvidia’s A100 chips are used in data centers for high-performance applications such as artificial intelligence. Courtesy NVIDIA Nvidia can’t catch a break. Late Wednesday, the chip mak...
The Stock Market Looked Ready to Recover Before Falling Apart. What Went Wrong.
Text size Jonathan Alpeyrie/Bloomberg August’s payrolls data was greeted with chants of “Goldilocks” for being not too hot and not too cold. Investors, however, forgot that “Goldilocks and the Three B...
CVS Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Signify Health for Around $8 Billion
CVS Health is in advanced talks to acquire the home-healthcare company Signify Health for around $8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. CVS appears to have beat out other heavy hitt...
After a Brutal Bond Selloff, Opportunities Have Emerged for Income Investors
For many years, dividend stocks were one of the few places where investors could find decent yields in a world of ultralow rates. A 10-year Treasury bond was dealing out an emaciated 1.3% a year ago, ...
Ford’s U.S. Sales Rose 27% in August on Strong EV Demand
Listen to article (2 minutes) Ford Motor U.S. sales rose 27% in August, rebounding from year-ago production shortages and benefiting from increased demand for electric vehicles. Ford has been posting ...
The Stock Market Is in a ‘Super Bubble,’ Renowned Investor Jeremy Grantham Says
Text size Jeremy Grantham, shown in 2010. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Famed investor Jeremy Grantham says the stock market is in the midst of a “super bubble.” That means prices are even more out of whack ...
MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor Sued for Alleged Tax Fraud in Washington, D.C.
By Vicky Ge Huang and Richard Rubin Aug. 31, 2022 6:17 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) The District of Columbia attorney general sued Michael Saylor, the founder and chairman of software intellige...
Toyota Is Upping Its EV Game to Catch GM, Ford, and Tesla
Text size An all-electric 2023 BZ4X from Toyota. The company sold only 14,000 all-electric vehicles in 2021. Courtesy of Toyota The automotive giant Toyota Motor is starting to pivot away from hybrid ...
Why Renowned Investor Jeremy Grantham Says Stocks Are in a ‘Super Bubble’
Text size Jeremy Grantham, shown in 2010. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Famed investor Jeremy Grantham says the stock market is in the midst of a “super bubble.” That means prices are even more out of whack ...
Celebrity Medicare Sales Pitches Are Toned Down After Scrutiny
If it’s football season, you can count on seeing Joe Namath on television, along with William Shatner and Jimmie “J J” Walker. They are the most prominent pitchmen for what has become an annual fall s...
Lucid, SoFi, and 3 Other SPAC Stocks Whose Downturns Might Be Ending
Text size Most SPAC-related stocks, including Virgin Galactic, haven’t been soaring in recent months. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Sometimes the best time to look for new investment ideas are when t...
Tesla Stock Takes Hit From Nvidia’s Warning About Business With China
Text size Production at Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory could face another supply problem in coming months. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images Nvidia ’s new chip problem can impact shares of some chip custome...
September Could Be Even Worse for Stocks. How to Survive the Downturn.
Text size Traders are hoping the Friday jobs report will be cooler than expected, which would ease the pressure on the Fed to push rates up so quickly. NYSE The stock market could have a tempestuous S...
C3.ai Stock Tumbles. It Sees Lower Revenue and Is Changing Business Models.
Text size Software provider C3.ai is shifting to a consumption-based business model like Amazon Web Services. Dreamstime Artificial intelligence software company C3.ai slashed its revenue outlook and ...
Nvidia Stock Drops as U.S. Limits Exports to China. ‘Military End Use’ Is Key.
Text size Nvidia’s A100 chips ae used in data centers for high-performance applications such as artificial intelligence. Courtesy NVIDIA Nvidia can’t catch a break. Late Wednesday, the chip make...
3M’s Next Problem For Investors Could Be The Dividend.
Text size 3M’s CEO says the dividend is a high priority for the company. Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg 3M investors have had to endure a lot lately, with a slowing economy, rising inflation, and toug...