Hate Tesla? Investors Can Short the EV Maker With a New Single-Stock ETF.

Text size There is a single-stock ETF that allows anyone to short Tesla stock now. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Tesla investors have a new way to play the electric vehicle maker in the U.S.—singl...

Bear Market Have You Down? Here Are 3 Tips for Managing Anxiety During Tumult.

While investors and retirement savers grapple with a host of stressors from a bear market to surging inflation, financial advisors and psychologists say there are steps to take to ease anxiety. Illust...

Toys Are Staples, Making Mattel a Buy in a Recession, Says Analyst

Shares of Mattel rose this past Monday, but fell for the week, after an upgrade from Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng, who argued that the toy maker had the ability to navigate economic uncertainties....

Chip Investment Decisions Await Congressional Action on $52 Billion Funding Bill

Political wrangling in Congress over government funding for the semiconductor industry is leaving tens of billions of dollars of potential factory projects hanging in limbo and could dent the ambition...

Russia and Iran Are Allies Against West, Rivals in Commodity Sales

TEHRAN—Iran and Russia are engaged in a fierce competition for sales of oil, refined crude products and metals in India, China and across Asia, as Moscow sells at prices that are undercutting one of i...

How Barron’s Roundtable Panelists’ 2021 Midyear Picks Have Performed

Illustrations by Ryan Melgar Text size Barron’s checks in with the Roundtable panelists around midyear to get an update on their macroeconomic and market views and their latest investment recommendati...

Fastly Cloud Computing Traffic Bumped Higher. That Should Boost the Stock.

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Stock Investors, After Brutal Stretch, Have Rarely Been This Pessimistic

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Why Retirees Should Worry More About Longevity and Less About the Markets

A research paper by Wenliang Hou finds that retirees have an exaggerated sense of market volatility. Dreamstime Text size Market volatility may keep retirees up at night, but the biggest risk to retir...

JP Morgan, Other Banks Are Strong Financially. Why Earnings Don’t Reflect It.

Text size Wells Fargo added $8.4 billion to reserves in the second quarter of 2020, released $1.6 billion a year later, and added $580 million in the most recent quarter. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Ima...

A Strong U.S. Dollar Raises Risks for Everyone

Text size The strong dollar is especially bad news for tech companies that realize much of their profits abroad. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Nothing can stop the dollar—and until something does, expect m...

UnitedHealth to Drop Copays on Some Widely Used Drugs

UnitedHealth Group Inc. said it would eliminate copayments and other out-of-pocket charges for patients on some widely used drugs in certain plans next year, including insulin and the anti-overdose tr...

Fed Officials Preparing to Lift Interest Rates by Another 0.75 Percentage Point

Federal Reserve officials have signaled they are likely to raise interest rates by 0.75 percentage point later this month, for the second straight meeting, as part of an aggressive effort to combat hi...

EU Shipowners Race to Move Russian Oil Before Sanctions Kick In

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Fed’s Bullard Raises Target for Year-End Funds Rate

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Friday that unexpectedly high inflation calls for a more aggressive path of short-term interest rate rises this year. Inflation “has come...

Vertical Aerospace Stock Soars. American Airlines Provides Cash for eVTOL Maker.

Text size There are many new players vying for eVTOL market share, including Vertical Aerospace. Courtesy Vertical Aerospace Vertical Aerospace , the eVTOL maker, secured some expected funding from Am...

GM CEO Mary Barra Warns Chip Shortage Will Go Into 2023. She Wants Congress to Help.

Text size Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, says the U.S. must do more to encourage chip manufacturing domestically. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images General Motors didn’t finish 95,000 cars in...

Chip Stock Earnings Estimates Still Look Way Too High, Goldman Analyst Warns

Text size Goldman Sachs’ cuts to earnings forecasts for chip manufacturers were both broad and deep. Dreamstime Chip stocks are gaining ground on Friday following better-than-expected financial ...

Morgan Stanley, Clorox, and Cummins Lifted Dividend Payouts

Text size Clorox Disinfecting Wipes canisters on a conveyor belt. Matt Odom/Bloomberg Morgan Stanley , Clorox , and Cummins were among the U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week as ...

6 Apartment Stocks That Get a Rise Out of High Home Prices

Illustration by Naomi Elliott Text size Skyrocketing home prices and mortgage rates make this a tough time to buy a house. But it’s an opportunity for bargain hunters to invest in apartment real estat...

Jeremy Siegel on Why Today’s Inflation Is Different From the 1970s

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size This isn’t a rerun of the 1970s, argues Jeremy Siegel, the author of the seminal Stocks for the Long Run and a professor emeritus of finance at the University of ...

Lumber Prices Tumble After Huge Gains in 2021

Shopping for lumber at a Home Depot in Alhambra, Calif., earlier this year Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Text size The lumber market has taken some big hits from rising inflation and a slowdown i...

Amazon’s Earnings Outlook Could Be Better Than Feared, Analyst Says

Text size Amazon workers pull a cart of packages for delivery in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Amazon . com will report second-quarter earnings two weeks from now, and the Street is ...

Fed Finally Is Focusing on the Big Picture in Inflation Fight

Text size A modest decline in gasoline prices has raised some hope that inflation is abating. Gene J. Puskar/AP/Shutterstock “Don’t fight the Fed” has long been the mantra of investors. As the U.S. ce...

What to Buy Right Now: 42 Picks From Barron’s Roundtable Pros

To everything there is a season: A time to hide in a bunker with a crash helmet on as stock and bond prices plummet, and a time to wade cautiously into the market in search of newly created bargains. ...

Stock Market Had Finished Up on Friday. It’s Still a Bear Market.

Text size The S&P 500 has had many chances to rally, and has missed all of them Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Hope springs eternal, even during a bear market. Just don’t make the mistake of gettin...

Tech Stocks Worth Buying as Earnings Kick Off

There are lots of good reasons not to buy tech stocks right now. And, amid a difficult economic environment, the coming earnings season is likely to signal more trouble. But as experienced investors k...

Tesla, Ford, and GM’s Plan to Unlock EV Battery Capacity

Text size Panasonic will put up an EV battery plant in Kansas. It’s the latest of a long list of planned battery plants coming to North America. David Becker/Getty Images Lithium batteries are t...

Elon Musk Opposes Twitter’s Request for Expedited Trial Over Stalled Deal

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Rivian CEO Hosted an All-Hands Meeting. What Was Discussed.

Text size Electric-truck start-up Rivian recently announced layoffs. Courtesy Rivian Fast-growing electric-truck start-up Rivian Automotive is laying off workers. The news surprised the market earlier...

Gasoline Demand Is the Lowest in a Year. Blame Remote Work, Not Pump Prices.

Text size U.S. crude oil inventory levels still remain 5% below the five-year average for this time of year. Brandon Bell/Getty Images It isn’t just high oil prices, but Americans working from home th...

Ford Closes EV Battery Deal With Partner. Billions in Spending Is Coming.

Text size Ford is aiming to sell two million EVs globally a year by 2026. Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images Ford Motor and Korea’s SK Innovation sealed the deal on the creation of a joint venture t...