A roughly 7% slide in the euro against the dollar this year is breathing new life into a two-decade old question on Wall Street: Will this be the year the currencies finally reach parity? The euro fe...
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Dollar General and Dollar Tree Earnings Are the Next Big Test for Retailers
Text size Dollar General and Dollar Tree report earnings next Thursday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dollar General and Dollar Tree report earnings next week, but the stocks got crushed well in advanc...
Shopify and 5 More Stocks That Aren’t as Cheap as They Look
Text size As stocks tumble, investors should know how GAAP earnings can reveal flaws in seemingly attractive companies, such as Lyft. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Stocks are tumbling and bargains aboun...
Alibaba Leads Chinese Tech Stocks Into Another Slump. Why More Pain Could Come.
Text size Alibaba stock is down almost 30% this year. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Chinese tech stocks can’t catch a break. Overseas markets have followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the ug...
The S&P 500 Is Almost in a Bear Market. This Is the Level to Watch.
Text size The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York’s Times Square. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Another day, another sea of red on investors’ screens. The S&P 500 has shed more than $7 trillion in marke...
Consumers Aren’t OK. Why April Retail Sales Are Misleading.
Walmart sales climbed in the first quarter from a year ago, but flat transaction numbers suggest inflation drove the gain. Here, a Walmart in San Leandro, Calif., last year. David Paul Morris/Bloomber...
Why Consumers Will Buy Ford’s F-150 Lightning, According to Analysts
Text size The stakes are high for Ford’s new F-150 Lightning. Courtesy Ford The Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck is one of the most significant vehicle launches in U.S. history. Americ...
How Long Do Bear Markets Last? S&P 500 Is Near One— and It May Fall More.
The worst selloffs began in 1973, 2000 and 2007. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size With the latest 4% drop on Wednesday, the S&P 500 index is now 18% below its all-time high and dangerously clo...
Amazon Stock Plunges in Wake of Target, Walmart Debacles. This Is Why.
Text size Things may be worsening at a rapid pace for Amazon. Cindy Ord/Getty Images Amazon . com shareholders just got another reality check from Walmart and Target . The surprising inability of two ...
Nvidia Earnings Aren’t Due for a Week. Why This Analyst Is Already Worried.
Text size Nvidia has consistently beat estimates and raised its financial forecasts over the past two years. Courtesy Nvidia Nvidia might not substantially raise its financial forecasts or turn in hig...
Is the Housing Market Slowing Down? Takeaways From Real Estate Earnings.
Several housing metrics due this week are expected to show signs of a slowdown. That sentiment has also been echoed in recent comments from real estate technology companies on earnings calls. Affordab...
Why Warren Buffett Bought Paramount, Not Netflix, Stock
Text size Paramount+ has about 62 million subscribers. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images Older viewers love CBS, but I’m guessing that Warren Buffett didn’t just drop $2.6 billion on shares of networ...
Cisco Systems’ Earnings Are Today. Here’s What to Expect.
Text size Barclays analyst Tim Long says order growth at Cisco is likely to slow down. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images Wall Street is optimistic about Cisco Systems’ quarterly results, due after the c...
Beware of the Gains in Stocks. It Looks Like a ‘Bear Market Rally.’
Text size Morgan Stanley expects more losses to follow the recent gain in the S&P 500. Dreamstime The stock market has enjoyed a mini-rally in the past few days, but the latest gains look like an ...
Qualcomm and 3 Other Chip Stocks to Buy on the Sector’s Surprising Drop
Text size Attendees wait in line at Qualcomm’s booth during the CES 2019 trade show in Las Vegas. Robyn Beck /AFP via Getty Images Even a Wall Street analyst who has been doubtful on chip stocks...
J.P. Morgan Says Buy Tencent and Alibaba. Why They’re Now Positive on Chinese Tech Stocks.
Text size Regulatory change had come sooner than the analysts had anticipated. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group saw their stock jump Tuesday after catching an upgrade...
Berkshire Hathaway Didn’t Have to Disclose Earlier its 10% Stake in Paramount. Here’s Why.
Text size Berkshire Hathaway now owns 10.6% of Paramount Global. Dreamstime Berkshire Hathaway ’s purchase of more than 10% of Paramount Global , disclosed late Monday, normally would have triggered a...
Seagate and Western Digital Should Top Estimates On Cloud Demand, Analyst Says
Text size Nearline drives account for between 70% and 80% of overall revenue for the disk-drive industry. Dreamstime Thanks to strong demand from cloud computing providers, the June quarter should be ...
Novavax Gets a Sell Rating. It’s Got a Covid Vaccine Problem, Analyst Says.
Text size A healthcare worker prepares a dose of Nuvaxovid vaccine. Jeroen Jumelet/ANP/AFP via Getty Images Novavax stock was dropping Friday after receiving a Sell-equivalent rating — the first since...