Text size Telecom stocks have outperformed the market year to dae. Above, a wireless tower. Dreamstime Telecom stocks have been on a tear in 2022. The next round of earnings reports for the sector sho...
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IBM Sales Growth Tops Estimates, Powered by Software and Consulting
Text size IBM has a dividend yield of 5.2%, the highest of any stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Ethan Miller/Getty Images IBM posted better-than-expected first-quarter financial results, as ...
Cut Your Retirement Spending Now, Says Creator of the 4% Rule
For decades, retirees have relied on the 4% rule to determine how much was safe to spend in retirement. Now, the rule’s inventor says current market conditions may require an even more conservative ap...
Berkshire Hathaway Is Likely to Buy Alleghany. No Rival Bids Emerged.
Text size Alleghany’s noninsurance operations include a toy business and a steel fabricator. Dreamstime It looks like Berkshire Hathaway will succeed in buying the insurer Alleghany for $11.6 bi...
Oil Service Stocks Are Gaining Steam. These Are the Ones to Watch.
Text size Prices and margins are improving for companies like Haliburton. Dreamstime Oil services and equipment companies slimmed down after the last oil bust, and that’s left them looking lean as oil...
Southwest Gas Stock Soars. It’s Exploring a Sale and Other Alternatives.
Text size Flared natural gas being burned off. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Southwest Gas said Monday its board authorizedthe review of a full range of strategic alternatives, includinga sale of the com...
IBM Reports Earnings Tuesday. What to Expect.
Text size Wall Street projects IBM will post revenue of $13.8 billion for its first quarter. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images When IBM reports first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, Wall Street will be ...
Rivian CEO Warns of Looming Electric-Vehicle Battery Shortage
NORMAL, Ill.—Rivian Automotive Inc. Chief Executive RJ Scaringe is warning that the auto industry could soon face a looming shortage of battery supplies for electric vehicles—a challenge that he says ...
IBM Reports Earnings Tuesday. Wall Street Is Watching for Software Growth.
Text size Wall Street projects IBM will post revenue of $13.8 billion for its first quarter. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images When IBM reports first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, Wall Street will be ...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are Hours for Easter Monday 2022.
Text size Dreamstime U.S. investors eager to trade after the holiday weekend will have plenty of news to digest, thanks to corporate earnings. More than 100 companies are slated to report this week—an...
Decade-High Mortgage Rates Pose Threat to Spring Housing Market
U.S. housing sales are heating up again this spring, but the highest mortgage rates in more than a decade threaten to cool the sales pace that has gripped the market for nearly two years. Home sales r...
U.S. Stocks Poised for a Lower Open on Monday
U.S. stock markets are poised for a subdued open on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size U.S. stocks are set for a lower open on Monday. On Sunday night, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell...
Peloton Is Raising Its Subscription Price. What It Means for the Stock.
Text size Peloton XXX Ezra Shaw/Getty Images For years, Peloton Interactive executives characterized the company’s $39 a month subscription price point as “sacred,” “sacrosanct,” and “our golden goose...
Tesla, AT&T, Netflix, Bank of America, IBM, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size First-quarter earnings season picks up next week, with 67 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report. Bank of America will be Monday’s highlight, followed by Netflix , Johnson & Johnson ...
Bond Rout Promises More Pain for Investors
The worst bond rout in decades shows few signs of abating, threatening further pain for both investors and borrowers. Battered by high inflation readings and sharp messages from Federal Reserve offici...
Quest for Pricing Power Drives Stock Gains
Investors are on the hunt for companies with the magic words during any spell of inflation: pricing power. With consumer prices rising at their fastest pace in 40 years and stocks wobbly over the Fede...
Alphabet Gets New Street-Low Price Target. This Analyst Still Likes the Stock.
Text size The Google corporate logo and Google Cloud logo stand outside Google offices in Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Alphabet shares were ticking higher Wednesday, even after Google’s parent co...