Tech Stocks to Buy as Interest Rates Rise

Text size Chip stocks look like good bets in th new world for tech stocks. Maika Elan/Bloomberg Tech stocks finally showed a little fight last week, aided by an impressive batch of earnings reports. B...

Fastenal and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Dividends This Week

Text size Fastenal increased its quarterly dividend by 11%. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Fastenal , Consolidated Edison , and J.B. Hunt Transport Services were among the U.S. companies that declared divide...

Ocean Freight Shipper Maersk Continues to Expand. The Stock Could Sail to New Highs.

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is expanding its ocean freight business to include road, rail, and air services. Peter Boer/Bloomberg Text size The world’s largest shipping container company, A.P. Møller-Maers...

Chips may be sold out for 2022 thanks to shortage, but investors are worried about the end of the party

The global semiconductor shortage, sparked by pandemic-influenced demand spikes, reportedly led to a near-sellout of 2022 chip supply before the year even started, but investors and analysts are conce...

It’s Time to Bargain Hunt. 27 Picks to Beat the Stock Market From Barron’s Roundtable Experts.

“There is no easier way to make money in the market than to buy a great company under pressure due to short-term concerns.” So said the newest member of the Barron’s Roundtable, David Giroux of T. Row...

American Airlines Beats Earnings Estimates. The Stock Is Rising.

Text size American Airlines stock pointed 1.2% higher in premarket trading Thursday. Getty Images American Airlines beat earnings expectations in the fourth quarter, reporting a smaller-than-expected ...

Virgin Galactic Stock Is Worth Just $10, Analyst Says

Text size Virgin Galactic stock closed on Tuesday down 85% from an all-time high of almost $63 set back in February 2020. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Investors in space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic Ho...

ASML Stock Jumps as Chip Supplier’s Earnings Beat Expectations

Text size ASML is a critical supplier of manufacturing equipment to the world’s biggest chipmakers. Courtesy Bart van Overbeeke/ASML ASML , a critical supplier of manufacturing equipment to the ...

Brace for a volatile 2022, but cling to this tech stalwart when the storm comes, says investment adviser

The pain is piling up for equity investors after the long U.S. holiday weekend, with bond yields at levels not seen since early 2020, and oil prices tapping 2014 highs. The pace of Federal Reserve mon...

China’s XI Doesn’t Want the Fed to Raise Rates Either

China’s President Xi Jinping urged the world’s major economies not to rapidly raise interest rates at the virtual Davos summit, warning such action could threaten the global recovery. The yield on the...

Fed needs to ‘shock and awe’ the market with one big rate hike, Bill Ackman says

Billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman said the Federal Reserve needs to deliver old-fashioned “shock and awe” to financial markets by delivering a much larger onetime increase to benchmark intere...

Satellite TV Can’t Be Saved With a DirecTV-Dish Merger

Text size In some parts of the country where cable access is limited, Dish and DirecTV remain the only way to get pay-TV subscriptions. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg For 20 years now, Dish Network and rival ...

Get ready for the climb. Here’s what history says about stock-market returns during Fed rate-hike cycles.

Bond yields are rising again so far in 2022. The U.S. stock market seems vulnerable to a bona fide correction. But what can you really tell from a mere two weeks into a new year? Not much and quite a ...

Home Depot stock is now a buy, as analyst cites strong housing market and aging infrastructure

Home Depot Inc. was upgraded by Truist analyst Scot Ciccarelli, who said he expects supply and demand imbalances in the housing market, pandemic-driven behavioral changes and aging housing infrastruct...

These 3 ETFs let you play the hot semiconductor sector, where Nvidia, Micron, AMD and others are growing sales rapidly

Semiconductor stocks may continue to be an excellent area of the market for investors, even though the prospect of a long period of rising interest rates has put pressure on some high-flying technolog...

Five overlooked tech stocks poised to be the ‘household names of the future,’ according to this money manager

A much-needed market distraction from the churn of inflation worries is getting under way, but it’s not looking like what investors were hoping for as some big bank names are sliding on disappointing ...

These S&P 500 stocks have cratered, but analysts think 12 can turn it around with rebounds of up to 70%

A period of high inflation and rising interest rates has taken out shares of companies with rich valuations. Then there’s the stubborn coronavirus, with variants raising infection rates and causing st...

Virgin Galactic Stock Is Tumbling. Raising Capital Is Raising Worries.

Text size Space-tourism company Virgin Galactic will raise $425 million to $500 million in debt that could be converted to stock, diluting existing shareholders. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Stock of spac...

Fed has to be ‘far more aggressive…than the Street thinks,’ says academic who called Dow 20,000: ‘This is too much money chasing too few goods’

Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, on Wednesday sounded sanguine about the equity market, even as he conceded that inflation is likely ...

Supply-Chain Constraints Are Easing. 5 Stocks That Should Benefit.

Text size STR/AFP via Getty Images Global supply-chain constraints are beginning to ease, which will benefit a host of stocks.  The surge in economic demand last year brought on by reopenings and econ...

Intel stock rallies after upgrade says chip maker ‘is starting to execute on a coherent strategy’

Intel Corp. shares rallied Wednesday after the chip maker received an analyst upgrade on the belief that the chip maker is starting to execute on its turnaround. Intel INTC, +3.12% shares gained as mu...

Ford Sales Impress. The Company Handled the Chip Shortage Admirably.

Text size Courtesy Ford Ford Motor’s December and fourth-quarter sales impressed. Especially given the supply-chain woes faced by the entire industry. Investors have rewarded the company for managing ...

Taiwan Semi Stock Kicked Off 2022 With Its Best Day in Years. Here’s Why.

Text size Taiwan Semiconductor ADRs saw their biggest percentage gain on Monday since mid-2020. SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images The first trading day of 2022 was a breakout one for Taiwan Semiconductor Manuf...

These are the stocks Wall Street analysts heavily favor for 2022 and also expect to rise the most

As the coronavirus pandemic has stretched out, investors have continued to pour money into stocks, in part because the alternatives have been dismal. Why bother with 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds that y...

Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Surges on First Trading Day of 2022

Text size Taiwan Semiconductor ADRs saw their biggest percentage gain on Monday since mid-2020. SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images The first trading day of 2022 was a breakout one for . American depositary shar...

Airlines Warn of Crippling Flight Disruptions if New 5G Rollout Isn’t Delayed

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images After AT&T and Verizon Communications refused requests from the U.S. government to delay the Jan. 5 launch of new 5G services, the Airlines for America trade...

Omicron Takes a Toll on Businesses, From Airports to Bars and Supermarkets

The rapid spread of Covid-19’s Omicron variant is weighing on U.S. businesses, keeping more workers home sick or quarantined and leading some companies to cut services and reduce hours. The rise of U....