Blog

Economic growth slowed last year as high inflation and climbing interest rates weighed on consumer spending. Those headwinds cut into corporate profits and stoked recession fears that brought about

Every so often, Wall Street sends a reminder to the investing community that stocks can go down just as easily as they can climb. Last year, all three major U.S. indexes produced their worst

Even if you end up saving money for retirement, and a nice amount of it at that, you might end up depending pretty heavily on Social Security once your time in the workforce comes to an end. And so

For many, Social Security is a vital financial lifeline during their retirement. Over the 20 years that national pollster Gallup has surveyed retired Americans to gauge their reliance on America's

Stock-market investors remained unconvinced that the recent crisis in the regional banking industry has come to an end, and Friday's market action showed the extent of their nervousness. Many bank

A highly encouraging quarterly and annual earnings report was the wave that crested Zim Integrated Shipping Services' (NYSE: ZIM) share price higher this week. According to data from S&P Global

It's been a rocky few days following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. While markets seem to have recovered from the initial fallout, investors have been looking to fortify their portfolios

The market wasn't in the mood to test MacroGenics (NASDAQ: MGNX) as an investment on Friday. The clinical-stage biotech's share price fell by almost 5%, a movement influenced greatly by an analyst's

Most cryptocurrencies have been soaring in 2023. As of Friday morning, Bitcoin had gained 60.5% year to date and Ethereum was up by 45.3% over the same period. Solana is recovering nicely from its

The average utility -- using the Vanguard Utilities Index ETF (NYSEMKT: VPU) as a proxy -- has a yield of 3.2%. By comparison, NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) has a yield of just 2.5%. Why the

Down more than 81% from its all-time high and yet up by more than 88% since the beginning of 2023, Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) is in a peculiar position. Benefitting from the recent rally in the

Tech stocks fell out of favor in 2022, which led the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index to plummet 40% throughout the year. Steep rises in the cost of living led to declines in demand for consumer

Growth investors have no shortage of risk factors to mull over these days. In addition to inflation running hot and the rising interest rate environment, recent signs of weakness in the banking

Shares of Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ: MNTK) fell as much as 22.5% in trading on Friday after the renewable energy company reported 2022 financial results. Shares closed the day down 14.3%. 

In the

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) have all done an excellent job growing their

Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) thinks it can reach 1 billion users by 2030, and it's nearly halfway there after a stellar 2022.

The streaming music leader added over 80 million new listeners last year, up 20%

John Rotonti interviews Wei Li, Global Chief Investment Strategist, BlackRock, as she explains what could be next for the markets.

John Rotonti: Why do you think a recession isn't fully priced

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) ticked higher in Friday trading, rising as much as 2.6% in the morning before retreating to a 1.6% gain as of 1:22 p.m. ET.

You can thank Wall Street for that.

In

FinVolution Group (NYSE: FINV) saw its stock price decline 16.2% this week, from last Friday's close through 12:50 p.m. EDT today, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock was trading

Amid an impressive rally in the cryptocurrency market, one would expect to see shares of Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) move higher. However, today's impressive 9.2% move in Coinbase stock as of 1 p.m. ET

Shares of the digital document signing company DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) were jumping this week on several bits of news. Some investors hoped that trouble in the banking industry would cause the

Cadre (NYSE: CDRE) stock underperformed the market this week. The company, which sells safety equipment to first responders, saw its stock fall 11% through early Friday trading compared to a 1.6%

Today's price action in the cryptocurrency market has been notable, especially when investors compare these digital assets to stocks. The divergence between these two asset classes has been

Image source: The Motley Fool.

XPeng (NYSE: XPEV)Q4 2022 Earnings CallMar 17, 2023, 8:00 a.m. ET

Operator

Continue reading

Source Fool.com

Shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) slumped in afternoon trading Friday, falling 4.6% through 12:30 p.m. ET after the automotive giant announced a recall of more than 1.5 million vehicles.

In the