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At the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, the CEO shared his thoughts on the state of the markets, Berkshire’s insurance business and recent investments.

Friday’s jobs report should dash any hopes of the Federal Reserve pivoting from interest-rate increases to interest-rate cuts next spring, a Strategas analyst said.

A notable trend has emerged since the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield reached its high for the year on June 14: the worst hit parts of the market have started soaring again. Strategas’ Todd Sohn points out in a note that exchange-traded funds tracking shares of crypto miners, biotechnology companies, c

There’s not much to dislike about this report. TriVest Wealth’s Martin Pelletier says the data shows the Federal Reserve is succeeding in its goal of reining in inflation: Over at SoFi, Liz Young, head of investment strategy, calls the print a “small battle won.” Schwab’s Randy Frederick cautions

Stocks may be now weeks into their comeback, but that’s not stopping investors from worrying about what could ruin the party. Top of the wall of worries? Inflation. Bank of America surveyed fund managers around the world and found their top macroeconomic concern was that the Fed would continue havi

A growing crowd of traders are betting against Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock. That has made it increasingly expensive to join in on short selling. Short sellers borrow a share of a company from a brokerage for a fee, sell the stock, and then buy the stock and return it to the brokerage to close out the

Now that Berkshire Hathaway has gotten the green light to acquire up to half of Occidental Petroleum’s shares, don’t be surprised if the company moves swiftly, one investor says. Within the span of a few months, Berkshire has become Occidental’s [biggest shareholder](https://www.wsj.com/articles/wa

Over on a Reddit subforum devoted to discussing trading Bed Bath & Beyond, some users are doubling down. “My account is going to hurt to look at in the am, not gonna lie,” one person posting with the username Beavsftw wrote. He tagged his post with “HODL”: inte

After a bit of back and forth, it’s clear the market’s take on Mr. Powell’s speech was that it was hawkish. That’s accelerated selling among technology and consum

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has sold 1.72 million more shares of Chinese electric carmaker BYD, an exchange filing showed. The disclosure comes days after [a separate filing showed](https://www.wsj.com/articles/warren-buffetts-berkshire-hathaway-trims-stake-in-chinese-auto-maker-byd-1166188

Markets are gaining ground following the August jobs report. Why? Wasn’t good news supposed to be bad news, given it’d reinforce the Federal Reserve’s case for raising interest rates? Here’s one way traders are

Wall Street’s analysts have cut their estimates for third-quarter earnings growth by 5.5 percentage points since June 30, according to John Butters, a senior earnings analyst at FactSet. That’s the biggest cut since the second quarter of 2020, a mark of pessimism about the economic outlook. Read mor

Tuesday’s hot CPI reading all but cements the likelihood of two things: the Federal Reserve raising interest rates [by at least 75 basis points](https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-news-today-09-13-2022/card/traders-cement-bets-on-aggressive-fed-after-hot-inflation-data-eiVvfpIdC5N6wiwTjCl

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has risen for 10 weeks in a row. That marks its longest such stretch since at least 1977, according to Dow Jones Market Data. No wonder stocks are having some tough days.

Sales of previously owned homes have fallen for seven straight months, the longest such stretch since 2007. But the effect of that weakness will be much smaller than in 2008, says Wells F

The nation’s biggest banks will kick off earnings season Friday. Will their results help lift their stocks out of their 2022 malaise? Solita Marcelli, chief investment officer for the America

The U.S. labor market remains incredibly strong. Investors can’t decide if that is a good or bad thing.

Yet investors widely agree the economy is slowing, leaving outlook murky

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