The Wall Street Journal.1 hour agoStocks Tick Up With Earnings in FocusThe Wall Street Journal. - Anna HirtensteinU.S. stocks edged up, starting the week on a positive note as investors reviewed a series of earnings reports for insight into the impact of higher inflation on companies and consumers. The S&P 500 added 0.4%, pointing to the broad-market index recovering some ground after muted losses at the end of …
The Wall Street Journal.2 hours agoSoftBank Needs a Vision CheckThe Wall Street Journal. - Jacky WongSoftBank’s chief executive officer, Masayoshi Son, says he is embarrassed and remorseful after the company reported record losses. A little humility would help leaven SoftBank’s aggressive investment style and probably lift returns over the long run. But the odds are not necessarily in investors’ …
The Wall Street Journal.3 hours agoWood-Pellet Exports Boom Amid Ukraine War, Environmental ConcernsThe Wall Street Journal. - Ryan DezemberThe wood-pellet market is on fire. War has cut off the supply of compressed-wood pellets from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to the power plants in Western Europe that burn them instead of coal. That has put a premium on pellets from North America, especially the U.S. South. U.S. export volume, which …
The Wall Street Journal.3 hours agoWalking Dead Network Still Has LifeThe Wall Street Journal. - Spencer JakabThis column is part of the sixth annual Heard on the Street stock-picking contest. “STOP BUYING THE WRONG FREAKING STOCK!!” Like investors who clicked on “the wrong Cisco” near the height of the tech bubble, stock-trading “apes” mistakenly piling into shares of AMC Networks during last year’s …
The Wall Street Journal.3 hours agoLawmakers Look to Digital Dollar to Compete With ChinaThe Wall Street Journal. - Andrew AckermanWASHINGTON—Lawmakers are pushing the Federal Reserve to move swiftly toward issuing a digital dollar, to combat steps from China and others they say could one day threaten the U.S. status as the global reserve currency. The bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Reps. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) …
The Wall Street Journal.5 hours agoWall Street Shuffles Bets on Consumer Loans as Economy SlowsThe Wall Street Journal. - Matt GrossmanThe looming prospect of a recession has Wall Street shifting its bets on which debts Americans will make good on and which could lapse. Some investors are spurning low-rated bonds backed by pools of consumer loans, preferring safer slices of debt that offer more protection when missed payments …
