More than one-third of Americans do not own stocks, and a new BlackRock survey reveals that the holdouts cite a lot of reasons for not being in the market. In its People & Money report published on Thursday, BlackRock listed some of the reasons people who don’t invest say they stay on the sidelines. Among…
Key Points XPeng generated excitement among investors at its AI Day last week. The EV maker set a new monthly vehicle delivery record in October. XPeng is scheduled to provide its third-quarter update on Monday, Nov. 17. Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makerXPeng(NYSE: XPEV) has bucked the “risk off” trade this week, rising as much as…
Published: Nov. 7, 2025 at 1:16 p.m. ET The S&P 500 SPX, after having gapped to all-time highs a little more than a week ago, is now in a modest (so far) corrective mode. SPX has now closed both of the gaps that were in place in late October and has closed below the first support…
It’s been a tough week for the bulls. The selling in the stock market continued on Friday, extending a decline that puts major indexes on track for a sharp weekly loss. The Nasdaq 100 was down more than 5% in five days, heading for its worst weekly performance since the tariff-fueled sell-off in April. Here’s…
For Tesla’s board and many investors, CEO Elon Musk and Tesla’s success are closely linked. Now that a vote on a record-setting pay package for Musk is settled, the bulls are crowing and the naysayers are alarmed. On Thursday, 75% of Tesla shareholders voted to approve Musk’s proposed $1 trillion CEO pay package, contingent on…
US stocks dropped sharply on Thursday as investors took in the worst layoff data for the month of October in over two decades. Employers announced 153,074 job cuts for October, according to data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That represents a 183% increase from job cuts announced in September, and marked the worst October for…
Investors hit the brakes on the AI trade this week. The market doesn’t seem as confident about AI as it once was, evidenced by the sell-off that tore through the sector on Tuesday. Top leaders in the AI sector — including Nvidia, Meta, and Palantir — all tumbled, thanks largely to concerns that tech stocks…
AI is still the stock market’s favorite trade, but it might be wise to hedge against any potential reversal in the event the music stops. With Nvidia touching a $5 trillion market cap and Apple and Microsoft both crossing $4 trillion this week, some investors may be feeling a bit jittery about how much further…
Sure, maybe AI enthusiasm is creating a stock market bubble. But if the Federal Reserve is set to continue slashing rates, one might be tempted to ask: so what? In other words, even with valuations elevated, the old maxim of “don’t fight the Fed” may prove to be prudent advice in the near term. When…
If you blinked you may have missed this, but the stock of Beyond Meat, the purveyor of meatless burger patties, had a spectacular run a few days ago. The stock had surged by more than 1,400% in the four days through Oct. 22, when shares hit an intraday peak of $7.69, up from a low…