Calder Brothers Corp is under pressure to raise wages after rivals lured away some of its workers. A few others were also considering jumping ship, but co-owner Glen Calder said the South Carolina-based construction machinery company managed to persuade them to stay by promising a better career.
If you've ever wondered why Wall Street pays such close attention to 90-year-old investor who believes in buying and holding stakes in great businesses for a really long time, look no further than Warren Buffett's track record. As CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK
Stock markets fell on Monday as concerns over tighter regulations in China mounted amid caution ahead of a huge week for U.S. corporate earnings and the Federal Reserve meeting.
The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies on Thursday as investor focus turned to this week's Federal Reserve meeting, while cryptocurrencies jumped to their highest levels in weeks.
The safe-harbour yen and dollar started the week firmer against riskier currencies like the Aussie as rising COVID-19 cases and a decline in Asian equities set a cautious tone ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting this week.
Asian shares skidded to their lows for this year on Monday as concerns over tightening regulations upended Chinese equities and strong U.S. corporate earnings sucked funds out of emerging markets into Wall Street.
Asian shares skidded to seven-month lows on Monday as regulation concerns upended Chinese equities and strong U.S. corporate earnings sucked funds out of emerging markets into Wall Street.
Cryptocurrencies popped to the top of recent ranges on Monday as short sellers bailed out in the wake of a strong week and while traders hoped a handful of positive comments from influential investors might signal a turnaround in fragile sentiment.
Asian shares struggled to rally on Monday as super-strong U.S. corporate earnings sucked funds out of emerging markets and into Wall Street, where records were falling almost daily.
Three "big techs" scheduled to report their second-quarter 2021 results this week are Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) on Tuesday, July 27, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) on Wednesday, and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) on Thursday. All three report after the market close.(App
The rally on Wall Street faces a fresh test next week with a flood of earnings reports from major U.S. companies, including the tech and internet behemoths that have recently retaken leadership of the market.
One of the most intimidating aspects of investing in the stock market is dealing with crashes. Market crashes are normal, but they can also be unpredictable and severe. And if you're investing in the wrong places, you could lose a substantial amount of money.
Evidenced by Friday’s record close for the Dow, which for the first time cleared the 35,000 threshold, investors are seemingly feeling more confident that the upcoming earnings results from the most-influential companies in the S&P 500 will be supportive of higher valuations.
There's an open secret in the investing world: You don't have to embrace big risk in order to see huge gains if you're willing to adopt a long-term approach. Consider that Microsoft stock delivered a total return of 1,200% over the last decade. The even less risky S&P 500 ind
Do you like money? If you're reading this, then you probably do, and you'd probably like to make more of it. Yet for many of us who participate in 401(k) plans, we're not doing everything we can to maximize our upside.
The start of earnings season has put investors in a good mood. Stocks rose last week, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) gained 1% and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) hit a new high while jumping 2%.
Many investors have portfolios of 30, 50, or even more stocks, but Fool.com contributor Brian Withers takes a more concentrated approach with just 19 stocks in his personal portfolio. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on July 9, Withers gives viewers a rundown of all 19 stoc
Investors are always searching high and low for the "next big thing". However, sometimes they search for something novel, believing they're too late to profit from ongoing, multi-year trends. One example is streaming. Consumers have been "cutting the cord" for years now, cancelin
The technology sector has been the most impressive part of the stock market for some time now -- certainly over the past decade as it provided the propulsion for the longest bull market in U.S. history. How things will play out over the next 10 years is impossible to know, but ex
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