"You get what you pay for" often applies to expensive stocks with best-in-class business models and execution. While their quality can sometimes justify the premium, they typically experience elevated volatility during market downturns when expectations change.
Wall Street has set ambitious price targets for the stocks in this article. While this suggests attractive upside potential, it’s important to remain skeptical because analysts face institutional pressures that can sometimes lead to overly optimistic forecasts.
Industrials businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. Still, their generally high capital requirements expose them to the ups and downs of economic cycles, and the market seems to be baking in a prolonged downturn as the industry has shed 22% over the past six months. This drop was worse than the S&P 500’s 14.5% fall.
Rock-bottom prices don't always mean rock-bottom businesses. The stocks we're examining today have all touched their 52-week lows, creating a classic investor's dilemma: bargain opportunity or value trap?
The stocks in this article have caught Wall Street’s attention in a big way, with price targets implying returns above 20%. But investors should take these forecasts with a grain of salt because analysts typically say nice things about companies so their firms can win business in other product lines like M&A advisory.
TOKYO/OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada, chair of the Group of Seven advanced economies, is working with Japan and the European Union to maintain global stability in financial markets and the financial system, Canada's Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday, as many of the world's top finance leaders are on heightened alert for signs of deeper market upheaval following the Trump administration's tariffs blitz. In a phone conference on Wednesday, Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and his Canadian counterpart, Francois-Philippe Champagne, shared concerns over the series of tariffs implemented by the U.S. government, the ministry said in a statement.
Shares of Cal-Maine Foods fell 5% in premarket trading Wednesday as a request for information from the U.S. Department of Justice on egg prices outweighed surging fiscal third-quarter sales and profits.
Savers pulled vast sums of 401(k) money from stocks and shifted to more conservative investments, in response to the tariff-induced market turmoil. But that's not necessarily a good strategy.
Hundreds of Indonesians are flocking to buy gold bars, betting that the precious metal's value could shield them from tougher economic times ahead as the currency and the stock market tumble in South East Asia's largest economy. Indonesia is among dozens of countries affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, which took effect on Wednesday and have sent shockwaves through many economies. The rupiah has already hit historic lows, despite central bank intervention.
News of the day for April 9, 2025