Stocks Decline With US Futures as Bonds Drop: Markets Wrap

Equities fell across Asia and U.S. stock-index futures retreated as a selloff in government bonds deepened and investors took profits after one of the best starts to a year in recent history. … “U.S. markets suffered their worst one day fall this year, though sharp falls in tech stocks also contributed.” Apple Inc.

U.S. stocks dropped sharply, hit by worries over rising bond yields, new competition in the health-care sector and rising oil production. The declines were broad-based, hitting shares of everything from energy to financial companies and spooking investors, who have pushed U.S. stocks to a repeated string …

I have recently been writing a series of articles that examines how far stocks that are reaching new all-time highs could fall in the event of an economic downturn. My examination of 3M had some unexpected findings. 3M wasn’t nearly as cyclical as I thought it would be. And while it is moderately …

Shares of AveXis and Solid Biosciences have been depressed in morning trading after the publication of an article in the medical journal Human Gene Therapy about severe toxicity in two animal species from administration of a gene therapy similar to one used by AveXis for spinal muscular atrophy, …

GE Capital will likely not be a meaningful source of cash over the coming years, and lack of buybacks means lower demand for GE’s shares. Retail investors will likely give up in increasing numbers, which could result in more downwards pressure over the coming weeks. In the long run the story might be …

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declined by the most since September and yields on benchmark Treasuries touched the highest levels since early 2014 as traders gear up for a hectic week of data and policy announcements. The dollar strengthened against all its major rivals. The Dow Jones Industrial …

This article points out five reasons for GE’s free fall, identifies growth drivers and market anomalies, analyzes business quality with a concentration on GE’s digital arm, performs financial analysis, and presents a three-step valuation model. Due to its ability to capitalize on GE Digital, improve revenue growth …

Every Monday, we check to see if the stocks we mentioned in the weekend’s edition of Barron’s got a bounce from our articles. Sometimes it’s a direct line from out article to a higher stock price, and sometimes we just get lucky, but we do have a way of moving the market. Case in point: Shares of Goldman …

Samsung Electronics Co. is splitting its stock as a “step to enhance shareholder value,” after reporting record earnings on robust demand for memory chips and sales of high-end displays for the iPhone X. The company’s shares rose as much 8.7 percent after the board approved a 50-to-1 split on …

Hefty losses in health care and technology companies led U.S. stocks sharply lower Tuesday, handing the market its biggest pullback since August and its worst two-day drop since May. The broad slide, which briefly sent the Dow Jones industrial average down by more than 400 points, erased some of the …