Why Gold Prices Are Hitting Records

The prospect that interest rates might have peaked is powering gold prices to record highs.  Futures for delivery of gold in December settled at $2,071 a troy ounce Friday, topping their…

How Long Can the ‘Magnificent Seven’ Stocks Hold the Line?

As in the eponymous 1960s Western, the so-called “Magnificent Seven” stocks keep on winning. This also means investors are betting the farm on just a handful of bullets hitting their…

Eye-Popping Yields Mask Paltry Returns From These Funds

For conservative income investors, some new funds look too good to be true. That’s because they are. Touting annual distribution rates of 50% or more, they generate cash by selling…

Moody’s Cuts China Credit Outlook to Negative on Growing Debt Risks

Updated Dec. 5, 2023 5:53 am ET China’s mounting local government debt woes are putting pressure on the country’s credit ratings. Moody’s Investors Service lowered its outlook for China’s credit…

Green Investors Were Crushed. Now It’s Time to Make Money.

Updated Dec. 5, 2023 12:06 am ET Invest according to your political views, and you’re unlikely to make money. Companies that appeal to left-wingers or to right-wingers might be good…

The Rise of Temu’s Chinese Parent Will Reshape E-Commerce

Move over, Alibaba. There’s a new online-shopping champion in China: PDD, the company behind discount-retailing app Temu, is now the country’s most valuable e-commerce company. After a 78% rise this…

AT&T Signs $14 Billion Supply Deal With Ericsson

AT&T struck a deal with Ericsson to buy up to $14 billion of its hardware and services after the Swedish equipment supplier pledged to open up its software to competing…

Evergrande Shares Rise as Court Grants More Time for Debt Talks

China Evergrande’s shares rose after a court granted the Chinese property developer more time to work out a plan to restructure billions of dollars in debt. Shares rose 13% to…

China Evergrande Avoids a Debt Disaster—for Now

China Evergrande Group, the giant property developer whose default two years ago fueled a crisis in the country’s real-estate market, got some unexpected good news on Monday. The company, once…