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Mercer Advisors, a wealth management company backed by private equity, is seeking to lower its financing costs by replacing its existing debt with a $1.65 billion leveraged loan, adding to a growing number of companies turning to the syndicated bank-loan...

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Caterpillar (CAT) delivered the biggest quarter in its history, with a $72 billion order book behind it—59% of which it expects to ship over the next twelve months. The stock has gained 82.8% on a price basis over the past twelve months against 15.6% for the S&P 500, and still sits about 25% below its 52-week high. Neither the record nor the backlog is the number to watch. That would be the roughly $2.2 billion of tariff costs, before the second-quarter recoveries, that Caterpillar expects to ca

Meta's New AI App Grew Almost as Fast as ChatGPT in Its First 5 Days. Is Meta Stock a Buy?

General Motors (GM) will reinstall Apple's (AAPL) CarPlay and Android Auto in its vehicles after initially planning to remove the software from new cars. Yahoo Finance Senior Autos Reporter Pras Subramanian explains the consumer reaction that led to this decision.

ExxonMobil, Enterprise Products Partners, and Brookfield Renewable are safe income plays.

Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni joins Josh Lipton on Market Domination Overtime to break down why he's S&P 500 (^GSPC) year-end outlook down to $7,900.

Global stocks were mixed Friday at the end of a week dominated by central bank moves to tame inflation as the yen retreated against the dollar despite a Bank of Japan interest rate hike.The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a three-decade high, but the yen sank against the dollar on fears the pace of hikes might be slower than expected.

AMD, Linde and Amgen highlight AI demand, contracted growth and drug launches, while supply, margin and pipeline risks remain key factors.

The footwear brand dives into soccer, tapping Thierry Henry as director, and promises to play a whole new game.

eBay (EBAY) stock trades at about $113. It has returned 28.7% over the past year and sits about 5% below its 52-week high. The options market is pricing substantial movement ahead, with implied volatility pointing to a wide one-standard-deviation range between $79.44 and $160.45 over the next twelve months.

Three consumer brands are making very different bets on growth, and all three have something to prove over the next few years.

The Nasdaq composite might not be at its healthiest but it's outshining the other major indexes at the moment. Where we've found relative strength is in the software sector lately. The idea that a subscription that made use of AI agents could replace many of the software subscription models was a real fear.

This under-the-radar industrial technology stock boasts a Superscore of 88 from our Hidden Gems Primary database, part of The Motley Fool's Moneyball Database system. Here's why.

US equity indexes closed mixed this week after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed its commitment to cont

Analyst sees deeper trouble beneath Netflix's engagement slowdown

Evercore Delivers Bullish $380 Price Target for Apple Stock

Higher yields deepen accounting losses today while improving returns as maturing securities are reinvested.

Domestic radar production supports delivery, but federal cost inflation can reshape procurement economics.

The downgrade questions engagement and hit-making while leaving Netflix's content response expensive.

Barron's sees stabilization; Ellison's canceled sale removes insider supply without adding corporate cash.

Boeing Selloff Triggers BofA Response as Analyst Defends $270 Target

Ford is paying a dividend while its turnaround plays out. Stellantis is still working toward positive free cash flow and doesn't expect to get there until 2027. The difference in financial footing tells the whole story.

The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Huntington Ingalls (NYSE:HII) and the rest of the defense contractors stocks fared in Q2.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) stock has returned about 57% over the past year, against about 17% for the S&P 500. On the earnings it has already banked, that price looks expensive. But those earnings carry STELARA, which is losing share to biosimilar competition. What looks dear on earnings already reported comes down sharply on the earnings analysts expect.

A projection for annualized gains of 30% is likely to prove conservative.

US equity indexes were mixed Friday as government bond yields rebounded, with the 10-year hovering n

Weak traffic is putting growing pressure on the franchise system

Talen Energy has delivered a very large 3 year share price gain while more recent trading has been weaker, and that mix of outcomes raises a simple question for investors who care about what they are paying for the company’s sales. The stock is up very sharply over 3 years, which puts real weight on whether the current valuation can still be grounded in the revenue it generates. The business model is tightly linked to power generation and energy sales, so expectations around how reliably...