It is always a stockpicker’s market. You just have to pick the right stocks. If you picked the so-called Magnificent Seven last year—a group of highflying, mostly tech stocks that powered the S&P 500 index to a 24% gain—you looked in the mirror and beheld a genius. This year, it might be wise to avoid … Read more
Medical Properties Trust, the country’s largest hospital landlord, said it would record about $350 million of write-downs related to its largest tenant, which had fallen behind on its rent, and hired a well-known restructuring adviser. MPT, which had long supported Dallas-based Steward Health Care System, said more write-downs are possible. The news, released Thursday after … Read more
Updated Oct. 16, 2023 12:00 am ET HONG KONG—A number of investigation firms are retreating from Hong Kong and moving staffers out of the city, the latest sign of concern among foreign companies as business dwindles and Chinese authorities crack down on corporate intelligence gathering. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. … Read more
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN second-quarter results and third-quarter forecast sales last week were a bet that more consumers would start buying more things, but Wall Street’s expectations for the third quarter overall have only grown dimmer. With most of the 500 companies that make up the S&P 500 Index SPX already through the … Read more