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After skyrocketing since the outbreak of COVID-19, used car prices have finally started to ease, raising early hopes that a bubble is starting to wane. Investors keep tabs on a number of well-known used vehicle stocks, including CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX), Lithia Motors Inc (...

Alphabet, Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Waymo has taken the lead in the U.S. autonomous vehicle race, and Waymo may be a major cash cow for investors within a decade. According to Bank of America analyst Justin Post, Waymo is distancing itself from the competition when it comes to...

Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) certainly knows a thing or two about the auto industry. On Thursday, he was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment to discuss Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s production guidance. Tesla said it is aiming for a production rate of 500,000 vehicles by...

Shares of AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) plunged more than 10 percent on Wednesday after the company issuing a disappointing fourth quarter outlook. AutoNation, the nation's largest dealership operator, said that it sold 35,962 vehicles throughout December. The company noted that while this...

This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on housing, the best financial advisors in America ranked, as well as the prospects for United Rentals, World Fuel Services, AutoNation and more. Cover Story "Nearing Peak, U.S. Home Price Gains to Slow" by Jonathan R. Laing. The three-year rally in...

U.S. stocks were mostly higher as the Dow and S&P 500 closed the day at record highs. The Fed's Beige book contained positive commentary on improved employment with “widespread” gains across all 12 districts. Manufacturing activity improved in most districts along with...

U.S. stocks reversed early morning declines and closed the day little changed ahead of Friday's job reports data, which will be released at 8:30 A.M. The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week by 8,000 according to data released today. Not...

U.S. stocks were little changed despite an ADP jobs report showing better-than-expected numbers. The ADP report comes ahead of the non-farm payrolls due on Thursday. Analysts are expecting the payrolls to confirm 212,000 jobs were added in June. The markets will close at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday...

The market picked up where it left off Tuesday and recorded a second straight day of strong gains. The Dow posted a triple digit point gain while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq all gained as the Federal Reserve's Beige Book indicated that economic growth remained healthy in most U.S. regions. The...

The earnings season ramps up this week, providing plenty of perspective on how the financial and technology sectors fared in the second quarter. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Intel (NYSE: INTC), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and many...

The holiday shopping season seems to have gotten off to a strong start, particularly for Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT), but also for Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and the Gap (NYSE: GPS). So here are seven retail stocks that might be worth a look. All have double-digit...

There are lots more on the earnings calendar this week, including results from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the three months that included the release of the iPhone 5. Monday Results from Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will be the highlights on Monday, and analysts expect to see...