Micron Technology (MU -2.52%) has been a very volatile stock in 2026. Despite gaining 175% year to date, it has also declined 35% from the record high it reached in June. Wall Street thinks Micron is deeply undervalued. The stock has a median target price of $1,575 per share among 55 analysts, implying 107% upside

Few areas of the economy look much worse than housing right now. Existing-home sales dropped 8.8% year over year in October, according to the National Association of Realtors, as mortgage rates reached their highest levels since 2000, pushing home sales to their lowest level since August 2010. You might expect every business tied to the

A landmark 15-year power purchase agreement with Alphabet (GOOGL -0.98%) (GOOG -0.96%) and operational progress at its Utah facility sent Fervo Energy (FRVO -1.20%) soaring 297% this week, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Fervo Energy stock closed at $11.51 on Friday, Nov. 13, up 29% from its close on Friday, Nov. 6.

Despite a few periods of short-lived volatility, 2026 has shaped up as another banner year for the stock market. The ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +0.10%), benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.40%), and innovation-powered Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.91%) have reached several record highs, courtesy of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build-out. While history decisively shows

The past few months haven’t been pretty for semiconductor stocks, as evidenced by the 12% decline in the PHLX Semiconductor Sector index over the past three months. Even Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -8.75%) has been caught up in this vortex, experiencing significant volatility amid concerns about the sustainability of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure spending, which

The Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA +0.01%), Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO -0.09%), iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA +0.13%), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM -0.36%), and Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS -0.02%) all enable investors to add some international exposure to their portfolio. However, that doesn’t mean these funds are

Three real estate investment trusts, or REITs, reported third-quarter results recently, and the results looked strong across the board. Realty Income (O -0.74%), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT +1.53%) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP -1.04%) own very different kinds of real estate, and all three raised their full-year guidance. I own all three of these

Mr. Market was a fictional character created by Benjamin Graham, the man who helped to train Warren Buffett. The stock market’s response to the mid-term election results is almost the perfect example of how Mr. Market works in the real world. And all you need to see to understand is two days of performance of