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Ford Motor Co. (F) said it is separating its electric vehicle (EV) and internal-combustion engine businesses into separate units within the company. Ford said the move will help to streamline its growing electric vehicle business and maximize profits. It’s a similar strategy to how Ford is operating its “Ford Pro” commercial vehicle business under chief executive Jim Farley’s “Ford+” turnaround strategy. Separating the operations but keeping them in-house goes halfway to appeasing Wall Street analysts who have been pressuring legacy automakers such as Ford to spin off their electric vehicle operations to capture value that investors have been awarding some EV start-ups. Going forward, Ford’s electric vehicle business will be called “Ford Model e.” The traditional operations will be known as “Ford Blue.” Ford said they will “operate as distinct businesses but share relevant technology and best practices to leverage scale and drive operating improvements.” The company plans to breakout financial results for the new units as well as its Ford+ business by 2023, giving investors greater transparency into the operations.

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The Nasdaq 100 Index chart is set produce a bearish "death cross" signal on Wednesday, for the first time in nearly two years. A "death cross" appears when the 50-day moving average (DMA), a widely followed short-term trend tracker, crosses below the 200-DMA, a longer-term trend guide. Many chart watchers view a death cross as marking the spot that a pullback transitions to a downtrend. The technology-heavy Nasdaq 100''s 50-DMA is set to open at 15,054.01, down from 15,089.92 on Tuesday, according to FactSet, while the 200-DMA is set to rise to 15,093.37 from 15,089.91. Through Tuesday, stock charts of 50 of the index''s components have produced "death cross" patterns. The last "death cross" appeared on April 30, 2020, but that was a little more than a month after the index already closed at its COVID-19 bottom of 6,994.29 on March 20, 2020. That "death cross" was erased three weeks later with the appearance of a "golden cross," in which the 50-DMA rose back above the 200-DMA. The last "death cross" before that one appeared Dec. 3, 2018, and the index fell another 16% over the next three weeks before bottoming.

U.S. stock futures rose Wednesday as energy stocks followed surging oil prices higher.

Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind.Source: CoinDesk.com

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had been making himself very clear: To fight inflation, the US central bank would begin rolling back crisis-era support for the economy very soon. But following Russia''s invasion of Ukraine, Wall Street isn''t convinced the Fed will have the same resolve to aggressively push ahead.

These five Warren Buffett top stock picks are ideal for growth and income investors to consider now, especially in what has become a very volatile and nervous market. They should hold up as interest rates rise, and they are all rated Buy by top Wall Street firms.

While U.S. equities bled $2.2 billion in assets, U.S. fixed income and international equities pulled in $2.6 billion and $2.4 billion in capital, respectively. As such, ETFs overall saw inflows of abo

These high-quality businesses have lost favor on Wall Street, creating an entry opportunity for long-term investors.

Even though these fast-growing stocks have been pummeled, select analysts expect them to bounce back in a big way.

The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has enjoyed a 15% rise over the past week. Conversely, traditional markets in the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq have not

Asian markets fall as oil prices surge Surging oil prices overnight sparked global growth fears as the Ukraine-Russia situation intensified and oil supply chains were thrown into chaos over sanctions. That reversed the peak-Ukraine rally of the day before and sent US markets tumbling. The S&P 500 fell 1.55%, the Nasdaq fell 1.59%, and the […]

Crude oil surged past $110 a barrel Wednesday and stock markets sank with investors growing increasingly fearful about the Ukraine war''s impact on global energy supplies and the economic recovery. Vladimir Putin''s invasion of his neighbour has sent world markets into a spiral over the past week, further fraying nerves on trading floors caused by runaway inflation and tighter central bank monetary policies. The crisis has seen numerous countries hammer Moscow with a series of wide-ranging sanctions that have isolated Russia and threaten to crash its economy. The measures have injected a huge amount of uncertainty into markets with supplies of crucial commodities including metals and grains soaring. The price of global staple wheat is sitting at a 14-year high — having risen 30 percent in the past month. But the main source of unease on trading floors is crude, which has rocketed since Russia began preparing to invade. On Wednesday Brent topped $110 for the first time since 2014, while WTI moved closer to that figure.