Wayfair Stock News

A new year means new opportunities. Some of 2024's market winners will flop, and some of its losers will rebound.

It looks like the market is going to end the year on a winning note. With about a week to go, the S&P 500 is up 25%.

Shares of Wayfair (W -3.72%), the online home furnishings retailer, were among the losers on the stock market this week. News on the company itself was minimal, but the Fed's decision to trim its rate-cut forecast for next year -- from four cuts to two -- hit interest-rate-sensitive stocks like Wayfair hard.

After the stock market's strong returns this year, it's challenging to find stocks that have fallen. Growth stocks, in particular, have had a good run.

December is a great time for investors to look at stocks or industries that have underperformed over the past year but that could be ripe for rebounds in the next one. One market that's showing early indicators of improvement is housing.

It's hard to believe that only three weeks are left in the year. But a lot can happen in three weeks.

Prime is a membership program from e-commerce giant Amazon, and its importance to the company is probably under-appreciated. With Prime, members get fast free shipping, as well as access to streaming video content and more.

This leader in home goods and furniture e-commerce is down but not out.