Asana says path to profitability is improving, forecasts narrower-than-expected losses

Asana Inc. on Wednesday reported and forecast narrower-than-expected losses, saying the figures reflected a firmer path to profitability. The project-management software provider — whose chief executi...

This stock strategy is attracting lots of money. Here are its top 10 picks.

Following a year in which a rapid rise in interest rates caused stock and bond prices to tumble, investors are focusing on quality. One way to do this is to look at free cash flow — and doing so might...

Troika Media reports earnings, stock sinks after sharp gain Monday

Shares of branding and marketing company Troika Media Group Inc. TRKA, -26.85% fell 51% after hours to 28 cents, following a 27% decline in the regular session after it reported financial results. On ...

Meta Stock Rises After Report of More Layoffs

Shares of Facebook-parent Meta Platforms were rising Tuesday after a report said the company will cut more jobs than previously announced. Meta (ticker: META) is planning another round of layoffs as s...

20 income-building stocks that numbers say may become elite Dividend Aristocrats

Back in January, we took a deep look into three groups of Dividend Aristocrat stocks to show which ones had increased their payouts most significantly over the past five years. Now it is time for a fo...

Tesla, Apple, Ciena, and More Stock Market Movers

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Silicon Valley Confronts the End of Growth. It’s a New Era for Tech Stocks.

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

In Tech’s New World, Layoffs and Buybacks Are In, Mergers Are Out

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

The 20 worst U.S. stocks in February: the biggest loser dropped 35%

Updated with month-end prices. The euphoria of January reversed in February, with broad declines for stocks across the board as interest rates continued to rise. Bond interest rates are more attractiv...

Do Layoffs Pay Off? Meta, Amazon, Other Tech Stocks Paint a Mixed Picture.

Text size Tech companies have announced more than 100,000 job cuts this year so far. Fizkes/Dreamstime Some technology companies have seen their stocks jump after announcing mass layoffs this earnings...

One laid-off tech worker’s odyssey: 5 months, 25 interviews, 100 job applications

At times, Todd Erickson’s search for a tech job felt more like an odyssey. But after five months, about 100 job applications and more than two dozen interviews with recruiters and companies — includin...

Dow falls over 400 points, dragged down by earnings, rising bond yields

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Tuesday, with major indexes suffering the worst daily percentage declines in over two months, as downbeat guidance from major retailers, rising Treasury yields and e...

Nvidia earnings overshadowed by Microsoft, ChatGPT, OpenAI, gaming partnership

Nvidia Corp. earnings received a warmup Tuesday as Microsoft Corp. and the graphics-processing-unit giant announced a 10-year partnership to bring Activision Blizzard Inc.’s catalog as well as Xbox ga...

‘Not a time to buy’: S&P 500 exiting ‘best era’ in decades for earnings growth amid ‘dried up’ liquidity

The U.S. stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 index, appears to be exiting the “best era” for growth in earnings per share in decades as sources of liquidity have dried up, according to resear...

Companies Lay Off Workers to Save Money. What 27 Said on Earnings Calls.

What do PayPal,  AT&T and Tinder owner Match Group all have in common? They are among the several S&P500 companies saying that trimming their workforces should provide a boost to their financi...

As Big Tech cuts workers, other industries are desperate to hire them

Workers who jumped from one high-paying job to another as Big Tech companies staffed up at a dizzying pace in recent years are now considering leaving the sector entirely as those same large employers...

These 8 billionaires have more combined wealth than half of Silicon Valley

Eight billionaires hold more wealth than 50% of households in Silicon Valley, nearly half a million people, according to a new report. While the wealth gap narrowed by about 3% nationwide in 2021, it ...

Trade Desk stock rockets as CEO says company is outperforming like never before

Shares of Trade Desk Inc. surged on Wednesday after the advertising-technology company issued an upbeat outlook that helped quell fears about the digital-ad market. Chief Executive Jeff Green spoke po...

The peak of this market rally is almost here, says JPMorgan. Time to ditch U.S. stocks, and buy these instead, says Wall Street giant.

Roses are red, violets are blue, will CPI turn into the stock market’s Waterloo? The inflation data showed higher prices remain sticky, even if overall pressure eased a bit. The stock market seems to ...

Hedge-fund legend Seth Klarman pounced on Amazon and parent companies of Google and Facebook in the fourth quarter

Seth Klarman, one of the top money managers of all time, quadrupled his firm’s stake in Amazon.com in the fourth quarter, one of several big bets on mega-cap tech companies that were made. A 13-F fili...

Only 13 companies have issued upbeat profit forecasts for Q1, but earnings are due from this pessimism-resistant industry

A tough fourth quarter for corporate earnings is largely in the past, and the first quarter isn’t exactly looking great either, but upcoming results this week from the one industry spared by the pande...

ChatGPT Has Sparked an AI Craze. How to Build a Long-Term AI Portfolio.

Artificial intelligence has sparked new competition in internet search—for the first time in decades. Here’s how to build an AI portfolio. Feb. 10, 2023 6:06 pm ET It has been more than 70 years...

This Facebook executive’s $4 million stock sale could be another sign of Meta’s rebound

A Meta Platforms Inc. executive’s multimillion-dollar stock sale could be another sign that things are returning to normal at the social-media company. Chief Business Officer Marne Levine sold $4.45 m...

15 dividend stocks whose 5% to 10% yields appear safe in 2023 and 2024 by this analysis

Corrected dividend stock screen table, because Hanesbrands had eliminated its dividend on Feb. 2. See note above table. If you are investing in dividend stocks, the last thing you want to see is a com...

Biden targets stock buybacks — do they help you as an investor?

There seem to be two camps when it comes to stock buybacks. On one hand, share buybacks can reduce a company’s share count, which increases profit per share and hopefully supports a rising stock price...

Big Tech added to a shrinking forecast, but maybe Bob Iger can brighten the mood

Wall Street’s expectations for 2023 have been diving as forecasts for the new year come in light, and the news could get worse once they factor in disappointing results from Big Tech. But at least Bob...

Tech execs can’t stop talking about AI after success of ChatGPT

The pace of artificial-intelligence chatter from executives is picking up after the success of ChatGPT, and it isn’t all from Big Tech. Big Tech companies like Microsoft Corp., Meta Platforms Inc., an...

Tech Earnings Weren’t Great. Stocks Are Soaring Anyway.

Technology stocks have kicked off the year with a roar, staging the kind of spirited, widespread rally last seen during the market’s Covid-era surge. There are nearly two dozen tech tickers on my scre...

There’s still too much risk in stock and bond markets. Earn this easy 4.5% return while you wait for stability, says trader who hit 2 big calls in 2022.

Ahead of major tech earnings later, Meta results are lighting up the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +2.97% for Thursday. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.40% is also up as investors take a glass-half full view of the ...

Meta, Merck, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and More Stock Market Movers

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Opinion: Zuckerberg and Intel are shipping the proceeds from their layoffs straight to Wall Street

For years, Wall Street groused about Silicon Valley’s refusal to pay dividends and buy back stock as tech companies grew into cash-generating machines. That is no longer a problem, even though those t...