Alibaba Pours $1 Billion Into Cloud Computing. The Move Is Critical for Its Growth.

Text size Alibaba stock has tumbled since early 2021 amid waves of regulatory pressures. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba will invest $1 billion into its cloud computing division, doubling down...

Why Alibaba Stock Is an Exception to Goldman’s US Market Preference

Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been battered since the beginning of last year. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Chinese tech stocks have taken a beating since many hit all-time highs in earl...

Dow Futures Fall as Wall Street Anticipates Another Big Rate Hike From the Fed

Text size AFP via Getty Images Stock futures traded lower Monday in a week that is expected to see the Federal Reserve raise interest rates by another three-quarters of a point in its effort to stamp ...

Why Alibaba, Other China Tech Stocks Are an Exception to Goldman Sachs’ Outlook

Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been battered since the beginning of last year. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Chinese tech stocks have taken a beating since many hit all-time highs in earl...

Chinese E-Commerce Companies Suffer as Economy Sours

Chinese consumers are cutting back on discretionary purchases and becoming more thrifty as the country’s economic slowdown drags on, impeding the once-inexorable growth of the country’s e-commerce com...

Alibaba, JD.com Rising on Report of Resolution to SEC Delisting Issue

Text size Alibaba stock rose more than 8% following the report. AFP/Getty Images Stock in Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings took off on Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported that security r...

Alibaba, JD.com, and Bilibili Fall on Report Tencent to Sell Meituan Stake

Text size Tencent holds a 17% stake in food delivery company Meituan. GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba,   JD.com and some of China’s biggest companies saw billions wiped off their value Tuesday...

The World’s Largest Hedge Fund Sold 5 Chinese Stocks. Here’s Why.

Text size Bridgewater Associates no longer owned stock in Alibaba Group Holding as of June 30, according to a regulatory filing. Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, is pictured above. STR...

The SoftBank Experiment Has Failed. Time to Go Private?

Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son on $24 billion of new losses: “I am quite embarrassed and remorseful.” Str/Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images Text size The stock market can be a humbling place—just ask Masayoshi ...

Alibaba Says Primary Listing in Hong Kong Is Approved

Text size Alibaba said the effective date of converting its primary listing to Hong Kong is expected ‘prior to the end of 2022.’ Photograph by David Becker/Getty Images Alibaba , the Chine...

SoftBank Is Ready to Slash Its Massive Stake in Alibaba. Here’s Why.

Text size SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son was a major early investor in Alibaba. Koki Nagahama/Getty Images SoftBank is positioned to sharply sell down its stake in Chinese tech giant Alibaba through a...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Alibaba, Boeing, NIO and More.

Text size Alibaba stock rises early Monday. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Stock futures were trading lower Monday as recession fears remained at the forefront of investors’ minds as a new trading mo...

Alibaba Stock Rises as E-Commerce Giant Resolves to Maintain U.S. Listing

Text size Alibaba faces renewed regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Chinese tech giant Alibaba ’s stock price was on a roller c...

Starbucks, Uber, CVS to Report Earnings Amid Shrinking Economy

July 30, 2022 10:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) CVS Health Starbucks and Uber Technologies are among the companies headlining another busy earnings week as investors look for signs of a recess...

Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Will Benefit From Spending Spree

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is hedging its geographical bets, with large new fabs planned for the U.S. and Japan. Here: a TSMC chip at a 2020 semiconductor conference in China. Str/AFP/Getty Im...

Alibaba Added to SEC Delisting Watchlist. One More Reason the Stock Is Slumping.

Text size Alibaba shares have slumped since the company said it would apply for a primary listing in Hong Kong. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images) Shares of Alibaba , the Chinese e-commerce gi...

Jack Ma Plans to Cede Control of Ant Group

HONG KONG—Billionaire Jack Ma plans to relinquish control of Ant Group Co., people familiar with the matter said, part of the fintech giant’s effort to move away from affiliate Alibaba Group Holding a...

Alibaba Plans to Move Its Stock to Hong Kong. Others Will Follow.

Text size Alibaba says it has filed to change its primary stock listing to Hong Kong rather than the U.S. AFP via Getty Images Alibaba Group Holding on Tuesday said it has filed to change its primary ...

Jeremy Siegel on Why Today’s Inflation Is Different From the 1970s

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size This isn’t a rerun of the 1970s, argues Jeremy Siegel, the author of the seminal Stocks for the Long Run and a professor emeritus of finance at the University of ...

Tech Stocks Worth Buying as Earnings Kick Off

There are lots of good reasons not to buy tech stocks right now. And, amid a difficult economic environment, the coming earnings season is likely to signal more trouble. But as experienced investors k...

Alibaba Stock Is Tumbling. Chinese Tech Has a New Headache.

Text size After a brutal 2021, Alibaba shares have been outperforming in 2022. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba stock and other Chinese tech shares were tumbling on Monday as amid fresh fines f...

Alibaba Stock Is Rising Again. Why Chinese Tech Could Keep Outperforming.

Text size Alibaba stock had a tough run in 2021. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba  lost almost half of its market value last year while the S&P 500 gained more than 25%, disappointing inves...

Alibaba Stock Rises on Report About Ant’s Holding Company Bid

Text size A Reuters report says that China has accepted the application of Ant Group, which is an affiliate of Alibaba, to form a financial holding company. Here: Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangz...

Alibaba shares decline in Hong Kong, extending Wall Street’s selloff

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. fell in Hong Kong morning trading, extending a selloff overnight on Wall Street after its fintech arm Ant Group Co. denied reports about a revival of its initial public offe...

Alibaba Stock Headed for Highest Close Since February. Thank Videogames.

Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been beaten down amid regulatory pressures. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks roared higher on Wednesday as a w...

Al Gore’s Firm Bought Alibaba Stock and Salesforce. It Sold Cisco, Microsoft.

Text size Former Vice President Al Gore in 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images The investment firm co-founded and chaired by former Vice President Al Gore has made big changes in its U.S.-traded investment...

Alibaba Stock Is Rallying After China Moves to Ease Lockdown Measures

Text size Alibaba stock had a terrible 2021, and 2022 isn’t shaping up very well, either. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Shares in Alibaba , JD.com , NIO , and other Chinese companies surged on Monday fol...

Alibaba Leads Chinese Tech Stocks Into Another Slump. Why More Pain Could Come.

Text size Alibaba stock is down almost 30% this year. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Chinese tech stocks can’t catch a break. Overseas markets have followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the ug...