What Makes Alphabet A Value Stock?

Tom Cole says you should toss out the old fundamentals, like book value, and look at a different one more attuned to the 21st century. Works for him. What is the measure of a company’s worth? If you a...

Why Should You Worry About The Sorry State Of Segment Disclosures?

The FASB’s proposed new rule trying to tighten segment disclosures does not go far enough although segment disclosures are hugely important to investors and citizens. Legal workers carry documents for...

Why DocuSign Stock Might Be Falling Despite Strong Earnings

DocuSign shares were trading lower after the electronic-signature software company posted better-than-expected results. DocuSign (ticker: DOCU) posted fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share...

February 2023 Tech Earnings Roundup

(Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Key takeaways Earnings season was mixed in the tech sector, with cost cutting and layoffs the story of...

Meta Stock Climbs After Reports Of More Layoffs–Here’s Why

Topline Shares of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, climbed nearly 1% Tuesday morning, following reports the social media giant plans to cut thousands of employees as soon as this we...

Apple, Berkshire, Alphabet, and Microsoft Reap Benefit of Higher Rates

Rich corporations are getting richer thanks to higher interest rates. Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A), and Microsoft (MSFT) have the largest cash positions among Amer...

Apple and Meta Stock Buybacks Haven’t Been Equal. Here’s Why.

Investors love stock buybacks, but they don’t always spur the types of returns one might imagine. It takes a discerning eye to identify companies with buybacks that create significant gains for shareh...

How A Super-Cheap, Super-Volatile New Options Strategy Has Emerged To Help The Pros Cream The Little Guys

Mike Tyson Bettmann Archive Volatility is increasing for systemic reasons, and that is a big opportunity for long-term investors. The S&P 500 closed unchanged on Tuesday, yet behind the scenes tra...

Why The Supreme Court Could Save Big Tech By Recommending Regulation Over Prohibition In Key Free Speech Case

Supreme Court (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images Powerful forces want to change the way the internet works, and it could have profound implications for big tech. This is what invest...

Artificial Intelligence Companies You May Want To Invest In Now

getty Key takeaways Companies like Microsoft and Alphabet are already heavily invested in AI and are well-positioned to grow in tandem with the new technology Microchip producers and cybersecurity ser...

Do The Top Tech Stocks Still Have Bite In 2023?

getty Key takeaways Most tech stocks faced severe challenges in 2022, including supply chain bottlenecks, closing factories and decreased demand due to inflation Companies like Tesla and Netflix exper...

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple And Microsoft: All Remain In Downtrends

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft getty You wouldn’t necessarily know it if all you read was from the excited, enthusiastic bloggers who claim the late-in-the-year 2022 lows were the bottom of the cy...

Susan Wojcicki Steps Down As YouTube CEO With Neal Mohan Set To Take Over

getty Key takeaways Susan Wojcicki is stepping down as the CEO of YouTube, naming Neal Mohan, YouTube’s current chief product officer, as her successor Under Wojcicki’s leadership, YouTube roughly dou...

Nvidia Stock Can Endure a Slowdown, Analyst Says. AI Is Key.

Nvidia should be insulated from any slowdown in the broader economy by increased spending on artificial intelligence, said analysts at Oppenheimer and KeyBanc, who lifted their price targets on shares...

GOP-Led House Committee Subpoenas Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta And Microsoft Over Content Moderation

Topline House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenaed the CEOS of major tech companies on Wednesday for documents related to their content moderation policies, including records of communicatio...

Amazon, Alphabet Antitrust Push Seen Unlocking Value in Shares

(Bloomberg) — With big tech companies facing weaker growth trends and an economic outlook that could prevent the group from regaining its leadership role in the market, revived antitrust fervor ...

Alphabet Stock Plunge Erases $100 Billion After New AI Chatbot Gives Wrong Answer In Ad

Topline Shares of Alphabet slipped on Wednesday after reports that promotional material for the Google parent’s new artificial intelligence chatbot contained inaccurate information—adding to con...

Alphabet Stock Loses $100 Billion After New AI Chatbot Gives Wrong Answer In Ad

Topline Shares of Alphabet slipped on Wednesday after reports that promotional material for the Google parent’s new artificial intelligence chatbot contained inaccurate information—adding to con...

AI Stocks Are Soaring. It’s a Feeding Frenzy That Won’t End Well.

Investors are in a feeding frenzy over artificial-intelligence software plays, and you have to think this isn’t going to end well. You can date the start of the AI stock craze to the Nov. 30 launch of...

Alphabet Q4 2022 Financial Report Shows Earnings Miss as YouTube Struggles

Alphabet posted a less-than-savory Q4 2022 report that reflects the current tech downswing and looming recession.  Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) recently posted its Q4 2022 results, which showed earnin...

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...

Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Ford, Nordstrom, and More Stock Market Movers

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Stocks moving in after-hours: Amazon, Alphabet, Apple

Amazon (AMZN) The online giant’s net sales $149.20 billion for the fourth quarter came in above analyst expectations of $145.8 billion. Its adjusted earnings of 3 cents per share came in below e...

Alphabet misses on earnings expectations, as ad revenue falls

Google parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) announced its Q4 earnings after the bell on Thursday, falling just short of expectations on revenue and earnings per share. As advertising fell year-over-year. Her...

Amazon’s Drones Are Grounded

The Amazon Prime Air MK27-2 drone on display in the Neighborhood of the Near Future exhibit during … [+] the Delivering the Future event at the Amazon Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Mas...

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

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C3.ai Stock Is Soaring. It’s Launching AI Software Tools.

C3.ai stock is soaring Tuesday after the company announced the launch of a set of tools for generative artificial intelligence applications, jumping into the middle of what might be the hottest trend ...

Why Layoffs at 3M, Dow Are More Concerning Than Amazon, Google and Microsoft

Layoffs are spreading beyond tech. That’s a troubling trend investors should be paying attention to. On Thursday, chemicals giant Dow Inc. (ticker: DOW) reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter nu...

Sunrun, U.S. Bancorp, Alphabet, AT&T and more

Shoppers shop at AT&T in the King of Prussia Mall on December 11, 2022 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Mark Makela | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: News Co...

Rishi Sunak’s old hedge fund boss, who paid himself $1.9 million a day last year, wants Alphabet to lay off more staff and slash pay

Britain’s highest-earning investor has called on Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to cut thousands more jobs than the tech giant announced it would eliminate last week. On Friday, Pichai announced the “diff...

Spotify, Alphabet And Meta Lead Tech Stock Surge After Massive Layoff Announcements

Topline Just days after layoff announcements from Google parent Alphabet and online retailer Wayfair boosted the firms’ stock values, Spotify shares rallied Monday as the streaming service cut hundred...

Quality Merchandise On Sale & Marked Down MegaCap Darlings

While the new year had been off to a terrific start, stocks have retreated in price of late with renewed concerns about the health of the U.S. economy giving investors pause. In addition to disappoint...