Netflix, Coinbase, Alphabet, SVB Financial & more

Tech stocks on display at the Nasdaq.  Peter Kramer | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix — Shares of the streaming giant jumped more than 6% after Netflix added 7...

Alphabet’s Massive Layoffs Fuel $50 Billion Market Rally—And Analysts Expect More Job Cuts Will Boost Tech Stocks

Topline Google-parent Alphabet and online retailer Wayfair on Friday became the latest tech stocks to rally after issuing massive layoff announcements to help curb costs ahead of a potential recession...

Alphabet just joined its tech peers and announced a huge layoff

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is trading up this morning after the tech behemoth announced plans of a massive layoff to better prepare for the looming recession. Job cut will begin immediately in the U...

Netflix, Alphabet, Nordstrom, PagerDuty and more

A sign is posted in front of a Google office on April 26, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Google parent company Alphabet will report first quarter earnings today after the closing bell. Justin Sull...

Nvidia and 2 Other Stocks That Could Be Helped or Hurt by ChatGPT

ChatGPT, a bot that answers questions like a person does, presents a solid opportunity for Nvidia investors, but it is bad news for Chegg and Google, according to Wall Street analysts. ChatGPT, releas...

Big Tech Stocks Could Rebound Big Time. Here’s How.

With markets off to a strong start this year, led by the Nasdaq Composite ‘s 5% gain, investors may be hoping that stocks will shrug off the gloomy scenarios that ruled 2022 like last month’s leftover...

Google Warns Pending Supreme Court Case Could Wreck the Internet

Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hold two days of hearings on a pair of cases that directly challenge the scope of Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Communications Decency Act that establish...

Investor Understanding Of Human Capital Value Add And Stakeholder Value Add Can Be Substantially Improved

google logo getty Even sophisticated activist investors focus on comparisons of median employee pay to infer the cost and benefit added by human capital. They would be better off comparing employee va...

Google Parent Alphabet Has Had a Rough 2022. Investors Should Buy Up Shares.

This article is an excerpt from “Here Are Barron’s 10 Top Stocks for the New Year,” published on Dec. 16, 2022. To see the full list, click here. Google parent Alphabet ‘s (ticker: GOOG) stock dropped...

Big Tech’s $4.5 Trillion Bloodbath

It’s a real bloodbath — one that tech has probably not seen since the internet bubble burst in 2000.  This disaster can be measured by different parameters. One set is the individual fortu...

Meta and Alphabet Are Losing Their Advertising Throne

Meta and Alphabet Lose The Advertising Throne It seems that the long-held duopoly ruling the $300 billion advertising market is coming to an end as tech giants are fighting for their piece of the pie....

Tech Companies Move Ahead Of Broadcasters In The Online Video Advertising Space

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 17: The Apple logo is displayed at the Apple Store June 17, 2015 on Fifth … [+] Avenue in New York City. The company began selling the watch in stores Wednesday with th...

10 of Wall Street’s Favorite Stocks for Value and Growth Investors

Value and growth investors don’t always see eye-to-eye. Value investors typically scoff at the sky-high valuations growth investors are willing to pay. Some growth investors think value investors are,...

Stock Buys Among Tesla, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix, Microsoft And Meta

A Google (Alphabet) office in Chicago. Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images Getty Images People have a number of names for the small group of stocks that investors clung to, and rode to big profits,...

Mission Produce, Nutanix, Alphabet, Tesla and more

A Tesla service and sales center is shown in Vista, California, June 3, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday. Energy — Energy stocks outperforme...

The NFL Sunday Ticket/YouTube deal is good for both the league and Alphabet

It’s official. The NFL’s Sunday Ticket is coming to Google-owned YouTube. The agreement is a strong one for both the league and Alphabet (GOOGL), the parent company of Google and a Club ho...

Apple Says ‘Enough’ As Google-NFL Deal Pushes Sports TV Rights Limits

Getty Images Well, now we know how much is too much for free-spending Apple when it comes to buying programming for its Apple TV+ video-streaming service. An imminent $3 billion-a-year deal that gives...

Alphabet Stock: A Good Buy for 2023 and Beyond? Check the Chart.

It has been a difficult year for tech investors. The statement reflects the performance of most technology stocks, big and small — Alphabet  (GOOGL) – Get Free Report  (GOOG) – Get Free Re...

Barron’s 10 Top Stock Picks for 2023

The stock market is coming off its worst year since 2008, but it was finally a good year for value investing—and it was a good year for Barron’s favorite picks, as well.  Every December for the past 1...

Oracle Stock Rises on Strong Earnings

Oracle shares were moving higher late Monday after the company posted better-than-expected financial results for its latest quarter. The enterprise software giant continued to see success in shifting ...

Google Moves to Cut Costs. The Tech Gravy Train Has Hit the Brakes.

After years of rapid growth amid bumper profits, the tech sector is now firmly in cost-cutting mode. Alphabet Google was the latest company to highlight this Thursday, confirming plans to merge the te...

Why Alphabet Will Benefit From Stunning Rise Of Malevolent AIs

Deepfakes are typically manipulated videos in which the likeness of a famous person is digitally … [+] inserted to deceive the viewer. Deepfakes are now almost indistinguishable from real due to...

Is Apple A Value Or Growth Stock?

While 2022 is marked with red ink for the majority of stocks, it’s been a good year for those of the Value persuasion, relatively speaking. Indeed, as of 12.07.22. the Russell 3000 Value index had a n...

Top Tech Stocks, Resources And Healthcare Themes

A common strategy many investors use around each quarter’s 13F reporting period is to “follow the smart money.” This strategy works most of the time, but this year, investors who hav...

Will 10,000 Layoffs Benefit The Alphabet Stock Performance?

Alphabet plans to lay off low-performing employees at the start of next year. It is 50% below its 52-week high Technical indicators are favoring an upside momentum in price. GOOGL is trading near $98 ...

Billionaire George Soros Makes a Huge Bet on Alphabet

Concerns surrounding the growth of big tech do not apply to George Soros. The Federal Reserve‘s decision to aggressively raise interest rates to fight inflation, which is at a 40-year high, thre...

Is Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) A Value Or Growth Stock?

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BARGAIN HUNTING A stock often lumped in the Growth bucket is Alphabet (GOOG & GOOGL), formerly known as GoogleGOOG . The titan of search and the “G” in the FANG (Facebook/Meta Pl...

Is Google The Next Big Tech Company To Layoff Workers?

(Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images). Getty Images Key Takeaways Rumors are swirling that Alphabet may be the next big tech company to layoff workers, following the lead of Meta, Amazon and ...

Elon Musk’s Fortune Is Melting Away

Elon Musk has evolved in a world apart.  For more than 10 months he was the only member of the most select financial club on the planet, one that has never welcomed more than two members at the same t...

Apple Isn’t Recession Proof. The Stock Could Have a Tough 2023.

To be clear, I’m an Apple fanboy, and have been for years. I have a pair of Mac laptops, an iPhone 13 Pro Max, and an Apple Watch. I subscribe to Apple Music, Apple Photos, Apple News, and Apple TV+. ...

The Myth of the Tech God Is Crumbling

Tech is full of smart people who build, run and invest in successful companies that have produced a tremendous amount of innovation. But the industry’s recent spate of failures and reversals has made ...

Why Are Tech Companies Laying Off So Many Workers?

(Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Takeaways Layoffs have been sweeping the tech sector, including big names like Meta, Amazon, Shopify and Netflix. The widespread downsizi...