MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor Sued for Alleged Tax Fraud in Washington, D.C.

By Vicky Ge Huang and Richard Rubin Aug. 31, 2022 6:17 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) The District of Columbia attorney general sued Michael Saylor, the founder and chairman of software intellige...

Lucid, SoFi, and 3 Other SPAC Stocks Whose Downturns Might Be Ending

Text size Most SPAC-related stocks, including Virgin Galactic, haven’t been soaring in recent months. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Sometimes the best time to look for new investment ideas are when t...

Okta stock falls despite increased forecast, earnings beat

Okta Inc. shares fell in late trading Wednesday despite revealing an increase in the software company’s annual outlook and reporting a better quarter than Wall Street expected. Okta OKTA, +0.26%, whic...

CrowdStrike Earnings and Guidance Beat Estimates

Text size CrowdStrike’s strong earnings and guidance are a boon for the cybersecurity-software sector. Michael Vi/Dreamstime CrowdStrike posted better-than-expected results for its fiscal second...

Inventory Pileup, Uneasy Shoppers Put Retailers in Jeopardy

For retailers, it is a season of discontent. From Walmart Inc. to Nordstrom Inc., retailers have a glut of inventory and are discounting items to clear out space for holiday goods. Many have already l...

Only 5 S&P 500 stocks ended higher after Powell’s sobering Jackson Hole speech

It took only a 10-minute speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday to clarify that monetary policy would be relentlessly tightened in the months ahead. Investors dumped stocks, send...

VMware beats on earnings as it awaits Broadcom acquisition approval

VMware Inc.’s profit declined less than expected in the second quarter, as the software company awaits approval for an acquisition by chip maker Broadcom Inc. VMware VMW, +2.31% on Thursday reported s...

Splunk Earnings Beat Estimates. Shares Fall on New Business Slowdown.

Text size Splunk said 723 customers are generating more than $1 million in annualized revenue. Dreamstime Splunk posted better-than-expected results for its fiscal second quarter ended July 31, while ...

Cathie Wood dumps Nvidia stock ahead of results

Is Cathie Wood fearing more bad news from Nvidia? Wood’s ARK Invest funds trimmed their stake in Nvidia NVDA, +0.86% ahead of the graphics chipmaker’s results. Nvidia has already warned on second-quar...

Zoom Video Stock Dives. Citi Says Lowered Guidance May Be ‘Too Optimistic.’

Text size Zoom cited soft performance in its online business, a segment focused on smaller businesses and the consumer. Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images Zoom Video Communications stock dived Tuesday ...

Here’s how Palo Alto Networks stacks up against its main competitors

Shares of Palo Alto Networks soared as much as 12% on Aug. 23 after the network security company reported results for its fiscal fourth quarter and said it expected sales to increase by at least 25% i...

Palo Alto Networks stock leaps following strong outlook that CEO terms ‘prudent’

Palo Alto Networks Inc. shares surged in the extended session Monday after the cybersecurity company not only said its forecast, which topped Wall Street estimates, was “prudent” given macroeconomic u...

Palo Alto Networks Stock Soars on Strong Earnings and Three-for-One Stock Split

Text size Palo Alto Networks has followed other high-profile tech companies in splitting its stock. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Demonstrating the continued strong demand for cybersecurity software, Pa...

Giant Fund Sells Apple, Tesla, Microsoft Stock. It Bought Walmart.

Text size An Apple Store. PSP Investments cut its Apple position in the second quarter. Getty Images A giant Canadian pension recently made substantial changes in its U.S.-traded investments. Public S...

Nvidia, Salesforce, Zoom, Macy’s, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Numerous technology and retail companies will report their latest quarterly results this week. Federal Reserve watchers will be tuning into the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, ...

Banks Nearing $1 Billion Settlement Over Traders’ Use of Banned Messaging Apps

WASHINGTON—Many of Wall Street’s biggest banks are nearing agreements to pay as much as $200 million each and admit that their employees’ use of personal messaging apps such as WhatsApp violated regul...

Nvidia, Salesforce, Zoom, Macy’s, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Numerous technology and retail companies will report their latest quarterly results this week. Federal Reserve watchers will be tuning into the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, ...

Largest U.S. Pension Bought EV Stocks Rivian and Li Auto. What It Sold.

Text size The Rivian R1S. Pension giant Calpers bought more Rivian shares in the second quarter. Courtesy of Rivian America’s largest public pension has increased bets in electric-vehicle makers. Cali...

Buffett and Berkshire added big to their bets on Ally, Occidental, Paramount and Activision. But these other 6 stocks also got a vote of confidence.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. added to nine stock holdings during the second quarter, reduced holdings of four and sold two outright. That’s according to Berkshire Hathaway’s BRK.B, +1.26% ...

Berkshire Hathaway Bought Apple, Chevron Stock, Sold GM, Verizon

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made modest stock purchases in the second quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway added to its stakes in Apple , C...

Unity Stock Tumbles After Board Rejects AppLovin’s $17.5 Billion Buyout Bid

Text size Unity Software doesn’t think AppLovin’s offer was in the best interests of its shareholders. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Videogaming company Unity Software  on Monday rejected Ap...

Unity Board Opposes AppLovin’s $17.5 Billion Buyout Offer

Updated Aug. 15, 2022 10:48 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Unity Software board has unanimously agreed that the $17.5 billion buyout offer from AppLovin isn’t in the best interests of shareholder...

Berkshire 13F: Buffett Likely Bought Apple, Chevron, and Occidental Stock

Text size CEO Warren Buffett and his investment lieutenants didn’t buy as much stock in the second quarter as they did in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshi...

6 Software Stocks to Buy and 4 to Sell, According to an Analyst

What’s next for enterprise software stocks? That depends which ones you pick. Guggenheim Partners analyst John DiFucci launched coverage of the group late Thursday, with some thoughts on where to plac...

Why an analyst says sell these four big software stocks

Salesforce Inc.’s stock gets a lot of love on Wall Street, with 43 of the 49 covering analysts tracked by FactSet rating the shares the equivalent of buy. But Guggenheim analyst John DiFucci bucked th...

Billionaire Robert Brockman, Accused of Biggest Tax Fraud in U.S. History, Dies at 81

When Robert Brockman, one of the richest people in the country, was visiting his company’s offices near Dayton, Ohio, he stayed at budget motels and ate frozen dinners in his room, a former employee r...

Unity loses less than feared, trims outlook as Applovin makes $20 billion bid for software company

On the same day it received an offer to acquire the company for roughly $20 billion, Unity Software Inc. reported a loss that was less than feared and pulled back on its guidance for the year, and sha...

Roblox stock plunges 15% as key sales metric unexpectedly declines again

Roblox Corp. shares plunged in extended trading Tuesday after the videogame company said that a key sales metric unexpectedly declined for the second quarter in a row. Roblox RBLX, -3.17% reported a s...

Nvidia is hit by another ‘crypto hangover,’ and that isn’t the only problem

While in high demand and short supply for the first two years of the pandemic, Nvidia Corp.’s gaming cards have been hit by declines in three separate pandemic booms in 2022: Personal-computer sales, ...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Tesla, Palantir, First Solar and More.

Text size Tesla shares rise early Monday. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Stock futures were trading higher Monday with investors assessing how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be in its ef...

Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...

Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...