Gilead stock jumps 5% after Q4 beat, dividend increase

Shares of Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD, -3.11% rose more than 5% in the extended session Thursday after the pharma company reported fourth-quarter earnings and sales above Wall Street expectations, sayin...

Ford logs $2 billion loss in 2022, says profit was left ‘on the table’

Ford Motor Co. late Thursday reported a $2 billion loss for the year and mixed quarterly results, blaming “deeply entrenched” shortcomings around costs and systems that put the brakes on its hopes to ...

I’m 72, have a cushy amount invested and was withdrawing 4% a year. But once I pay my financial adviser’s fees and California taxes that won’t be enough. What’s my move?

How to figure out if your adviser is worth what they’re charging you. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I have a comfortable balance in my investment account but have a question about only taking out...

UnitedHealth stock can be blamed for most of the Dow’s decline, while the rest of the stock market rallies

The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s DJIA, -0.11% selloff, in the face of a big rally in the broader stock market, is mostly the fault of one company’s stock. UnitedHealth Group Inc. shares ...

Hanesbrands stock plunges toward biggest selloff in 15 years after relatively high dividend eliminated, warning of a Q1 loss

Shares of Hanesbrands Inc. HBI, -27.38% plummeted 20.7% in morning trading Thursday, putting them on track for the worst one-day performance in nearly 15 years, after the T-shirt and underwear seller ...

Did Powell just give stocks permission to keep on climbing? Here’s what latest Fed decision means for markets

U.S. stocks and bonds rallied on Wednesday, much to the chagrin of traders who had ramped up bearish bets on the expectation that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell would push back against the mar...

Amazon earnings: What to expect

Amazon.com Inc. is expected to deliver a profit for its holiday quarter, but not enough to offset its losses from earlier in 2022. Even with Amazon AMZN, +6.95% projected to report about $2 billion in...

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 ...

Genius Group stock soars toward 5 1/2-month high after plan to issue $10 NFT coupons to shareholders

Shares of Genius Group Ltd. GNS, +33.02% soared 28.1% toward a 5 1/2-month high in premarket trading Thursday, after the the Singapore-based education company, said it will reward its shareholders by ...

ConocoPhillips stock edges up as profit and production rose, but came up shy of expectations

Shares of ConocoPhillips COP, -4.76% edged up 0.3% in premarket trading, after the energy exploration and production company reported fourth-quarter profit and production that rose, as realized prices...

‘I’m stretched thin.’ I’m 23 and make $75K a year living in the Northeast. But between rent and other bills I have ‘very little’ in the bank each month. Should I hire a pro to help?

Question: I’m 23 and living in a high-cost area in Rhode Island. I make a $75,000 salary, plus monthly bonuses that will hopefully get me near six figures by the end of the year. I’ve worked full time...

Stanley Black & Decker dives after Q4 results beat expectations, but 2023 outlook is well below forecasts

Shares of Stanley Black & Decker SWK dove 4.6% in premarket trading Thursday, after the tools maker reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations but provided a full-year profit outlook t...

Blink Charging stock jumps after ShareIntel hired to investigate potential naked short selling

Shares of Blink Charging Co. BLNK, +2.57% shot up 6.9% toward a two-month high in premarket trading Wednesday, after the maker of electric vehicle charging equipment said it hired Shareholder Intellig...

Why the Fed’s interest rate hike is ‘good news for mortgage rates’

The Federal Reserve’s move to hike interest rates signals good news for the housing sector, some experts say. The central bank hiked its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday by a quarter percentage po...

Wall Street to Jerome Powell: We don’t believe you

Do you want the good news about the Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell, the other good news…or the bad news? Let’s start with the first bit of good news. Powell and his fellow Fed committe...

Meta stock spikes nearly 20% as cost cuts and $40 billion for investors overshadow earnings miss

Meta Platforms Inc. shares soared in after-hours trading Wednesday despite an earnings miss, as the Facebook parent company guided for potentially more revenue than Wall Street expected in the new yea...

As Fed raises rates by a quarter point, here’s where financial advisers are telling their clients to invest — and store — their money

The Federal Reserve boosted its influential interest rate yet again Wednesday, even as more signs indicate that inflation is cooling. It hiked the benchmark’s key rate by a quarter of a basis point, b...

Intel cuts pay, bonuses and other benefits while maintaining dividend

Intel Corp. continues to cut costs for everything except payments to investors. Intel INTC, +2.87%, which is already in the process of cutting what is believed to be thousands of jobs amid steep decli...

‘Won’t get fooled again’? Nasdaq jumped more than 10% in January. Here’s what history shows happens next to the tech-heavy index.

The technology-laden Nasdaq Composite surged more than 10% last month after a down year in 2022, with history showing the stock-market index tends to perform well in the next 12 months after such a sc...

Brace for ‘tinderbox-timebomb’ market crash worse than 1929, hedge fund manager says

“ “It is objectively the greatest tinderbox-timebomb in financial history — greater than the late 1920s, and likely with similar market consequences. Now, as then, it is of our own making.” ” — Mark S...

Want to earn a guaranteed 4%-4.75% on your money? While this savings vehicle hasn’t been that popular in recent years, pros say it’s now worth another look

The latest rates on certificates of deposit. Getty Images/iStockphoto Looking for a safe place to park your money with a guaranteed return of sometimes 4.5% or more?  While certificates of deposit, or...

10 best high-interest savings accounts for February 2023

10 savings accounts that deliver rates that top 4%. Getty Images/iStockphoto Want to let your hard-earned cash work for you? How about letting it work more than 15x harder than the national average? T...

Altria tops earnings estimates for Q4, board approves $1 billion share buyback program

Altria Group Inc. MO, +4.95% said Wednesday it had net income of $2.690 billion, or $1.50 a share, in the fourth quarter, up from $1.624 billion, or 88 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Exclu...

Boston Scientific stock slides 5% premarket after profit miss

Boston Scientific Corp. stock BSX, +1.79% slid 5% in premarket trade Wednesday, after the medical device maker missed profit estimates for the fourth quarter. The company had net income of $126 millio...

Michael Burry says sell and Jim Cramer says buy. As the Fed meets, here’s how they both could be wrong on stocks.

Michael Burry, the hedge-fund manager at Scion Asset Management who correctly forecast the 2008 financial crisis, on Tuesday night sent out a one-word tweet: “Sell.” Burry didn’t elaborate, but it’s n...

SoFi’s banking moves are proving a ‘unique advantage,’ analyst says

SoFi Technologies Inc. continues to win praise for its banking efforts after the digital financial-services company gave an upbeat earnings forecast and touted the benefits of its banking charter for ...

Novo Nordisk 4Q Sales DKK48.09B

By Dominic Chopping Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk AS on Wednesday raised its dividend and launched a new 28 billion Danish kroner ($4.09 billion) share buyback after fourth-quarter earnin...

AMD CEO promises to keep taking data-center from Intel even as cloud demand pauses following ‘strong’ 2022

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares rose in the extended session Tuesday after the chip maker’s data-center sales gained and executives forecast sales of more than $5 billion to start 2023, even as clo...

Apple earnings may rely on an unlikely hero amid iPhone uncertainty

Apple Inc. was saved in its last earnings report by an unlikely hero, and the same dynamic may show up in the tech giant’s holiday earnings. Macs posted record revenue of $11.5 billion that was more t...