Microsoft stock dives into the red after forecast misses, CFO warns about deceleration

Microsoft Corp.’s profit declined more than 12% in the holiday season, and executives said Tuesday that a revenue deceleration at the end of 2022 is expected to continue into the new year as the compa...

Intuitive Surgical stock drops 10%, COVID resurgence hobbles sales

Shares of Intuitive Surgical Inc. ISRG dropped more than 10% in the extended session Tuesday after the maker of surgical robotic systems reported fourth-quarter results slightly below Wall Street expe...

JPMorgan ‘hates Tesla and me,’ Musk says in court

Tesla Inc. TSLA Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday shed more light onto the often-acrimonious dealings between the EV maker and JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM Musk said in a federal trial over his “fu...

Verizon’s stock falls after earnings outlook comes up short

Verizon Communications Inc. returned to positive subscriber growth in its consumer postpaid phone business for the fourth quarter, but shares of the wireless giant dipped in morning trading Tuesday af...

Raytheon sales fall slightly short of estimates as it announces to realign into three business segments

Raytheon Technologies Corp. RTX, -0.54% said Tuesday it had net income of $1.422 billion, or 96 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, more than double the $686 million, or 46 cents a share, posted in ...

Halliburton stock jumps after profit beats expectations, dividend raise boosts yield to near 1.6%

Shares of Halliburton Co. HAL, -0.29% jumped 1.8% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the oil services company beat fourth-quarter profit expectations and matched on revenue, while raising its dividen...

3M stock dips after earnings miss, company plans to cut 2,500 jobs

Shares of 3M Co. MMM, +1.63% were down nearly 4% in premarket action Tuesday after the manufacturing giant missed profit expectations for the latest quarter and delivered a downbeat earnings outlook f...

J&J stock rises after 2023 profit view tops analyst outlook

Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.25% stock rose 0.9% in premarket trades on Tuesday after the drug company’s profit outlook for 2023 topped analyst estimates. J&J’s fourth-quarter profit fell 25.7% t...

GE stock falls after earnings, FCF beat expectations but outlook was downbeat

Shares of General Electric Co. GE, +2.69% fell 2.2% in premarket trading Friday, after the industrial conglomerate reported fourth-quarter profit, revenue and free cash flow (FCF) that beat expectatio...

I’m still working at 75: Do I need to take RMDs from my 401(k)? 

Dear Fix My Portfolio,  I retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 2004 and have a yearly pension from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). I also work part time at a big hardware chain and have a...

How long does your retirement savings need to last? First, learn how long you might live.

One of the things that makes it so hard to save for retirement is not knowing how long it will last. You’re trying to amass a nest egg big enough to never run out of money while you’re alive — without...

Verizon earnings preview: After stemming losses, can real momentum now build?

Verizon Communications Inc. already disclosed that it reversed its negative subscriber trends in the fourth quarter, but there’s more to be shared about the company’s story. The wireless giant is set ...

‘It is an employer’s market’: Tech layoffs may have turned the Great Resignation into the Great Recommitment

The flood of Big tech layoffs has again upended the dynamic between employers and employees, workers and executives say, leading to prolonged job searches and widespread fear and anxiety among many in...

Elon Musk tells court Saudi Arabia wanted to take Tesla private, $420 ‘not a joke’

Elon Musk testified Monday he believed he had funding secured to take Tesla Inc. private in 2018, both from a Saudi Arabian investment fund and from his stake in SpaceX, and that one of his key tweets...

White families are reaping over 90% of the benefit from this powerful tax rule

Tax season is starting for all Americans — but the tax code’s provisions play out very differently for white families compared to families of color, new research says. The tax benefits from some of th...

Sumo Logic stock surges more than 30% on reported buyout interest

Sumo Logic Inc. SUMO, +28.68% stock soared Monday on a report that the data-analytics software company has been approached by private equity firms expressing interest in a possible buyout. Sumo Logic ...

Why naked short selling has suddenly become a hot topic

Short selling can be controversial, especially among management teams of companies whose stocks traders are betting that their prices will fall. And a new spike in alleged “naked short selling” among ...

Hellbiz hires same company used by Genius Group to combat illegal short selling

Shares of Hellbiz Inc. HLBZ, +109.13% soared 41.3% in midday trading Monday, and have more than doubled in two days, after the e-scooters and e-bicycles provider said it hired Shareholder Intelligence...

Scammers are out to get your mortgage money and even your home. Here’s how to fight them off.

We’ve all seen the email scams: “This is a genuie request.” “Your lendar has detected an unpaid sum.” “I’m a prince and I need your help.” Digital fraud has become highly sophisticated and, according ...

AT&T could ‘turn the corner’ on a key metric this year

AT&T Inc. scored praise for its subscriber performance last year, and now the company will look to win over Wall Street on another key metric. Subscriber numbers are a major focus for wireless com...

Small-cap companies are going after naked short sellers in growing numbers: ‘It’s the biggest risk to the health of today’s public markets’

A growing number of small-cap companies are announcing plans to go after naked short sellers, claiming their stocks are being artificially depressed by illegal trading activity. Verb Technology Co. In...

This dividend-stock ETF has a 12% yield and is beating the S&P 500 by a substantial amount

Most investors want to keep things simple, but digging a bit into details can be lucrative — it can help you match your choices to your objectives. The JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF JEPI, +0.27% ...

Verb Technology joins Genius Group and Helbiz in going after naked short sellers

Verb Technology Co. Inc. VERB, +76.69%, a provider of interactive video-based sales apps, has become the latest small-cap company to announce plans to address naked short selling of its stock, among s...

Don’t let the ‘bear market house of mirrors’ fool you, Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson warns of the stock market

An important week for earnings is straight ahead, with the spotlight on updates from the tech space, which has been laying off thousands of workers. Among those not expecting good news in the earnings...

Incoming Biden chief of staff Zients is nearly wealthy enough to buy the entire White House

Fixes story to reflect that Zients worked at Bain & Co. The person widely reported to be President Joe Biden’s next chief of staff has just about enough assets to swap it for the entire White Hous...

Ken Griffin’s Citadel made $16 billion last year – the largest annual hedge fund profit on record, investor says

Ken Griffin’s U.S. hedge fund Citadel made $16 billion in profit after fees last year – the largest annual profit ever made by a hedge fund manager, an investor has estimated. In a report published on...

I’m about to get $130,000 from a lump sum pension payout, what do I do with it?

I am about to receive a lump-sum payout from a pension plan I was in. It’s around $130,000. Need some advice on the best way to invest this money. I am turning 60 in April and don’t have a 401(k) or I...

Earnings Watch: Microsoft, Tesla and Intel are about to face the doubters

After one of the worst years in Wall Street’s history, investors have some serious questions for companies. As holiday returns roll in — and with them, forecasts for the months or year ahead — many ha...

The surprising message of the junk bond spread

The U.S. economy is in relatively good shape—perhaps even stronger than average. That’s the surprising message of an indicator with an enviable record of anticipating recessions: The interest-rate spr...

Bitcoin soars past $23,000 to highest since last September

Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.59% soared past $23,000 on Saturday, its highest level since September, as the crypto currency market recovered some ground in early 2023. The rally came despite news on Thursday th...

I-bond strategies: Answers to your questions about Series I bonds

Most people are still new to investing in I-bonds, and so it’s not surprising that they have a lot of questions about the basics. As a new year begins, the situation is even more complicated by strate...

NRG stock bounces off more than 2-year low after dividend raised, to boost yield above 4.7%

Shares of NRG Energy Inc. NRG, +3.80% bounced 2.1% in morning trading Friday, after the electricity generator and natural gas services company boosted its quarterly dividend by 7.9%, to 37.75 cents a ...