Elon Musk just sold $3.6 billion more in Tesla stock as Twitter turmoil continues

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk just sold nearly $3.6 billion more of the company’s stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission released late Wednesday. Musk sold jus...

Stocks are closing out a dismal 2022 as the Fed fights inflation. Here’s what history says comes next.

Stock-market investors have plenty of reasons to feel gloomy heading into 2023: Inflation is still high, the housing market is sputtering and the Federal Reserve just raised interest rates by another ...

Novavax stock sinks after proposed $125 million share sale, convertible debt offering

Shares of COVID-19 vaccine maker Novavax Inc. on Wednesday sank 11% after the company announced a proposed offering to sell millions of its debt and stock. The company said the proceeds could go towar...

SEC alleges $100 million stock manipulation scheme via social media

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against eight individuals who allegedly earned $100 million via stock manipulation. Charges were filed against social-media users including E...

I just retired at 64. My husband is 73 and beginning to have health issues. We need a financial plan and to figure out what to do with Social Security. What’s our move?  

Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I’m in need of a fiduciary financial planner. I recently retired at 64 years old. My husband is 73 and beginning to have health issues, and I have no idea what to do...

Carvana, CarGurus stocks started at hold rating by Citi

Citi analysts on Tuesday started covering Carvana Co. and CarGurus Inc. stocks at the equivalent of a hold rating, saying the online car marketplaces stand to benefit from growing consumer desire for ...

TUI reports narrowed net loss for fiscal 2022 as travel recovers.

TUI AG TUI, -9.21% on Wednesday reported a narrowed net loss for fiscal 2022, but missed full-year market expectations, and said that it expects higher revenue and underlying earnings for fiscal 2023....

Oracle’s ‘practically perfect’ earnings report sends stock higher

Oracle Corp.’s cloud offerings and its Cerner business were highlights of the software company’s second-quarter results, analysts say. Oracle ORCL, -0.89% beat Wall Street’s top- and bottom-line expec...

FTX fallout continues with Bankman-Fried arrest. But where is former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison?

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is squarely in the spotlight following his arrest in the Bahamas, but attention is also focused on the whereabouts of Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, th...

Vanguard sees a recession in 2023 — and one ‘silver lining’ for investors

The last 12 months was a year of fast-rising inflation, fast-rising interest rates and fast-rising questions about a future recession. Prices went up while stock markets and savings account balances w...

Tesla stock ends at fresh two-year low, bucking broader market trend

Tesla Inc. stock on Monday ended at a fresh two-year low, going against broader market strength and as December losses look poised to match November’s and October’s double-digit declines. Tesla TSLA, ...

These are the 5 most damning things FTX’s CEO has to say about Sam Bankman-Fried

Sam Bankman-Fried’s management of FTX was an “utter failure” that lacked any level of financial control and allowed his family-office trading vehicle, Alameda Research, to raid the crypto exchange’s c...

CPI days have been among the most volatile for stocks this year. Here’s what to expect ahead of Tuesday’s report

Many investors are hoping that beaten down U.S. stocks will finish 2022 with a “Santa Claus rally” after the S&P 500 logged back-to-back monthly gains for the first time in more than a year in Oct...

Clovis Oncology stock slides 10% premarket after company files for bankruptcy

Clovis Oncology Inc. stock CLVS, +19.83% fell 10% in premarket trade Monday, after the biotech filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and said it would sell assets. The company has a commitment for up to $75...

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon reportedly hiding in Serbia

South Korean prosecutors said Monday that fugitive crypto executive Do Kwon is hiding in Serbia, according to reports. The prosecutors are working with authorities in Serbia to locate him, the Financi...

Amgen confirms to acquire Horizon Therapeutics in cash deal valued at about $27.8 billion

Amgen Inc. AMGN, -2.42% said Monday it has agreed to acquire Horizon Therapeutics Plc HZNP, +0.39% in an all-cash deal valued at $27.8 billion, confirming earlier reports and a deal that was first moo...

Tesla’s approval rating sinks into negative territory, survey finds

Tesla’s approval rating has fallen fast, according to one survey. Yes, automakers have approval ratings like politicians. At least, U.K.-based research firm YouGov treats them as if they do. YouGov co...

Rivian says it won’t go forward with Mercedes-Benz deal three months after agreeing to it

Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive on Monday said it won’t go forward with a plan to make electric vans in Europe with Mercedes-Benz, just three months after agreeing to the pact. “As we evaluat...

Novozymes and Chr. Hansen agree deal to merge

Danish biotechnology companies Novozymes AS NZYM.B, -13.67% and Chr. Hansen Holding AS CHR, +23.64% said Monday they have agreed to merge, creating a biological solutions provider with combined annual...

Gas prices are now lower than at this time last year. Could they fall below $3 a gallon in the months ahead?

Gas prices on Thursday were slightly less on average than they did one year ago — with a slim one-cent margin — but experts say there could be cheaper gas in the weeks and month to come. Thursday’s na...

These money and investing tips can fill your portfolio with holiday cheer

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One company could determine if U.S. corporate profits rise to a record next year

As Wall Street looks toward 2023, earnings growth for the companies that make up the S&P 500 index could hinge on just one of them: Amazon.com Inc. Amazon AMZN, -1.39%, the online retail giant who...

If the bulls really were in control, these stock market sectors would be leaders right now

It’s still a bear market, according to the U.S. stock market’s sector relative strength rankings. That’s because the sectors that typically do the best at the end of bear markets have been laggards of...

The Block CEO showed ‘serious lack of judgment’ in taking loans from FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried and not disclosing them

The fallout from the implosion of FTX continues, with crypto publication The Block on Friday announcing that Michael McCaffrey has stepped down as its chief executive officer after failing to disclose...

Netflix, Workday, Costco, Caterpillar and more: These stocks are Cowen’s favorites for 2023

Across the market, Cowen & Co. analysts see undervalued stocks. They rolled out their individual best picks late in the week, highlighting their takes on compelling plays in healthcare, technology...

Gold prices log highest finish in just over a week after U.S. inflation data

Gold prices on Friday marked their highest finish in just over a week, after the U.S. November producer-price inflation came in slightly higher than expected. Price action February gold GC00, -0.07%  ...

Short selling giant Jim Chanos is still short on Coinbase, Tesla and the FOMO-investment market

Short selling giant Jim Chanos is still pretty bearish on a number of stocks including Coinbase and Tesla, he said on Thursday. In a Twitter Spaces conversation, Chanos was asked about the FTX fiasco ...

Why stock-market investors shouldn’t count on a ‘Santa Claus’ rally this year

Investors, like kids on Christmas Eve, have come to expect Santa Claus will get down the chimney, march over to Wall Street and deliver the rewarding gift of a stock-market rally. This year, however, ...

Here’s what resolves the big mystery on why older Americans have left the workforce

One of the many challenges facing the Federal Reserve is that the labor force participation rate is still lower than it was before the pandemic. The fewer workers in the jobs market, the more wages wi...

Dow on verge of a ‘golden cross,’ even as BlackRock predicts historic recession

Despite worries about inflation and an impending recession, there is at least one sign that some bullish market technical analysts might latch onto. An upbeat golden cross appears to be forming in the...

Abbott Labs boosts dividend by more than 8%

Abbott Laboratories ABT, +0.55% said Friday morning that it would be raising its dividend to 51 cents a share. The increase amounts to a 8.5% bump relative to the company’s prior quarterly divid...