Mobileye Stock Gains After Blow-Out Earnings Show Growth in Self-Driving Cars

Car owners who want their vehicles to drive them around have been burned by years of overpromising by the auto industry. There are no truly self-driving cars. Autonomous-driving technology is getting ...

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...

Opinion: Microsoft invested in an AI system that helped me write this column about Tesla

Can an artificial intelligence system help me write articles about investment ideas? Let’s find out. There are two subjects I would like to cover. But I will have help, and as a result there is a thir...

Self-Driving Technology Provider Luminar Just Hit a Big Milestone

After 10-plus years of moonshot R&D, Luminar Technologies has made it into automotive production with its radarlike systems. Wednesday evening, lidar maker Luminar (ticker: LAZR) reported third-qu...

SPAC Sponsors Were Winners Even on Losers

Since AEye went public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company in August 2021, shareholders have had a rough go. The laser-technology company’s stock is down over 90% in the midst of mis...

Buy Luminar Stock, Analyst Says. It’s a Winner in Radar for Autonomous Cars.

Text size Luminar’s stock is forecast to reach $30 by December 2023. Here, a photo of a Luminar Lidar-based sensor on a test vehicle. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The autonomous vehicl...

Marvell and Other Chip Stocks Are Struggling. Two Bulls Turned Neutral.

Text size Pointing to concerns about demand, B.Riley just downgraded chip stocks. Dreamstime Semiconductor stocks have struggled this year as investors fretted about a potential economic slowdown. Poi...

Google’s Owner Paid $296,000 to a Typical Worker. Here’s What Other Firms Pay

With a booming economy and a tight job market, median pay rose last year for most S&P 500 companies, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Google parent Alphabet and Facebook Meta Platforms...

The Future of Transportation Is a Lot More Than Tesla. How to Invest.

We once thought the future of transportation meant George Jetson’s flying car. Instead, we got Elon Musk’s Tesla—the company and the electric car—whose twin successes jolted the global automotive indu...

These 20 highly rated stocks are expected to rise at least 70% over the next year

A sliding stock market means many companies are on sale, which spells opportunity for investors with investment horizons of several years. A list of the most favored names among analysts, along with c...

Luminar Stock Is Holding Steady. Guidance Met Expectations.

Text size Luminar Technologies makes tech for autonomous cars. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty Images Autonomous car-tech maker Luminar Technologies reported fourth-quarter earnings Monday evening. Shares...

CEO of Self-Driving-Car Firm Luminar Buys Stock

Text size A vehicle with Luminar LiDAR Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Luminar Technologies stock has been slumping, and founder and CEO Austin Russell scooped up the cheaper shares. Luminar (ticke...