GE’s Annual Report Is Shorter Again. Things Are Changing.

Text size General Electric plans to break itself into three parts. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images General Electric ‘s latest annual report is more evidence that the company is shaking itself up....

Did Warren Buffett Scoop Up Stock Last Quarter? Don’t Bet on It.

Text size Warren Buffett. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Given Warren Buffett’s cautious investment approach since the pandemic began, it’s a good bet that Berkshire Hathaway ‘s quarterly filing of its eq...

SoFi is ‘not just another neobank,’ Bank of America analyst says

SoFi Technologies Inc. picked up a new fan on Wall Street Friday as a Bank of America analyst chimed in with a bullish view of the financial-technology company. Bank of America’s Mihir Bhatia said he ...

Oil is the hottest sector, and Wall Street analysts see upside of up to 48% for favored stocks

Energy is the best-performing stock-market sector this year. Given today’s strong economic growth and inflation, many believe oil prices could remain at current levels for years or maybe even move hig...

Alibaba Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect.

A selloff in the technology sector and macroeconomic headwinds in China make Alibaba’s looming earnings report sure to be an interesting one. The Chinese e-commerce giant announced Friday that its fin...

Alibaba Earnings Are Coming. Here’s When, What to Expect and 4 Numbers to Watch.

A selloff in the technology sector and macroeconomic headwinds in China make Alibaba’s looming earnings report sure to be an interesting one. The Chinese e-commerce giant announced Friday that its fin...

Aurora Cannabis stock gains after first beat on pot sales in more than a year

Aurora Cannabis Inc. shares gained in late trading Thursday, after the Canadian pot producer beat sales expectations for the first time in more than a year. Aurora ACB, -1.08% ACB, -1.02% reported a f...

Zillow’s lost more than $230 million in its iBuying fire sale, but the stock is still surging

Three months after a home-flipping initiative imploded in an embarrassing public display, Zillow Group Inc. reported record revenue from selling the underwater homes Thursday and predicted big sales a...

This fund sold out of Facebook’s parent and PayPal before their earnings disasters. Here’s what it bought instead.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms was probably the least loved megacap tech stock before its slide over its weak first-quarter outlook, but its sheer size meant it was a widely owned holding — according ...

How Much Is Trump’s New Social-Media Company Worth? Traders Can’t Decide

Traders are struggling to place a consistent value on Donald Trump’s new social-media venture, a business that hasn’t offered much in the way of details but one that supporters think is destined to ta...

Crypto is volatile, but KPMG Canada just added bitcoin and ether to its balance sheet. Here’s why

KPMG in Canada has added an unknown amount of bitcoin and ether to its corporate balance sheet.  The firm declined to disclose the amount of cryptocurrencies it purchased, but Kunal Bhasin, blockchain...

5 popular financial rules you might want to ditch

Traditional financial advice like the kind you got from your parents is often true but even experienced investors might rely on maxims that are outdated and no longer serving your financial well-being...

Opinion: Trump-related SPACs surge, then fall, as retail investors have their own Joe Rogan experience

Joe Rogan’s podcast future is up in the air, and — for a few hours on Monday — so were the stock prices of some MAGA SPACs. Shares in CF Acquisition Corp VI CFVI, +18.17% soared as high as 39.7% in la...

Nvidia becomes 7th-largest U.S. company as it passes Facebook owner Meta for the first time

Nvidia Corp. became the seventh-largest U.S. company Monday as it overtook Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. for the first time. A reshuffling among the ranks of the most valuable U.S. companies ref...

Why Berkshire Hathaway’s Utility Business Is a Crown Jewel

Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a big diversified utility business 91% owned by Berkshire Hathaway , is an industry leader with a huge portfolio of renewable power and one of the most ambitious capital spe...

Alibaba Stock Is Falling. SoftBank May Be Getting Ready to Sell Its Stake.

Text size Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group owns almost 25% of Alibaba. Maybe not for long. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images Technology investor SoftBank may be getting ready to sell some or all ...

Opinion: Should you add residential real estate to your retirement portfolio?

Is there a way to invest in residential real estate as an asset class? It’s a timely question since, as I pointed out last week, residential real estate can play an important role in reducing the prob...

Tax season: does the IRS know if you trade crypto? Is your NFT sale or mining income taxable?

Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. It is tax season in the U.S., and I’ll ...

GE Stock Could Light Up Your Portfolio. Here’s Why.

Text size General Electric was once known as the company that brings good things to life—but so far this century, holding shares of the conglomerate has been a portfolio killer. That all may soon chan...

Tech Stocks to Buy After a Crazy Week of Earnings

Amazon stock was up almost 14% on Friday after the company reported solid earnings and said it was raising the price of its Prime membership for the first time since 2018. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images...

Costco Saw Another Strong Month of Sales. Why the Stock Didn’t Leap.

Text size A shopper in a Costco store Joe Raedle/Getty Images Costco ‘s sales rose nearly 16% in January from a year earlier, but the news failed to lift the stock even as Wall Street analysts offered...

This way of picking value stocks has actually worked — and Berkshire Hathaway screens the best

Amazon.com’s earnings surprise is the story of the day, pushing even the jobs report into second billing. More on that in a second. But the broader story of the markets is unchanged. Interest rates ar...

Snap shares soar 59% on first profitable quarter

Whipsawed by Meta’s poor results a day earlier, Snap Inc. reported its first quarterly profit as well as top- and bottom-line numbers that beat Street expectations on Thursday. The results turned arou...

I inherited ‘a sizeable amount’ from my mother. A financial adviser took me out for a free meal at an investment seminar, and made ‘some good, interesting points.’ But should I be wary?

Let’s hope you enjoyed your meals but didn’t swallow too much of that investment advice. Getty Images Finding good, trustworthy financial advice is tough. Sometimes people luck into a recommendation f...

‘We do not want him to receive anything from our estate’: How do we ensure our son-in-law does not get his hands on our money?

Dear Quentin, My wife and I are in our 70’s and have one daughter as the sole beneficiary to our estate. We live in Ohio. She is separated from her husband, and it doesn’t appear that they will be get...

Amazon Stock Soars on Good Enough Earnings. The Price of Prime Is Going Up.

Amazon . com reported strong fourth-quarter results on Thursday, driven by strong growth in both its AWS cloud unit and its growing advertising business. The results could be a relief to some investor...

The party’s over for AMC and GameStop investors — but the luckier meme-stock winners are now bracing for a massive tax bill

When Jason Gutierrez kept refreshing GameStop’s performance between work tasks during the wild, early days of 2021, he admits future tax obligations weren’t his No. 1 priority. “It was in the back of ...

Opinion: Invest in Google if you like — but that stock split isn’t a solid reason to be bullish

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Alphabet’s just-announced 20-for-1 stock split is not the bullish omen that investors are making it out to be. There are two major arguments being given for why this stock split is...

The ‘best job in America’ pays $145,000, has 14,000 job openings — and offers a generous work-life balance

A six-figure salary and the option to work from home? It sounds too good to be true. Job openings are rising, while workers continue to quit. The number of vacant jobs hit 10.9 million in December, up...

Alphabet Stock Is Soaring After an Impressive Earnings Beat

Text size Stock in Alphabet, Google’s parent, is up more than 40% over the past year. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Alphabet crushed expectations and announced plans for a 20-for-one stock split afte...

With Chevron Stock Near Record Highs, Analysts Are Divided

Text size A Chevron petroleum storage tank in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The oil giant missed analysts’ earnings estimates when it reported fourth-quarter results on Friday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images C...

U.S. Stock Futures Poised for Lower Open on Monday

Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today. • U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly down. On Sunday n...