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China’s Big Comeback Is Just Getting Started. How to Play It.
Talk about a comeback. As China abandons policies that stifled economic growth for the past three years, investors have sent the country’s stocks soaring—up more than 50% since October. The rally migh...
IBM’s layoffs aren’t helping the stock, as analysts still fret about cash flow
International Business Machines Corp. shares slumped Thursday after analysts picked apart Big Blue’s free cash flow results and outlook amid layoffs, and found a “mixed blessing” in the company’s driv...
This 72-year-old is hoping to fund her retirement on GoFundMe
GoFundMe campaigns have been raising piles of cash for older Walmart workers who want to retire — but the heartwarming stories about sudden windfalls mask a dark reality about economic security and gr...
Energy Earnings Could Drop 11%
After two years of skyrocketing growth, oil and gas earnings are now past their peak. The good thing for the stocks is that the peak was remarkably high, and the decline is likely to be very gradual. ...
Shipping Platform Freightos Goes Public in SPAC Deal
Online freight booking platform Freightos Ltd. started trading shares publicly on Thursday through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, just as the booming shipping demand that helped ...
Opinion: Intel just had its worst year since the dot-com bust, and it won’t get better anytime soon
Intel Corp. ended 2022 with its worst financial results since the dot-com bust more than 20 years ago, thanks to a double whammy of a downturn in both PCs and data centers that isn’t going to turn aro...
This recession indicator is close to the point of no return. But stocks historically rally if the Fed cuts and the economy still grows.
It’s way too early to proclaim a Goldilocks environment, even if major asset classes are at least pointing to a better chance of it. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.40% has gained 5% this year, and the tech-h...
IBM Earnings Top Expectations. Its Stock Is Falling.
IBM turned in strong financial results, with better-than-expected revenue, driven by the company’s software and infrastructure businesses. Its forecast of revenue was upbeat as well, but the outlook o...
Opinion: 6 cheap stocks that famed value-fund manager Bill Nygren says can help you beat the market
These are tricky times in the stock market, so it pays to look to the best stock-fund managers for guidance on how to behave now. Veteran value investor Bill Nygren belongs in this camp, because the O...
IBM posts biggest annual sales increase in more than a decade, announces layoffs
International Business Machines Corp. increased revenue more than 6% in 2022, the biggest sales increase for Big Blue in more than a decade, but its stock fell in extended trading Wednesday. Chief Exe...
Opinion: Microsoft gave Wall Street hope, but then the cloud forecast turned dark
Microsoft Corp. sparked a relief rally for the cloud Tuesday, then rained on that parade after less than two hours of joy. Microsoft MSFT reported slightly disappointing holiday-quarter results, but t...
Microsoft Posts Earnings Beat On Solid Cloud Results, But Guidance Disappoints
Microsoft posted better-than-expected results for the December quarter, driven by strength in cloud computing. But the strong results were tempered by disappointing guidance for the March quarter. Whi...
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...
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...
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...
GE set to report final pre-breakup earnings
General Electric Co. is scheduled to report next week its final quarterly results before the start of its breakup, with the industrial conglomerate expected to report its highest profit since before t...
Retirement may be bad for your brain. Is working longer the solution?
When we retire from our jobs we may be giving up more than staff meetings, desk lunches and a paycheck. The social interaction and mental challenges found through work can be good for our mental healt...
Trump and lawyer Habba fined $1 million over ‘frivolous’ suit against Hillary Clinton
NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida judge sanctioned former President Donald Trump and one of his attorneys, ordering them to pay nearly $1 million for filing what he said was a bogus lawsuit against Trump’s 20...
Hellbiz stock skyrockets after following Genius Group’s example of investigating illegal short selling
Shares of Hellbiz Inc. HLBZ, +70.76% skyrocketed 143.3% toward a three-month high on massive volume in morning trading Friday, after the New York-based e-scooters and e-bicycles provider said it was e...
House prices slumped by 10% in San Francisco, Redfin says — and prices are also falling in these cities
Even as mortgage rates come off of recent highs, buyer demand remains constrained. And that’s affecting home-list prices, according to a new report. The report by Redfin RDFN, +8.45%, which tracked ho...
Genius Group stock up another 52% in premarket trade Friday in heavy volume
Genius Group Ltd. stock GNS, +91.00% rallied another 52% in premarket trade Friday, extending its prior-day gains after the Singapore-based education company announced it had appointed a former F.B.I....
The 1980s was the blueprint for the upcoming disinflation cycle and these are the stocks for it, strategists say
Stocks logged a third-straight losing session on Thursday as investors continue to deal with a mixed bag of economic data. That followed Wednesday’s session and extremely weak industrial production th...
Households earning $100,000 or more are cutting spending more aggressively. What’s going on?
We want to hear from readers who have stories to share about the effects of increasing costs and a changing economy. If you’d like to share your experience, write to [email protected]. Ple...
AMD earnings face even more scrutiny after ‘astonishingly bad’ Intel outlook
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. gets to show Wall Street if it “certainly” ended 2022 in a better place, after the price of clearing inventory helped gut results from rival Intel Corp. AMD AMD, +0.32% is ...