Wall Street’s favorite stock sector has potential upside of 43% as we enter the second half of 2022

At the midpoint of 2022, investors are looking at a remarkable change in stock valuations. The S&P 500 SPX has declined 20%, but the benchmark index’s forward price-to-earnings valuation has falle...

Intel wins latest race in chip uses for the cloud, says KeyBanc Capital Markets

Chip giant Intel Corp. is leading growth in cloud technology, according to new research from KeyBanc Capital Markets. Intel Corp. INTC, +3.21% is the winner in KeyBanc’s latest monthly data tracking s...

Snowflake has catapulted into ‘elite territory,’ JPMorgan says in upgrade

Snowflake Inc. is winning big praise from those in charge of tech spending, and that’s cause for an upgrade of its stock at JPMorgan. The bank’s recent survey of chief information officers found stron...

Here’s how you can compound dividend stocks to double the S&P 500’s return

Companies announce dividend increases all the time, but here’s one that points to a simple investing strategy that can lower your risk and make you a lot of money over the years. Maybe it isn’t so exc...

Opinion: ‘The stock market is not going to zero’: How this individual investor with 70 years of experience is trading the bear market

Not many investors can claim a lifetime of stock-market success. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -1.94% BRK.B, -1.39% comes to mind, of course, but what about Warren Kaplan? Who? Kaplan is...

Why IBM is one of few tech giants that are actually gaining through the selloff

International Business Machines Corp., unlike many other tech giants, has been able to buck the sector’s selloff in recent months. Shares of IBM IBM, -0.79% are up 1.60% year-to-date, compared to 12.5...

DocuSign Stock Tumbles on Cut to Outlook

Text size DocuSign reported fiscal first-quarter earnings well below Wall Street’s estimate. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg DocuSign (ticker: DOCU) shares are sharply lower in late trading Thurs...

Consider a portfolio of 100% stocks if you’re at least 10 years from retirement

This year’s stock market isn’t what it seems. “It wasn’t supposed to be this way!” That’s the refrain from many investors who are looking at a U.S. stock market SPX, -1.08% decline so far this year of...

AMD, Pfizer, NIO, DocuSign, Campbell Soup, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It’s a relatively quiet week on the earnings calendar. Highlights will include J.M. Smucker on Tuesday, Campbell Soup on Wednesday, and DocuSign, NIO, and Vail Resorts on Thursday. Pfizer also hosts a...

Okta stock rally shifts into overdrive following hiked outlook as other software companies trim theirs

Okta Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Thursday, adding to gains in the regular session after the identity-management services company reported better-than-expected results and, unlike some ...

IBM Shed Half Its Stake in Kyndryl. The Rest Will Follow Soon.

Text size IBM disclosed that it swapped half of its stake in Kyndryl, about 22.3 million shares, along with $46 million in cash, to Goldman Sachs. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images IBM has swapped ha...

Opinion: 5 large companies that will emerge from the tech wreck as even more fearsome

The Nasdaq Composite Index’s rebound after seven weeks of losses restored some faith in technology stocks. After all, more than half of Nasdaq-member companies were until recently down 50% or more fro...

Snowflake Stock Looks Like a Buy

Text size Snowflake went public on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2020. The stock more than doubled on its first day of trading. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock It’s been more than 600 days since...

Here are 15 high-yield stocks expected to raise dividends the most through 2024

The stock market, shocked by the Federal Reserve’s policy changes to fight inflation, has been gored this year, with growth and technology companies bearing the brunt of the biggest declines. Dividend...

Snowflake May Have Upside After a Big Drop in the Bear Market

Text size Snowflake, the cloud-based data warehouse company, has been pummeled in the bear market. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg Snowflake publishes results on Wednesday, giving investors a fresh look after a...

Nvidia’s data-center sales likely to eclipse gaming — that might not be a good thing

Nvidia Corp.’s data-center sales are expected to edge out its gaming sales in fiscal first-quarter results, as demand from server farms remains high and gaming interest has subsided from rabid levels ...

‘I needed something to do’: How working in retirement is being embraced by older adults and companies

For many years, Georgia McManus of Waynesville, N.C., enjoyed her job writing commercial insurance policies for Stanberry Insurance and serving customers. Soon after she retired in 2018, McManus got a...

Seagate and Western Digital Should Top Estimates On Cloud Demand, Analyst Says

Text size Nearline drives account for between 70% and 80% of overall revenue for the disk-drive industry. Dreamstime Thanks to strong demand from cloud computing providers, the June quarter should be ...

Chevron, Micron and 18 More Stocks Goldman Recommends to Ride Out the Storm

Text size Qualcomm is one of the 20 stocks on Goldman Sachs’ ‘margin of safety’ list. Pau Barrena /AFP via Getty Images Exxon Mobil , Qualcomm , Micron and Chevron are just some of t...

2 Stocks to Buy Amid Tech’s Wreckage

Text size Tens of billions of investors’ capital has been vaporized inside some top tech hedge funds. It could be the quickest collapse of dollar value in hedge fund history. Dreamstime Warren Buffett...

Bill.com Stock Plummets as Revenue Growth Slows

Text size Bill.com’s financial forecasts point to slower revenue growth than in the past. Dreamstime Bill.com’s stock lost nearly a third of its value even though the bill-payment automation com...

Opinion: AMD will finally give investors its data-center data as business soars

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s data-center business will finally get its own spotlight. After reporting record sales Tuesday and predicting another record this quarter, AMD AMD, +6.25% Chief Financial ...

Snowflake stock surges after analyst says its story is misunderstood

Snowflake Inc.’s stock isn’t cheap despite a recent decline, but one analyst says it’s still worth a look from investors. Wolfe Research analyst Alex Zukin initiated coverage of Snowflake’s SNOW, +7.5...

IBM Stock Soared. Why the 111-Year-Old Tech Company Outperformed Today.

Text size IBM’s results lifted other low-multiple, legacy-tech stocks including Oracle and HP. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Score one for the old timers. On a day when Netflix stock plunge...

IBM stock rises following Street beat, optimistic outlook despite lost Russia business

International Business Machines Corp.  shares rose in the extended session Tuesday after Big Blue forecast an optimistic 2022 with the only headwind being a loss of Russian business following quarterl...

IBM Sales Growth Tops Estimates, Powered by Software and Consulting

Text size IBM has a dividend yield of 5.2%, the highest of any stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Ethan Miller/Getty Images IBM posted better-than-expected first-quarter financial results, as ...

IBM Reports Earnings Tuesday. What to Expect.

Text size Wall Street projects IBM will post revenue of $13.8 billion for its first quarter. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images When IBM reports first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, Wall Street will be ...

IBM Reports Earnings Tuesday. Wall Street Is Watching for Software Growth.

Text size Wall Street projects IBM will post revenue of $13.8 billion for its first quarter. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images When IBM reports first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, Wall Street will be ...

Worried About a Recession? Buy IBM Stock, Morgan Stanley Says.

Text size IMB stock is a buy according to Morgan Stanley. Dreamstime Worried about recession? Then maybe you want to take a fresh look at IBM stock. That advice comes courtesy of Morgan Stanley analys...

Nvidia Stock Gains on Upgrade. Ethereum Won’t Crash It the Way Bitcoin Did.

Text size Gamers compete at the ‘Nvidia’ booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3 in Los Angeles. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Nvidia stock was rising Wednesday after it receiv...

Nvidia’s Gaming and Datacenter Outlook Is Strong. The Stock Gets an Upgrade.

Text size Gamers compete at the ‘Nvidia’ booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3 in Los Angeles. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Nvidia stock was rising Wednesday after it receiv...

FinTech Looks Like a $1.5 Trillion Growth Market

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Wells Fargo ’s Jeff Cantwell says the time to buy fintech stocks is now—14 of them. Cantwell has started coverage of the group with Overweight ratings for all. Th...