Exxon May Be Making ‘More Than God.’ But Apple and Alphabet Are More Profitable.

Text size President Biden, who his hurting politically due to high inflation, took a swipe at industry leader Exxon Mobil on Friday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Exxon Mobil may be making “more than God ...

6 Energy Stocks to Consider in a Hot Market

Two years ago, oil companies were global pariahs, banished not only from the high-minded peaks of Davos but also from lowly index funds. Energy’s weight in the S&P 500 fell below 2%, an astonishin...

In a shaky economy, cash is king — and these S&P 500 companies have it, says Barclays

Show investors the money, but make it cold hard cash. That’s the message from U.S. equity strategists at Barclays, who highlighted more than a dozen S&P 500 SPX, -2.48% companies with the best cas...

Western Digital Said It Would Consider Breaking in Two. Its Stock Is Dropping.

Text size Activist investor Elliott Management says that Western Digital’s flash memory business alone could be worth as much as the whole company now. Dreamstime Western Digital stock, after an...

‘I thought it was a sick joke’: They gave up other job offers to work for Coinbase, and are now unemployed

When Hao Jia received an email from Coinbase that his job offer had been rescinded, he was on his way to watch “Top Gun: Maverick,” the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise. Jia’s girlfriend had aske...

Apple is offering ‘buy now, pay later.’ 4 reasons to think twice before signing up

After months of speculation, Apple AAPL, -0.45% finally unveiled its buy now, pay later offering this week, wading into an industry that’s experienced explosive growth. But consumers should be wary of...

Shopify Shareholders Approve 10-for-1 Stock Split

Text size Shopify is the latest tech company to split its stock. Dreamstime The stock split trend continues. Shopify (ticker: SHOP ) shareholders on Tuesday approved a 10-for-1 split, along with the i...

3 Reasons AMD’s Analyst Day Will Be ‘Transformative’

Text size AMD will hold its analyst day on June 9, 2022. Courtesy AMD Advanced Micro Devices will continue its strong performance after meeting or exceeding all targets for the past two years, Piper S...

Apple Needs to Show Some Spark as Shoppers Favor Services Over Stuff

Customers at the Apple Store in Grand Central Terminal in New York City earlier this year. Getty Images Text size As Apple prepares to upgrade its products, there are two distinct trends hitting the e...

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 ...

Apple stock to suffer first ‘death cross’ chart pattern since the pandemic

Apple Inc.’s stock has fallen far enough and for long enough to produce a certain ominous-sounding bearish chart pattern should didn’t appear during the short COVID-19-induced bear-market selloff of e...

Here Are 6 Stocks That Pay a Lot in Dividends and Have Solid Yields. And Microsoft and Apple.

PepsiCo total quarterly dividend payout and yield make for an intriguing combination. Here, a Pepsi display at a shop in Grovetown, Ga., earlier this year. Billy Blume/Dreamstime.com Text size Sometim...

Small-cap growth stocks are at their lowest P/E valuation in at least 24 years.

Growth stocks typically trade at premium prices. But in this market, rising interest rates have turned small-cap growth stocks into a bargain group. This may be a beautiful setup for long-term investo...

Salesforce Stock Is Rising. Strong Earnings Overshadowed a Guidance Cut.

Text size The Salesforce logo at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Stephen Lam/Getty Images Salesforce . com stock headed higher in late trading Tuesday on better-than-expected result...

Salesforce stock rallies following raised outlook, with stronger dollar seen as only major headwind

Salesforce Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Tuesday after the cloud-based customer-relationship-management company said business remained strong amid the current rocky economic landscape an...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

Broadcom’s Meta Pact May Mean a Billion Dollars a Year, Says J.P.Morgan

Text size A Broadcom Corp. Tomahawk chip. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg J.P.Morgan believes chip maker Broadcom will be a big beneficiary of the metaverse. On Tuesday, analyst Harlan Sur said Broadcom (...

Salesforce earnings expected to serve as business-spending bellwether amid economic uncertainty

Salesforce Inc. is expected to have a much more subdued earnings report in the coming week as fear of a recession and inflation, as well as COVID shutdowns in China and the war in Ukraine, are prompti...

Microsoft Joins the Tech Sector Hiring Slowdown

Text size The news comes after the tech giant said it would nearly double its worldwide budget for staff.  Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images Microsoft said it is going to slow hiring in select division...

Al Gore’s Firm Bought Alibaba Stock and Salesforce. It Sold Cisco, Microsoft.

Text size Former Vice President Al Gore in 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images The investment firm co-founded and chaired by former Vice President Al Gore has made big changes in its U.S.-traded investment...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

Apple’s iPhone 14 Production Could Be Worse Than Feared, JPMorgan Says

Text size An Apple employee hands over Apple iPhone. Sean Gallup/Getty Images China’s manufacturing problems in the wake of strict lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid-19 may hit output of Apple ’...

Palantir Unveils Partnership With Waste-Industry Software Provider Rubicon

Text size Rubicon is going public via a merger with the special-purpose acquisition company Founder SPAC. Photograph by Ignat Kushanrev The data analytics giant Palantir Technologies is moving into cr...

Broadcom Stock Has Gained on VMware Takeover. Its Dividend Could Rise 20%.

Text size Truist analyst William Stein calculates that Broadcom could raise its dividend by over 20% this year. Remus Rigo/Dreamstime.com The stock market has had a mixed reaction to Broadcom ’s inten...

If There’s a Recession Coming, Not Even the Fed Could Stop It Now

The word recession is on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Influential investor and philanthropist George Soros is talking about it in Davos. The Federal Reserve, on the day minutes are published, is cons...

Broadcom May Pay About $60 Billion for VMware With Announcement Thursday

Text size Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware would be one of the biggest deals of 2022 so far. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Chip maker titan Broadcom may announce a deal to purchase software compa...

In a ‘baby with the bathwater’ market, here are a dozen unfairly punished stocks, ripe for a bounce

Another equity selloff is brewing as a warning from Snapchat’s parent has triggered broader panic, with fears Snap is the next canary in the coal mine for tech. Or it just may be another excuse to sel...

Five Things to Know About Broadcom’s Potential Deal for VMware

Text size Broadcom stock slipped in response to news of the possible deal. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Broadcom ’s expected acquisition of cloud computing provider VMware will likely rank as one of t...

Broadcom in Talks to Pay About $60 Billion for VMware

Broadcom is in talks to pay around $60 billion for VMware people familiar with the matter said, in what would be one of the biggest takeover deals of the year. The two technology companies are aiming ...

AMD’s New Chips Could Spark a Turnaround for Its Stock

Text size AMD’s Ryzen 7000 chips will be made using a more advanced process than its existing ones. Courtesy of AMD It’s finally here. For the first time in three years, Advanced Micro Devices w...

Nvidia, Macy’s, Zoom, Costco, Snowflake, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited First-quarter earnings season winds down this week, but with more than a dozen S&P 500 companies left to report. Economists will be watching the latest Federal Reserve meeting...