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As Demand for Mental-Health Care Booms, Investors See Opportunities
Psychiatrists and psychologists once ran their own practices. Now the local therapist office could be controlled by a buyout king. Venture capitalists and private-equity firms are pouring billions of ...
Twilio’s stock reacts wildly after company issues cautious revenue guidance
Twilio Inc.’s stock wildly fluctuated in frenzied trading Wednesday after the company issued cautious revenue guidance on better-than-expected results. Shares of Twilio TWLO, +5.50% initially plunged ...
AMD Earnings Beat Expectations. The Stock is Rising.
Text size AMD stock has been under pressure this year, largely because of a weakening demand for PCs. Dreamstime Advanced Micro Devices’ high-end server-chip business is thriving and taking share from...
Crypto enthusiasts sniff at Buffett, Munger comments on bitcoin. ‘It took them decades before they decided to invest in Apple,’ one analyst says.
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger doubled down on their criticism of bitcoin at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting Saturday, while crypto enthusiasts appear unswayed. Buffett, Berkshire’...
Buffett invests big chunk of Berkshire Hathaway’s cash
Berkshire Hathaway’s first-quarter earnings fell more than 53% on a large swing on the paper value of its investments, but Warren Buffett found ways to put some of the company’s massive cash pile to w...
Warren Buffett Says Markets Have Become a ‘Gambling Parlor’
OMAHA, Neb.—As recently as February, Warren Buffett lamented he wasn’t finding much out there that was worth buying. That is no longer the case. After a yearslong deal drought, Mr. Buffett’s Berkshir...
Apple, IBM, and 14 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends
Text size IBM plans to raise its dividend. Migel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Apple, International Business Machines, and Discover Financial Services were among the large U.S. companies that announced ...
AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm Stocks Fall After Intel Flags Problems Ahead
Text size The surge in demand for chips may now have passed its peak. Courtesy AMD Chip makers including AMD , Nvidia , and Qualcomm fell in early trading after Intel warned that demand for computers ...
Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway are once again outperforming the stock market. Apple is one big reason but these other 10 stocks also helped
During the long, tech-driven bull market, you may have seen more than one article suggesting Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s investing style was no longer valid. With Buffett leading the congl...
Microsoft beats on earnings after raising prices for Office; stock jumps after strong forecast
Microsoft Corp. eclipsed profit and sales estimates and produced stronger-than-expected revenue across all of its business segments in an earnings report Tuesday, and shares jumped after executives’ f...
AMD Could Overcome Slowing Demand for Semis. It’s a Strong Buy, Analyst Says.
Text size Dreamstime Advanced Micro Devices could be well-positioned to ride out a tough cycle for semiconductor stocks amid slowing consumer demand, according to Raymond James. Analyst Chris Caso upg...
Activision Blizzard’s Earnings Miss. Investors Care More About Microsoft Merger.
Text size Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for about $69 billion, or $95 a share, in January. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard stock was dipping on Monday after...
Cathie Wood’s Flagship Fund Is Down 45% This Year. Money Is Still Flowing In.
Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund keeps falling, but investors aren’t jumping ship. Shares of the popular ETF, which is known by its ticker ARKK, have declined 45% so far in 2022—inclu...
With interest rates rising, it’s time to focus on MANG stocks instead of FAANG, according to Jefferies
Heading into the Federal Open Market Committee’s policy meeting, analysts at Jefferies on May 3 advised investors to avoid the popular FAANG + Microsoft group of stocks. They pointed instead to a grou...