Taiwan Semi shares rise after earnings, sales beat forecasts

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. rose on Thursday after the third-party silicon wafer manufacturer reported forecast-beating earnings and sales in its June-ending quarter. TSMC TSM, +2...

Unity Stock Is Plunging. Investors Are Losing Faith in the Company’s Strategy.

Text size John Riccitiello joined Unity as CEO in 2014, after a six-year stint running Electronic Arts. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Unity Software investors are throwing up their hands in despair. Aft...

Opinion: ‘Quality’ companies are getting stronger yet their shares are down in this selloff. This is how to find the bargains.

If you’re a long-term investor, this year’s selloff is good news because it offers a great chance to pick up quality companies at a discount. But wait a second. If a company is “high quality,” why wou...

Unity to Buy IronSource for $4.4 Billion. IronSource Stock Surges, Unity Slumps.

Text size Wall Street seems to think the merger is a good deal for IronSource stock, which surged. Angela WeissAFP/Getty Images Unity Software will take over IronSource in an all-stock $4.4 billion me...

Apple price target cut to $175 at Citi, which offers five reasons to keep buying the stock

Cautious consumers, macroeconomic worries and continued supply chain bottlenecks are going to work against Apple Inc. in the near term, but don’t give up on shares now. That’s the view from Citi analy...

Microsoft and Gopuff Are Latest Tech Firms to Cut Jobs

Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of its staff, the latest in a string of layoffs by high-profile tech companies. The software maker said it is cutting a number of positions, affecting less than...

Tesla Is Doing to Car Makers What Apple Did to Nokia. Will History Repeat?

Text size Volkswagen’s software delays underscore why Tesla will be so hard to catch, according to one analyst. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tesla is disrupting the car business, a little like how A...

Broadcom loses top software exec in the middle of VMware deal to head combined Citrix-Tibco company

Broadcom Inc.’s head of software Tom Krause is leaving the company in the middle of a $61 billion software acquisition he helped bring about, which analysts called “a surprise” and “not the greatest o...

Semis: AMD, Nvidia Picture Bleaker

The semiconductor sector bounced back during the past week as news from Samsung buoyed the market, but faces more headwinds amid high inflation dampening consumer demand and supply chain challenges.  ...

Demand for Smartphones Is Slowing. These 3 Stocks Could Be Hurt, Analysts Say.

Text size Qorvo is more at risk from the slowdown in the economy than other makers of wireless chips because it focuses more on the lower end of the market, according to Cowen. Dreamstime Wall Street ...

Quantum Ledger Technology Curbs the Threat of Quantum Computers on Blockchain » NullTX

Blockchain technology has been one of the most significant technological developments over the past half-century. This open-source ledger allows people to perform peer-to-peer transactions, corporate ...

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Courtesy Microsoft Text size Under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has solidified its dominance in several key software categories, including office-productivity subscriptions...

These companies hopped on the crypto train when times were booming. Which are exposed in a downturn?

During recent cryptocurrency booms, companies have been quick to jump on the trend, whether by reorienting their entire businesses around the buzzy theme, building meaningful crypto features alongside...

Apple’s Tim Cook: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Text size Apple shares haven’t escaped the 2022 bear market: The stock is down about 20% year to date. Nonetheless, Apple remains the largest U.S. company...

S&P 500, Nasdaq book 3rd day of gains after Fed minutes point to another big rate increase this month to tackle inflation

U.S. stocks end higher Wednesday after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June policy meeting signaled another big interest rate-hike is likely later this month despite the risk of slowing economic grow...

In a worrisome sign for e-commerce, Kornit Digital slashes forecast and stock plunges 20%

In a sign of continuing worries about e-commerce activity, Kornit Digital Ltd. slashed its forecast for the second quarter Tuesday and suggested the third quarter isn’t expected to be much better, sen...

Shopify Stock Has Tumbled. It’s Still No Bargain, Analyst Warns.

Text size Shopify headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. Dreamstime With Shopify stock down nearly 80% so far this year, some investors might be tempted to bottom fish one of the leading providers of softwar...

Micron’s Woes Are Trouble for Nvidia and These 5 Other Stocks

Text size A technician inspects a semiconductor wafer. Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg News last week that Micron Technology expects weak Chinese demand for semiconductors to hit its quarterly results means a ran...

Glut of Goods at Target, Walmart Is a Boon for Liquidators

The excess inventory piling up at large retailers such as Target and Walmart is proving a boon for liquidators and other companies that help dispose of the oversupply. Liquidity Services Xcess Limited...

Banks Get Burned by Risky Debt, Imperiling Buyout Activity

By Laura Cooper July 3, 2022 9:03 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Investment banks are facing big losses on leveraged buyouts they agreed to finance before markets soured, further chilling the out...

Altria’s Dividend Yield Signals Doubts About the Payout. Why It’s Safe.

The FDA’s bid to ban Juul products—like these at a shop in El Segundo, Calif., on a recent day—has weighed on Altria stock. Analysts think Altria, which has a big stake in Juul, will be able to ...

Apple Stock Is Under Pressure. Why Its Earnings Could Trigger a Rebound.

Text size Apple stock has fallen 23% so far this year. Getty Images Investors are feeling a little jittery about Apple stock, and for logical reasons. The company’s June quarter earnings report is les...

Micron’s Weak Outlook Crushes Chip Stocks. There’s More Trouble Coming for Tech.

Text size Dreamstime Almost every analyst on Wall Street knew that the memory chip company Micron Technology was likely to provide quarterly guidance below previous Street estimates. And that’s exactl...

There may be another shoe to drop after Micron’s big outlook miss

Micron Technology Inc. delivered an outlook that fell far short of the consensus view, prompting questions about how the memory market will fare in a downturn. The company expects August-quarter reven...

Activision Stock Is a Bet on Microsoft’s Takeover. It’s One Worth Making.

Text size Gamers play a beta version of Activision Blizzard’s ‘Overwatch 2’ in a tournament in San Antonio. Sergio Flores/Bloomberg With mergers getting increased scrutiny, Microsoft picked a tough ti...

AMD Stock Is the Chip Play for a Recession, Says Analyst

Text size Advanced Micro Devices’ server-chip business likely wouldn’t be hurt by a recession, according to Northland Capital Markets. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AMD shares now offer a g...

Opinion: The chip boom likely over, as Micron says it’s in a ‘downturn’

The semiconductor boom of the past two years appears to be ending. Memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc. MU, -1.32% gave a downbeat forecast for its next fiscal quarter Thursday, predicting a massi...

These 10 stocks in the S&P 500 lost $4.2 trillion of investors’ money during the first half of 2022

The first half of 2022 is over, and good riddance for investors: The S&P 500 Index declined 20.6%. Below are two lists of the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 SPX, -0.88% this year. Firs...

Micron Issues Muted Sales Forecast On Demand Weakness

Memory-chip maker Micron Technology issued a subdued revenue outlook, spooking investors even as it reported a strong rise in earnings for its latest quarter. “Recently, the industry demand environmen...

Palo Alto Networks Shares Are Too Cheap, Morgan Stanley Says

Text size Palo Alto Networks is within one to two quarters of reaching profitability under generally accepted accounting principles. Dreamstime Palo Alto Networks shares have held up a little better t...

Xerox CEO Visentin Has Died. What It Means for the Company.

Text size John Visentin. Courtesy Xerox Xerox Holdings shares are in the spotlight as investors respond to news that CEO and Vice Chairman John Visentin has died unexpectedly at age 59, a development ...

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...