U.S. stock futures struggled for direction on Wednesday, leaving Wall Street potentially on course for a third consecutive day of losses, as investors fret that soaring inflation is damaging the world...
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Micron earnings to provide more clues as to whether chip boom has passed
Micron Technology Inc.’s earnings on Thursday will provide a much-anticipated clue into a problem that has worried Wall Street all year about the chip industry: Whether customers have been hoarding ch...
Ceragon stock surges on acquisition offer from Aviat
Ceragon Networks Ltd. CRNT, -5.43% shares surged in the extended session Monday after Aviat Networks Inc. AVNW, -2.08% offered to acquire the wireless telecom equipment company and shake up its board....
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...
Quantum Computers Rise From Australian Lab – A Threat To Cryptocurrency?
Efforts are under way to develop the world’s first operational quantum computers, which will mark a literal quantum leap forward in technology. The Australian quantum computing startup Silicon Quantum...
Zendesk Close to Striking Buyout Deal, Sources Say
Zendesk Inc. is close to a deal with a group of buyout firms, according to people familiar with the matter, resurrecting a failed attempt to sell itself in what would be one of the biggest private-equ...
This dividend fund is down 3% vs. S&P’s 20% drop. Here are its top stock picks
By now even the most ardent tech and growth-stock enthusiasts realize the bull market is over. John Kornitzer’s approach to selecting high-quality stocks for the Buffalo Flexible Income Fund is one th...
Tesla stock has ‘gone on sale,’ according to one analyst. Here’s what investors should do
Tesla Inc. stock is caught up in the tech selloff as well as some company and industry headwinds, but that doesn’t mean investors should shy away from the “highly attractive entry point” the pullback ...
Energy and these 2 other sectors led the S&P 500. Now they’ve tanked. Here’s why that could be good for the stock market.
An unwind of the stock market’s best performing sectors had to happen eventually. And that may be just what this bear market ordered, according to Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at BTIG. Si...
What the Fed’s biggest rate hike in decades means for the bear market in bonds
Historically bad. That’s how the mammoth $53 trillion U.S. fixed-income market has performed this year as the Federal Reserve works to curtail high inflation threatening to wreck the economy. To turbo...
Unity Stock Initiated at Sell. It Once Was a ‘Pandemic Darling.’
Text size Hickey initiated coverage of Unity at a Sell rating with a $27 price target. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Shares of Unity Software were falling in premarket Thursday after an analyst at Bench...
Netflix Stock Cut to Sell. Why This Analyst Says He Made a Mistake.
Text size Netflix shares have plunged by more than 70% so far in 2022 Getty Images A once infatuated Wall Street has definitely cooled on the godfather of streaming, Netflix , with a longtime bear adm...
Strategist who nailed the recent S&P 500 top says three things are needed for a market bottom
Wariness is in order after the S&P 500’s bear-market finish and a potential 75 basis-point Fed hike just one day away. Gains for stock futures and a potential bounce are fading fast. Morgan Stanle...
Fears of MicroStrategy Margin Call Mount as Bitcoin Slumps
Text size MicroStrategy would be forced to add to collateral if Bitcoin slips below $21,000. Dreamstime MicroStrategy , the business-intelligence software maker that borrowed money to invest in Bitcoi...
Opinion: As tech melts down, a truth remains: Semiconductors are eating the world
Everyone’s favorite trade in the stock market, technology, has gone the way of the dodo. Oil and value stocks are all the rage. But one part of technology — semiconductors — is vital not only to the t...
SOX semiconductor index could double over the next couple of years, analyst says
Despite potential for further downside, semiconductor stocks could rebound significantly over the next couple of years, according to Columbia Threadneedle Senior Equity Analyst Dave Egan. Semi stocks ...