Alibaba, Bilibili, and China Tech Stocks Slide on Livestreaming Crackdown

Text size DiDi headquarters in Beijing. AFP via Getty Images Chinese technology stocks stumbled Tuesday in Hong Kong amid tighter regulations from Beijing on the country’s livestreaming sector, and on...

These 20 highly rated stocks are expected to rise at least 70% over the next year

A sliding stock market means many companies are on sale, which spells opportunity for investors with investment horizons of several years. A list of the most favored names among analysts, along with c...

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 ...

Big Investor Sold AMC and Apple Stock. It Bought PayPal and Pfizer.

Text size An AMC theater Dreamstime A large European asset manager slashed its investment in the volatile shares of a movie-theater chain, and made other changes in its U.S.-traded stock portfolio. DN...

Elon Musk Has a Role Model for Taking a Tech Firm Private: Michael Dell

Text size Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Technologies. Matthew Busch/Bloomberg Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted four words—and a link to a government filing—to tell the world, o...

Inflation is raging, but these 16 companies have pricing power

Decades of deflationary forces that helped feed booming prices for U.S. stocks are over, at least for now. But some companies are countering the trend, by a combination of holding down expenses and ra...

Facebook parent Meta set to take nearly 50% cut from virtual sales — and Apple is calling it out

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc.’s intent to take a nearly 50% cut of digital asset sales within its emerging metaverse is drawing widespread criticism from developers and longtime nemesis Apple In...

Meta Stock Might Have Another Round of Weaker Earnings Ahead

Text size Meta stock saw a couple of price target cuts as analysts worried about its coming earnings report. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Wall Street is bracing for another rough quarter for Facebook ...

‘The weight of this debt is crushing’: I’m 74, and a retired speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200K. Am I obliged to pay it off?

Dear Quentin, I have not seen anyone address student-loan debt for people over 70 years of age. I am a 74-year-old retired  speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200,000.  I’m on a ...

The end of one-chip wonders: Why Nvidia, Intel and AMD’s valuations have experienced massive upheaval

It wasn’t too long ago that Intel Corp. was the unquestioned king of U.S. chip makers and the largest semiconductor company by market capitalization. It’s also not long since most computing was done w...

Why Apple’s Stock Buybacks and Its Dividend Could Get a Big Boost

Text size Apple stock has faced headwinds in 2022 but is still up 26% from this time a year ago. Dreamstime Apple ’s quarterly earnings reports frequently hog the spotlight on days when they drop. The...

Cisco Stock Slumps. It Faces Competition From Arista and Juniper, Analyst Says

Text size Cisco Systems logo Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images Shares of Cisco Systems were falling Tuesday after the networking hardware and software giant was downgraded to a Sell by Citi. Analyst ...

Microsoft Stock Slips on Concern About Growth for Office 365

Text size Microsoft Office is one of the company’s biggest businesses. Dreamstime Microsoft shares are under pressure from concerns about how the company might be affected by slowing growth in t...

Nvidia Stock Is Downgraded. China and Russia Are Headwinds.

Text size Dreamstime Nvidia shares were falling on Monday after the stock was downgraded by a Baird analyst, who cited concerns over slowing consumer demand exacerbated by the Russian embargo. Nvidia ...

Warren Buffett Loves Cheap Stocks. The HP Purchase Is Proof.

Text size Warren Buffett. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Warren Buffett is at heart a value investor. Berkshire Hathaway ’s recent investment activity, including the purchase of more th...

AT&T Boss Sees Room to Raise Prices, Cut Costs After Media Exit

AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Stankey says inflation could prompt the wireless and broadband company to raise prices for some core services while it continues to cut costs after getting o...

Buffett Gave HP Stock a Boost. Why It’s Still a Buy.

Text size Shares of HP jumped 15% this past week after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a large stake. Why the stock still looks cheap. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg When Bill Hewlett and Dave ...

Do I resist refinancing my $160,000 federal student loan at a lower rate in the hope there will be loan forgiveness? What are the chances it will happen?

I graduated from college in 2017 with more than $210,000 in federal student-loan debt thanks to out-of-state tuition, a master’s program, and not fully understanding this cost at that time. I’ve chise...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Takes 11% Stake in HP

Text size Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc. Berkshire Hathaway has accumulated an 11.4% stake worth $4.2 billion in HP Inc. , the maker of personal computers and printers, ...

Investment Firm Files Finra Arbitration Demand Against Morgan Stanley

An investor accused Morgan Stanley of leaking information about a large sale of shares of Palantir Technologies Inc., saddling it with millions of dollars in losses. Morgan Stanley is at the center of...

AMD, Qualcomm make software-focused acquisitions as growth in core chip businesses questioned

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. both announced acquisitions on Monday that will help diversify into greater software holdings as analysts question growth in the chip makers’ core busines...

British Police charge 2 teenagers for unauthorized access to computers

The 2 teenagers intended to  impair the reliability of data and commit fraud by false representation The British Police has not named the 2 suspects The hacking group has targeted firms including...

Apple Was Dropped From J.P. Morgan’s ‘Focus List.’ What Worried the Analyst.

Text size J.P. Morgan removes Apple from its Analyst Focus List. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple stock has been on an absolute tear. Now J.P. Morgan is removing it from the firm’s Analyst ...

Investors are fed up with Netflix and Facebook’s parent. Why this portfolio manager is digging in and buying more.

It has been a quarter to forget for two of the megacap tech giants, Netflix and Facebook parent Meta Platforms. The 34% decline for Meta FB was its worst on record — the 30% drop in the third quarter ...

MIT Review Suggests That Quantum Computers Will Not Be a Threat To Bitcoin – crypto.news

A recent MIT technology review has sought to downplay the near-term significance of quantum computing for Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. In a piece published on March 28, 2022, the renowned...

MIT Tech Review says Quantum computers are years away from cracking crypto 

Quantum computers are nowhere near being close to cracking crypto RSA-Cryptography utilizes algorithms, codes and keys to securely encrypt private data Sarma currently serves as the director of the Un...

Opinion: I’ve always pounded the table on revolutionary companies. Now I’ve found myself buying Intel’s stock

This may be a surprise for those of you who have been following me on MarketWatch, as I have focused on finding Revolutionary companies early on and holding on to them, usually forever. Intel is a com...

Quantum Computers Are Nowhere Near Being Close To Cracking Crypto, Experts Say

MIT Technology recently reviewed how the emergence of Quantum computers can impact Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. While countering MIT’s review, quantum information expert and condensed matter theorist...

‘We’re headed for a family feud’: My father offered his 3 kids equal monetary gifts. My siblings took cash. I took stock. It’s soared in value — now they’re crying foul

Dear Quentin, Several years before my father’s death, he offered me and my two siblings each an early “cash gift” from his estate in the amount of whatever the maximum non-taxable amount was at the ti...

Roblox Stock Halved This Year. These Analysts Say Estimates Are ‘Too High.’

A wave of metaverse excitement for Roblox shares evaporated in recent months amid slowing domestic user growth trends and concerns about profitability. Courtesy of Roblox Text size A wave of metaverse...

Quantum Computers Not a Threat to Bitcoin: MIT Review

Sankar Das Sarma – a physicist from the University of Maryland – recently wrote at length about why the capabilities of quantum computing are overhyped at the moment. Specifically, he clarifies that q...