Palo Alto Networks Stock Soars on Strong Earnings and Three-for-One Stock Split

Text size Palo Alto Networks has followed other high-profile tech companies in splitting its stock. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Demonstrating the continued strong demand for cybersecurity software, Pa...

Questioning The Wisdom Of Best Buy’s Latest Round Of Lay-Offs

Best BuyBBY is laying off an unspecified number of associates in stores across the country in what is widely seen as a cost-cutting move after the chain last month lowered its annual sales and profit ...

Giant Fund Sells Apple, Tesla, Microsoft Stock. It Bought Walmart.

Text size An Apple Store. PSP Investments cut its Apple position in the second quarter. Getty Images A giant Canadian pension recently made substantial changes in its U.S.-traded investments. Public S...

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

Text size Numerous technology and retail companies will report their latest quarterly results this week. Federal Reserve watchers will be tuning into the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, ...

Banks Nearing $1 Billion Settlement Over Traders’ Use of Banned Messaging Apps

WASHINGTON—Many of Wall Street’s biggest banks are nearing agreements to pay as much as $200 million each and admit that their employees’ use of personal messaging apps such as WhatsApp violated regul...

Nvidia, Salesforce, Zoom, Macy’s, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Numerous technology and retail companies will report their latest quarterly results this week. Federal Reserve watchers will be tuning into the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, ...

Largest U.S. Pension Bought EV Stocks Rivian and Li Auto. What It Sold.

Text size The Rivian R1S. Pension giant Calpers bought more Rivian shares in the second quarter. Courtesy of Rivian America’s largest public pension has increased bets in electric-vehicle makers. Cali...

Weber stock enjoys best day ever as traders bet on it being the next meme stock

Weber Inc. shares enjoyed their biggest daily bounce ever Thursday, on record volume, as investors seemed to bet on the grill maker becoming the next meme stock. Weber WEBR, -6.20% shares finished the...

Chip stocks tanked as pandemic demand for electronics slumped, but there are still some winners

After two years of unprecedented chip sales and demand related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a long-feared reversal has struck the semiconductor industry, but some markets are still performing strongly — ...

Verizon has ‘few palatable options,’ analyst says in downgrade

Verizon Communications Inc. is in a “particularly difficult position” given current wireless-industry trends, and that dynamic has one analyst taking a more downbeat view on the shares. MoffettNathans...

Apple plans to unveil iPhone 14 at Sept. 7 event: report

Apple Inc. is expected to unveil its latest line of iPhones and smartwatches on Sept. 7, according to a new report. Bloomberg News reported Wednesday that the tech giant will update its flagship smart...

4 Reasons Apple Stock Just Got Upgraded

Apple stock was upgraded at Credit Suisse. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Text size Apple stock has been on a tear of late, and that means it’s time for its shares to get upgraded. In a report...

Cisco Reports Earnings Today. What Wall Street Expects.

Text size Cisco shares closed up 0.4% on Tuesday, at $46.77, off 26% for 2022. Angel Garcia/Bloomberg Investors are eagerly awaiting the latest results from technology bellwether Cisco to get an updat...

Berkshire Hathaway Bought Apple, Chevron Stock, Sold GM, Verizon

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made modest stock purchases in the second quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway added to its stakes in Apple , C...

Berkshire Hathaway boosts Apple, Amazon stakes

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.A, +0.55% BRK.B, +0.42% added to its positions of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.26% and Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.63% over the past quarter, according to a filing wit...

Unity Stock Tumbles After Board Rejects AppLovin’s $17.5 Billion Buyout Bid

Text size Unity Software doesn’t think AppLovin’s offer was in the best interests of its shareholders. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Videogaming company Unity Software  on Monday rejected Ap...

Unity Board Opposes AppLovin’s $17.5 Billion Buyout Offer

Updated Aug. 15, 2022 10:48 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Unity Software board has unanimously agreed that the $17.5 billion buyout offer from AppLovin isn’t in the best interests of shareholder...

Berkshire 13F: Buffett Likely Bought Apple, Chevron, and Occidental Stock

Text size CEO Warren Buffett and his investment lieutenants didn’t buy as much stock in the second quarter as they did in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshi...

Oil futures slide 4% as China growth worries dominate

Oil prices fell sharply on Monday after weak economic data from China raised fears that a slowing global economy will reduced demand for energy products. Price action West Texas Intermediate crude for...

Intel and 8 Other Chip Stocks That Look Like Bargains Now

Text size Nvidia now expects July quarter revenue to be $6.7 billion, up only 3% from the year-ago period. The company had previously forecast $8.1 billion in revenue. Dreamstime These are troubling t...

Walmart, Target, Cisco, Deere, Housing Data, and Other Things for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Earnings season continues next week in what will be an action-packed stretch for retail stocks. Walmart and Home Depot report results on Tuesday, followed by Bath & Body Works , Lowe’s, ...

Nvidia, Tesla, Disney: Stocks That Defined the Week

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple ...

9 Chip Stocks That Look Like Buys

Text size Nvidia now expects July quarter revenue to be $6.7 billion, up only 3% from the year-ago period. The company had previously forecast $8.1 billion in revenue. Dreamstime These are troubling t...

6 Software Stocks to Buy and 4 to Sell, According to an Analyst

What’s next for enterprise software stocks? That depends which ones you pick. Guggenheim Partners analyst John DiFucci launched coverage of the group late Thursday, with some thoughts on where to plac...

Why an analyst says sell these four big software stocks

Salesforce Inc.’s stock gets a lot of love on Wall Street, with 43 of the 49 covering analysts tracked by FactSet rating the shares the equivalent of buy. But Guggenheim analyst John DiFucci bucked th...

Opinion: Semiconductor companies have split into two groups — the resilient and the risky

Semiconductor industry CEOs this week celebrated on the White House lawn as the long overdue Chips and Science Act was signed into law by President Biden. While there is still contention on the bill, ...

Billionaire Robert Brockman, Accused of Biggest Tax Fraud in U.S. History, Dies at 81

When Robert Brockman, one of the richest people in the country, was visiting his company’s offices near Dayton, Ohio, he stayed at budget motels and ate frozen dinners in his room, a former employee r...

Refurbished Products At Walmart? Why Not? They’re Everywhere Else.

WalmartWMT has launched a program selling refurbished appliances and consumer electronics that it says will offer high-quality products at a fraction of the cost of buying them new. “Good as new” is t...

Unity loses less than feared, trims outlook as Applovin makes $20 billion bid for software company

On the same day it received an offer to acquire the company for roughly $20 billion, Unity Software Inc. reported a loss that was less than feared and pulled back on its guidance for the year, and sha...

Roblox stock plunges 15% as key sales metric unexpectedly declines again

Roblox Corp. shares plunged in extended trading Tuesday after the videogame company said that a key sales metric unexpectedly declined for the second quarter in a row. Roblox RBLX, -3.17% reported a s...

Trade Desk stock shoots 15% higher as ad-tech powerhouse’s sales, forecast top expectations

Trade Desk Inc. reported stronger-than-expected sales and guidance Tuesday amid doubts about the online-advertising industry, sending shares 15% higher in extended trading. Trade Desk TTD, -0.86% repo...

Nvidia Stock Sinks as Revenue Estimate Misses, Gross Margin Outlook Slashed

Text size Nvidia stock has declined 10% this year, while the Nasdaq Composite has fallen 18%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nvidia shares plunged after the chip manufacturer shared preliminary financia...