Inflation is rampant and ubiquitous today, from the gas pump to the grocery store. The U.S. consumer price index has quadrupled in the past year, from a 1.7% annual rate in February 2021 to 7.9% this ...
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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, ...
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...
Discovery, Merck, Carnival, Broadcom, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size Uncredited It’s a full week of annual shareholder meetings, investor days, and earnings reports. Broadcom hosts its annual meeting on Monday, followed by investor events from Merck, Analog D...
Buy Micron Stock. The Chip Stock Deserves Better.
Micron Technology gets no respect on Wall Street. Investors tend to think of Micron, and memory chip makers generally, as providers of interchangeable commodity parts, tech’s version of wheat or froze...
Discovery, Merck, Carnival, Broadcom, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Uncredited It’s a full week of annual shareholder meetings, investor days, and earnings reports. Broadcom hosts its annual meeting on Monday, followed by investor events from Merck, Analog D...
Defense Stocks Rose With the Ukraine War. Then a Tight Proposed Budget Set Them Back.
Elias Stein Text size Defense stocks took a surprising blow after a proposed defense budget was released last week. The Biden administration asked Congress for $773 billion to fund defense for fiscal ...
Micron Deserves Better. Why the Stock Is a Buy
Micron Technology gets no respect on Wall Street. Investors tend to think of Micron, and memory chip makers generally, as providers of interchangeable commodity parts, tech’s version of wheat or froze...
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...
Baidu Stock Drops. It’s One of 5 Stocks Added to the SEC’s Delisting Watchlist.
Text size LIU JIN/AFP via Getty Images Baidu stock was dropping Thursday after U.S. regulators added the Chinese search giant to its growing list of companies that could be removed from American stock...
Walmart Is Removing Cigarettes in Some Stores. Philip Morris and Altria Stock Fall.
Text size Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Shares of cigarette makers fell Monday as Walmart plans to end cigarette sales in some U.S. stores, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with t...
Pfizer, Moderna and J&J Face Shareholder Pressure to Broaden Covid-19 Vaccine Access
Socially conscious investors and global-health activists are turning to shareholders to press Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers Pfizer Inc., Moderna Inc. and Johnson & Johnson to make more of their s...
U.S. plant-based food market value reaches a high of $7.4 billion, but industry faces rough path to further growth
The U.S. market value for plant-based food has reached an all-time high of $7.4 billion, but major players and upstarts alike are facing a rough path on the way to further growth. Data compiled by the...
Aurora Cannabis to acquire TerraFarma, parent of Thrive Cannabis
Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB, -1.37% ACB, -2.40% has reached a deal to buy Thrive Cannabis’ parent company, TerraFarma Inc., seeking to strengthen its business in market and expand focus on premium produc...
BlackBerry Valuation Makes It More Attractive. The Stock Receives an Upgrade.
Text size A logo stands on display outside the BlackBerry headquarters. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Shares of BlackBerry received a boost on Monday after analysts at RBC Capital Markets upgraded the sto...
Why Altria’s Stock Could Be a Buy and Philip Morris Isn’t
Text size Analyst Bonnie Herzog raised her rating on Altria to Buy from Neutral and her price target to $57 from $48 Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Altria Group has been the standout in Big Tob...
Altria Stock Is a Buy and Philip Morris Isn’t, Says Goldman Sachs
Text size Analyst Bonnie Herzog raised her rating on Altria to Buy from Neutral and her price target to $57 from $48 Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Altria Group has been the standout in Big Tob...
Nike Reports Earnings Monday. Don’t Get Your Hopes Up.
Text size The Nike store in Miami Beach, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Nike already had a China problem. Now you can add Europe to the list. The only question ahead of Monday’s earnings report is wheth...
Opinion: It’s time to buy the best beaten-down stocks in tech and elsewhere, and this winning fund manager shows you how
Sentiment in the stock market is so dark, it’s time to rummage through the hard-hit technology sector to pick up potential long-term winners. For help, let’s turn to tech expert Chris Armbruster, the ...
Nvidia, AMD, Intel Price Targets Are Cut. This Analyst Sees Chip Demand Slowing.
Text size Dreamstime Semiconductor stocks have soared over the last few quarters, driven higher by robust demand for chips amid a global supply shortage. But the tide may be turning for semiconductor ...