Shopify Shareholders Approve 10-for-1 Stock Split

Text size Shopify is the latest tech company to split its stock. Dreamstime The stock split trend continues. Shopify (ticker: SHOP ) shareholders on Tuesday approved a 10-for-1 split, along with the i...

Short sellers raise bets against GameStop and AMC to highest level in a year as Wall Street sees more pain ahead

Investors are once again working up the fortitude to bet against GameStop and AMC roughly 18 months after last January’s infamous “meme stock” short squeeze sent GameStop shares surging more than 1,00...

Microsoft and Two Other Software Stocks for a Potential Recession

Text size Microsoft is a top pick of Bernstein software analyst Mark Moerdler for a potential recession. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The possibility of a bad recession is on everyone’s mind. On Tuesday,...

Home affordability has ‘collapsed’ in 2022. What to expect next, according to BofA

The double whammy of surging mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices has led to “collapsed” housing affordability in America, according to Chris Flanagan’s team at BofA Global Research. The situat...

Exxon Gets an Upgrade, but Analyst Takes ‘Chips Off Table’ for 2 Other Oil Stocks

Text size Gas prices are displayed on a pump at an Exxon gas station in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2022. Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images Energy stocks have emerged winners in this period of vo...

Rivian Writes a Letter to Shareholders. These Are the Three Noteworthy Items.

Text size R1S sport utility vehicle being manufactured. Courtesy Rivian Electric-truck startup Rivian Automotive quietly passed a milestone Monday. The company hosted its first annual meeting as a pub...

3 Reasons AMD’s Analyst Day Will Be ‘Transformative’

Text size AMD will hold its analyst day on June 9, 2022. Courtesy AMD Advanced Micro Devices will continue its strong performance after meeting or exceeding all targets for the past two years, Piper S...

Howard Schultz Says Starbucks Is Seeking Fresh Blood in CEO Search

SEATTLE—Starbucks is considering only external candidates for its next chief executive officer, as interim CEO Howard Schultz said the company needs to add new talent and skills to its senior leadersh...

Are Stocks Undervalued Yet? – WSJ

Everyone wants to know when the stock market, after its recent declines, will be a good value again. The sobering news is that even at its lowest point in mid-May, the S&P 500 index wasn’t even cl...

Buy Eaton Stock. Shares Could Jump 30%.

Eaton CEO Craig Arnold, who has worked at industrial companies for nearly 40 years, says the company is seeing “the fastest demand that I’ve seen in any business that I’ve been associated with in my p...

These Mortgage-Backed Securities Offer Hefty Yields, Mild Risk

Text size Bonds from Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac are more attractive than Treasuries or corporates. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Move over TINA, it’s time for TARA. The latter stands for “T...

Best Buy Founder Richard Schulze Bought a Big Block of Stock

Text size People shopping in a Best Buy store. Richard Schulze, Best Buy’s founder, bought $20 million in shares of the electronics retailer. Valentin M Armianu/Dreamstime.com Best Buy stock has tumbl...

U.S.-Stock Funds Avoided the Bear

That was a lot of angst, but not much result. Last month was a good example of the old advice that long-term investors should avoid worrying about day-to-day moves in the market. Stocks slid for most ...

Weekend reads: If you agree that inflation has peaked, buy stocks in this sector

If everyone agreed about the direction of the economy, investing would be easy. But there are mixed signals about whether the rate of inflation has peaked, at least in the U.S. If you are among those ...

Altria’s Cigarette Addiction Is Becoming Unhealthier

For years tobacco companies have been fighting regulators more than each other. That might be about to change, and Altria MO -0.61% in particular needs a game plan. If Philip Morris International’s PM...

Kohl’s Stock Rises on Takeover Bids. The Offers Show Scars of the Retail Rout.

Text size *** ONE-TIME USE *** The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on Jan. 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Kohl’s stock rose Fri...

Chevron CEO Sees Russian Oil Output Falling After Exit of Western Firms

Russia is still finding a home for much of its oil despite expanding sanctions, but its production likely will diminish following the departure of western oil companies, Chevron Chief Executive Mike W...

Rivian’s Great EV Expectations Meet the Harsh Reality of Manufacturing

At Rivian Automotive Inc.’s factory in Normal, Ill., life is anything but. Car factories around the world routinely churn out models around the clock. About eight months after production on Rivian’s e...

The Stock Market Is Charting a New Course. It Won’t Be Pleasant.

Text size Delta Air Lines told investors that revenue would finally return to 2019 levels, amid strong travel demand. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The trend is your friend, or so they say. But right now,...

Tesla and Microsoft Stock Are Why One Manager Predicts More Market Pain

Text size Tesla cars in a lot in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images Just how bad the 2022 market selloff will get, and if it’s time to buy in are two questions investors are wondering. There is no shor...

These 10 cheap stocks are favorites of top investment newsletters, as value keeps pounding growth

Value stocks’ relative strength over growth over the past six months gives value investors a lot to cheer about, but the fact is that relative strength doesn’t necessarily tend to persist. I’ll discus...

If Oil Keeps Rising, These 5 Stocks Could Benefit

Text size The price of oil has been steadily rising, while making higher highs and higher lows. Xiaomin Wang/Dreamstime.com Oil could be headed for $150 a barrel. That might not be good for the econom...

Biden open to canceling $10,000 in student loans per borrower — what that means for your budget, credit score and tax bill

If $10,000 vanishes from your student debt, you may want to celebrate. This is a question millions of student loan holders may be facing soon if President Joe Biden proceeds with a controversial plan ...

‘I’d love to be married now. I would love to be a dad by now. I’d love to have a home by now’: The winners and losers in Biden’s plan to cancel $10,000 in student-loan debt

The Biden administration is planning to cancel $10,000 in student-loan debt for borrowers earning below a specific income threshold. But for borrowers like Johnathan Perkins, 36, the amount of debt fo...

Micron Stock Slumps After Downgrade. Why the Analyst Fears the Consumer.

Text size Dreamstime Micron Technology stock was slumping Friday after the memory chip manufacturer received the first Sell-equivalent rating since February. Piper Sandler analyst Harsh Kumar downgrad...

Turning Point Stock Doubles on Bristol Deal. What It Means for Biotech M&A.

Text size Photograph by Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images Turning Point Therapeutics stock has more than doubled after Bristol Myers Squibb announced that it had agreed to buy the company. It’s just the ...

Okta stock rally shifts into overdrive following hiked outlook as other software companies trim theirs

Okta Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Thursday, adding to gains in the regular session after the identity-management services company reported better-than-expected results and, unlike some ...

Bank of America and 4 More Financial Stocks for a Tough Market

Text size Bank of America is Wells Fargo’s top pick among the large U.S. banks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images One couldn’t blame investors in the financial sector for feeling discouraged this year. Goi...

Apple stock to suffer first ‘death cross’ chart pattern since the pandemic

Apple Inc.’s stock has fallen far enough and for long enough to produce a certain ominous-sounding bearish chart pattern should didn’t appear during the short COVID-19-induced bear-market selloff of e...

IBM Shed Half Its Stake in Kyndryl. The Rest Will Follow Soon.

Text size IBM disclosed that it swapped half of its stake in Kyndryl, about 22.3 million shares, along with $46 million in cash, to Goldman Sachs. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images IBM has swapped ha...