Opinion: Why I don’t want bitcoin in my 401(k)

Hooray! At long last, the company managing my 401(k) plan will allow me to bet up to 20% of my retirement funds on a digital Ponzi scheme that generates no income and has no practical use. Fidelity In...

Twitter Stock Offers 9% Return to Musk’s Takeover Price After Tuesday’s Selloff

Text size Shares of Twitter fell about $2, meaning investors stand to make about 9% if Musk’s offer goes through. Scott Olson/Getty Images Twitter stock now offers a 9% return to Elon Musk’s tak...

Facebook Parent Meta Reports Earnings Today. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size For the March quarter, Meta projected revenue of between $27 billion and $29 billion. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images Facebook ’s parent Meta Platforms will release its first-quarter financ...

Opinion: Google’s earnings should be a warning to investors in Facebook and other online-ad companies

Google’s earnings shortfall is an indication of trouble across the online-advertising industry, and should scare investors in Facebook and other competitors. Google parent company Alphabet Inc. GOOGL,...

Alphabet Earnings Disappoint. The Stock Is Dropping.

Text size Alphabet’s latest quarterly earnings came in below Wall Street’s expectations. Dreamstime Alphabet shares dipped late Tuesday after the company missed first-quarter earnings expe...

Texas Instruments Stock Is Tanking. Guidance Fell Short.

Text size A Texas Instruments chip. Dreamstime Texas Instruments provided a revenue forecast for the June quarter below expectations, citing lower demand in China. Its shares were falling in after-hou...

QuantumScape Stock Falls. Earnings Aren’t the Problem.

Text size Investors know that significant sales are still years away for QuantumScape. Courtesy QuantumScape Solid-state battery technology company QuantumScape reported a wider-than-expected loss for...

These 21 large-cap stocks have now crashed at least 50%

Stocks soured on April 26, with major declines for broad indexes that underlined what a difficult year it has been, so far, for technology stocks. Below is a list of 21 large-cap stocks that have drop...

Apple and the Rest of Big Tech Look More Like ‘Value Stocks’

Text size The shadow of a man is cast on the wall of an Apple store as he uses his mobile phone in Beijing Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Big Tech stocks aren’t so highflying anymore. In fact, they’r...

Occidental, Hess, and 3 Other Oil Companies With Big Earnings Momentum

Marathon Petroleum’s refinery in Los Angeles. The oil company has benefited from the increase in demand for petroleum products like diesel fuel. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Text size Some energy...

Tesla Stock Dropped After Elon Musk’s Deal for Twitter. Blame Margin Borrowing.

Text size Elon Musk is taking Twitter private. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Twitter shares are rising and Tesla stock is down in response to news that the Twitter board of directors accepted Tesla CEO...

Ford Hurries Out F-150 Lightning to Grab Share of Electrics Market

The latest electric vehicles offer the power to charge household devices or other EVs using the energy stored in the car’s battery. WSJ’s George Downs explores how some companies are developing vehicl...

AMD Could Overcome Slowing Demand for Semis. It’s a Strong Buy, Analyst Says.

Text size Dreamstime Advanced Micro Devices could be well-positioned to ride out a tough cycle for semiconductor stocks amid slowing consumer demand, according to Raymond James. Analyst Chris Caso upg...

Snowflake stock surges after analyst says its story is misunderstood

Snowflake Inc.’s stock isn’t cheap despite a recent decline, but one analyst says it’s still worth a look from investors. Wolfe Research analyst Alex Zukin initiated coverage of Snowflake’s SNOW, +7.5...

Annaly Capital to Sell Middle- Market Lending Portfolio to Ares for About $2.4 Billion

Text size Ares currently has $314 billion assets under management, up from $25 billion in 2008. Dreamstime Ares Management Corp said Monday that it agreed to buy the middle-market lending portfolio of...

When Will Coinbase Stock Hit Bottom? JPMorgan Sees Bigger Losses Ahead

Text size Some analysts are getting more bearish on Coinbase stock. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg When will Coinbase stock finally hit bottom? Investors in the crypto exchange have been riding a slid...

Twitter Sale to Musk Is Another Sign the Stock Market Is in Trouble

Twitter accepted an offer from Elon Musk to go private. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size Twitter is getting bought out by Elon Musk—and for a price that looks too low. It could be a sign that the...

PayPal has been cut in half by Wall Street, but ‘uncertainty’ still looms as earnings approach

After losing more than half its value so far this year, PayPal Holdings Inc. still faces ‘uncertainty’ from Wall Street. PayPal PYPL, +2.03% was an investor darling in the early days of the COVID-19 c...

JCPenney owners offer $8.6 billion to acquire rival Kohl’s

The owners of JCPenney have made an offer to acquire archrival Kohl’s in a deal that could value the department-store chain at upwards of $8.6 billion, The Post has learned. Under the proposal, shoppi...

Kohl’s Stock Is Rising. Another Bidder May Have Emerged.

Text size A Kohl’s store Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Are two department stores better than one? The owners of JCPenney may think so, if reports that they are the latest potential suitors for Ko...

PS Business Parks to Be Bought for $7.6 Billion By Blackstone. The Stock Soars.

Text size Blackstone bought PS Business Parks shortly after acquiring American Campus Communities , a student-housing company. Dreamstime PS Business Parks stock soared on Monday after the commercial ...

Activision Blizzard’s Earnings Miss. Investors Care More About Microsoft Merger.

Text size Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for about $69 billion, or $95 a share, in January. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard stock was dipping on Monday after...

Yes, You Can Get Dividend Yields Around 5%. Here’s How.

If a stock’s yield is around 5%, it could foreshadow a dividend cut or worse. A yield that high, however, doesn’t have to spell doom. Several investors Barron’s spoke to say they can find good opportu...

Big Pension Sells GM and Nvidia Stock. It Bought Ford and Intel.

Text size GMC vehicles Brandon Bell/Getty Images Alabama’s pension has made some intra-sector trades among its bigger investments. Retirement Systems of Alabama slashed an investment in General Motors...

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slide, Oil Prices Fall With Earnings Ahead

Stocks were falling on Monday, extending declines from Friday as investor attention remained on Federal Reserve policy and U.S. corporate earnings. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreat...

These Stocks Got Hot During the Pandemic. Now They’re Cooling.

The pandemic spawned a new universe of stock-market stars. Some are now coming back to Earth. The onset of Covid-19 changed the way people worked, shopped and dined, helping companies such as videocon...

Buy Under Armour Stock. Shares Can Climb 50% From Here.

In sports, there’s nothing like a good underdog story. The same might be true of investing. Under Armour checks both boxes. For years, investors had good reason to avoid the athletic-apparel and footw...

Apple Is the Last FAANG Standing. How Its Earnings Could Move the Market.

Apple is the last FAANG standing—and its earnings report this coming week could go a long way toward determining if the stock market bounces back or slides even further. As bad as this year has been f...

Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Boeing, GM, Chipotle, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

It’s the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season. A whopping 165 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2022. Big Tech giants will be among the...

Buy JPMorgan Stock. Despite Losing Some of Its Swagger, Shares Are Cheap.

There is a little less swagger than usual at JPMorgan Chase these days, and that’s probably good news for investors. Shares of the bank, the industry leader in market value and profits, are down 17% t...

Elon Musk Says Bill Gates has a $500 million short position in Tesla

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is irked at Bill Gates. He doesn’t see how Gates, a leading proponent of sustainable energy, could possibly sell Tesla’s stock short. And Musk says Gates is doing just that. In a t...