Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Rates for 2021-2022

Investors with taxable accounts—as opposed to tax-favored retirement accounts such as individual retirement accounts or 401(k)s—are often eligible for lower tax rates and other benefits. When an inves...

Rivian Stock Slumps After Earnings. Wall Street Says Buy the Dip Of Course.

Text size Courtesy Rivian If we learned anything from Rivian Automotive earnings and the reaction of the stock, it’s that the company’s production ramp-up isn’t happening fast enough for the market. W...

Opinion: The Fed needs to target a floor for the 10-year Treasury, in addition to radically raising the fed funds rate

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell faces the toughest task since Chairman Paul Volcker tamed the Great Inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s. And a lot of the pressures driving the most virulent ...

Amazon’s Stock Split Follows Alphabet’s. Here’s Who’s Next.

Text size Amazon.com’s share price is likely to go from nearly $3,000 to less than $150 as a result of the split. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Amazon . com announced a stock split just over a month...

Standard Deduction 2021-2022: How Much Is It?

The standard deduction is the amount taxpayers can subtract from income if they don’t break out deductions for mortgage interest, charitable contributions, state and local taxes and other items separa...

Rivian stock falls more than 12% after EV maker loses more than $2 billion, trims production targets

An earlier version of this report had incorrect quarterly loss figures for Rivian. It has been corrected. Rivian Automotive Inc. lost more than $2 billion in the fourth quarter, saying that supply-cha...

DocuSign Stock Tumbles as Outlook Again Falls Short

Text size DocuSign’s adjusted profit was a penny a share better than expected. Courtesy of DocuSign DocuSign shares are falling hard after the digital signature software company provided disappo...

Alibaba and Other Chinese Stocks Got Crushed Thursday. Here’s Why.

Text size Chinese stocks including Alibaba fell on concerns they would eventually be delisted in the U.S. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Alibaba (BABA), Yum China Holdings (YUMC), ACM Research (ACMR), Baidu (BI...

DocuSign stock has lost its pandemic gains, and is plunging again after weak forecast

The pandemic gains for DocuSign Inc. shares have already disappeared, and the stock is still moving lower. DocuSign DOCU, -4.25% shares sank more than 15% in after-hours trading Thursday, following an...

Oracle stock drops after earnings fall short of Wall Street’s forecast

Oracle Corp. shares fell in the extended session Thursday after the database-software company’s earnings missed Wall Street estimates. Oracle  ORCL, +0.72% shares fell as much as 8% after hours, follo...

12 dividend stocks paying at least 3.5% that are well-suited for high inflation

Investors may have turned for a moment from Russia’s aggression in Ukraine to energy and supply shortages in the U.S. that are producing high inflation. With purchasing power crumbling, patient invest...

Rivian’s Earnings Are Thursday. Here’s What To Expect.

Text size Courtesy of Rivian Electric truck startup Rivian Automotive will report fourth-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon. Trading in the stock following the report should be wild. Investors better...

JD.com Stock Falls After Earnings Top Estimates but Revenue Growth Slows

Text size A JD.com distribution center in Beijing. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares of JD.com fell in premarket trading Thursday after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported fourth-quarter earnin...

Tesla’s China Sales Dropped. Tesla Stock Rose Anyway.

Text size Tesla delivered 56,515 vehicles from its Chinese plant in February. Sam Yeh /AFP via Getty Images Tesla sales from its plant in Shanghai fell in February from January, following the pattern ...

Analysts Are Cutting Meta Targets. But They Can’t Keep Up With the Falling Stock.

Text size Investors fled shares of the social-media giant after its fourth-quarter earnings report. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images Another analyst slashed his price target for shares of Facebook par...

PayPal Stock Gets Downgraded, but Another Analyst Says Stay Patient

Text size PayPal recently suspended services in Russia. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images PayPal Holdings was the subject of debate on Wednesday, with BofA Securities downgrading the stock to Hold, while M...

Should You Buy the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Fund? It’s on Sale—and That Could Be a Trap.

In closed-end funds, anything trading around 70 cents on the dollar might seem too good to pass up. Investors can get that kind of bargain now in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust . But this may be a case w...

Rivian Earnings Are Coming. Wall Street Is Cutting Price Targets in Preparation.

Text size The average analyst target price for Rivian is down to about $116 a share from $133 over the past month. Courtesy Rivian Electric truck maker Rivian Automotive reports fourth-quarter numbers...

Frackers Say Bottlenecks Impede Output Boost as Oil Prices Soar

American shale drillers say there are limits to how much and how quickly they can boost shaky oil supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cautioning that supply-chain issues, investors wary o...

6 Dividend Growth Stocks That Beat Commodities for Fighting Inflation

Text size Verizon Communications has a towering yield of 4.8%. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Is there such a thing as a meme metal? Humble nickel, used mainly to make stainless steel more workable, rece...

Planning to retire? Don’t get hit with a surprise tax bill for this common mistake

How much of your salary is withheld from your paycheck affects what you receive, or owe, at tax time – with the wrong number selected, you could be in for quite a surprise.  Retirement Tip of the Week...

Boeing Stock Is Rising. A New Buy Rating Is on the Radar.

Text size A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Joe Raedle/Getty Images Boeing stock is rising faster than the market after an analyst launched coverage with a Buy rating. Boeing (ticker: BA) stock is up 4.4% in ...

12 stocks in clean energy, fossil fuels and uranium expected to keep soaring — up to 79% from here

The tragedy in Ukraine is having an economic effect on people all over the world as energy prices rise and other supply sources are disrupted. For investors, the day-to-day action is unpredictable. Bu...

Scared of investing during the Ukraine invasion? Try this IRA maneuver

Moe, Larry and Curly have been watching stock markets plunge in the past two weeks in response to the Ukraine invasion. Each wants to invest, say, $100,000 in European stocks—for example through Vangu...

Marqeta stock soars after earnings as outlook tops expectations

Shares of Marqeta Inc. were surging in aftermarket trading Wednesday after the card-issuing company exceeded revenue expectations with its latest quarterly results and delivered an upbeat outlook. The...

Palantir Stock Is Soaring. An Analyst Sees Opportunity in the Dip.

Text size Palantir stock is at “more-reasonable levels,” says an analyst. Dreamstime Palantir stock is trading sharply higher Wednesday after Piper Sandler analyst Weston Twigg launched co...

Asana Stock Tumbles. The Company Is Warning of Larger Losses.

Text size Asana reported better-than-expected fiscal fourth quarter results on Wednesday. Courtesy Asana Shares of Asana are trading sharply lower in late trading Wednesday despite better-than-expecte...

Amazon Announces 20-for-1 Stock Split and $10 Billion Buyback Plan

Text size Amazon shares are up more than 6% on the news in after-hours trading. Bloomberg Amazon . com shares are moving sharply higher in after-hours trading after the e-commerce and cloud-computing ...

DraftKings CEO: People selling his company’s stock will ‘regret that decision’

DraftKings Inc. DKNG, +3.83% CEO Jason Robins vows that people who are selling his company’s stock will “regret that decision.” Robins wrote this message on Twitter TWTR, +5.03% on Tuesday as DraftKin...

DraftKings CEO Vows to Make Stock Sellers ‘Regret’ Their Decision

Text size Jason Robins, CEO of DraftKings, vowed to make any seller of the company’s stock “regret that decision.” Marco Bello/Bloomberg DraftKings CEO Jason Robins vowed to make any...

How the Federal Reserve could cut its near $9 trillion balance sheet as it fights inflation

Slimming down might be the trickiest part after two years of the pandemic. As the Federal Reserve looks to shrink its near $9 trillion balance sheet to help cool U.S. inflation pegged at a 40-year hig...

Google’s $5.4 billion deal for Mandiant could have ‘a major ripple impact’ within cybersecurity

Alphabet Inc. plans to acquire Mandiant Inc. for roughly $5.4 billion in a deal that could unleash a long-awaited consolidation across the cybersecurity industry. The Google parent company announced T...