Why Biden’s 4% buyback tax could boost stock prices and dividends

The Biden administration’s new stock buyback tax will have little impact on the overall stock market. It might even actually help it. I’m referring to the new 1% excise tax on share repurchases that w...

Enphase stock rallies 8% after Q4 earnings blow past expectations, guidance

Enphase Energy Inc. shares jumped more than 8% in the extended session Tuesday after the maker of inverters for solar-power systems reported fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street views and u...

North Face parent blows past Wall Street quarterly expectations, cuts dividend

Shares of VF Corp. rallied more than 6% in the extended session Tuesday after the maker of The North Face jackets and Jansport backpacks, among other outdoor apparel, reported third-quarter results th...

AT&T’s stock no longer a buy despite ‘commendable’ performance, analysts say

AT&T Inc. has its act together in wireless, but that’s already well understood by Wall Street, according to LightShed Partners analysts. After refocusing its business on connectivity in the wake o...

Biden targets stock buybacks — do they help you as an investor?

There seem to be two camps when it comes to stock buybacks. On one hand, share buybacks can reduce a company’s share count, which increases profit per share and hopefully supports a rising stock price...

‘I am watching my inheritance evaporate’: My brother and sister constantly hit our parents up for money. What can I do to stop this?

I am 46 and single. I have a good job and own my own home but live modestly. I have been fortunate not to have had to ask my parents for anything over the years. My brother and sister, by contrast, ha...

The stock market is a ‘drunken psycho.’ Why this hedge-fund manager is shorting some of the market’s biggest stocks.

Stocks are struggling for traction ahead of a few words from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who will make his appearance this afternoon, just days after moonshot jobs data. Our call of the day from the pres...

‘Edge of a swamp’: JPMorgan strategist sees ‘one time only sale’ in fixed income as U.S. economy slows

Fixed-income yields “all look good,” and you might want to get some while you still can, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s David Kelly. It’s a “one time only sale,” said Kelly, chief global stra...

Will $2 billion merger of Cresco and Columbia Care reach the finish line? Analysts see ‘market doubt’ for cannabis deal.

Cresco Labs Inc. and Columbia Care Inc. investors have signaled that a major merger in the cannabis space may be struggling to reach the finish line, analysts said. In March 2022, Cresco Labs CRLBF, +...

Buy Splunk Stock, Not Datadog, as Cloud Growth Slows, One Analyst Says

As companies tighten their budgets ahead of a potential recession, enterprise software spending is likely to slow in 2023. That has consequences for many stocks in the group. KeyBanc Capital Markets a...

A Successful EV Start-Up Needs Cars, Capacity, and Cash

The company that provided the chassis for the original Tesla Roadster has reimagined itself as an electric-vehicle start-up. The market doesn’t have much love for EV start-ups in general these days, b...

Bed Bath & Beyond Strikes Investor Deal for Over $1 Billion to Avoid Bankruptcy

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has secured investor backing for a more than $1 billion capital raise to stave off bankruptcy and try to turn around its flagging business, people familiar with the matter s...

Bed Bath & Beyond stock surges in revenge of the meme stocks that lifts AMC

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. led a revenge of the meme stocks Monday, with shares rallying 92%, but the stock turned around hard in after-hours trading as executives announced plans to sell convertible ...

ServiceNow CEO’s $25 million stock sale called ‘opportunistic’ as shares slide

Shares of ServiceNow Inc. declined in Monday trading after the company’s chief executive disclosed the sale of a sizable chunk of stock. CEO Bill McDermott cashed out of almost 54,000 shares, worth ne...

Pinterest Stock Slumps After Earnings, a Soft Outlook, and CFO Resignation

Pinterest shares were trading sharply lower in late trading Monday after the social media firm provided cautious commentary on the outlook for the March quarter and announced the resignation of CFO To...

IBM’s ‘substantial’ dividend, debt take wind out of Big Blue’s sails as analyst downgrades stock

International Business Machines Corp.’s stock was downgraded Monday after one analyst said that with Big Blue’s transformation efforts and its somewhat stable stock price over the year, there isn’t mu...

Retiring in a bear market can be catastrophic — working one more year can make a huge difference

Timing, apparently, is everything. Especially when it comes to retirement. Retiring in a bear market can harm your portfolio for the long-term, even if the market eventually recovers, according to a n...

Market strategist David Rosenberg: U.S. stocks will drop 30%. Wait to buy them.

David Rosenberg, the former chief North American economist at Merrill Lynch, has been saying for almost a year that the Fed means business and investors should take the U.S. central bank’s effort to f...

T-Mobile Stock Is Downgraded as Wireless Industry Faces a ‘Great Deceleration’

T-Mobile US stock was falling Monday after an analyst downgraded shares of the wireless carrier amid concerns over subscriber growth. Craig Moffett, an analyst at MoffettNathanson, a division of SVB S...

Tesla Raises New Car Prices as Used Values Sink. Carvana Is Trying To Keep Up.

Tesla just raised the price of its Model Y, but used car buyers looking for an electric vehicle in 2023 could end up paying more than the price of a new EV if they are not careful. Fluctuating pricing...

Tesla stock target raised as China demand swings to a ‘tailwind’

Shares of Tesla Inc. rallied toward a three-month high Monday, after Wedbush raised its price target, saying China demand has swung to a “tailwind” from a “headwind.” The stock TSLA, +2.11% climbed as...

The next few days may reveal whether investors have been riding one big suckers rally, says this strategist.

Stocks are off to a weaker start as caution grips investors following Friday’s monster jobs beat. While subject to revisions, that 517,000 surge in U.S. jobs may have shredded hopes among some that th...

Newmont Makes $17 Billion Offer for Australia Gold Miner Newcrest

Newmont has made an offer worth around $17 billion to acquire Australia’s Newcrest Mining an approach which could set off competing bids as international gold miners seek to secure the most promising ...

Dell to cut 6,650 jobs, report says

Dell Technologies will join the ranks of technology companies slashing jobs as the computer maker will shed 6,650 positions, according to a published report on Monday. Citing a company spokesman after...

Tesla Raised Model Y Prices. Why a Used One May Still Cost More.

Tesla just raised the price of its Model Y, but used car buyers looking for an electric vehicle in 2023 could end up paying more than the price of a new EV if they are not careful. Fluctuating pricing...

Wall Street wants to know when ‘GTA VI’ is going to drop, too.

The biggest question for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. executives would be the same for gamers and Wall Street analysts: When is the next “Grand Theft Auto” going to drop? Take-Two’s TTWO, -4.74%...

Europe bans Russian diesel, other oil products over Ukraine war

FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe imposed a ban Sunday on Russian diesel fuel and other refined oil products, slashing energy dependency on Moscow and seeking to further crimp the Kremlin’s fossil fuel earn...

Disney, CVS, Uber, Chipotle, PayPal, and More Stocks to Watch This Week

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Big Tech added to a shrinking forecast, but maybe Bob Iger can brighten the mood

Wall Street’s expectations for 2023 have been diving as forecasts for the new year come in light, and the news could get worse once they factor in disappointing results from Big Tech. But at least Bob...

Large U.S. Pension Sells Alibaba, TSMC, MGM Stock. It Bought Harley-Davidson.

One of the largest U.S. public pension plans made big changes in its investments, including Asian tech giants. The New York State Common Retirement Fund cut its investments in Alibaba Group Holding (t...