Retail Discounter TJX Is Thriving as Inflation Pressures Consumers

Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...

FTX Sends Crypto Reeling. The Whales Move in to Profit.

Cryptocurrency markets have been slammed by the sudden bankruptcy of FTX. But amid the carnage, some big traders—whales—were buying. Bitcoin the largest crypto, was plumbing two-year lows at $16,600 o...

How a Hot Norwegian Battery Start-Up Beat the SPAC Deep Freeze

Stocks associated with special purpose acquisition companies crashed in 2022—with an exception: Freyr Battery The shares are up some 34%, year to date, despite stumbling this past Monday after releasi...

Sheriff’s Department Releases Investigation Into ‘Rust’ Shooting—But Still No Charges Filed

Topline The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department released its 550-page report into the Rust shooting, when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a gun in actor Alec Baldwin’s hand fired on a...

Activision Stock Still Looks Like a Buy. Here’s Why.

Back in July, Barron’s made the case for buying Activision Blizzard stock in anticipation of Microsoft closing its $69 billion acquisition of the company. With Activision shares trading at a significa...

Justice Department advises crypto lawyers not tip off clients about investigations

The Department of Justice doesn’t want lawyers tipping off their clients about investigations, a representative cautioned. “We recommend that the private sector, when we are dealing with DeFi or...

Genius or Jackass, Musk Stirs the Pot

To the Editor:Your timely analysis of Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase doesn’t consider one important factor: the millions of potential users who will enthusiastically embrace a free-speech platform uncon...

3Q Earnings Weren’t Bad. But 2023 Estimates Could Be Ugly.

Wall Street expected 2023 earnings forecasts to drop after third-quarter results came in. That time has come. With companies that account for some 90% of the S&P 500’s market capitalization having...

A Berkshire Hathaway Bright Spot: Energy. Here Are the Numbers.

Warren Buffett likes energy. Berkshire Hathaway now owns some $58 billion of Chevron and Occidental Petroleum securities. It isn’t Berkshire’s largest holding; that would be insurance, led by auto ins...

Stocks Rallied Dramatically. It’s Still a Bear Market

This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Bear-Market Rallies Technical Strategy BTIGNov. 11: Thursday...

FTX Legal Department Jumps Ship, Binance Deal Fizzles Out

The FTX drama continues as the deal with its competitor Binance falls apart. According to several reports, employees at the platform are fleeing amid growing concerns about a massive $6 billion hole o...

Justice Department joins SEC in FTX probe: WSJ

For collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, legal troubles are mounting. The Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are working together to investigate FTX’s...

U.S. Treasury Department Connects Lazarus Group and Tornado Cash to North Korean Nuclear Weapons Programs

The U.S Treasury Department is redesignating the sanction it imposed against crypto mixing service Tornado Cash earlier this year due to the protocol allegedly having ties to North Korea’s nuclear wea...

Pfizer Stock’s Post-Covid Future Looks Healthy

These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...

Money-Market Funds Are Back. But There Are Now Other Options for Your Cash.

In our turbulent times, money-market funds have returned from the dead, along with a number of liquid, short-term, near-cash alternatives. As of Nov. 2, money funds were yielding an average 2.9%, and ...

Treasury Department sold record $1 billion of Series I bonds on Oct. 28

The U.S. Treasury Department in Washington. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images I bonds broke daily, weekly and monthly sales records The Treasury sold $979 million of I bonds before the deadline on F...

US Justice Department Reassigns Tether Probe To New Team

An investigation to determine whether Tether executives committed bank fraud during the stablecoin issuer’s early days has been reassigned.  According to several reports, a new team with the US Attorn...

Adidas Bails From Yeezy. Why That Packs a Punch.

Times are tough at Adidas The German company has too much inventory and falling China sales. It’s slashed guidance, and earnings ran about half what Wall Street expected. The stock is down by more tha...

Buffett’s Berkshire Chases Musk’s Tesla on Market Value

Watch out, Elon, Warren is catching up. With the drop in shares of Tesla this year, the market value of Berkshire Hathaway is hot on the heels of the electric-vehicle leader. Berkshire, led by longtim...

US Department of Justice Files $60 Million Lawsuit Against Bitcoin Mixer Operator – Regulation Bitcoin News

The United States Department of Justice recently filed a lawsuit to recover $60 million that was imposed on Larry Harmon, the operator of a bitcoin mixing service targeted by U.S. law enforcement in 2...

U.S. Department of Justice sues founder of Helix crypto mixer to recover $60 million

The United States Justice Department (DOJ) has formally sued the founder of Helix cryptocurrency mixer in a bid to recover a $60 million civil penalty.  In the lawsuit, the DOJ indicated that Larry Ha...

How Alternative Investments Saved the Day for Big University Endowments

University endowments, battered by stock-market losses, posted their worst fiscal year since the financial crisis. The largest funds, however, were helped by higher allocations to alternative investme...

UK FCA Appoints Binu Paul as New Digital Assets Department Head

Bitcoin News To legally operate in the UK, crypto businesses need to get FCA-authorization. Paul served as the Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand’s lead fintech specialist. Binu Paul has been ...

UK’s FCA Appoints Binu Paul to Lead Its Digital Assets Department

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Treasury Department Sued Over Tornado Cash Ban

Treasury Department Sued Over Tornado Cash BanUS Treasury Department Faces Lawsuit For Banning Tornado CashOctober 12, 2022On August 8, OFAC added Tornado Cash to its Specially Designated Nationals li...

US Department of Justice seized $22m in Bitcoin gained from ransomware attacks

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The US authorities recently confiscated $22 million in Bitcoin or around 719 BTC, that was obtained through a series of ransomwar...

Republican Lawmakers Urge Justice Department To Publish CBDC Assessment

Republican members of the U.S. House Banking Committee, one of the most powerful committees in the nation, have called for the Justice Department’s assessment of whether the Federal Reserve has the re...

Chipotle Stock Could Heat Up. Here Comes a Speedy Robo Burrito Maker.

These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...

PVC Prices Are Falling. Why Warren Buffett Should Be Worried.

One thing leads to the other. Rising interest rates pummel housing. Lumber prices fall, some 60% this year. And, notes energy research firm and investment bank Tudor Pickering Holt, PVC—the plastic th...

Exxon Improperly Fired Scientists Suspected of Sharing Information, Labor Department Finds

Listen to article (2 minutes) The Labor Department said it found Exxon Mobil illegally fired two company scientists over suspicions they shared information with The Wall Street Journal about concerns ...