GE HealthCare Is Going Independent. This Is Where the Stock Should Trade.

Text size GE HealthCare should generate about $3.3 billion in Ebitda for all of 2022. Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images To start 2023, investors will have a choice to invest in a brand new $18 billion co...

Netflix, Workday, Costco, Caterpillar and more: These stocks are Cowen’s favorites for 2023

Across the market, Cowen & Co. analysts see undervalued stocks. They rolled out their individual best picks late in the week, highlighting their takes on compelling plays in healthcare, technology...

GE Healthcare Plans to Reduce Debt and Costs, Pursue Tuck-In Acquisitions

General Electric Co.’s healthcare division plans to cut debt, bring down costs and pursue tuck-in acquisitions after its spinoff in early January, finance chief Helmut Zodl said Thursday at an investo...

Buy Zillow stock now to profit from ‘brighter environment’ next year, UBS says

Investors should buy Zillow Group Inc. now, UBS says, even if they have to wait a year before the U.S. housing market starts improving. Analyst Lloyd Walmsley initiated research coverage of the online...

Caterpillar, Deere, and More Industrial Stocks Ready to Break Out

Stocks in the industrial sector have been on a tear. In aggregate, they are knocking on the door of reaching new heights. The Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (ticker: XLI ), home to Caterpillar (CAT...

It’s Rough Out There. Stick With Dividend Stocks to Stay Afloat.

Dividend stocks are poised to notch an impressive victory this year. The Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend index is ahead 5.5%, cruising past the S&P 500 index, down 14.4% in total returns. Even more...

20 dividend stocks with high yields that have become more attractive right now

Income-seeking investors are looking at an opportunity to scoop up shares of real estate investment trusts. Stocks in that asset class have become more attractive as prices have fallen and cash flow i...

Can You Buy Bitcoin Without an Exchange Like FTX? We Tried.

Bitcoin is supposed to be a “trustless” token, but you’ll still need to place your trust in someone or something. Illustration by Barron’s Staff FTX’s bankruptcy got us wondering: Can you buy Bitcoin ...

Berkshire Scores Big With Japanese Investments. Currency Hedge Is Key.

One of Berkshire Hathaway ‘s bigger investment scores in recent years was the purchase of a group of five Japanese trading companies that now are showing an estimated profit of about $4 billion on an ...

Veteran manager offers 5 ‘cheap, quality, dividend’ stocks that will let you play one of tech’s biggest themes.

2022 may be remembered as the year investors fell out of love with tech stocks. While the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -3.91% is up about 5.3% this quarter, that’s after three dismal ones, and a 28% loss fo...

Qualcomm, Nvidia Are Top Picks Among Semiconductor Stocks, Analyst Says

Text size For investors looking for near-term protection, Credit Suisse analysts said wireless-device specialist Qualcomm was their top pick. Dreamstime Semiconductor stocks have fallen far enough to ...

Why do people invest in crypto? ‘It’s partly fraud and partly delusion’: Charlie Munger

““The country did not need a currency that’s good for kidnappers.”” — Charlie Munger Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +0.35%, is not a big fan of crypto, and he shared some f...

Warren Buffett’s chip-stock purchase is a classic example of why you want to be ‘greedy only when others are fearful’

This has been quite a year for Berkshire Hathaway and CEO Warren Buffett. The conglomerate just disclosed its investments in other companies as of the end of the third quarter, and one name — and one ...

Berkshire Bought Taiwan Semi Stock. Here’s What Else It Bought and Sold.

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Berkshire Hathaway discloses stakes in TSMC, Jefferies, Louisiana-Pacific, sending those stocks higher

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. added positions in materials manufacturer Louisiana-Pacific Corp., investment bank Jefferies Financial Group and chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. d...

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...

Bonds Look Attractive Now. Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Like Them.

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Alex Wong/Getty Images Bonds don’t excite Warren Buffett even after the sharp rise in yields this year. The Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) C...

Berkshire Hathaway Cuts Stake in U.S. Bancorp By More Than Half

A new filing indicates that Berkshire Hathaway cut its stake in U.S. Bancorp by 56% to 52.5 million shares that are now worth $2.4 billion. In a form 13-G filing dated Thursday, Berkshire Hathaway (BR...

Semiconductor stocks have bounced from 2022 lows — and analysts expect upside of at least 28% in the next year

For investors aiming to take advantage of stock market declines, the obvious question is: How far is too far for stocks to fall? The semiconductor industry, a standout performer during the reopening o...

Berkshire Sold $5 Billion of Financial Stocks, Possibly Citigroup and Bank of NY

Berkshire Hathaway likely unloaded nearly $5 billion of financial stocks from its portfolio in the third quarter, and two possible candidates for the trimmed positions are Citigroup and Bank of New Yo...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Earnings Are Saturday. Here’s What to Watch.

When Berkshire Hathaway reports its third-quarter earnings on Saturday, investors won’t be spending a lot of time looking at the bottom line. The conglomerate’s stock buybacks, equity purchases, and l...

SoFi stock gives back its post-earnings gains, with one analyst highlighting its ‘polarizing’ nature

SoFi Technologies Inc. is a “polarizing” stock, according to a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst, and that can perhaps be seen in its recent price movement. The stock was up as much as 18.9% Tuesday...

SoFi Stock Leaps on Narrower-Than-Expected Loss and Revenue Beat

SoFi Technologies was surging after posting a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss and revenue that exceeded forecasts.  SoFi (ticker: SOFI), the financial-technology company, reported third-quar...

Berkshire Could Take a Big Storm Hit. Watch for Buyback News.

Berkshire Hathaway could suffer losses of $3 billion from Hurricane Ian and other weather events in the third quarter, but investors are apt to be more focused on the company’s investment activity. Be...

SoFi stock rockets as earnings deemed ‘outstanding’

Shares of SoFi Technologies Inc. were flying higher in premarket trading Tuesday after the financial-technology company posted results that were dubbed “outstanding” by one analyst. Though the company...

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...

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway closes $11.6 billion purchase of Alleghany insurance group

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company completed its largest acquisition in years Wednesday with its $11.6 billion purchase of the Alleghany insurance conglomerate. The purchase announced in March wil...

The top 25 market events of the last 25 years

On an October morning 25 years ago, MarketWatch started providing real-time news and market data to the general public on the internet. Individuals were fleeing their stockbrokers for new online platf...

Tesla, Netflix Set to Report Earnings as Recession Talk Mounts

Procter & Gamble Netflix and Tesla highlight a busy coming week of earnings as persistent inflation and climbing interest rates stoke talk of a recession. Consumer healthcare giant Johnson & J...

Netflix and Tesla stocks are not having a good year, but here comes a chance to turn it around

Two stocks that have defined Wall Street’s boom in the past decade — streaming giant Netflix Inc. and electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc. — will hope to turn around some poor recent trajectories as earn...

3M Earns Quick Appellate Review of Earplug Unit’s Bankruptcy Shield

A federal appeals court granted 3M Co. ’s request to review a bankruptcy judge’s refusal to stop mass injury lawsuits from proceeding against the conglomerate following the chapter 11 filing of its ea...