Jack Dorsey’s Block Unveils Plans for Its DIY Bitcoin Mining Development Kit

The MDK would be useful for integrating Bitcoin mining into multiple use cases such as heating solutions, off-grid mining, home mining, or intermittent power applications Jack Dorsey‘s Block Inc has b...

Bitcoin Mining Becomes More Accessible with DIY Kit

Bitcoin mining has become increasingly expensive and inaccessible for many people who are interested in getting started. So, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block, Inc., has come up with an innovative solution. H...

20 income-building stocks that numbers say may become elite Dividend Aristocrats

Back in January, we took a deep look into three groups of Dividend Aristocrat stocks to show which ones had increased their payouts most significantly over the past five years. Now it is time for a fo...

Stock-Based Compensation Is the Latest Risk for Tech Stocks

For years, the lavish stock grants and options handed out by tech companies went largely ignored by investors. Now, the practice is finally getting attention, and it’s likely going to bring bad news f...

Lowe’s Earnings Beat Estimates. Why the Stock Is Dropping.

Lowe’s earned more than expected in the fourth quarter but fell short in terms of revenue, warning of a slowdown in the home-improvement market and sending the stock tumbling. The company reported adj...

Intel’s dividend cut shows the need for quality. Here are 20 dividend stocks screened by UBS.

Stocks that pay high dividends can provide comfort during times of market turmoil. It is much easier to be patient if money is rolling in, and a strategy of reinvesting dividends may outperform when t...

Home Depot raises dividend, boosting yield above 2.8%

Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday it will raise its quarterly dividend by 10.0%, to $2.09 a share from $1.90 a share. The home improvement retailer said shareholders of record on March 9 will be paid the d...

Home Depot Beat Earnings Views, Boosted the Dividend. Why the Stock Is Falling.

Home Depot beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations, but missed on revenue and issued disappointing guidance for fiscal 2023. It also raised the dividend, but shares of the home-improvement retailer ...

Just how bad were holiday sales? The world’s biggest retailers are about to tell us

The nation’s retailers limped into last year’s holiday season with too much stuff that people didn’t want. We’re about to find out how much of it they were able to get rid of, and how much an avalanch...

Retailer Tuesday Morning to close more than half its stores following bankruptcy

Troubled discount home-goods retailer Tuesday Morning Corp. will close more than half its locations nationwide after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years. The...

14 dividend stocks that rose 100% or more in 5 years as the payouts doubled

In basketball, a double-double is a combination of at least 10 or more of the following in a game: points scored, rebounds, assists, blocked shots or steals. For dividend stocks, you might find a scre...

Sherwin-Williams CEO John Morikis Bought Up Shares

S herwin-Williams ’ poor outlook in late January sent shares of the paint and coatings giant tumbling.Nonetheless, the company’s top executive bought a large block of stock. Sherwin-Williams (ticker: ...

This Analyst Sees a 17% Downside to Home Depot Stock. Here’s Why.

Home Depot and Lowe’s could be in for a rough year, with one analyst forecasting that the shares could lose more than 10% of their value. Rising interest rates, persistent inflation, a weaker labor ma...

Buy shares of only the strongest companies to make money in 2023, including ‘the kings of cash flow,’ says this five-star fund manager

Depending on your perspective as an investor, 2022 has either been a perfect storm or a perfect opportunity. The Federal Reserve’s rapid increase in interest rates and other tightening moves to fight ...

Bolting Random Weapons On Random Chassis, the Ukrainian Army Proves Its Ingenuity … And Desperation

A Ukrainian MT-LB-12. Via social media A slightly odd-looking Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle, churning through the cold mud that’s typical of Ukraine’s early winters, tells a profound story. One ...

You’re Hired! No Interview Required in Tight Labor Market

Listen to article (2 minutes) Some employers racing to snap up workers in the tight labor market are omitting a step once considered crucial to hiring: the job interview. United Parcel Service Inc. ha...

Red Bull’s Benny’s Basecamp Event With Benny Milam Celebrates Street Snowboarding’s DIY Spirit

Benny’s Basecamp Ryan Taylor / Red Bull Content Pool The quandary that presented itself at a recent snowboarding event Red Bull held for team rider Benny Milam—a lack of snow—could have seemed l...

“Pour Me Another” Is A DIY Adventure Guide To The World Of Cocktails

This photograph of the Vieux Carre cocktail was taken by the author of “Pour Me Another: 250 Ways To … [+] Find Your Favorite Drink” J.M. Hirsch J.M. Hirsch is a cookbook author, the...

Cargo Shipowners Cancel Sailings as Global Trade Flips From Backlogs to Empty Containers

Listen to article (2 minutes) Ocean carriers are canceling dozens of sailings on the world’s busiest routes during what is normally their peak season, the latest sign of the economic whiplash hitting ...

20 value stocks whose growth potential is overlooked by investors

After a years-long bull market in growth stocks, the beleaguered value strategy has outperformed this year, as rising interest rates apply pressure on equities. Below is a screen of large-cap value st...

Google Just Launched Simplicity Sprints. Here’s Your DIY Version

You don’t need an army of project managers or expensive consultants to simplify your workday. Shutterstock In late July, Google announced its first Simplicity Sprint, which aims for “better results in...

DeFi DIY: Moving Coins Between Layer-2 Solutions on Hop Protocol

Art by Grant Kempster Welcome to DeFi D.I.Y., where Decrypt’s DeFi whiz walks you through how to use a specific DeFi tool or platform. Today: moving funds around on Hop Protocol. Moving between ...

Lowe’s Marvin Ellison: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Marvin Ellison, CEO of Lowe’s Courtesy of Lowes Text size Lowe’s was in need of retooling when CEO Marvin Ellison, 57, took the helm in July 2018. Four years later, the proof of his efforts is in the ...

DIY divorces ‘a concern to women in retirement’

A surge in “DIY” divorces is putting women at greater risk of being worse off in retirement, according to legal experts. In 2018, it became possible for couples who wish to split to prepare and submit...

These 10 stocks in the S&P 500 lost $4.2 trillion of investors’ money during the first half of 2022

The first half of 2022 is over, and good riddance for investors: The S&P 500 Index declined 20.6%. Below are two lists of the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 SPX, -0.88% this year. Firs...

Here’s how you can compound dividend stocks to double the S&P 500’s return

Companies announce dividend increases all the time, but here’s one that points to a simple investing strategy that can lower your risk and make you a lot of money over the years. Maybe it isn’t so exc...

Four value-stock picks from a fund manager who steers clear of the energy sector

Jensen Investment Management follows a simple rule for initial screenings of stocks: Companies need to have achieved returns on equity (ROE) of at least 15% annually, for at least 10 consecutive years...

Costco, Home Depot, and 3 Other Retail Stocks to Scoop Up Now—and 1 to Avoid

Home Depot is one of the retail stocks that are worth buying after the sector’s latest selloff. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Text size Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike. The same co...

DeFi DIY: How to Stake Ethereum on Lido Finance

Welcome to DeFi D.I.Y., a new recurring feature where Decrypt’s DeFi whiz walks you through how to use a specific DeFi tool or platform. Today: staking Ethereum on Lido. Not everyone has the 32 ...

Home Depot Raises 2022 Guidance After Record First-Quarter Sales

Text size Home Depot tops first-quarter earnings expectations. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Home Depot exceeded earnings expectations as sales rose to the highest ever for the first quarter of the yea...

Walmart, Moderna, Target, Deere, Home Depot, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size It’s the tail end of first-quarter earnings season, with mostly retailers left to report this week. Government data on U.S. retail sales will also be released. Home Depot and Walmart report ...

Opinion: This giant pension scandal is hiding in plain sight

Hard working Americans, many on low wages, are losing pension dollars they earned. It affects millions. And it’s legal. In a nutshell: Some of America’s biggest companies run their shop floors so that...