Big Tech earnings are about to determine the direction of the market

Just five companies control nearly a quarter of the S&P 500 index’s market cap, and they will all report earnings this week that could determine the direction of the market for weeks or months to ...

These 20 stocks still have at least 48% upside, analysts say, despite the S&P 500’s 8% gain from its lows

The S&P 500 has climbed 8% since June 16, when it closed at its lowest point this year. While the benchmark index is still down 17% this year, analysts expect it to soar 21% over the next 12 month...

Redbox stock shoots toward best day on record

Shares of Redbox Entertainment Inc. were surging toward their best day on record Monday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what was driving the stock move. The shares were soaring 87% in afternoon tr...

WWE hints at other McMahon probes, discloses $14.6 million in payments

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 02: Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and Triple H attend the UFC 276 event at T-Mobile Arena on July 02, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jeff Bottari | Ufc | Getty Images Wor...

Newmont, World Wrestling Entertainment, Ryanair & more

Ryanair planes are seen at Dublin Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Dublin, Ireland. Jason Cairnduff | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday t...

Giant Manager Buys Up Apple, Nvidia, Corning, and Pfizer Stock

Text size MEAG bought 66,593 Nvidia shares to double its investment to 130,142 shares at the end of June. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The investment arm of one of the world’s biggest insurers just ma...

Apple, Visa, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, Chipotle, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It will be a busy week on both the micro and macro fronts. Second-quarter earnings season ramps up, as more than 150 S&P 500 firms report, including Big Tech. The Federal Reserve’s policy committe...

Tesla Is Set for Settlement Talks Over Musk Tweets About Taking Company Private

Tesla is scheduled for court-ordered settlement talks in a shareholder lawsuit over Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s 2018 tweets suggesting he had funding to take the company private. In a court fi...

Vince McMahon retires as WWE CEO after sexual misconduct probe

Vince McMahon attends a press conference at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Michael N. Todaro | Getty Images World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon announ...

Opinion: As Snap melts down, its founders make sure to protect the people who matter: themselves

Snap Inc. has never been an investor-friendly company — as long as those investors weren’t its founders, at least — and the parent company of the Snapchat app made that even clearer Thursday. Amid a m...

Snap Plans to Split Its Stock. There’s a Big Caveat.

Text size Snap co-founders Bobby Murphy (left) and Evan Spiegel (center) at the Snap IPO in 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Snap intends to split its stock—if it can more than triple in price. The Sna...

AT&T’s Dividend Yield Jumps as the Stock Falls After Earnings

Text size AT&T Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T stock is shedding value on Thursday, after a big miss on second-quarter free cash flow and lowered guidance for the remainder of the year. That...

How Media And Entertainment Companies Can Step Up Their Game By Diversifying Their Revenue Streams

Detail of a mans hand scrolling through Netflix on an Apple iPad Pro, taken on March 6, 2020. (Photo … [+] by Phil Barker/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Future Publishing via Getty Images A...

AT&T Stock Drops Despite Adding Subscribers. Here’s Why.

Text size AT&T added more wireless and fiber subscribers than expected, paid down debt, and continued to invest in fiber and 5G. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images In its first three months as a telecom...

How to save money on travel? Five tips for cheaper flights and hotels

1. Finding cheaper flights Those who are strategic about saving spend 23% less on flights than those who aren’t, according to a survey of budget travelers by the booking site VacationRenter.  To...

Snap’s Earnings Are Thursday. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size In May, Snap lowered financial forecasts it had issued in April. Dreamstime When Snap reports its second-quarter results, investors will be watching closely to see how badly the weakening ec...

For Netflix stock, forget subscribers, content. It’s now about cash

A sign is posted in front of Netflix headquarters on April 20, 2022 in Los Gatos, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A day after Netflix reported that its second-quarter slide in subscribers w...

AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect.

AT&T is among the big telecoms reporting earnings this week. Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images Text size Telecom stocks have been a haven in 2022, with the big U.S. companies leading the mar...

What a Netflix crackdown on password sharing could look like

Netflix Inc. has vowed to clamp down on password sharing as it looks to improve its financial fortunes, and the company just shared more details about how it will do that. The company plans to make cu...

Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q2 2022

Fans gather at the Netflix booth at a trade show. Mike Blake | Reuters Netflix shares jumped 8% after the company said it lost fewer subscribers than anticipated during the second quarter. The company...

Will Netflix keep losing subscribers? Investors await guidance

In this photo illustration the Netflix logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen, with graphic representation of the stock market in the background. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Netflix i...

Fellaz Paves the Way for Web 3.0 Entertainment Platform for Major K-Pop Artists, Influencers and Fans

July 19, 2022 – Singapore, Singapore Fellaz, a multi-chain Web 3.0 entertainment ecosystem, announces the upcoming launch of its social media platform for artists and their fanbases. Through months of...

Fellaz Paves the Way for Web3 Entertainment Platform for K-Pop Artists, Influencers, Fans

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, 19th July 2022] Fellaz, a multi-chain Web3 entertainment ecosystem, announces the upcoming launch of its social media platform for artists and their fanbases. Th...

Fellaz Paves the Way for Web3 Entertainment Platform for Major K-pop Artists, Influencers, and Fans

Singapore, Singapore, 19th July, 2022, Chainwire Fellaz, a multi-chain Web3 entertainment ecosystem, announces the upcoming launch of its social media platform for artists and their fanbases. Through ...

CATL Might Bring Battery Capacity to America With Mexico Plant, Report Says.

Text size Contemporary Amperex Technology is the largest and most valuable battery maker. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg The electric-vehicle battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology might be readying its ...

Is Ibiza expensive? Prices for rooms, food and taxis are rising

A seaside restaurant charges 30 euros ($30) for a burger. A large sunbed at an upscale beach club can cost 500 euros in August. And a table at a “VIP” nightclub can run into the thousands....

Paul Tremblay on Shyamalan, ‘Knock at the Cabin,’ ‘Pallbearers Club’

Paul Tremblay Source: Paul Tremblay Want to hear a scary story? It was 2015. Paul Tremblay, a New England math wiz with a couple crime novels to his name, was experiencing his big breakthrough in horr...

Toys Are Staples, Making Mattel a Buy in a Recession, Says Analyst

Shares of Mattel rose this past Monday, but fell for the week, after an upgrade from Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng, who argued that the toy maker had the ability to navigate economic uncertainties....

Fastly Cloud Computing Traffic Bumped Higher. That Should Boost the Stock.

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...

New NFT Trends That Could Drive The Entertainment Industry

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 29: Artist Derrick Adams auctions an NFT titled “Heir to the Throne”, … [+] commissioned by musician Jay-Z to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his de...

A psychologist’s 5 steps to stop panicking about your 401(k)

In the fall of 2008, when global stock markets were imploding, I happened to be in New York. I switched on the TV in my hotel room and saw financial commentator Suze Orman on Larry King Live. She took...

Stocks Set To Rise Across The Entertainment Industry Due To Post COVID Rebound

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 29: Casey Bloys, President of Programming of HBO, speaks onstage at … [+] HBO Max WarnerMedia Investor Day Presentation at Warner Bros. Studios on October 29,...