To the Editor:There are many, many choices (“Barron’s 12 Best Income Investments for the New Year, Cover Story, Dec. 30). Two things to remember: 1) reward equals risk (there’s no such thing as a free...
Tag: Financial Performance
History shows odds favor a 20% stock-market return in 2023 after a brutal 2022, Fundstrat says
Historical data shows there is a high chance that the U.S. stock market may record a return of 20% or more this year after the three major indexes closed 2022 with their worst annual losses since 2008...
It’s Pharma Time: Why Merck and Lilly Stock Are Buys, but not Pfizer.
My 2023 biotech outlook calls for continued momentum in name changes. I just need to figure out what the stocks will do. Last year, Respira Technologies became Qnovia. It’s run by a former tobacco exe...
BP and Shell vs. Exxon and Chevron: The Mystery of Big Oil’s P/E Gap
Last year, global oil companies boomed. BP and Shell both based in London, saw share prices rise some 40% in 2022 and trade at five times forward earnings. U.S.-based Exxon Mobil soared nearly 80% and...
AbbVie cuts earnings forecast due to milestone payments
AbbVie Inc. executives lowered their outlook for the quarter and year in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday, which cited research and development expenses and milestone p...
Shell to Pay $2 Billion in Windfall Taxes. Why the Stock Is Rising.
Shell Europe’s largest oil and gas company, said it will have to pay about $2 billion in additional taxes in the fourth quarter, but still sees strong earnings from natural gas trading for the period....
Looking for clues about iPhone supply? Ask AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile
How have iPhone sales have fared in the wake of production constraints on high-end models? Wall Street likely won’t get a clear answer until Apple Inc. reports earnings later this month, but some publ...
Nvidia in Pact With Foxconn to Build Autonomous Cars
Getting a jump on the parade of announcements to come at this week’s CES tech trade show in Las Vegas, the graphics and AI chip company Nvidia gave an unofficial virtual keynote presentation Tuesday m...
Tesla delivery-target miss shows ‘demand cracks clearly happening’ that mean ‘numbers could materially reset’ for coming years, analysts write
As Tesla Inc. shares slumped to their worst performance on record in the fourth quarter, the electric-vehicle company delivered fewer cars than analysts expected, according to a Monday announcement. T...
Berkshire Hathaway Had a Strong 2022. What to Watch in 2023.
Berkshire Hathaway is coming off a strong year, one in which operating earnings climbed, investment activity picked up sharply, and the stock handily outperformed the S&P 500 The outlook for 2023 ...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Curbed Stock Sales When Shares Slipped
Nvidia stock tumbled in 2022, and as shares of the chip maker slid into the red early in the year, CEO Jensen Huang stopped selling. Nvidia stock (ticker: NVDA) lost half its market value in 2022. In ...
NIO, Li, XPeng Deliveries Offer Good News To Start 2023.
Electric vehicle investors start 2023 with some good news. Chinese EV makers NIO Li Auto and XPeng capped a wild year with strong delivery results in December. The three EV makers combined to deliver ...
These Stocks Had a Terrible 2022. The New Year Should Be Better.
Videogame maker Take-Two Interactive Software is known for two things: Grand Theft Auto, and did I already say Grand Theft Auto? The stock was down 43% in 2022, making it the group’s worst performer. ...
Apple Has Been a Problem for PayPal. This Analyst Says That’s Changing.
PayPal Holdings suffered big losses in 2022. The stock still faces several challenges, but one seems to be resolving, according to a Mizuho analyst. Shares of the payment company (ticker: PYPL) fell ...