After weathering pandemic storm, cruise-line stocks offer upside, says Stifel

Like the rest of the travel industry, cruise operators have weathered a pandemic-related storm over the last couple of years, but they now deserve attention from investors, says analyst firm Stifel. “...

Tesla, Apple, Ciena, and More Stock Market Movers

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Silicon Valley Confronts the End of Growth. It’s a New Era for Tech Stocks.

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

In Tech’s New World, Layoffs and Buybacks Are In, Mergers Are Out

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

Shopify’s stock upgraded as analyst cheers ‘nearly boundless’ opportunity

Shares of Shopify Inc. nabbed an upgrade Tuesday as a D.A. Davidson analyst sees an “attractive entry point” into a name that’s been crunched in the wake of earnings. Shopify’s stock SHOP, -5.02% has ...

Shopify stock suffers one of its worst days yet as Wall Street wonders what is to come

Shopify Inc. shares suffered one of their worst days on record Thursday, after financial results failed to provide much clarity about the road ahead in 2023. Shopify SHOP, -15.88%, which acts as the b...

Shopify stock falls nearly 7% as forecast disappoints amid escalating Amazon rivalry, price increases

Shopify Inc. produced a better holiday quarter than expected according to a Wednesday earnings report, but a forecast for slowing revenue growth hit the stock in after-hours trading. Shopify SHOP, +6....

The stock market is a ‘drunken psycho.’ Why this hedge-fund manager is shorting some of the market’s biggest stocks.

Stocks are struggling for traction ahead of a few words from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who will make his appearance this afternoon, just days after moonshot jobs data. Our call of the day from the pres...

Amazon earnings: What to expect

Amazon.com Inc. is expected to deliver a profit for its holiday quarter, but not enough to offset its losses from earlier in 2022. Even with Amazon AMZN, +6.95% projected to report about $2 billion in...

‘Overbought and overpriced’: This investor sees a bubble popping for one popular group of stocks

Investors wouldn’t be blamed for sizing up the first losing week in three for the S&P 500 and decide to start the weekend early. Stocks are on the rise in early action, but that won’t sway five-da...

PayPal’s ‘baggage’ sparks downgrade of its stock

The financial-technology category is “better positioned” than many other pockets of tech to post a strong 2023, according to an analyst, but some names could fare better than others. As SMBC Nikko Sec...

Tech’s Bill Is Coming Due. Investors Aren’t the Only Ones Who Will Pay.

For two years now, tech companies have spent massive amounts of money building the capacity to serve what they believed would be a higher level of postpandemic demand. If you build it, they will come....

This asset will crush all others in 2023, says hedge-fund manager who nailed one big call of 2022

As 2022 winds down and investors reflect on a horrendous year, they can take some comfort in the fact that the big guys also had their share of misses. Among them is Harris Kupperman, the president of...

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 ...

Carnival stock is suffering its worst year on record, but looks ‘overly compelling’ to this analyst

Shares of Carnival Corp. have had a really bad year, even worse than the pandemic year of 2020. And that’s what makes Stifel Nicolaus analyst Steven Wieczynski believe the stock is now “overly compell...

Bill Miller Is Still Bullish on Bitcoin—and a Lot More

Professional athletes like to retire after a good run. Legendary value investor Bill Miller is taking a different route. Miller, 72, is sticking with the plan he announced in January to hang up his in...

Royal Caribbean Stock Could Rise 35%. How It Beat Other Cruise Lines With its Recovery.

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Norwegian Stock Is a Buy, Royal Caribbean Is a Sell, Says Analyst. Here’s Why.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has strong growth opportunities, while Royal Caribbean Group will be dealing with near-term funding requirements, according to a J.P. Morgan analyst. Daniel Adam assumed...

Why this cruise stock remains JPMorgan’s favorite as leisure travel keeps roaring

The outlook for cruise stocks is still “more positive than not,” according to JPMorgan analyst Daniel Adam, but given macroeconomic and financial concerns in the sector, not all names are worth buying...

Spotlight on layoffs: Cuts at Amazon, Cisco, Roku, Meta, Twitter, Intel and more

From HP, Amazon, Roku and Beyond Meat to Meta and Twitter, big names across a number of sectors have announced major layoffs in October and November. Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +1.45% GOOG, +1.53% is consid...

Norwegian Cruise Stock Falls After a Rare Double Downgrade

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Carnival stock dives after private sale of $1 billion in convertible debt

Shares of Carnival Corp. pulled back sharply on heavy volume Wednesday, after the cruise operator took advantage of a recent big rally to commence a private offering of debt that can be converted into...

Carnival’s Pricing Problems Are ‘Company Specific,’ Analyst Says

“Not all cruise operators are created equally,” wrote Stifel analyst Steven Wieczynski, saying he is upbeat about the sector despite grim news from Carnival that dragged the stocks lower last week Car...

Opinion: Big selling wave in stocks makes for a buying opportunity, says Baron manager who has 20% of his fund’s assets in Tesla

Institutional investors have been clearing out of stocks. They sold $42 billion worth in the five weeks ending Sept. 21. That followed $51 billion in sales during the five weeks ending Sept. 7 — the b...

22 dividend stocks screened for quality and safety

Now that the S&P 500 has hit a new closing low for 2022, it is a good time to rerun a screen of low-volatility dividend stocks that may perform relatively better. An initial screen of the S&P ...

Junk-Bond Yields Top 8%. It Could Be a Good Time to Buy.

High-yield bonds are finally living up to their name after the broad selloff in fixed-income markets this year. Better known as junk, the $1.5 trillion sector looks appealing, as yields have risen to ...

Goldman Sachs Is Preparing Layoffs. Tech Isn’t the Only Industry Cutting Jobs.

Text size Goldman Sachs is putting together a plan to lay off employees, according to reports. Jason Alden/Bloomberg Goldman Sachs is putting together a plan to lay off employees, according to media r...

Shopify Announces Changes in Top Leadership

Text size The company announced a 10% cut to its workforce in July. Dreamstime Shopify announced a new chief financial officer and chief operating officer on Thursday, a little less than two months af...

20 dividend stocks with high yields that are expected to raise payouts the most through 2024

There are different ways to select stocks based on dividends. An investor might look for companies paying high dividends, with the hope that payouts will keep rising. Or the investor might focus less ...

Dow sheds 643 points and stocks post worst day since June as investors question Fed pivot thesis

U.S. stocks posted their worst daily drop in two months Monday on fears that the recent rally was based on an overly optimistic view that the Federal Reserve would pivot away from sharply higher inter...

Recession Is Already Here for Many Small Businesses

When central bankers and economists gather in Jackson Hole, Wyo., this coming week to debate the trajectories of inflation and monetary policy, there will be hopeful talk of peak prices and renewed di...

7 Companies at Risk of Liquidity Squeeze

Amid rising interest rates and a tightening credit market, companies with weaker balance sheets are getting squeezed by higher borrowing costs. Royal Caribbean Group (ticker: RCL) is a case in point. ...