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...

Exxon and 6 Other Energy Picks With Earnings Upside

Energy stocks have trailed the S&P 500 this year, as earnings for most companies are expected to fall from 2022 levels. The sector is healthy but investors are less interested now that oil and nat...

John Deere Turns To 3D Printing More Efficient Engine Parts

The new 6R series tractor from John Deere features a 3D-printed fuel valve. John Deere The new John Deere tractors rolling off the manufacturing line in Mannheim, Germany, have a first for the company...

Hormel Foods and HP Inc. Declare Dividend Increases

Text size Hormel stock has returned about 3% this year through Friday, dividends included. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Hormel Foods and HP declared dividend increases in a light week for such announcements...

Layoffs at Intel Could Spell a Bitter Winter for Tech. It’s Not All Bad News.

Intel looks set to be the latest tech company to announce job cuts in the face of a gloomy macro outlook—a sign that a bitter winter is coming for the sector. From a more macro perspective, there are ...

Berkshire Made Big Bets on Citi, HP, and Paramount Stock. They Look Like Losers.

Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said his company often buys equities before a market hits bottom. AFP via Getty Images When asked about Berkshire Hathaway ’s investment success at...

Rising Pressure on Profits Darkens Outlook for Tech Shares

Micron Technology is among the companies that have warned about softening PC demand. Courtesy Micron Text size In early summer, I wrote a Tech Trader column previewing the June quarter earnings season...

3D Printing Companies To Watch At Top Manufacturing Show

HP’s 3D printing solutions for General Motors, Nissan, and other major automakers and OEMs speak … [+] to these market changes toward scaling additive manufacturing to commercial product...

New Buyback Tax Will Force Companies to Think Twice on How to Use Cash

In the scrap over how to fund President Joe Biden’s spending plans, the Democrats’ focus has shifted from taxing private funds to public at the last minute. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) backs dropp...

China Lockdowns, Inflation Fuel 15% Drop In Global PC Shipments

Healthcare workers in protective gear give residents their Covid-19 tests in Shanghai on Sunday. … [+] Shanghai’s Covid-19 cases continued to rise, prompting authorities to declare more high-ris...

Buffett Bought More of Occidental. Here’s What Happened With HP, Citi, Coke.

Text size Warren Buffett has losses as well as wins on his record of stock picking. AFP via Getty Images Billionaire investor Warren Buffett disclosed that he has increased his stake in Occidental Pet...

Micron Issues Muted Sales Forecast On Demand Weakness

Memory-chip maker Micron Technology issued a subdued revenue outlook, spooking investors even as it reported a strong rise in earnings for its latest quarter. “Recently, the industry demand environmen...

Xerox CEO Visentin Has Died. What It Means for the Company.

Text size John Visentin. Courtesy Xerox Xerox Holdings shares are in the spotlight as investors respond to news that CEO and Vice Chairman John Visentin has died unexpectedly at age 59, a development ...

Lenovo Adds HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang To Board Of Directors

Cher Wang, HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang on stage at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress in 2018. (Photo … [+] by Paco Freire/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images Le...

Warren Buffett Spends Big as Stock Market Sells Off

The stock market’s selloff has been bad news for most investors. The Omaha-based company bought 901,768 shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY 8.21% last week, according to a regulatory filing. The ...

Warren Buffett Is Buying Stock Again. What It Means for the Stock Market.

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has recently made big bets on Chevron and Occidental Petroleum, along with other stocks. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Warren Buffett sat out much of the po...

Wall Street Is So Terrified, Stocks Might Be Ready to Rise

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images Text size To paraphrase Monty Python, the stock market isn’t dead quite yet. Sure, it feels like the S&P 500 has nowhere to go bu...

4 Takeaways From the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting

Text size Warren Buffett. Drew Angerer/Getty Images OMAHA, Neb.—The 2022 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting took place in person on Saturday, with tens of thousands of Warren Buffett fans ...

Warren Buffett Says Markets Have Become a ‘Gambling Parlor’

OMAHA, Neb.—As recently as February, Warren Buffett lamented he wasn’t finding much out there that was worth buying.  That is no longer the case. After a yearslong deal drought, Mr. Buffett’s Berkshir...

Berkshire Hathaway: Live Coverage of the Annual Shareholders Meeting

OMAHA, Neb.—The Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting is back in person for 2022, after a two-year pandemic hiatus moved the so-called “Woodstock for Capitalists” online. Warren Buffett addre...

How HP Is Redefining Branded Content With Impact Storytelling

By Jordan P. Kelley, Content Director, Brand Storytelling As brands continue to diversify their marketing and advertising efforts to include branded content, many often take the same approach to gener...

Three Areas Holding Back The $10.6B 3D Printing Industry

Market research firm SmarTech Analysis recently released its data for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. It determined that, in 2021, the 3D printing sector reached $10.6 billion in revenue, ex...

Six Dividend Stocks to Help Beat Inflation

The hot new investment theme isn’t socially nuanced crypto space finance or metaverse charging networks for virtual vehicles. It’s dividends—cash payments to shareholders. This year, U.S. equity divid...

IBM Stock Soared. Why the 111-Year-Old Tech Company Outperformed Today.

Text size IBM’s results lifted other low-multiple, legacy-tech stocks including Oracle and HP. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Score one for the old timers. On a day when Netflix stock plunge...

Oil Service Stocks Are Gaining Steam. These Are the Ones to Watch.

Text size Prices and margins are improving for companies like Haliburton. Dreamstime Oil services and equipment companies slimmed down after the last oil bust, and that’s left them looking lean as oil...

Buffett Gave HP Stock a Boost. Why It’s Still a Buy.

Text size Shares of HP jumped 15% this past week after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a large stake. Why the stock still looks cheap. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg When Bill Hewlett and Dave ...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Takes 11% Stake in HP

Text size Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc. Berkshire Hathaway has accumulated an 11.4% stake worth $4.2 billion in HP Inc. , the maker of personal computers and printers, ...

These 10 S&P 500 Stocks Have Solid Dividends, Not Just Big Buybacks

Last week’s Income Investing column focused on shareholder yield, which combines dividends with stock buybacks, by sector. This week, Barron’s decided to drill down and look at the shareholder yields ...

Malta And Portugal Top The 2022 List

Immigrant visa form getty As golden passport and visa programs around the world undergo strict scrutiny and the European Union prepares to issue harsher controls, Malta and Portugal have secured top s...

Zoom, Salesforce, Target, Costco, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

U.S. stock and bond markets will have plenty of action on the last day of February with earnings from HP Inc., Lucid Group, and stay-at-home play Zoom Video Communications expected on Monday. Earnings...