Nikola to Buy Battery Maker Romeo Power for $144 Million

Listen to article (2 minutes) Electric-truck startup Nikola said it has agreed to buy battery-technology company Romeo Power in an all-stock deal that values Romeo at roughly $144 million. Nikola said...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Alibaba, Boeing, NIO and More.

Text size Alibaba stock rises early Monday. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Stock futures were trading lower Monday as recession fears remained at the forefront of investors’ minds as a new trading mo...

AMD, PayPal, Starbucks, Uber, Paramount, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

It’s the peak stretch of second-quarter earnings season, with roughly 150 S&P 500 firms scheduled to report this week. The highlights on the economic calendar will be a pair of purchasing managers...

AMD, PayPal, Starbucks, Uber, Paramount, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It’s the peak stretch of second-quarter earnings season, with roughly 150 S&P 500 firms scheduled to report this week. The highlights on the economic calendar will be a pair of purchasing managers...

Defense Companies Hurt by Staffing Shortages Amid Growing Weapons Demand

July 30, 2022 11:04 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) U.S. defense companies are experiencing staffing shortages when the war in Ukraine and tensions surrounding Taiwan are expected to stoke demand ...

Large Fund Sells AMD Stock. It Bought Intel, AT&T and Starbucks.

Text size Dreamstime One of America’s largest public pensions has made big changes in some of its largest investments. In the second quarter, State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio nearly halved an ...

NextEra Energy and 5 Other Utility Stocks That Offer Safety and Growth in a Messy Market

Contractors working on photovoltaic modules on an AES solar farm in Brazil. Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg Text size Sometimes utility stocks can feel downright sleepy, and that can be comforting when markets ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Will Benefit From Spending Spree

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is hedging its geographical bets, with large new fabs planned for the U.S. and Japan. Here: a TSMC chip at a 2020 semiconductor conference in China. Str/AFP/Getty Im...

Climate Bill Stands to Give Green-Energy Investors a Lift

Listen to article (2 minutes) Investors were already returning to clean-tech and renewable-power stocks when the proposed $369 billion Senate energy and climate-spending package jolted the sector to i...

Lockheed Martin Stock Is Up for the Year. Director John Donovan Bought Shares.

Text size Lockheed Martin stock has logged gains this year, and a director scooped up shares on a recent dip. Gretchen Lemke/Lockheed Martin Corporation Lockheed Martin stock has performed nicely this...

Boeing Clears Hurdle for Resuming 787 Dreamliner Deliveries

U.S. air-safety regulators signed off on a Boeing plan aimed at addressing problems with the 787 Dreamliner, a major step before the company restarts deliveries of the aircraft, according to people fa...

Procter & Gamble Sounds a Warning After Strong Quarter

Updated July 29, 2022 9:17 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Procter & Gamble maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers, is predicting the slowest sales growth in years as consumer belt-tighte...

Intel’s pain could be AMD’s gain

After a disastrous earnings report from Intel Corp. that acknowledged a big drop in data-center sales and internal mistakes, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is expected up to show off exactly the opposite...

Intel Stock Will Plunge Further, Analyst Says

Text size Intel posted June-quarter financial results that fell far short of Wall Street estimates. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Bernstein doesn’t believe Intel ’s troubles are behind it after the chip...

Intel Shows Limits of Chips Act

There is a rich irony to the notion that U.S. lawmakers rescued a giant subsidy package for the semiconductor industry just as the country’s largest chip maker proved the limits of such measures. On T...

Intel earnings slammed on Wall Street: ‘Such a disconnect between the company’s optimism and the current reality’

Intel Corp. drew sharp criticism from analysts after the company reported results that were disappointing on many fronts, indicating a storm of macroeconomic, competitive, and execution challenges. Th...

Hedge Funds Aren’t Buying Big Tech. Secular Growth Stocks Are Hot Now.

Text size Hedge funds have a net short position in Apple stock, according to Jefferies. Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images Some of the big-money investment funds on Wall Street have been moving out ...

Opinion: Which Intel CEO is to blame for the current woes? Or is it actually AMD’s CEO?

As Intel Corp. investors try to parse through the wreckage of its disastrous second quarter, one nagging question will not go away: Which chief executive is to blame for the debacle — current CEO Pat ...

Stanley Black & Decker leads S&P 500 decliners after tool maker’s weak quarter leads it to slash guidance

Shares of Stanley Black & Decker Inc. tumbled 13.7% Thursday to lead S&P 500 decliners after the tool maker’s second-quarter earnings fell far short of estimates, it slashed its guidance and a...

Amazon stock jumps 14% as sales beat and AWS growth overcome a second straight quarterly loss

Amazon.com Inc. decided to cut back after years of pouring money into growth, and the result was a second consecutive quarterly loss, but a beat on sales and continued strong growth from Amazon Web Se...

Intel Posts Sharp Drop in Sales, Issues Muted Outlook

Updated July 28, 2022 6:36 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Chip maker Intel reported a surprise quarterly loss and cut its full-year outlook, reflecting a slump in personal-computer purchases and ...

Intel stock plummets after wide earnings miss, execution mistakes

Intel Corp. shares plunged in the extended session Thursday after the chip maker missed Wall Street estimates by a wide margin and cut its outlook for the year, acknowledging a slowing market as well ...

Intel Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.

Text size Slowing demand for PCs could affect Intel’s guidance. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Semiconductor analysts are expecting a weak forecast from Intel when the chip maker reports earnings a...

15 quality dividend stocks that you can buy on sale right now

John Buckingham, editor of the Prudent Speculator newsletter, paraphrases Warren Buffett when he says “whether it is socks or stocks, we like to buy quality merchandise that is marked down.” And 2022 ...

Solar Stocks Surge After Energy Bill Gets Backing From Sen. Manchin

Text size Sen. Joe Manchin said he supported a spending package that includes funding for energy and climate programs. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Solar stocks were surging Thursday after Sen. Joe Manc...

Apple Earnings Day Is Here. The Dollar and Inflation Could Bite.

Text size Apple is more exposed to the consumer economy than other tech hardware companies. Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images Apple will report June quarter earnings late Thursday, and CEO Tim...

Amazon Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.

Text size Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud computing arm, is expected to boost revenue 33% in the quarter from a year ago. Stefano Guidi/Getty Images Amazon ’s June quarter financial report is...

Intel Reports Earnings Thursday. Here’s What Wall Street Expects.

Text size Slowing demand for PCs could affect Intel’s guidance. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Semiconductor analysts are expecting a weak forecast from Intel when the chip maker reports earnings a...

Lam Research stock slips after hours despite earnings beat, upbeat outlook

Lam Research Corp. fell in the extended session Wednesday after the semiconductor-making-equipment supplier beat on earnings and forecast a likely beat in the current quarter amid continuing supply co...

Nancy Pelosi’s husband sells $4 million worth of Nvidia stock at a major loss

The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sold more than $4 million worth of shares in software and computer-chip company Nvidia NVDA, +7.60% this week, publicly available financial disclosures show. ...

Garmin Loses Its Way. The Stock Falls After Guidance Is Slashed.

Text size Garmin. which makes satellite devices, is not so upbeat about the rest of the year. George Frey/Bloomberg Navigation device maker Garmin  is now less upbeat about its future. Garmin (ticker:...

Semiconductor stocks have been hit hard, but many are poised for rapid growth. Here are 15 expected to shine through 2024

In December, we listed analysts’ favorite semiconductor stocks for 2022. That hasn’t turned out well. But after chipmakers’ stocks have been hammered, the group is now trading at “normal-level valuati...