Opinion: Meme stocks soar on bad news for Melvin Capital and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Shares in GameStop GME, +8.45% closed up 8.5% Thursday, while stock in AMC Entertainment AMC, +12.40% soared 12.4% as retail investors digested global unrest and some trouble for one —or maybe two— Wa...

Coinbase stock falls as crypto platform casts doubt on Q1 outlook

Coinbase Global Inc. stock fell nearly 6% in extended trading Thursday after the Silicon Valley crypto platform crushed Wall Street expectations for its fourth quarter but cast doubt on current-quarte...

Zscaler stock drops after forecast outlook range dips below Street view

Zscaler Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Thursday after the cybersecurity company forecast an earnings range that dipped below Wall Street expectations following a rally in the regular sess...

Ukraine Invasion Sends Chill Through TSMC Shares

Text size Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing saw its share slide Tuesday even as those of most other chipmakers rose. Sam Yeh / AFP via Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing shares dropped T...

Beyond Meat Stock Falls on Larger Loss, Downbeat Forecast

Text size Beyond Meat’s revenue from U.S. retail sales declined. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Beyond Meat issued a disappointing sales forecast as it reported weaker fourth-quarter results than exp...

Nikola Reports a Smaller Loss Than Expected. Shares Are Rocketing.

Text size Nikola’s CEO said the company is “laser-focused” on delivering vehicles to customers and generating revenue. Courtesy Nikola Stock of the electric and hydrogen-electric tru...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Stake in American Express Is Poised to Hit 20%

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway ‘s longstanding stake in American Express is set to hit the 20% threshold in the coming...

Alibaba’s Earnings Are Today. What to Expect.

Text size Alibaba investors had it tough in 2021. So far, 2022 is shaping up to be better. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Earnings from Alibaba  will be closely watched by investors after a tumultuou...

Alibaba’s Quarterly Profit Is Set to Plummet 60%. Here’s Why.

Text size Alibaba earnings are due Thursday. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Alibaba ‘s quarterly profit is expected to fall almost 60% year over year when the Chinese tech giant reports earnings on Thursday. In...

Intel Has Fallen 30% Since This Analyst Cut His Rating. He Just Upgraded the Stock.

Intel plans to invest heavily in its operations over the next three years. Courtesy Intel Corporation Text size A bold turnaround plan won’t be cheap for Intel, but shares have fallen 30% since Chris ...

Here Are the 10 Highest-Yielding S&P 500 Stocks

High dividend yields are a nice offset to inflation, now running at more than 7%, the highest rate in four decades. Barron’s screened the S&P 500 for the 10 highest-yielding stocks based on data f...

Tesla Stock Is Plunging. It’s Probably Musk’s Twitter This Time.

Text size Shares of Tesla have dropped more than 17% this week. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Recent declines in Tesla stock have deviated from market-related trading patterns, leavin...

Lucid Stock Falls on First Recall. This One Isn’t Fixed With Software.

Text size The Lucid Air electric sedans will have to go to the shop for a fix. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Electric-vehicle start-up Lucid has its first recall listed on the National Highway Traffic S...

FuboTV stock drops after earnings on mixed outlook

Shares of fuboTV Inc. were off 1% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the streaming company delivered revenue ahead of what it had been expecting when it delivered preliminary results a month earli...

Asana Shares Tumble Despite Stock Buying Spree by CEO

Text size Dreamstime Asana shares are melting down on Wednesday, giving up most of their gains following a recent rally spurred by mammoth purchases of the workflow software management company’s stock...

Rackspace’s Quarterly Results Beat Estimates. The Stock Sinks Anyway.

Text size Rackspace’s network operations center. Courtesy of Rackspace Rackspace Technology stock was falling hard as investors responded to financial forecasts that appeared to have overshadowe...

Lowe’s Stock Rises. The Retailer Had Strong Earnings and Sees Higher Profits Ahead.

Text size Lowe’s same-store sales grew 5% in the fourth quarter. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Lowe’s reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that topped analysts’ estimates and raised guidance f...

Rio Tinto to Pay Its Highest-Ever Dividend After Posting Record Profit

Text size Rio Tinto says it will pay a total dividend for the year of $10.40 a share, including a special dividend of $2.47. Photograph by Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images Rio Tinto ‘s earnings for 2021...

Lowe’s Beats Profit Estimates and Boosts Fiscal-Year Forecast. The Stock Rises.

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Lowe’s reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that topped analysts’ estimates and raised guidance for the next fiscal year. Shares of home-improvement retailer ...

Rio Tinto to Pay $7.7 Billion of Dividends After Posting Record 2021 Profit

Text size Rio Tinto Photograph by Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images Rio Tinto ‘s earnings for 2021 jumped 72% as prices of commodities soared and the world’s second-largest miner said it would reward sha...

Home Depot leads the list of 20 worst performers in the S&P 500 on Tuesday

Slightly positive isn’t good enough for this stock market. While market jitters on Feb. 22 were driven by Russia’s movement of troops into Ukraine, the U.S. stock market was also adjusting to the idea...

Meritor shares headed toward 24-year high after Cummins buys axle, braking and powertrain maker for $3.7 billion

Shares of Meritor Inc., a maker of axle, braking and electric powertrain components, were headed toward a 24-year high Tuesday, after the company announced a deal to be acquired by diesel truck engine...

Virgin Galactic stock rises after narrower Q4 loss, first sales

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. shares rose more than 3% late Tuesday after the space-tourism company reported a narrower quarterly loss and said that demand for its “one of a kind” space flights remain...

SoFi Stock Drops After News of Deal for Technisys

Text size The SoFi website is shown on a smartphone. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg Shares of SoFi Technologies plunged more than 8% Tuesday after the fintech said it is buying the banking software provider Te...

Home Depot Stock Dips Despite Earnings Beat and Dividend Hike

Text size Home Depot posted better-than-expected sales and profits Tuesday. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Home Depot stock lost steam Tuesday even as the home-improvement retailer reported stronger-t...

DraftKings Could Face Margin Headwinds This Year. Analysts Slash Their Targets.

Text size DraftKings is predicting Ebitda losses between $825 million and $925 million. Scott Eisen/Getty Images for DraftKings Shares of DraftKings were rising on Tuesday, even after analysts cut the...

Cummins Is Buying Parts Maker Meritor. It’s a Deal About EV Trucks.

Text size Cummins is best known for its diesel engines, but it is also investing in electric powertrains and hydrogen technology. Dreamstime The diesel-engine manufacturer Cummins disclosed plans to b...

Online Real Estate Isn’t Worth the Chance

You can make a lot of money on physical real estate right now, but recent results from major online real-estate players show 2022 isn’t the year to play Monopoly in the stock market. The carnage isn’t...

For White-Collar Workers, It’s Prime Time to Get a Big Raise

White-collar professionals are reaping big pay gains as worker bargaining power spreads across the U.S. economy and shows early signs of durability. Wall Street banks are boosting compensation for emp...

Why Barrick Gold’s CEO Is Looking to Boost Its Copper Business

Text size Barrick aims to boost its gold production to 4.8 million ounces annually by the end of decade from 4.4 million in 2021. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images Mark Bristow, the CEO of one of the bi...

Giant U.S. Pension Bought Up EV Stocks NIO, XPeng, Li Auto, and Rivian

Text size A Nio eP9 car Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images The second-largest U.S. pension by assets bought up shares of four electric-vehicle makers as 2021 was coming to a close. Unfortunately, the...

Ponzi scheme behind patriotic vodka, once featured on ‘Fox & Friends,’ scammed investors out of $900,000 to pay IRS and Amex bills, prosecutors say

A Connecticut businessman has pleaded guilty to operating an unpatriotic Ponzi scheme that pocketed $900,000 from investors looking to buy a pro-veteran vodka company. Brian Hughes, 57, of Madison, Co...