Cisco Stock Jumps on Strong Earnings and a Growing Buyback

Text size Cisco Systems reported better-than-expected earnings on Wednesday. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images Cisco Systems shares are trading higher after the company posted better-than-expected re...

Shopify Stock Sinks Because the Company Sees a Sales Slowdown

Text size Dreamstime Shopify stock tumbled on Wednesday after the e-commerce software company reported fourth-quarter earnings that narrowly beat expectations, but cautioned about revenue headwinds in...

Gold Miner Barrick Unveils Variable Dividend That Could Mean a 3% Yield

Text size Barrick Gold produced 1.2 million ounces of gold in the fourth quarter. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images Barrick Gold, one of the two largest gold mining companies in the world, plans to intr...

Generac Stock Rises Because It Expects ‘Exceptional Revenue Growth’ in 2022

Text size Dreamstime Shares of Generac Holdings were surging Wednesday after the generator maker’s 2022 outlook energized investors. “The company is initiating guidance for 2022 that anticipates anoth...

Shopify Stock Sinks as It Sees Revenue Slowdown in First Half of 2022

Text size Dreamstime Shopify stock was dropping Wednesday after the e-commerce software company reported fourth-quarter earnings that narrowly beat expectations, but cautioned about revenue headwinds ...

Ericsson Shares Sink After Company Says It May Have Made Payments to ISIS

Text size TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images Shares of Ericsson plunged on Wednesday after the Swedish telecom equipment maker said an internal investigation identified that it may have made payments...

Nvidia’s Earnings Are Today. What to Expect.

Text size The graphic chip giant has become the top semiconductor maker in the U.S., eclipsing Intel. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Graphics chip giant Nvidia is expected to post strong financial resul...

AMD Stock Rose After Company Closed Buy of Xilinx

Text size AMD completed the acquisition of Xilinx. Dreamstime Advanced Micro Devices said Monday morning that it completed its all-stock acquisition of Xilinx, and AMD CEO Lisa Su added the chair titl...

IBM executives call older workers ‘dinobabies,’ discrimination lawsuit alleges

Executives at IBM IBM, -0.16% referred to the company’s older workers as “dinobabies” in internal email correspondence, according to a new age-discrimination lawsuit. These emails were submitted as ev...

Goodyear Stock Plunged Friday. This Analyst Says It Went Too Far.

Text size Goodyear said its production costs are rising. Todd Warshaw/Getty Images A spectacular drop in Goodyear stock on Friday was an overreaction, according to J.P. Morgan analyst Alan Brinkman. H...

Warren Buffett Lieutenant Ted Weschler Makes a Big Score on Dillard’s

Text size Ted Weschler, portfolio manager for Berkshire Hathaway. Photograph by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Ted Weschler, an investment lieutenant for Warren Buffett, sold out of a hugely successful invest...

Retirees, pay attention – inflation is on the rise

Americans are spending more money because of high inflation — this can be a big problem for older individuals living on a fixed budget.  Inflation is at a 40-year-high, at around 7.5% in January, acco...

Meta Stock Has Never Been Cheaper. Should I Buy the Former Facebook?

Text size Meta Platforms, the former Facebook, has a lower price-to-earnings ratio than other Big Tech companies. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images Meta Platforms ‘ stock is as cheap now as it has ever...

Cathie Wood’s ARK Snaps Up Sea Stock After Reports India Bans Game

Text size Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of ARK Investment Management LLC Alex Flynn/Bloomberg Sea Ltd. shares were rebounding Tuesday, after plunging on Monday foll...

‘We live 5 minutes from our in-laws who have a larger home’: Is it a good idea to swap houses? Will I end up with a surprise tax bill?

I am a California resident. My husband and I own a 1,800-square-foot home that we bought in 2019 for $1.5 million. We have between 40% and 50% equity in the property due to a large down payment. We li...

ViacomCBS Is Changing Its Name. More Subscribers Joined, but at a Cost.

Text size ViacomCBS is changing its name to Paramount Global. Dreamstime ViacomCBS reported a very solid quarter of streaming-subscriber gains on Tuesday, but that growth didn’t come cheaply. The comp...

ViacomCBS Is Changing Its Name. Subscribership Grew, but at a Cost.

Text size ViacomCBS is changing its name to Paramount Global. Dreamstime ViacomCBS reported a very solid quarter of streaming-subscriber gains on Tuesday, but that growth didn’t come cheaply. The comp...

ViacomCBS renames itself Paramount Global after it adds a record 9.4 million streaming subscribers

ViacomCBS Inc. said it is renaming itself Paramount Global this week after it reported a record surge in its streaming-service business. “Effective February 16, we’ll be bringing together our leading ...

What a Monster, Constellation Merger Might Mean and Why Coca-Cola Could Be Key

Text size Monster Beverage display, Indianapolis, IN, November, 2020. Jonathan Weiss/Dreamstime.com Monster Beverage stock climbed early Tuesday as investors weighed up a possible merger between the e...

Lithium Americas Stock Jumps After a Bullish Call

Text size This photo taken on March 12, 2021, shows a worker with car batteries at a factory for Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Co., which makes lithium batteries for electric cars and other uses,...

Nvidia’s Earnings Could Be a Big Win. What to Expect.

Text size Solid performance is expected in the chip maker’s gaming and data center businesses when it reports earnings Wednesday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nvidia could be a big winner this e...

Virgin Galactic Stock Surges. Reservations for Space Will Open Wednesday.

Text size Reservations for Virgin’s space tourist flights will open Wednesday. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic is getting closer to commercial operations. The comp...

Warren Buffett’s firm took big stake in Activision Blizzard ahead of Microsoft deal

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company placed a rare bet on a technology company late last year and it has already paid off in a big way. Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, -1.52% revealed in documents filed w...

Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater boosts its bets on China

The world’s biggest hedge fund boosted its bet on Chinese companies in the fourth quarter. The latest 13-F filing from Bridgewater Associates shows the firm boosted the number of shares it’s held in A...

Intel Agrees to Buy Tower Semiconductor in $5.4 Billion Deal

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Intel Corp . agreed to buy Israeli company Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion as it looks to expand its manufacturing capacity and technology portfolio amid ri...

Intel reaches $5.4 billion deal to buy Tower Semiconductor

Intel Corp. on Tuesday struck a $5.4 billion deal to buy Tower Semiconductor, as it seeks to bolster its manufacturing capabilities. Intel INTC, -0.10% said it’s paying $53 per share in cash for Tower...

Opinion: These 5 tech stocks — including small caps you probably don’t know — can lead the sector’s comeback

Amid all the big swings in the S&P 500 and other benchmarks, it’s natural for many investors to be worried. But as the adage attributed to Warren Buffett goes, sometimes it pays the most to be gre...

NIO, XPeng, Li Auto Shares Shake Off Weak Sales Data. The Outlook Seems Bright.

Text size A Nio car. Chinese new-car sales fell in January. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Chinese new-car sales fell in January. But the shares of Chinese electric-vehicle makers  NIO , Xpeng , ...

How Oil Could Hit $150. It’s Not Just About Russia.

Text size West Texas intermediate crude oil was trading near $94 a barrel on Monday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images By one measure, oil prices could rise to $150 a barrel this year, which would be the hig...

Elon Musk gave 5 million Tesla shares to charity after teasing possible donation to fight world hunger

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk donated more than 5 million Tesla shares in November, days after the U.N. World Food Program outlined a plan to potentially use a $6 billion donation from the worl...

Meta Stock Has Never Been Cheaper Since Its 2012 IPO

Text size Meta Platforms, the former Facebook, has a lower price-to-earnings ratio than other Big Tech companies. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images Meta Platforms ‘ stock is as cheap now as it has ever...

Peloton’s New CEO Pours Cold Water on Sale Speculation. The Stock Drops.

Text size A Peloton logo on a dumbbell at the company’s showroom in Dedham, Massachusetts. Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg Peloton Interactive stock fell Monday after the exercise company’s new chief ex...