Berkshire Hathaway Sold Nearly All Its Verizon Stake in the First Quarter

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire bought stakes in Paramount Global and Market in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway bought stakes in Citigrou...

15 stocks that have fallen at least 33% but by these measures are still standouts in their sectors

During a year in which more than half of the stocks in the S&P 500 Index have declined 10% or more, you have probably seen the term “oversold” being bandied about. But what does oversold really me...

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 ...

Walmart, Moderna, Target, Deere, Home Depot, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size It’s the tail end of first-quarter earnings season, with mostly retailers left to report this week. Government data on U.S. retail sales will also be released. Home Depot and Walmart report ...

The Companies Cutting Staff, Freezing Hiring or Slashing Costs: See the List

Companies which saw substantial growth during the Covid-19 pandemic are starting to take a more cautious approach toward hiring and spending. From Peloton Interactive Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. to T...

Phillips 66, Electronic Arts, and 5 More Companies That Raised Their Dividend

Text size Phillips 66 raised its stock dividend this week. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Phillips 66 , Cardinal Health , and Electronic Arts were among the U.S. companies that declared dividend increase...

Unity Software loses $5 billion in market cap after Apple’s changes lead to ‘self-inflicted wound’

Unity Software Inc. executives thought they had found a way to avoid fallout from changes in Apple Inc.’s mobile operating system. It turns out they were wrong, and Wall Street punished Unity U, -37.0...

Unity Software Earnings Met Estimates. Why the Stock Is Cratering.

Text size Unity stock was dropping after its earnings release. Dreamstime Unity Software stock was tumbling after the videogame development platform’s earnings met analyst expectations but its sales a...

Activision Blizzard’s Earnings Miss. Investors Care More About Microsoft Merger.

Text size Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for about $69 billion, or $95 a share, in January. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard stock was dipping on Monday after...

These Stocks Got Hot During the Pandemic. Now They’re Cooling.

The pandemic spawned a new universe of stock-market stars. Some are now coming back to Earth. The onset of Covid-19 changed the way people worked, shopped and dined, helping companies such as videocon...

Buy Under Armour Stock. Shares Can Climb 50% From Here.

In sports, there’s nothing like a good underdog story. The same might be true of investing. Under Armour checks both boxes. For years, investors had good reason to avoid the athletic-apparel and footw...

Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Boeing, GM, Chipotle, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

It’s the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season. A whopping 165 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2022. Big Tech giants will be among the...

Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Boeing, GM, Chipotle, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It’s the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season. A whopping 165 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2022. Big Tech giants will be among the...

Weekend reads: How to position your investments before the Federal Reserve causes a bear market

Do you remember all the times Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was quoted as saying inflation in the U.S. was “transitory”? With the Fed now ready to fight inflation, the bond market has quickly...

Opinion: This will be a year for stock market traders — here are 12 companies to favor, says 40-year investing veteran Bob Doll

If you’re relatively new to investing, and you think 2022 has been a year from hell, imagine being in the stock market for over 40 years. That would’ve put you through the Great Financial Crisis in 20...

Peloton Is Raising Its Subscription Price. What It Means for the Stock.

Text size Peloton XXX Ezra Shaw/Getty Images For years, Peloton Interactive executives characterized the company’s $39 a month subscription price point as “sacred,” “sacrosanct,” and “our golden goose...

Roblox Stock Halved This Year. These Analysts Say Estimates Are ‘Too High.’

A wave of metaverse excitement for Roblox shares evaporated in recent months amid slowing domestic user growth trends and concerns about profitability. Courtesy of Roblox Text size A wave of metaverse...

Opinion: It’s time to buy the best beaten-down stocks in tech and elsewhere, and this winning fund manager shows you how

Sentiment in the stock market is so dark, it’s time to rummage through the hard-hit technology sector to pick up potential long-term winners. For help, let’s turn to tech expert Chris Armbruster, the ...

Peloton Stock Has Tumbled. Here’s Why Morgan Stanley Isn’t Bullish.

Text size A Peloton exercise bike Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Peloton Interactive stock has dropped more than 40% year to date. Morgan Stanley thinks investors are wise to stick to the sidelines. Analyst L...

Carvana Is More Like Tesla Than Peloton, Says Analyst

Text size Carvana, an online auto dealer, has seen volatility in its stock. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Trading in shares of online-auto-dealer Carvana has been volatile lately as bulls and bear...

Buy Foot Locker Stock. It’s Gotten Hit Hard Enough.

Foot Locker shares have declined but that may be good news for bargain hunters. James Bugg/Bloomberg Text size Here’s a Hail Mary play: Buy Foot Locker after the stock’s recent post-earnings swoon. Fo...

Cloud Stocks Have Become a Haven in Tech. 4 Stocks to Buy.

As the world emerges from the pandemic, tech companies have been put in a tough spot. They’re under pressure to sustain pandemic-era boosts, and many of them have struggled to meet the challenge, incl...

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...

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...

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...

Cathie Wood’s ARK Stays the Course, Betting Big on Innovation

Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management LLC is snapping up more shares of largely unprofitable companies, doubling down on a bet that many traders and investors expect to be tested this year by rising...

6 Stocks for a 2022 of Higher Interest Rates and Slower Earnings Growth

Don’t let inflation fears dominate your investment thoughts. Save time to worry about earnings growth, too. Below, some statistical bellyaching and portfolio defeatism, plus one Wall Street bank’s top...

Zynga reports record results, stock mostly unmoved after hours pending acquisition by Take-Two

Zynga Inc. reported record results in the extended session Wednesday with a slight bottom-line miss, but shares of the videogame publisher were flat after hours given its pending acquisition by Take-T...

Peloton stock continues rally as company replaces John Foley as CEO

Peloton Interactive Inc.’s newly announced chief executive will face a lowered bar as the maker of exercise equipment once again cut its full-year forecast in the face of slowing demand. Tuesday marke...

Apple, Not Amazon, Should Buy Peloton. One Analyst Explains Why.

Text size (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) It’s been reported that Amazon.com and Nike are weighing bids for Peloton Interactive . One analyst said he’s be surprised if Apple also wasn’t in t...

Amazon Is Weighing a Bid for Peloton: Report

Text size Amazon is exploring acquiring interactive-exercise firm Peloton, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg Peloton Interactive stock surged in after-hours tra...

Unity Software Stock Rises as 2022 Revenue Forecast Tops Estimates

Text size Dreamstime Unity Software stock traded higher Friday after the fourth-quarter adjusted loss at the videogame developer tools maker was narrower than Wall Street expected and the company issu...