IBM’s ‘substantial’ dividend, debt take wind out of Big Blue’s sails as analyst downgrades stock

International Business Machines Corp.’s stock was downgraded Monday after one analyst said that with Big Blue’s transformation efforts and its somewhat stable stock price over the year, there isn’t mu...

Wall Street wants to know when ‘GTA VI’ is going to drop, too.

The biggest question for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. executives would be the same for gamers and Wall Street analysts: When is the next “Grand Theft Auto” going to drop? Take-Two’s TTWO, -4.74%...

Disney, CVS, Uber, Chipotle, PayPal, and More Stocks to Watch This Week

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Large U.S. Pension Sells Alibaba, TSMC, MGM Stock. It Bought Harley-Davidson.

One of the largest U.S. public pension plans made big changes in its investments, including Asian tech giants. The New York State Common Retirement Fund cut its investments in Alibaba Group Holding (t...

Dear Tax Guy: I just started renting my house out on Airbnb. What income-tax deductions can I claim on this property?

I just started renting my house out on Airbnb. I started a limited liability company to keep the expenses separate from personal ones. I am trying to figure out what would be considered tax deductions...

Michael Burry says sell and Jim Cramer says buy. As the Fed meets, here’s how they both could be wrong on stocks.

Michael Burry, the hedge-fund manager at Scion Asset Management who correctly forecast the 2008 financial crisis, on Tuesday night sent out a one-word tweet: “Sell.” Burry didn’t elaborate, but it’s n...

Tesla, GM, Lucid, Alibaba, and More Stock Market Movers

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McDonald’s earnings haven’t been hit by higher prices, as ‘it just seems like Americans are more upset by the change in price at grocery stores’

Rising prices have kept diners away from many restaurants, but not McDonald’s Corp. As the ubiquitous burger chain prepares to report fourth-quarter results on Tuesday with its stock close to record h...

Deere, Dollar Tree, and 21 More Investment Ideas From Barron’s Roundtable Pros

The “January effect,” according to market lore, is the tendency of stocks to rise in the year’s first month. So far, so good: The S&P 500 is up 6% year to date and the Nasdaq Composite has gained ...

Intel stock’s dividend sticks out among chip makers. But a cut may be coming.

Semiconductor stocks have been on a tear so far this year, following a difficult 2022. But now that we’re in the thick of fourth-quarter earnings season, investors will be questioning whether or not I...

3M, Lyft, Verizon, Lululemon, and More Stock Market Movers

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Credit Suisse, Just Eat, Alibaba, and More Market Movers

Text size Wall Street is quiet Monday with traders off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images Global stocks and U.S. stock-index futures drifted on Monday.  Investors remain...

Powell’s in Sweden. Rates Will Likely Go Higher Still Despite Companies’ Pain.

Investors looking at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at a conference at Sweden’s Riksbank Tuesday will be tempted to carefully parse his words for any hint as to when the interest-rate...

These 15 Dividend Aristocrat stocks have been the best income builders

The S&P Dividend Aristocrats deserve more coverage. Those are companies that have raised their dividend payouts consistently over the years — they’re dividend royalty, as it were. As a group, they...

CES 2023: AMD, Nvidia, auto applications get the hype, but analysts say this one chip maker ruled

As CES 2023 draws to a close, much of the attention in the chip world was lauded on companies like Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Nvidia Corp. but a lower profile chip maker appears better positioned...

AMC stock: CEO says he won’t sell more shares

AMC CEO Adam Aron has given an update on his shareholding of the movie theater chain and its AMC Preferred Equity units. “More AMC shares and APE units vested yesterday, bringing my current ownership ...

Tesla’s Already Bringing Its Gloom Into 2023. Elon Musk Needs to Act Now.

Tesla terrible start to 2023 only seems to be getting worse. The stock is already down more than 10% this year after just three full trading days and Friday looks to be another tough one. The EV maker...

Dow ends down nearly 350 points after jobs data, hawkish Fed comments hammer stocks

U.S. stock indexes ended another choppy session in the red on Thursday as investors digested a fresh batch of labor-market data and hawkish commentary from Federal Reserve officials, while looking ahe...

‘A friend advised me to find a husband’: I’m nearly 50 and close to retiring. Would it be a mistake to marry and commingle my finances?

I’m a single female in my late 40s with no children. At 50 years old, my federal agency will allow me to retire with a full pension. I’m planning to, as I have a significant amount saved in my thrift ...

Amazon, Western Digital, Tesla, Walgreens, and More Stock Market Movers Thursday

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Why this Japanese idea can lead to a more fulfilling retirement

Typical New Year’s resolutions, financially speaking, tend to be things like:” I’ll save more,” “I’ll reduce debt” or “I’ll become smarter about investing.” I’d like to offer a different one for 2023,...

AMC CEO Adam Aron will not sell more stock ‘any time soon,’ tells investors, ‘I ride with you’

AMC CEO Adam Aron has told investors that he will not sell more of the movie theater chain’s stock “any time soon,” telling investors, “I ride with you.” “About 2/3 of my total pay is in stock not cas...

Will 2023 finally be a good year to buy a home? Read this before making a decision.

The housing market is nothing if not unpredictable. Mortgage rates have skyrocketed, and the market has taken a beating. But don’t expect 2023 to turn into a buyer’s market just yet, housing experts s...

These 20 stocks were the biggest losers of 2022

Updated with Dec. 30 closing prices. This was a year of reckoning for Big Tech stocks — even those of companies that continued to grow sales by double digits. Below is a list of the 20 stocks in the S...

These Stocks Had a Terrible 2022. The New Year Should Be Better.

Videogame maker Take-Two Interactive Software is known for two things: Grand Theft Auto, and did I already say Grand Theft Auto? The stock was down 43% in 2022, making it the group’s worst performer. ...

Li Auto sees record EV deliveries in December

Li Auto Inc. said Friday that it delivered more than 20,000 electric vehicles in December, which is more than 33% above the previous monthly record delivered last month. The China-based EV maker’s ann...

AMC Entertainment Stock Fell Again. 2022 Has Been Rough for Meme Stocks.

AMC Entertainment Holdings stock tumbled this week after the theater chain announced plans to sell stock to a private investment firm. The move extended pain amid what has been a brutal year for meme ...

Morgan Stanley Says These 2 Travel and Leisure Stocks Are ‘Top Picks’ Heading Into 2023

Investors have had little to feast on in 2022, with all the main indexes likely to see out the year in the red. With 2023 about to kick off, uncertainty rules; many financial prognosticators are predi...

10 ways American finances actually improved in 2022, despite high interest rates and a slump in stocks

Many Americans are ending the year feeling gloomy about their finances, and you don’t need to be a psychiatrist to figure out why. Runaway inflation gnawed through household budgets as prices soared o...

Tesla, AMC, Energy Stocks, and More Stock Market Movers Friday

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Cheap? Maybe. But These Stocks Have Been Dead Money for Decades.

Cheesecake Factory appears to be “running the same play,” wrote J.P. Morgan analyst John Ivankoe in a recent restaurant industry outlook. I don’t think he meant it as a compliment—the stock, he noted,...

Disney stock on its way to worst year since 1974 after ‘Avatar’ sequel disappoints

“Avatar: The Way of Water” couldn’t reverse Walt Disney Co.’s recent funk, which has the stock on a path for its worst year since 1974. Disney shares DIS, -4.77% sank nearly 5% to their lowest level s...