Almost 100 Facebook janitors laid off as Silicon Valley service-worker cuts continue

Nearly 100 Facebook janitors were laid off from the tech giant’s California offices Friday, two months after being told their jobs would be safe. The number of job cuts was actually supposed to be clo...

The S&P 500 sank 5% in a very bad week for stocks. These 20 lost as much as 24%.

U.S. stocks sputtered Friday to close out the week in the red. The day’s declines of less than 1% for the broad indexes paled against Tuesday’s, when they sank 4% to 5%. For the week, the Dow Jones In...

Facebook stock falls to yet another ignominious level

Facebook was a member of the exclusive $1 trillion club a year ago, but it’s fallen a long way since then. Now named Meta Platforms Inc. META, -2.18%, the company saw its market value fall below $400 ...

It’s a great time to scoop up bargain stocks. Here are 21 examples that could make you a lot of money.

Are you a contrarian investor? Sometimes it seems everyone claims to be one, but it isn’t easy, especially after a wipeout such as the one we saw on Sept. 13. An investor who wishes to pay bargain pri...

The Meta meltdown: This chart shows Facebook’s fall from grace among the most valuable U.S. companies

Dogged by competitive and macroeconomic threats, Meta Platforms Inc. is sinking down the ranks of the largest U.S. companies. After a 9.4% daily slide in its stock, Meta META, -9.37% ranked 10th by ma...

These five stocks in the S&P 500 lost almost half a trillion dollars in value in one day amid widespread wipeout

A decline in gasoline prices couldn’t mask the problem that spooked investors on Sept. 13: Core consumer prices resumed their rapid increase during August. Fear of the Federal Reserve’s ongoing tighte...

These two ETFs point to a potential stock-market drop, says this market analyst

Growth and technology stocks, as measured by the Nasdaq-100 index, have gotten more expensive and appear poised for a potential fall in the next couple weeks, according to Michael Kramer, founder of M...

Biden finalized his plan to rein in Big Tech. Big Tech wasn’t invited.

President Joe Biden’s administration issued a checklist of actions needed to rein in Big Tech on Thursday, after a roundtable “listening session” on issues within the technology industry. But administ...

Asana stock rallies more than 10% after beat-and-raise quarter

Asana Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Wednesday after the collaboration-software company raised its outlook for the year, following results that topped Wall Street expectations, and disclo...

Apple decimated Meta’s adtech empire. Now, it’s honing in on its advertisers

In terms of Silicon Valley feuds, you’d be hard pressed to find one that’s spicier than the years-long battle between Meta and Apple. Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg started steering his company to...

Why a Bearish Money Manager Likes Gambling Stocks and Is Ready to Dump Apple

Dan Niles thinks the stock market is headed lower. Maybe a lot lower. A Stanford University–trained electrical engineer who once worked at the old minicomputer giant Digital Equipment, Niles has focus...

The S&P 500 Is Still Overvalued, Say Analysts. Blame FAANG+M.

Text size An Apple store in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Federal Reserve is poised to keep tightening financial conditions, but you wouldn’t know it by lookin...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Apple, Amazon, Coinbase, Boeing, and More.

Text size Boeing shares are lower in the premarket session. Scott Olson/Getty Images Stock futures were lower Monday, extending losses for Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made...

Apple, Alphabet, and Other Big Tech Stocks Poised for Further Losses

Text size Apple shares were poised to extend losses on Monday. Dreamstime Major technology stocks such as Apple and Alphabet were poised for further losses Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome...

Dow closes down 1000 points, Nasdaq falls 3.9% after Powell warns of pain to households in inflation battle

U.S. stocks tumbled Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing down more than 1000 points for its worst daily percentage drop since May, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the c...

Opinion: The stock market in all likelihood has entered a new bull phase — so you’ll want to own these five stocks

That didn’t take long. The slump in the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.41% and Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +1.67% after their meteoric rise off mid-June lows has a lot of market commentators asking two ke...

Apple workers tell CEO Tim Cook: ‘We demand location-flexible work’

The self-styled solidarity group AppleTogether launched a petition Monday demanding a more flexible work policy in response to the company’s return-to-office mandate. “We demand that Apple allows each...

Twitter Warns Staff of Potential Cuts to Employee Bonuses

Twitter warned staff that the size of bonus payments this year was at risk because of financial difficulties, adding to belt-tightening measures tech companies are implementing during an economic down...

Here are 5 reasons why the bull run in stocks may be about to morph back into a bear market

Some market gurus are starting to worry the summer rally on Wall Street may be starting to fizzle, after stocks quickly lurched from oversold to overbought. Gene Goldman, chief investment officer of C...

Apple wants workers back in the office 3 days a week starting Sept. 5: reports

More than a year after its new hybrid work schedule was announced, Apple Inc. will require its employees to return to the office at least three days a week starting Sept. 5, according to reports Monda...

What’s the best way to invest in tech stocks right now? This strategy is working well for one fund manager.

Technology stocks have been rallying for weeks. But there are plenty of arguments that we’re in the midst of a bear-market rally and that more volatility lies ahead, especially for the rapidly growing...

Trade Desk stock shoots 15% higher as ad-tech powerhouse’s sales, forecast top expectations

Trade Desk Inc. reported stronger-than-expected sales and guidance Tuesday amid doubts about the online-advertising industry, sending shares 15% higher in extended trading. Trade Desk TTD, -0.86% repo...

What a Buyback Tax Means for Apple, Meta, and Microsoft

Text size Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Drew Angerer/Getty Images Democratic party leaders struck a deal with moderate holdout vote Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, moving their climate and healthcare bi...

Walmart Lays Off Hundreds of Corporate Workers

Walmart is cutting hundreds of corporate roles in a restructuring effort, according to people familiar with the matter, a week after the retail giant warned of falling profits. The retailer began noti...

Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan Is a Risk to More Than Just the Chip Industry

Asian stocks worked out early there is no good outcome from Nancy Pelosi’s current tour of the region. By landing in Taiwan Tuesday or Wednesday, the speaker of the House risks Chinese military retali...

Opinion: The FAANMGs have been whittled down to the fantastic four

The anticipation of second-quarter Big Tech earnings was palpable. With a broad set of indicators pointing to a slowdown in the global economy, the highest inflation in four decades and a big jump in ...

Opinion: Big Tech shows its good to be big, as growth slowdown leads to stock gains while smaller rivals find only pain

After super charged, double-digital growth during the pandemic, the results from the five biggest U.S. tech giants this week showed a slowdown as they grapple with inflation, looming recession and an ...

This strategist said hold on to stocks at the June lows. Now he says it’s time to cut exposure.

July has been a sensational month for stocks — the S&P 500 SPX, +1.42%, Nasdaq Composite COMP, +1.88%, even the beleaguered small-caps in the Russell 2000 RUT, +0.65%, are each on track for their ...

After Earnings, These 3 Big Tech Stocks Look Like Buys

The world’s most important tech companies all reported their quarterly results this past week, and, in each case, the damage from a slowing global economy was in stark evidence. The witch’s brew of ri...

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...

Roku’s stock plunges 28% on weak outlook, misses at top and bottom lines

Roku Inc.’s stock quickly plunged 28% in extended trading after the company offered paper-thin guidance and reported fiscal second-quarter results Thursday that fell short of Wall Street analysts’ for...

The Fed will cut rates next year, says BofA. Here’s what will happen to Treasurys.

All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. The central bank is widely expected to continue the fast pace of monetary tightening with another 75 basis-point hike in borrowing costs. But even...