iHeart, Audacy, Clear Channel Stocks Fall on Forecast of Ad Market Slowdown

Text size Stock in iHeart has lost about two-thirds of its value so far this year. Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Clear Channel The prospect of an imminent economic recession has triggered a rush to th...

What Happened to the Twitter-Elon Musk Deal?

Elon Musk said he is seeking to terminate his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter nearly two months after saying the deal was “on hold” over his questions about the number of spam and fake accounts on the...

Tesla Stock Stands to Gain if Musk Succeeds in Ending Twitter Deal

Text size Elon Musk announced he his ending his deal to buy Twitter, but the social media company said it plans to enforce the agreement. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images If Elon Musk succeeds in endin...

Opinion: It is time for Twitter to get as much of Elon Musk’s money as a court will allow

The mercurial Elon Musk finally made it official Friday: He declared in a regulatory filing that he no longer wants to go through with his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter Inc., a deal that the market ...

Elon Musk terminates deal to buy Twitter, and Twitter’s chairman promises a legal fight

Elon Musk is backing out of his agreement to buy Twitter Inc., and Twitter’s chairman has already promised a legal fight. In a letter sent to Twitter’s TWTR, -5.10% chief legal officer on Friday, the ...

Netflix Q2 Subscriber Losses Could Be Worse Than Forecast, Analyst Warns

Text size The Netflix logo on top of its office building in Hollywood. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images It’s now been almost three months since Netflix shocked investors with a very ugly first-quarte...

China’s Auto Sales Are Booming. Can the Rebound Last?

Text size China’s auto market is showing a robust rebound. Here: a BYD Tang vehicle at the company’s showroom in Beijing. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg While the recent recovery in much of China’s ...

Alibaba Stock Is Rising Again. Why Chinese Tech Could Keep Outperforming.

Text size Alibaba stock had a tough run in 2021. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba  lost almost half of its market value last year while the S&P 500 gained more than 25%, disappointing inves...

GM, NIO, and 3 More of the Best Car Stocks for the Second Half of 2022

Text size The average automotive stock dived about 25% in the second quarter. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The first half of 2022 was painful for the automotive sector, with most car stocks dropping fart...

Mark Zuckerberg issues dire economic warning to Meta employees

Mark Zuckerberg has issued a chilling message to Meta Platforms Inc. employees: The company faces one of the “worst downturns that we’ve seen in recent history” that will necessitate a scaling back in...

Google, Snapchat and 24 Other Tech Companies Get Lower Estimates by J.P. Morgan

Text size Google’s advertising should hold up relatively better than others, according to the analysts. Angela Weiss /AFP via Getty Images As consumer spending slows, fuel costs rise, and chance...

This veteran money manager has seen it all. And these 19 dividend stocks pass his rigorous quality screen right now.

Lewis Altfest’s time in the finance industry spans seven decades. He has some words of advice for investors who aren’t used to stomach-churning stock-price moves. He founded Altfest Personal Wealth Ma...

This dividend fund is down 3% vs. S&P’s 20% drop. Here are its top stock picks

By now even the most ardent tech and growth-stock enthusiasts realize the bull market is over. John Kornitzer’s approach to selecting high-quality stocks for the Buffalo Flexible Income Fund is one th...

SpaceX employees say Elon Musk’s behavior is a ‘distraction and embarrassment’: report

A group of SpaceX employees reportedly wrote a letter to the company’s executives that detailed frustrations over the recent behavior and public statements of the company’s founder and chief executive...

Netflix Stock Cut to Sell. Why This Analyst Says He Made a Mistake.

Text size Netflix shares have plunged by more than 70% so far in 2022 Getty Images A once infatuated Wall Street has definitely cooled on the godfather of streaming, Netflix , with a longtime bear adm...

Why IBM is one of few tech giants that are actually gaining through the selloff

International Business Machines Corp., unlike many other tech giants, has been able to buck the sector’s selloff in recent months. Shares of IBM IBM, -0.79% are up 1.60% year-to-date, compared to 12.5...

MicroStrategy shares slump as bitcoin margin call looms

MicroStrategy has vowed never to sell any of the approximately 130,000 bitcoin it has in its possession. The question after the weekend’s slide in cryptocurrency is whether a margin call will force th...

Federal Reserve Meeting, Oracle and Adobe Earnings, May Inflation Data, and More for Investors to Watch This Week

It will be a quiet week on the earnings calendar between earnings seasons. The most important event of the week for investors will be the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate-setting comm...

Disney’s Abrupt Firing of Top TV Exec Just the Latest Drama Stock Doesn’t Need

Text size Peter Rice joined Disney in 2019. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images A top executive at Walt Disney is leaving nearly a year after renewing his contract in what might be just the latest headache for...

Alibaba Stock Headed for Highest Close Since February. Thank Videogames.

Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been beaten down amid regulatory pressures. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks roared higher on Wednesday as a w...

Facebook Changed Name, Now Changing Ticker. What It Means for the Stock.

Text size Meta Platforms follows a number of high-profile companies that changed their ticker symbols. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Meta Platforms , formerly known as Facebook , is taking the...

Weekend reads: If you agree that inflation has peaked, buy stocks in this sector

If everyone agreed about the direction of the economy, investing would be easy. But there are mixed signals about whether the rate of inflation has peaked, at least in the U.S. If you are among those ...

Google’s Owner Paid $296,000 to a Typical Worker. Here’s What Other Firms Pay

With a booming economy and a tight job market, median pay rose last year for most S&P 500 companies, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Google parent Alphabet and Facebook Meta Platforms...

Opinion: With Sheryl Sandberg gone from Facebook, Wall Street should fear its future

When Sheryl Sandberg first joined Facebook in 2008, she was often referred to as the “adult in the room” that could help co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, then just 24 years old, turn it...

Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down

Text size Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg joined Facebook in 2008. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Meta ’s Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as chief operating officer of Facebook’s paren...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

Alibaba Stock Is Rallying After China Moves to Ease Lockdown Measures

Text size Alibaba stock had a terrible 2021, and 2022 isn’t shaping up very well, either. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Shares in Alibaba , JD.com , NIO , and other Chinese companies surged on Monday fol...

Tesla Investors Are Getting Fed Up With Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

Text size Musk has said “Tesla is on my mind 24/7.” Win McNamee/Getty Images Tesla shareholders are growing more vocal about their frustrations with Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid to take Twi...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

Netflix Has a Big Problem. Here’s the Math That Might Fix It

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Netflix shares are off 70% this year, due in large part to the streaming-video company’s disastrous first-quarter earnings. Among other things, Netflix lost 200,0...

Stocks to Buy Now: Alphabet, Facebook, and 4 More Bargains

When the stock market gets pounded, bargains abound—or so it seems. But in a bear market, the key to investing success is separating the thoughtlessly discarded from the overpriced junk. With about tw...