Opinion: Do poison pills work? A finance expert explains the anti-takeover tool that Twitter hopes will keep Elon Musk at bay

Takeovers are usually friendly affairs. Corporate executives engage in top-secret talks, with one company or group of investors making a bid for another business. After some negotiating, the companies...

Why consider the Dow transports when they point to a slowing economy? Because these 7 stocks are cheap

The Dow Jones Transportation Average has long been considered a good forward indicator of the direction of the U.S. economy. With early signs that an economic slowdown is coming, this might be an obvi...

Musk Says Twitter’s Board Owns Almost No Stock. Here’s How It Compares With Tesla.

Twitter’s directors are granted $225,000 of restricted stock units, plus at least $50,000 in cash, annually. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size Elon Musk questioned Twitter directors’ alignment wit...

Elon Musk Isn’t Going Away if Twitter Rejects Him. Here’s What He Might Pay.

Text size Elon Musk Scott Olson/Getty Images Even if the Twitter board rejects Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social-media platform, he won’t go away immediately. There is more drama to come. ...

Rivian Predicts a Shortage for EVs Far Bigger Than Chips—Batteries

Text size A battery pack heads to the chassis line at the Rivian plant in Illinois. Courtesy Rivian The menu of shortages is expanding for car makers. First, the appetizer: the chip shortage. The main...

U.S. stock futures slip headed into big earnings week

U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, ahead of a big week of earnings reports. As of midnight Eastern, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.16% futures were down about 80 points, or 0.2%, whi...

Tesla, AT&T, Netflix, Bank of America, IBM, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size First-quarter earnings season picks up next week, with 67 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report.  Bank of America will be Monday’s highlight, followed by Netflix , Johnson & Johnson ...

Opinion: Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter spells trouble for Tesla investors — here’s why

For years, Elon Musk has used hype to prop up Tesla’s stock. It’s worked so well that other companies have followed his lead. But now we think the world has seen that the emperor has no clothes. The a...

What Is a Poison Pill? Twitter Adopts Defensive Move to Fend Off Elon Musk.

Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion. He currently has a 9.2% stake in Twitter. Photo by Christian Marquardt – Pool/Getty Images Text size Twitter adopted a so-called poison pill Fri...

Will Twitter Accept Elon Musk’s $43 Billion Offer? His Options If Twitter Says No.

Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Patrick Pleul/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman, has some options if Twitter rejects his nearly $43 billion bid. Twitter (ticker: TWTR) co...

AT&T and WBD Stocks Both Look Attractive. Here’s Why.

Text size Barron’s praised AT&T’s Warner Bros. spinoff in a May 2021 cover story. Both stocks are attractive now. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T has officially closed the book on a tumultuo...

This is how much you made if you bought into the oil crash 2 years ago

If you want to retire rich, the late, great Dan Bunting has some advice for you. “Always buy the market (i.e., stocks or even just the index) after a spectacular bankruptcy,” my old friend Bunting, a ...

Inflation is raging, but these 16 companies have pricing power

Decades of deflationary forces that helped feed booming prices for U.S. stocks are over, at least for now. But some companies are countering the trend, by a combination of holding down expenses and ra...

Musk’s Cannabis-Themed Twitter Offer Looks High but Not Wacky

Text size Elon Musk is offering $54.20 a share for all of Twitter. Al Drago/Bloomberg Elon Musk is offering $54.20 a share for all of Twitter —and you don’t need to work up a discounted cash flow anal...

Elon Musk and Twitter: What Happens Next

Text size Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk could continue to face legal questions over his new stake in Twitter. Win McNamee/Getty Images Elon Musk’s back and forth with Twitter  took another turn this...

Facebook parent Meta set to take nearly 50% cut from virtual sales — and Apple is calling it out

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc.’s intent to take a nearly 50% cut of digital asset sales within its emerging metaverse is drawing widespread criticism from developers and longtime nemesis Apple In...

Meta Stock Might Have Another Round of Weaker Earnings Ahead

Text size Meta stock saw a couple of price target cuts as analysts worried about its coming earnings report. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Wall Street is bracing for another rough quarter for Facebook ...

AT&T ‘Looks More Like Verizon.’ What Wall Street Is Saying About the Stock.

Text size AT&T has spun off WarnerMedia. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Investors sent AT&T stock up nearly 8% on Monday after the spinoff of WarnerMedia. Wall Street analysts seem to be just as upbe...

AT&T Cut Its Dividend With the Spinoff. Why It’s Still Generous.

Text size AT&T’s dividend commitment will total around $8 billion annually. Dreamstime AT&T has officially spun off its media business, with Warner Bros. Discovery trading on its own for the f...

AT&T Stock Rises After Completion of WarnerMedia Spinoff

Text size AT&T has completed the spinoff of WarnerMedia. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T wrapped up its WarnerMedia spinoff late last week, and the stock was rising on Monday. The stock jump...

How the AT&T Spinoff Has Complicated Trading in Its Stock

Text size Photograph by Mike Mozart Trading in AT&T stock on Monday may confuse some investors, because the base share price has been adjusted to reflect the closing on Friday of the merger of AT&...

Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Is Now Trading. Why It’s a Buy.

Warner Bros. Discovery is the new kid on the media block, with the assets to be a winner in the streaming wars and a cheap stock to get investors interested. Merger-related cost savings and content li...

Netflix and Other Tech Stocks Report Earnings Soon. What to Expect.

Text size Exposure to Russia is a concern for some tech companies this earnings season. Dreamstime The first-quarter tech earnings season is just around the corner, and Wall Street is getting just a w...

AT&T Boss Sees Room to Raise Prices, Cut Costs After Media Exit

AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Stankey says inflation could prompt the wireless and broadband company to raise prices for some core services while it continues to cut costs after getting o...

Elon Musk admits his Twitter investment isn’t passive and reveals that he began buying the stock in January

Elon Musk filed a new disclosure on his Twitter Inc. stake with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, admitting that he invested in the company with the goal of effecting change and that ...

Elon Musk Named to Twitter’s Board. He Can’t Own More Than 14.9% of the Stock.

Text size Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on Feb. 10, 2022. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Elon Musk w...

Elon Musk Is Already Dropping Hints on His Plans for Twitter. So Much for ‘Passive.’

The world’s richest person may have taken a ‘passive’ stake in Twitter , but he is clearly intent on playing an active role in pushing for change on the platform itself. There is a chance the stake wi...

China Revises Delisting Rule. But Investors May Want to Sell on the Rally.

Text size The probability of a mass delisting of Chinese stocks like Alibaba may have ticked lower with revised rules from China’s regulators. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images The probability of ...

Russia war could further escalate auto prices and shortages

BMW has halted production at two German factories. Mercedes is slowing work at its assembly plants. Volkswagen, warning of production stoppages, is looking for alternative sources for parts. For more ...

Bill Ackman Is Chilling After Netflix

Text size Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Shareholder activism has come roaring back in 2022 but it’s missing one of its most prominent voices. There were...

Investors are fed up with Netflix and Facebook’s parent. Why this portfolio manager is digging in and buying more.

It has been a quarter to forget for two of the megacap tech giants, Netflix and Facebook parent Meta Platforms. The 34% decline for Meta FB was its worst on record — the 30% drop in the third quarter ...