Opinion: The stock market is in no man’s land. Prepare to cash in when the turnaround comes

If you were too scared to buy stocks last week when investors panicked, I’d suggest doing a little selling now to free up your nerves — and capital. I’ll be a buyer on the next leg down, just as I was...

Elon Musk says Twitter will eventually be part of ‘X, the everything app’

Elon Musk has a new plan for Twitter Inc. after giving up a legal battle and agreeing to pay $44 billion for the company Tuesday. ““Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app”” ...

Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Is Very Pricey. Here’s the Math.

Elon Musk plans to buy Twitter for $44 billion, the original price he agreed to back in April. The world’s richest man is likely wishing he waited a few months to sign the contract. When Musk, the co-...

U.S. auto sales fall slightly in Q3, but GM is a bright spot

DETROIT — U.S. new vehicle sales fell slightly in the third quarter, even though some automakers reported improvement in September. But there are warning signs consumers’ appetite for expensive new ca...

Chinese Tech Billionaire Richard Liu Settles Sexual-Assault Case in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS—A legal battle that Chinese feminists had seen as pivotal for the country’s embattled #MeToo movement ended abruptly just before a jury was set to hear the case in a Minnesota courtroom. R...

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss Admits Mistake in Communicating Economic Plan

LONDON—U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss said that her government could have done a better job preparing financial markets for a surprise tax-cut plan funded by increased debt, but otherwise defended the ...

Opinion: Big selling wave in stocks makes for a buying opportunity, says Baron manager who has 20% of his fund’s assets in Tesla

Institutional investors have been clearing out of stocks. They sold $42 billion worth in the five weeks ending Sept. 21. That followed $51 billion in sales during the five weeks ending Sept. 7 — the b...

These 20 stocks in the S&P 500 tumbled between 20% and 30% in September

Stocks declined again on Friday, closing out September with large losses across the board as the rally from the June lows partway through August faded into memory. The S&P 500 SPX fell 1.5% on Fri...

AT&T, Verizon and Comcast stocks just had their worst quarter in two decades

Some of the biggest telecommunications stocks just posted their steepest quarterly declines in two decades amid pressures both new and old on the cable and wireless industries. Shares of wireless comp...

Facebook parent is no longer one of 10 most valuable U.S. companies. Here’s what just overtook it.

Meta Platforms Inc. is furthering its descent through the ranks of the biggest companies in the U.S., this time falling below Exxon Mobil Co. for the first time in more than five years. The Facebook p...

Porsche Stock Pops in First Day of Trading and Volkswagen Drops. Here’s Why.

Sometimes markets can be funny. Porsche stock was rising while Volkswagen which owns most of Porsche stock, was falling. That reaction is likely to confuse some investors. The IPO of Dr Ing HC F Porsc...

22 dividend stocks screened for quality and safety

Now that the S&P 500 has hit a new closing low for 2022, it is a good time to rerun a screen of low-volatility dividend stocks that may perform relatively better. An initial screen of the S&P ...

Hong Kong Shares Hit 11-Year Low. Alibaba and Tencent Lead Decline.

Text size Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell more than 3% on the week to reach its lowest level since October 2011. Bloomberg Hong Kong stocks ended a bleak week down more than 1% Friday, pushing ...

Alibaba Pours $1 Billion Into Cloud Computing. The Move Is Critical for Its Growth.

Text size Alibaba stock has tumbled since early 2021 amid waves of regulatory pressures. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba will invest $1 billion into its cloud computing division, doubling down...

13 stocks whose built-in advantages shield them from the economic uncertainty pervading the market

Investors who have been unsure about the Fed’s no-mercy inflation policy, have likely got the message now. And as markets adjust to the prospect of more hikes from a central bank that plans to “keep a...

Meta Quietly Reduces Staff in Cost-Cutting Push

Meta Platforms is planning to cut expenses by at least 10% in the coming months, in part through staff reductions, as the social-media giant confronts stalling growth and increased competition, accord...

Buy Luminar Stock, Analyst Says. It’s a Winner in Radar for Autonomous Cars.

Text size Luminar’s stock is forecast to reach $30 by December 2023. Here, a photo of a Luminar Lidar-based sensor on a test vehicle. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The autonomous vehicl...

Berkshire Made Big Bets on Citi, HP, and Paramount Stock. They Look Like Losers.

Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said his company often buys equities before a market hits bottom. AFP via Getty Images When asked about Berkshire Hathaway ’s investment success at...

Berkshire Looks Like a Loser with 3 Big Buys

Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said his company often buys equities before a market hits bottom. AFP via Getty Images When asked about Berkshire Hathaway ’s investment success at...

Why Alibaba Stock Is an Exception to Goldman’s US Market Preference

Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been battered since the beginning of last year. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Chinese tech stocks have taken a beating since many hit all-time highs in earl...

Dow Futures Fall as Wall Street Anticipates Another Big Rate Hike From the Fed

Text size AFP via Getty Images Stock futures traded lower Monday in a week that is expected to see the Federal Reserve raise interest rates by another three-quarters of a point in its effort to stamp ...

Why Alibaba, Other China Tech Stocks Are an Exception to Goldman Sachs’ Outlook

Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been battered since the beginning of last year. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Chinese tech stocks have taken a beating since many hit all-time highs in earl...

Netflix and Disney+ Ads Are Almost Here. What It Means for Streaming Stocks.

“We’ll be right back after these messages.” The age-old commercial lead-in takes on new meaning at a time when a bounceback for Netflix and Walt Disney shares rests on the coming launch of ad-supporte...

Weekend reads: This may cause the next financial crisis

The Federal Reserve invigorated the economy before and during the coronavirus pandemic by purchasing Treasury bonds. The central bank was the main purchaser of newly issued U.S. debt and created trill...

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...

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 ...

FedEx to Close Offices, Park Aircraft After Warning of Sales Shortfall

Updated Sept. 15, 2022 5:42 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) FedEx said its quarterly revenue fell below its expectations and it was closing offices and parking aircraft to offset declining volumes...

These 20 stocks have short interest of 19% or more, and AMC and GameStop are not even in the top half

Short selling is a trading technique that gets especially popular during bear markets in stocks. Short selling — or betting on a decline in prices — can come to the fore if investors suspect a company...

Opinion: Any one of these 15 money-losing companies could become the stock market’s biggest ‘unicorn’ failure ever

David Rush holds a Guinness world record for cramming 100 candles into his mouth and lighting them. Sandeep Singh Kaila spun a basketball on a toothbrush for a record 1 minute and 8.15 seconds. Nevill...

Opinion: Billionaires typically own concentrated stock positions — this investor posted a 30-fold gain over 10 years on one little-known company

True or false: To build big wealth in the stock market, it pays to be widely diversified. If you guessed “true,” you might want to reconsider. Successful investors from Warren Buffett to Ron Baron tea...