Shares of mega-capitalization companies Apple Inc. AAPL, -1.36%, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.24% and Tesla Inc. AMZN, -0.24% are all falling toward losing streaks of at least five sessions, enough to pus...
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After a Brutal Bond Selloff, Opportunities Have Emerged for Income Investors
For many years, dividend stocks were one of the few places where investors could find decent yields in a world of ultralow rates. A 10-year Treasury bond was dealing out an emaciated 1.3% a year ago, ...
Electronic Arts surges 14% on report of sale to Amazon
Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. EA, +4.07% soared 14% in premarket trading on Friday following reports that Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -1.53% is planning to announce a deal to buy the videogame maker. Accor...
Bill Gates Is Ecolab’s Largest Shareholder. He Just Scooped Up More Shares.
Text size Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been buying shares of Ecolab. Leon Neal/WPA Pool /Getty Images Ecolab ’s largest shareholder, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bought more shares of the p...
Tech Stocks Are Due for Another Fall
Text size Technology fundamentals are getting worse, not better. One example is weakening demand for consumer electronics. Illustration by Barron’s (Dreamtime 4) For years, tech investors seemed...
Apple is again borrowing in the debt market to raise money to reward shareholders
Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.62% is again planning to issue debt to reward its shareholders by buying back its own shares and paying dividends, according to a regulatory filing. The iPhone maker is planning a ...
The Secret To Fantastic 44% Returns From Safe CEFs
Sale signage Supermarket shelf Marketing Promotion Discount sign in supermarket Retail Business getty Why would anyone want to pay full price for a stock? Many common tickers can be bought for 5%, 10%...
Activision’s Microsoft Deal Discount Offers a ‘Call of Duty’ to Investors
In January, Microsoft (MSFT) announced its deal to acquire Activision Blizzard (ATVI) in an all-cash offer of $95. Six months later, with a yawning discount in ATVI’s stock price to Microsoft...
Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Advances 5% on Impressive Financial Guidance Despite Missing Estimates in Q4 2022 Results
Microsoft expects its revenue for the coming quarter to fall between $49.25 billion and $50.25 billion. Although Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) missed expectations in its Q4 2022 financial resul...
PayPal Is Being Targeted by Activist Elliott. Here’s Why.
Text size PayPal shares have slid this year as people have returned to their prepandemic spending habits. Courtesy of PayPal Payments giant PayPal finally has attracted an activist. PayPal (ticker: PY...
Microsoft stock jumps after ‘shockingly robust’ forecast calls for continued strong cloud growth
Microsoft Corp. missed expectations for profit and revenue in a Tuesday earnings report, as deteriorating economic conditions led to an even greater shock than expected when executives revised their g...
Alphabet’s Earnings Are Today. Here’s What to Expect.
Text size Google’s Bay View campus in Mountain View, Calif. Noah Berger/ AFP/ Getty Images Tuesday night is a big one for Alphabet , and for the rest of the stock market. Google’s parent company...
Microsoft earnings: It’s the forecast that matters, so be patient
The most important financial news Microsoft Corp. executives will provide Tuesday requires a bit of a wait. Microsoft MSFT, -0.59% is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter financial results after ...
Microsoft’s Activision Deal Is Likely to Win Approval, Analyst Says
Text size Microsoft has said it plans to release Activision’s Call of Duty videogames on Sony’s PlayStation. Rich Polk/Getty Images for Activision Activision Blizzard stock continues to tr...
Expect Two Recessions, and a Quick End to the Fed’s Interest-Rate Hikes
Forward guidance sounds like a great idea. Central bankers should lay out their longer-term goals to influence financial markets. Just as hockey great Wayne Gretzky would skate where the puck was head...
The Stock Market Is Entering Its Weakest Months. What to Watch Out For.
Text size Russia restarted natural-gas flows to Western Europe through Nord Stream 1, but President Vladimir Putin can shut it down again. Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images Bad news on the economy was go...
Apple and Microsoft Report Earnings Next Week. Can a Fed Rate Hike Top Them?
Text size Earnings from Big Tech are next week. But so is the Federal Reserve’s announcement on interest rates. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Big Tech earnings season will shift into fifth gear next...
6 Software Stocks to Buy and 4 to Sell, According to an Analyst
What’s next for enterprise software stocks? That depends which ones you pick. Guggenheim Partners analyst John DiFucci launched coverage of the group late Thursday, with some thoughts on where to plac...