Snowflake May Have Upside After a Big Drop in the Bear Market

Text size Snowflake, the cloud-based data warehouse company, has been pummeled in the bear market. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg Snowflake publishes results on Wednesday, giving investors a fresh look after a...

The S&P 500 Is Almost in a Bear Market. This Is the Level to Watch.

Text size The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York’s Times Square. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Another day, another sea of red on investors’ screens. The S&P 500 has shed more than $7 trillion in marke...

Stocks Are Way Down. Some Fund Managers See Bargains.

Text size Sammy Simnegar, manager of the Fidelity International Capital Appreciation, flagged Nestlé as a steady grower whose valuation has fallen. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The worry of the month ...

Tech Stocks Face A New Risk in the Coming Months

Text size *** ONE-TIME USE *** People walk on a street past a business on May 12, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Tumbling technology valuations have consequences. The selloff is pus...

Microsoft Stock Pullback ‘Major Buying Opportunity,’ Analyst Says

Text size Tigress Financial’s Ivan Feinseth says Microsoft stock has plenty of potential to gain. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images Investors are missing the point on Microsoft as growth in the c...

Apple and Amazon Have Fallen for 6 Straight Weeks. There Could Be More Pain Ahead.

Text size People visit the Apple Store in Grand Central Station in New York. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Apple and Amazon.com kicked off the second week of May looking as if the stocks would exte...

With interest rates rising, it’s time to focus on MANG stocks instead of FAANG, according to Jefferies

Heading into the Federal Open Market Committee’s policy meeting, analysts at Jefferies on May 3 advised investors to avoid the popular FAANG + Microsoft group of stocks. They pointed instead to a grou...

Earnings Season Has Been Just One More Reason to Sell Stocks

Text size Apple dropped 3.7% on Friday after its outlook disappointed. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg The only takeaway to be drawn from a volatile week of earnings reports was that we shouldn’t get our hopes ...

Opinion: Big Tech is no longer winning as big, but these two stocks still seem safe

The Big Tech earnings boom is officially over, but some of the world’s most powerful and valuable companies are breaking off from the pack. As this column told you months ago, profit increases are no ...

MSFT Stock Rallies but ATVI Slips to Its Lowest Price Since Proposed Acquisition

The Microsoft (MSFT) deal with Activision Blizzard is expected to close before July 2023. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock and those of game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI) ...

Microsoft flexes its earnings muscle on cloud growth as MSFT stock rises 5% after hours

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) provided tech investors with much-needed respite by reporting better than expected results for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31. Though the trading session on April 26 ...

Apple and the Rest of Big Tech Look More Like ‘Value Stocks’

Text size The shadow of a man is cast on the wall of an Apple store as he uses his mobile phone in Beijing Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Big Tech stocks aren’t so highflying anymore. In fact, they’r...

Activision Blizzard’s Earnings Miss. Investors Care More About Microsoft Merger.

Text size Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for about $69 billion, or $95 a share, in January. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard stock was dipping on Monday after...

Elon Musk Says Bill Gates has a $500 million short position in Tesla

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is irked at Bill Gates. He doesn’t see how Gates, a leading proponent of sustainable energy, could possibly sell Tesla’s stock short. And Musk says Gates is doing just that. In a t...

Microsoft Stock Slips on Concern About Growth for Office 365

Text size Microsoft Office is one of the company’s biggest businesses. Dreamstime Microsoft shares are under pressure from concerns about how the company might be affected by slowing growth in t...

Value Investing Is Back. But How Do You Choose the Right ETF?

Value investing is coming back. Over the past decade, growth stocks have outpaced value shares, which usually have lots of tangible assets relative to their market value. In those 10 years, the S&...

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 ...

As Oil Briefly Dips Below $100, Russia and Europe Play a Game of Chicken

U.S. oil prices briefly dipped below $100 barrel Friday, as President Joe Biden’s plan to release one million barrels a day of reserves began to have the desired effect. But it’s premature to start th...

Tesla Stock Has Been on a Tear. Can Deliveries Data Keep It Going?

Text size New electric cars at the official opening of the new Tesla manufacturing plant on March 22 in Germany. Christian Marquardt/Getty Images A Tesla Model S Plaid can go from 0 to 60 in just two ...

Honeywell Lost Its Software Leader to Medtronic. Here’s Who Will Succeed Her.

Text size Que Dallara. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The Wall Street Journal The CEO of Honeywell International’s software division, Honeywell Connected Enterprise, Que Dallara, is leaving the industri...

Apple’s Next Event Arrives With the Stock Market in a Fragile Place

Text size Apple’s ‘Peek Performance’ event Tuesday will be closely watched by investors. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Apple ’s product launches are always closely watched affa...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Market Cap Climbs. It Could Soon Overtake Tesla.

Text size Berkshire Hathaway currently is the sixth most valuable stock in the S&P 500. Photograph by Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Tesla is the fifth most valuable stock in the S&P 500. But Warren ...

Apple Stock Has Had a Tough Year. That Could Soon Change.

Text size Tech stocks like Apple have had a tough start to the year, but a turnaround could be coming. Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for Apple Apple stock and the rest of big tech have faced a difficu...

Bill Gates Bought Up More of This Waste-Management Stock

Waste-management company Republic Services has been down in the dumps this year, but its largest shareholder, Bill Gates, just bought more shares. Republic Services stock (ticker: RSG) has slid 14% ye...

Apple, Microsoft Tumble as Russia-Ukraine Crisis Leads to Selloff of Big Tech

Text size Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for Apple Some of the biggest U.S. tech stocks and investor favorites weren’t spared in the major stock market selloff Thursday as Wall Street reacted to the Ru...

Meta Stock Has Never Been Cheaper. Should I Buy the Former Facebook?

Text size Meta Platforms, the former Facebook, has a lower price-to-earnings ratio than other Big Tech companies. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images Meta Platforms ‘ stock is as cheap now as it has ever...

Warren Buffett’s firm took big stake in Activision Blizzard ahead of Microsoft deal

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company placed a rare bet on a technology company late last year and it has already paid off in a big way. Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, -1.52% revealed in documents filed w...

Opinion: These 5 tech stocks — including small caps you probably don’t know — can lead the sector’s comeback

Amid all the big swings in the S&P 500 and other benchmarks, it’s natural for many investors to be worried. But as the adage attributed to Warren Buffett goes, sometimes it pays the most to be gre...

Meta Stock Has Never Been Cheaper Since Its 2012 IPO

Text size Meta Platforms, the former Facebook, has a lower price-to-earnings ratio than other Big Tech companies. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images Meta Platforms ‘ stock is as cheap now as it has ever...

Inflation Is Red Hot. How to Protect Your Portfolio and Grow Income.

Income investors—especially those who depend on fixed coupons from bonds—face a hit to their purchasing power as inflation stands above 7%. One strategy to hedge against such big price increases, howe...

AMD Stock Is Down This Year. Why the Dip Is an Opportunity to Buy.

Text size AMD stock has taken a beating, along with shares of other tech companies. Courtesy AMD Advanced Micro Devices stock looks more attractive following upbeat earnings and a lower share price, m...