Netflix and Other Stocks to Buy Before the Market Bottom

The stock market hasn’t hit its lows just yet, but there are stocks worth buying before the trough, says Morgan Stanley There is a debate on Wall Street as to whether the stock market is set to rally ...

Companies Lay Off Workers to Save Money. What 27 Said on Earnings Calls.

What do PayPal,  AT&T and Tinder owner Match Group all have in common? They are among the several S&P500 companies saying that trimming their workforces should provide a boost to their financi...

Affirm Stock Drops. Company Slashes 19% of Jobs After Earnings Miss.

Affirm Holdings, a buy-now, pay-later fintech, is slashing 19% of its workforce after missing expectations for both its second fiscal quarter and its immediate outlook. Founder and CEO Max Levchin sai...

Peter Thiel Revealed as an Investor in FTX. Even the Best Get Burned.

Peter Thiel has made some fantastic bets in his career, from PayPal to Facebook to Palantir FTX cannot be counted as one of them. Thiel, one of Silicon Valley’s most high-profile investors, was reveal...

Apple Has Been a Problem for PayPal. This Analyst Says That’s Changing.

PayPal Holdings suffered big losses in 2022. The stock still faces several challenges, but one seems to be resolving, according to a Mizuho analyst.  Shares of the payment company (ticker: PYPL) fell ...

How to Steer Clear of Holiday Financial Scams This Year

Scammers are taking advantage of the holiday hubbub to defraud consumers in increasingly sophisticated schemes. While prevalent year-round, financial scams are expected to pick up during the holiday s...

PayPal Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.

PayPal may be in the midst of a turnaround but Wall Street still expects the payments company to post a sharp drop in earnings when it reports third-quarter financial results after the bell Thursday. ...

The Stock Market Had a Great Week, but It Hasn’t Gone Anywhere in a Month. Inside a Very Volatile Market.

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Stocks Look Alluring for the Longer Term, say U.S. money managers

Patience in a volatile market like this year’s is a tall order. But it is the recipe for long-term success espoused by institutional investors in Barron’s latest Big Money poll. Big Money respondents ...

PayPal’s New CFO Takes Leave of Absence

Text size PayPal is in the midst of a turnaround after the company was forced to retreat from some of its more ambitious growth goals earlier this year. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images PayPal ’s new chie...

Where Is the Stock Market Going? It Could Have a Messy Fall.

If 2022 were to end tomorrow, or the day after, it would enter the books as a dismal one for investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 13% year to date, the S&P 500 index is off 17%, and...

Recession Is Already Here for Many Small Businesses

When central bankers and economists gather in Jackson Hole, Wyo., this coming week to debate the trajectories of inflation and monetary policy, there will be hopeful talk of peak prices and renewed di...

The Nasdaq Just Entered a New Bull Market. Will It Last?

Text size The Nasdaq Composite is in a bull market, but still about 20% below its peak. Dreamstime After lagging behind the other major indexes for much of the first half of the year, the tech-heavy N...

10 Stocks That Should Shine in a 2023 Recession, Citi Says

As the risk of a recession draws nearer, Citi group has produced a screen of 30 stocks to help investors find opportunities during the second half of 2022.  Stocks have rebounded in recent weeks with ...

Buy PayPal Stock. The Battered Payments Company Is Starting to Perk Up.

Anyone who bought PayPal Holdings stock last summer may be ruing the day. Despite popping a bit this past week, the shares, at $97, are still off 68% from their highs around $308. Memories of the stoc...

China’s Retaliation to Pelosi’s Trip Keeps Chips Off the Menu for Now

China’s fresh blockade of food imports from Taiwan wasn’t enough to further destabilize markets nervous about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s historic visit to the island. Beijing’s four days of military...

PayPal Shares Have Taken a Beating. Why They’re Worth a Look.

Text size As of the close of the first quarter, PayPal had 429 million active accounts, marking a 9% year-over-year increase. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Cautious optimism is the approach analysts ar...

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...

Hate Tesla? Investors Can Short the EV Maker With a New Single-Stock ETF.

Text size There is a single-stock ETF that allows anyone to short Tesla stock now. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Tesla investors have a new way to play the electric vehicle maker in the U.S.—singl...

Cryptocurrency Is Coming to Your Credit Cards

Cryptocurrencies are a volatile investment today, but card companies including Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are betting crypto will one day be used routinely for everyday purchases from food to cloth...

How to Bottom-Pick a Stock

Text size Chewy stock has gained 63% since we made it a pick. That’s every trader’s dream, but it requires getting the timing right—and a whole lot of luck. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Buying winning stoc...

Crypto Is Plunging. Here Are the Stocks With the Most Exposure.

Bitcoin has plunged amid murmurs of a “crypto winter.” Dreamstime Text size Murmurs of a “crypto winter” are intensifying and shares of crypto-exposed companies are being caught up in the carnag...

PayPal Stock Has Been Cut in Half. Why Analysts See Upside.

Text size PayPal stock could pass $150 a share by 2026, Mizuho says. Nuttapong Punna/Dreamstime.com There’s plenty of upside for PayPal ’s stock, analysts say. The payments app just needs to get its s...

If There’s a Recession Coming, Not Even the Fed Could Stop It Now

The word recession is on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Influential investor and philanthropist George Soros is talking about it in Davos. The Federal Reserve, on the day minutes are published, is cons...

Shopify and 5 More Stocks That Aren’t as Cheap as They Look

Text size As stocks tumble, investors should know how GAAP earnings can reveal flaws in seemingly attractive companies, such as Lyft. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Stocks are tumbling and bargains aboun...

Affirm Faces Competition. J.P. Morgan Starts Coverage With Neutral Rating.

Text size Affirm is set to report its quarterly earnings after the closing bell Thursday Courtesy Affirm “Buy now pay later” company Affirm is poised to continue its growth, fueled by an increase in c...

PayPal Trims 2022 Outlook But Beats Revenue Forecast

PayPal lowered its forecast for adjusted profit for 2022 to a range of $3.81 to $3.93 a share. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size PayPal Holdings said its first quarter was a “solid start” but cut...

Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Boeing, GM, Chipotle, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

It’s the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season. A whopping 165 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2022. Big Tech giants will be among the...

Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Boeing, GM, Chipotle, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It’s the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season. A whopping 165 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2022. Big Tech giants will be among the...

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...

Big Investor Sold AMC and Apple Stock. It Bought PayPal and Pfizer.

Text size An AMC theater Dreamstime A large European asset manager slashed its investment in the volatile shares of a movie-theater chain, and made other changes in its U.S.-traded stock portfolio. DN...

PayPal Stock Is Falling. It’s Not Because Its CFO Is Leaving for Walmart.

Text size PayPal’s has a new interim CFO. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Walmart said late Tuesday that it had named John Rainey as its chief financial officer. Rainey currently holds the same pos...