Silicon Valley Confronts the End of Growth. It’s a New Era for Tech Stocks.

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

In Tech’s New World, Layoffs and Buybacks Are In, Mergers Are Out

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

Shopify’s stock upgraded as analyst cheers ‘nearly boundless’ opportunity

Shares of Shopify Inc. nabbed an upgrade Tuesday as a D.A. Davidson analyst sees an “attractive entry point” into a name that’s been crunched in the wake of earnings. Shopify’s stock SHOP, -5.02% has ...

Shopify stock suffers one of its worst days yet as Wall Street wonders what is to come

Shopify Inc. shares suffered one of their worst days on record Thursday, after financial results failed to provide much clarity about the road ahead in 2023. Shopify SHOP, -15.88%, which acts as the b...

Shopify stock falls nearly 7% as forecast disappoints amid escalating Amazon rivalry, price increases

Shopify Inc. produced a better holiday quarter than expected according to a Wednesday earnings report, but a forecast for slowing revenue growth hit the stock in after-hours trading. Shopify SHOP, +6....

Amazon earnings: What to expect

Amazon.com Inc. is expected to deliver a profit for its holiday quarter, but not enough to offset its losses from earlier in 2022. Even with Amazon AMZN, +6.95% projected to report about $2 billion in...

PayPal’s ‘baggage’ sparks downgrade of its stock

The financial-technology category is “better positioned” than many other pockets of tech to post a strong 2023, according to an analyst, but some names could fare better than others. As SMBC Nikko Sec...

Tech’s Bill Is Coming Due. Investors Aren’t the Only Ones Who Will Pay.

For two years now, tech companies have spent massive amounts of money building the capacity to serve what they believed would be a higher level of postpandemic demand. If you build it, they will come....

Bill Miller Is Still Bullish on Bitcoin—and a Lot More

Professional athletes like to retire after a good run. Legendary value investor Bill Miller is taking a different route. Miller, 72, is sticking with the plan he announced in January to hang up his in...

Spotlight on layoffs: Cuts at Amazon, Cisco, Roku, Meta, Twitter, Intel and more

From HP, Amazon, Roku and Beyond Meat to Meta and Twitter, big names across a number of sectors have announced major layoffs in October and November. Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +1.45% GOOG, +1.53% is consid...

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 ...

Goldman Sachs Is Preparing Layoffs. Tech Isn’t the Only Industry Cutting Jobs.

Text size Goldman Sachs is putting together a plan to lay off employees, according to reports. Jason Alden/Bloomberg Goldman Sachs is putting together a plan to lay off employees, according to media r...

Shopify Announces Changes in Top Leadership

Text size The company announced a 10% cut to its workforce in July. Dreamstime Shopify announced a new chief financial officer and chief operating officer on Thursday, a little less than two months af...

20 dividend stocks with high yields that are expected to raise payouts the most through 2024

There are different ways to select stocks based on dividends. An investor might look for companies paying high dividends, with the hope that payouts will keep rising. Or the investor might focus less ...

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...

NextEra Energy and 5 Other Utility Stocks That Offer Safety and Growth in a Messy Market

Contractors working on photovoltaic modules on an AES solar farm in Brazil. Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg Text size Sometimes utility stocks can feel downright sleepy, and that can be comforting when markets ...

Stanley Black & Decker leads S&P 500 decliners after tool maker’s weak quarter leads it to slash guidance

Shares of Stanley Black & Decker Inc. tumbled 13.7% Thursday to lead S&P 500 decliners after the tool maker’s second-quarter earnings fell far short of estimates, it slashed its guidance and a...

Amazon stock jumps 14% as sales beat and AWS growth overcome a second straight quarterly loss

Amazon.com Inc. decided to cut back after years of pouring money into growth, and the result was a second consecutive quarterly loss, but a beat on sales and continued strong growth from Amazon Web Se...

Amazon Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.

Text size Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud computing arm, is expected to boost revenue 33% in the quarter from a year ago. Stefano Guidi/Getty Images Amazon ’s June quarter financial report is...

Visa tops earnings expectations as CFO sees ‘no evidence of a pullback’ in spending

Visa Inc. topped expectations with its latest results Tuesday and gave an upbeat signal to investors about the resilience of spending volumes in the current macroeconomic climate. Amid increasing unea...

Big Tech earnings are about to determine the direction of the market

Just five companies control nearly a quarter of the S&P 500 index’s market cap, and they will all report earnings this week that could determine the direction of the market for weeks or months to ...

GameStop Will Split Its Stock. What Amazon and Google Suggest Happens Next.

Text size GameStop’s stock split will take effect this month. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images GameStop was flying on Thursday, but this time it was a stock split—and not a meme-driven frenzy—sendin...

In a worrisome sign for e-commerce, Kornit Digital slashes forecast and stock plunges 20%

In a sign of continuing worries about e-commerce activity, Kornit Digital Ltd. slashed its forecast for the second quarter Tuesday and suggested the third quarter isn’t expected to be much better, sen...

Shopify Shareholders Approve 10-for-1 Stock Split

Text size Shopify is the latest tech company to split its stock. Dreamstime The stock split trend continues. Shopify (ticker: SHOP ) shareholders on Tuesday approved a 10-for-1 split, along with the i...

This trader predicted the bond meltdown, tech selloff and oil’s surge. Here’s what she says is coming next.

Fade the Fed anyone? Stocks are headed south, following a big Wall Street rally stemming from perceptions Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and co. may be less hawkish than markets think. A short-li...

Shopify’s Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect.

Text size Fears about inflation and weakening e-commerce trends have weighed on Shopify shares. Dreamstime Amazon.com ’s weaker-than-expected e-commerce results dampened expectations for Shopify’s own...

These stocks soared during the pandemic, and then crashed. Ten are now expected to double in price.

A screen of stocks that popped during the coronavirus pandemic highlights dozens that have crashed. But some are considered worthy of purchase by a majority of analysts. You might want to keep an eye ...

Many tech stocks that have crashed are still too expensive to buy

I came across this list of crashed big cap tech stocks on Twitter on April 23: I’ve analyzed every one of those stocks over the last year. When thousands of stocks are down 70%-80% or even 90%, there ...

Coinbase’s stock selloff is ‘way overblown’ for these reasons, analyst says

Shares of Coinbase Global Inc. sank toward another record low Monday, even as bullish analyst Owen Lau of Oppenheimer attempted to debunk the bears’ reasons to sell the crypto-trading platform. The st...

Dow falls more than 400 points, Nasdaq finishes 2.2% lower as Treasury yields keep surging

Dow industrials and the S&P 500 index book their biggest one-day declines since March on Monday, with energy, tech and other growth names bearing the brunt, as Treasury yields soared and investors...

FinTech Looks Like a $1.5 Trillion Growth Market

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Wells Fargo ’s Jeff Cantwell says the time to buy fintech stocks is now—14 of them. Cantwell has started coverage of the group with Overweight ratings for all. Th...

Opinion: It’s time to buy the best beaten-down stocks in tech and elsewhere, and this winning fund manager shows you how

Sentiment in the stock market is so dark, it’s time to rummage through the hard-hit technology sector to pick up potential long-term winners. For help, let’s turn to tech expert Chris Armbruster, the ...