Apple Looks to Cars and Banking for Its Next Big Thing

Text size At its recent developer event, Apple showed plans to dramatically expand its CarPlay platform to include every screen in the driver cockpit. Courtesy of Apple Apple needs to think big these ...

In a shaky economy, cash is king — and these S&P 500 companies have it, says Barclays

Show investors the money, but make it cold hard cash. That’s the message from U.S. equity strategists at Barclays, who highlighted more than a dozen S&P 500 SPX, -2.48% companies with the best cas...

Exxon Gets an Upgrade, but Analyst Takes ‘Chips Off Table’ for 2 Other Oil Stocks

Text size Gas prices are displayed on a pump at an Exxon gas station in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2022. Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images Energy stocks have emerged winners in this period of vo...

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...

Chevron, Micron and 18 More Stocks Goldman Recommends to Ride Out the Storm

Text size Qualcomm is one of the 20 stocks on Goldman Sachs’ ‘margin of safety’ list. Pau Barrena /AFP via Getty Images Exxon Mobil , Qualcomm , Micron and Chevron are just some of t...

Unity Software loses $5 billion in market cap after Apple’s changes lead to ‘self-inflicted wound’

Unity Software Inc. executives thought they had found a way to avoid fallout from changes in Apple Inc.’s mobile operating system. It turns out they were wrong, and Wall Street punished Unity U, -37.0...

TurboTax reaches settlement to pay $141 million for allegedly deceiving customers into paying for tax prep that should have been free

Tax software giant TurboTax has reached a multi-state settlement to pay back $141 million to low-income customers who were allegedly deceived into paying for tax services they should have gotten for f...

Facebook Parent Meta Reports Earnings Today. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size For the March quarter, Meta projected revenue of between $27 billion and $29 billion. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images Facebook ’s parent Meta Platforms will release its first-quarter financ...

Opinion: Google’s earnings should be a warning to investors in Facebook and other online-ad companies

Google’s earnings shortfall is an indication of trouble across the online-advertising industry, and should scare investors in Facebook and other competitors. Google parent company Alphabet Inc. GOOGL,...

Amid a storm in tech sector, Google is staying relatively dry and happy

While other tech companies have faced the fury of Wall Street because of a host of issues, Google parent Alphabet Inc. has largely withstood the storm, and analysts believe it will continue to do so w...

Netflix is the S&P 500’s worst performer this week — here are the next 14

Investors remained sour for a second consecutive session on Friday as they continued to digest comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the prospect for rapidly rising interest rates...

Here are 30 stocks that Goldman Sachs likes when the economy stutters and markets gyrate

Wall Street is finding some traction for Tuesday, as investors wade through big earnings and ample, gloomy distractions. Fighting has ramped up again in Ukraine as the battle begins for the country’s ...

Meta Stock Might Have Another Round of Weaker Earnings Ahead

Text size Meta stock saw a couple of price target cuts as analysts worried about its coming earnings report. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Wall Street is bracing for another rough quarter for Facebook ...

Ackman’s Closed-End Fund Trades at a Steep Discount. Maybe It’s the High Fees.

Investor Bill Ackman recently highlighted market-beating 17% annualized returns generated by his Pershing Square Capital Management since 2004. But many investors in Ackman’s largest investment vehicl...

Elon Musk Is Already Dropping Hints on His Plans for Twitter. So Much for ‘Passive.’

The world’s richest person may have taken a ‘passive’ stake in Twitter , but he is clearly intent on playing an active role in pushing for change on the platform itself. There is a chance the stake wi...

Dow ends 350 points higher as Biden touts NATO response to Russia-Ukraine war, Fed speakers

U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday afternoon, as world leaders met to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and investors monitored remarks by Federal Reserve officials. Technology and communication...

Opinion: What would it take for U.S. oil companies to ramp up production? A lot.

Even with oil prices above $100 a barrel and gas prices averaging over $4 a gallon at the pump, frackers show little interest in ramping up output. Companies including Devon Energy DVN, +1.56%, EOG Re...

The stock market hit its COVID low 2 years ago today. Here’s how its performance since then stacks up.

It’s the second anniversary Wednesday of the lows set in the U.S. stock-market plunge triggered by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Stocks have stumbled thus far in 2022, but the S&am...

Apple Could Add $10 Billion of Revenue by Selling More Ads. Here’s How.

Text size People walk past an Apple store in Shanghai in October. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images How ironic it would be if Apple was the next great online advertising sales business. Apple (ticke...

12 dividend stocks paying at least 3.5% that are well-suited for high inflation

Investors may have turned for a moment from Russia’s aggression in Ukraine to energy and supply shortages in the U.S. that are producing high inflation. With purchasing power crumbling, patient invest...

Look to the Energy Patch for a Dividend Bonanza. Devon Energy and Pioneer Natural Resources Look Good.

What was already going to be a challenging year for investors was further disrupted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But in a market that has been lacking in certainty, income investors may want to ta...

Forget Apple and Google. Meta Has Another Existential Threat on the Horizon.

Text size Investors in Meta have been taken on a wild ride this month. There are more threats ahead. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Meta Platforms ‘ shareholders have had a lot to worry about recen...

ViacomCBS Is Changing Its Name. More Subscribers Joined, but at a Cost.

Text size ViacomCBS is changing its name to Paramount Global. Dreamstime ViacomCBS reported a very solid quarter of streaming-subscriber gains on Tuesday, but that growth didn’t come cheaply. The comp...

ViacomCBS Is Changing Its Name. Subscribership Grew, but at a Cost.

Text size ViacomCBS is changing its name to Paramount Global. Dreamstime ViacomCBS reported a very solid quarter of streaming-subscriber gains on Tuesday, but that growth didn’t come cheaply. The comp...

10 tech value stocks that at least 75% of analysts rate as a ‘buy’ right now

So far, 2022 is a year of value stocks. But some tech stocks fit that definition. Below is a high-conviction list of technology stocks among the S&P 500 SPX, +0.05% that have low valuations to ear...

3M, T. Rowe, and 7 More Companies That Raised Their Dividends This Week

Text size Dupont said it will increase its quarterly dividend by 10%. Mark Makela/Getty Images Interpublic Group of Companies, Kimco Realty, and DuPont de Nemours were among the larger U.S. companies ...

Snap shares soar 59% on first profitable quarter

Whipsawed by Meta’s poor results a day earlier, Snap Inc. reported its first quarterly profit as well as top- and bottom-line numbers that beat Street expectations on Thursday. The results turned arou...

Amazon Stock Soars on Good Enough Earnings. The Price of Prime Is Going Up.

Amazon . com reported strong fourth-quarter results on Thursday, driven by strong growth in both its AWS cloud unit and its growing advertising business. The results could be a relief to some investor...

Alphabet Stock Is Soaring After an Impressive Earnings Beat

Text size Stock in Alphabet, Google’s parent, is up more than 40% over the past year. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Alphabet crushed expectations and announced plans for a 20-for-one stock split afte...

With Chevron Stock Near Record Highs, Analysts Are Divided

Text size A Chevron petroleum storage tank in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The oil giant missed analysts’ earnings estimates when it reported fourth-quarter results on Friday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images C...

Hedge Fund Melvin Lost $6.8 Billion in a Month. Winning It Back Is Taking a Lot Longer.

Gabe Plotkin wasn’t sleeping. His bets against meme stocks such as GameStop Corp. GME 4.69% were backfiring, and losses at his $12.5 billion hedge fund were mounting. Strangers angry about his wagers ...