Oracle Will Report Earnings Soon. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size Oracle company headquarters. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Maybe Larry Ellison’s software company can save the day. Late Monday, Oracle (ticker: ORCL) will report earnings for the quarter end...

Earnings Are Under Threat, Another Blow to Sagging Stock Market

Stocks have tumbled this year in the face of rising interest rates. But with inflation showing little sign of cooling, many investors fear corporate earnings could be the market’s next support to fall...

Schlumberger, Shell, SunRun, and 3 Other Energy Stocks to Consider in a Hot Market

Two years ago, oil companies were global pariahs, banished not only from the high-minded peaks of Davos but also from lowly index funds. Energy’s weight in the S&P 500 fell below 2%, an astonishin...

These 19 large-cap stocks have now dropped at least 60% from their 52-week highs

The latest inflation figures on June 10 were worse than expected and the effect on stock prices was brutal. A list of stocks in the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100 Index that have fallen at least 60% f...

Behind the automation boom coming to the hotel industry, from 24-hour check-in to texting for towels

Mathisworks | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images For years, hotel operators have under-invested in technology, but persistent labor challenges are forcing a reckoning in the industry. “The lab...

6 Energy Stocks to Consider in a Hot Market

Two years ago, oil companies were global pariahs, banished not only from the high-minded peaks of Davos but also from lowly index funds. Energy’s weight in the S&P 500 fell below 2%, an astonishin...

Vietnam-based Ancient8 Raises $6M Focused On Infrastructure Software For GameFi

A Vietnam-based blockchain firm has secured millions in additional funding to boost its efforts to create an infrastructure for GameFi.  This funding round is focused on Ancient8 efforts in devel...

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...

Tech Stocks Tumble; Which Ones are Buying Opportunities?

Technology stocks have stumbled in 2022, after years of strength, amid raging inflation and soaring interest rates. The S&P 500 information and technology sector lost 20% year to date through June...

Cloud Software Giant ‘Salesforce’ Announces NFT Marketplace Launch

5 hours ago | 2 mins read NFT News A limited number of clients may participate in the Salesforce NFT Cloud trial program. There is no mention of which blockchains will be used to mint NFTs. Salesforce...

‘I thought it was a sick joke’: They gave up other job offers to work for Coinbase, and are now unemployed

When Hao Jia received an email from Coinbase that his job offer had been rescinded, he was on his way to watch “Top Gun: Maverick,” the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise. Jia’s girlfriend had aske...

2 software stocks that could weather a recession hailstorm

With the possibility of a recession on the cards, investors should look to determine which firms have a reasonable chance of emerging from a potential economic downturn in a better position. Despite 2...

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...

Microsoft and Two Other Software Stocks for a Potential Recession

Text size Microsoft is a top pick of Bernstein software analyst Mark Moerdler for a potential recession. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The possibility of a bad recession is on everyone’s mind. On Tuesday,...

The Clouds May Be Clearing for Coupa Software

By BRUCE KAMICH Jun 06, 2022 | 08:18 AM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: COUP Coupa Software ( COUP)  , a cloud-based provider of business spend management solutions, is set to report its latest ear...

AMD, Pfizer, NIO, DocuSign, Campbell Soup, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It’s a relatively quiet week on the earnings calendar. Highlights will include J.M. Smucker on Tuesday, Campbell Soup on Wednesday, and DocuSign, NIO, and Vail Resorts on Thursday. Pfizer also hosts a...

Microsoft’s Dollar Alarm Raises New Worry for Software Stocks

(Bloomberg) — Software makers that have been battered amid this year’s stock slump were dealt another blow this week when Microsoft Corp. warned of even more headwinds coming down the pike. Most...

Okta stock rally shifts into overdrive following hiked outlook as other software companies trim theirs

Okta Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Thursday, adding to gains in the regular session after the identity-management services company reported better-than-expected results and, unlike some ...

Apple stock to suffer first ‘death cross’ chart pattern since the pandemic

Apple Inc.’s stock has fallen far enough and for long enough to produce a certain ominous-sounding bearish chart pattern should didn’t appear during the short COVID-19-induced bear-market selloff of e...

Here Are 6 Stocks That Pay a Lot in Dividends and Have Solid Yields. And Microsoft and Apple.

PepsiCo total quarterly dividend payout and yield make for an intriguing combination. Here, a Pepsi display at a shop in Grovetown, Ga., earlier this year. Billy Blume/Dreamstime.com Text size Sometim...

Small-cap growth stocks are at their lowest P/E valuation in at least 24 years.

Growth stocks typically trade at premium prices. But in this market, rising interest rates have turned small-cap growth stocks into a bargain group. This may be a beautiful setup for long-term investo...

Salesforce Stock Is Rising. Strong Earnings Overshadowed a Guidance Cut.

Text size The Salesforce logo at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Stephen Lam/Getty Images Salesforce . com stock headed higher in late trading Tuesday on better-than-expected result...

Salesforce stock rallies following raised outlook, with stronger dollar seen as only major headwind

Salesforce Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Tuesday after the cloud-based customer-relationship-management company said business remained strong amid the current rocky economic landscape an...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

Watch Paycom Software as the stock confounds analysts

Paycom Software Inc. (NYSE:PAYC) is trading at $285. Analysts generally project that the stock will gain, potentially by more than 100%. The most conservative analysts have projected gains up to $330....

Salesforce earnings expected to serve as business-spending bellwether amid economic uncertainty

Salesforce Inc. is expected to have a much more subdued earnings report in the coming week as fear of a recession and inflation, as well as COVID shutdowns in China and the war in Ukraine, are prompti...

Microsoft Joins the Tech Sector Hiring Slowdown

Text size The news comes after the tech giant said it would nearly double its worldwide budget for staff.  Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images Microsoft said it is going to slow hiring in select division...

Al Gore’s Firm Bought Alibaba Stock and Salesforce. It Sold Cisco, Microsoft.

Text size Former Vice President Al Gore in 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images The investment firm co-founded and chaired by former Vice President Al Gore has made big changes in its U.S.-traded investment...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

Palantir Unveils Partnership With Waste-Industry Software Provider Rubicon

Text size Rubicon is going public via a merger with the special-purpose acquisition company Founder SPAC. Photograph by Ignat Kushanrev The data analytics giant Palantir Technologies is moving into cr...

Broadcom Stock Has Gained on VMware Takeover. Its Dividend Could Rise 20%.

Text size Truist analyst William Stein calculates that Broadcom could raise its dividend by over 20% this year. Remus Rigo/Dreamstime.com The stock market has had a mixed reaction to Broadcom ’s inten...

Dow books 4th day of gains, stocks rally after Fed minutes signal flexibility on interest rate hikes

Stocks closed higher Wednesday as investors took away a message of flexibility from the release of minutes of the early May Federal Reserve meeting about its path to higher interest rates. How did sto...