Spirit Airlines and Frontier Group to merge in stock-and-cash deal valued at $6.6 billion

Spirit Airlines Inc. SAVE, +0.18% and Frontier Group Holdings Inc. ULCC, -1.43% said Monday they have agreed to merge in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $6.6 billion including net debt and operating l...

Alphabet, Payal and Other Growth Stocks That Can Thrive in a Labor Shortage

Text size PayPal is among companies keeping employees happy, according to Just Capital. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The inability to hire workers and a labor shortage is an oft-repeated concern from ...

Disney, Chipotle, Pfizer, Twitter, Coca-Cola, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited We’re past the peak of fourth-quarter earnings season, but still with many notable companies left to report. Some 75 S&P 500 components are scheduled for this week. Tyson Food...

Why Alphabet, Nvidia, and Others Belong in the Dow Jones Industrials

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, launched in 1896, has trailed the S&P 500 index of late. That could change if Alphabet , which said on Tuesday that it would split its stock 20-1 (cutting shares ...

GE Stock Could Light Up Your Portfolio. Here’s Why.

Text size General Electric was once known as the company that brings good things to life—but so far this century, holding shares of the conglomerate has been a portfolio killer. That all may soon chan...

Stocks’ Rally Looks Nice. Here’s Why You Should Put It on Ice

Text size Dreamstime For the stock market, this past week had the feel of steering out of a spin after hitting an ice patch—and driving away safely. Unfortunately, the road ahead may be even more trea...

CEO of Self-Driving-Car Firm Luminar Buys Stock

Text size A vehicle with Luminar LiDAR Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Luminar Technologies stock has been slumping, and founder and CEO Austin Russell scooped up the cheaper shares. Luminar (ticke...

Ford Stock Falls After Earnings. What Wall Street Thinks.

Text size Ford’s Maverick in hybrid form, with 37 mpg combined. Ford photo Ford’s fourth-quarter earnings, reported Thursday evening, came in a little light and financial guidance for 2022 didn’...

Rivian Rescued Amazon Earnings—but Not Ford’s. Here’s Why.

Text size Courtesy of Rivian Amazon.com ‘s huge earnings beat was huge, but it wasn’t driven by consumer shopping or its cloud business. It was mostly driven by gains from its holdings of Rivian Autom...

How Rivian Rescued Amazon Earnings–But Not Ford

Text size Courtesy of Rivian Amazon.com ‘s huge earnings beat was mostly driven by gains from its holdings of Rivian Automotive stock. Ford Motor owns Rivian stock too. Like Amazon , it reported bette...

Biogen’s stock falls 3.7% after announcing earnings, says it brought in $1 million in sales of Alzheimer’s drug in the fourth quarter

An earlier version of this report had the wrong consensus and revenue numbers. It has been corrected. Shares of Biogen Inc. BIIB, -1.92% were down 3.7% in premarket trading on Thursday after the compa...

AbbVie’s stock gains on fourth-quarter earnings as it reports better-than-expected sales of Humira

An earlier version of this report referred to Humana in the headline, not Humira. It has been corrected. Shares of AbbVie Inc. ABBV, +0.08% gained 1.4% in premarket trading on Wednesday after the comp...

Marathon Petroleum stock surges after profit more than doubles expectations, $5 billion added to stock buyback program

Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp MPC, +3.16% shot up 3.9% toward a more-than three-year high after the oil refiner reported fourth-quarter profit that was more than double what was expected and also ...

Cedar Fair’s stock soars toward more-than 2-year high after confirming SeaWorld’s buyout bid

Shares of Cedar Fun L.P. FUN, +11.94% rocketed 14.7% toward a more-than two-year high in afternoon trading Tuesday, after the amusement park operator confirmed that it had received an unsolicited buyo...

AT&T’s Move to Spin Off WarnerMedia Disappoints Investors

Text size AT&T plans to pay a $1.11 annual dividend, down from the current $2.08 a share. Stefani Reynolds /AFP via Getty Images AT&T ‘s decision Tuesday to spin off its stake in WarnerMedia t...

UPDATE: AMC offers Q4 guidance with revenue ahead of consensus but a wider-than-expected loss. stock jump 15%

AMC Entertainment Inc. AMC, +6.64% offered guidance for the fourth quarter on Tuesday, with revenue ahead of consensus but a net loss range that is wider than expected. The company expects revenue of ...

Bears beware. Past corrections for the S&P 500 are only 15% on average, outside of recessions

Even after a rough January for Wall Street, it might take the U.S. economy slipping into a recession before the S&P 500 index risks entering a bear market, according to Oxford Economics. “Equities...

Tesla, GM, and 3 Other Stocks That Could Be Best EV Plays

Text size Tesla stock is a pick for a play on autonomous driving. Jens Schlueter/Getty Images Electric vehicles are taking over. That spells opportunity for investors. The growth of EV sales is great,...

Opinion: AT&T and 4 more unloved dividend stocks to buy in a ‘risk-off’ era

With stocks off to one of their worst starts to the year since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, it’s no longer crazy to talk about a sustained period of market volatility or a prolonged “risk off” envi...

BlackBerry to sell legacy patents to Catapult IP Innovations for $600 million

BlackBerry Ltd. BB, +4.37% said Monday it has entered an agreement to sell legacy patents relating mostly to mobile devices, messaging and wireless networking to Catapult IP Innovations Inc. for $600 ...

Giant Bank Bought Up Apple, Comcast Stock. It Dropped AT&T and Visa.

Text size German banking giant Commerzbank bought up Apple stock in the fourth quarter. Dreamstime A German banking giant made some abrupt changes in its U.S.-traded investments. Commerzbank initiated...

This Is What a Stock-Market Earnings Slowdown Looks Like. Things Could Take a Turn for the Worse.

Text size It’s been a painful time for investors hoping that earnings could drive stocks higher. Even the rallies are stomach-churning. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Stop me if you’ve heard this one before:...

Visa Stock Is Rising After Earnings Report. May Break Away From Mastercard.

Text size Stock in Visa was up nearly 9% on Friday morning. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Visa stock achieved its biggest bounce in nearly two years as investors responded to surprisingly strong financial ...

Netflix Co-CEO Reed Hastings Bought $20 Million of Stock

Text size Netflix co-founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings just made his first purchase of the company’s shares on the open market. Henrik Jonsson/Dreamstime.com Netflix ‘s stock has slumped in 2022,...

When to stop investing in the stock market? Wild price swings are shaking the resolve of some: Is it time to bail out of equities and bonds?

Is it time to bail out of stocks and bonds? This isn’t the market that investors likely signed up for back in 2021 when shares in GameStop Corp. GME, +4.69% and movie chain AMC Entertainment Holdings ...

ChargePoint Upgraded by J.P. Morgan. Pullback Could Be a Good Entry Point.

Text size ChargePoint’s pullback could be a good entry point for investors, J.P. Morgan says. Dania Maxwell/Bloomberg ChargePoint Holdings shares were up Friday after J.P. Morgan upgraded its ra...

Investor Bought Up Moderna and Nvidia Stock. It Sold Salesforce and Sirius XM.

Text size A large U.K.-based asset manager bought up Moderna and Nvidia stock in the fourth quarter. Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images A large U.K.-based asset manager made big changes in its U.S...

Opinion: The 60%-40% portfolio will deliver anemic returns over the next decade — here’s how to adapt

We have entered a new paradigm of anemic return expectations for traditional asset-allocation models. The prospects of a lost decade ahead are uncomfortably high for portfolios that are 60% invested i...

Comcast, Chevron, and 7 More Companies That Just Boosted Their Stock Dividends

Text size Comcast raised its dividend this week. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images for Comcast Chevron , Comcast , and Kimberly-Clark were among the many U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this wee...

Market Volatility Is Creating Opportunities for Stocks. What to Buy Now

The 2022 market was always going to be a tug of war between earnings and interest rates. Corporate profit growth fueled by the reopening has come up against contracting valuations and expectations of ...

Tesla Reported Record Profits. Its Stock Was Punished. It’s a Better Buy Than GM or Ford.

Text size The reaction to Tesla’s fourth-quarter earnings report was the worst to an earnings beat in its history. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg What the heck just happened to Tesla stock? Its shares go...

Opinion: The party’s over: The Fed and Congress have pulled their support from workers and investors

Even as the government reports the fastest economic growth in nearly 40 years, the historic gains in income and wealth that inflated the economy in 2020 and 2021 are fading fast. The air is coming out...