Text size PepsiCo leads Coca-Cola in Russia. Scott Olson/Getty Images PepsiCo stock took a hit Monday on apparent investor concerns about its exposure to Russia, its second-largest international marke...
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Novavax’s Revenue Falls Short. Management Expects a Surge.
Text size A doctor handles a vial holding a potential coronavirus vaccine at a Novavax lab in 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The Covid-19 vaccine maker Novavax expects sales of b...
PayPal, Intel and Paramount Stock Hit Multiyear Lows. Insiders Bought Up Shares.
It isn’t surprising that many stocks have set new intraday lows for the latest 52 weeks, or even longer. Ed, let’s mention Russia-Ukraine since that’s the reason But it is notable when insiders—compan...
Stock Futures Fall and Oil Gains as Ukraine Crisis Deepens
Stock futures fell and oil prices jumped as investors weighed geopolitical developments including new sanctions by Western countries against Russia. By early afternoon on Monday in Hong Kong, futures ...
Zoom, Salesforce, Target, Costco, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
U.S. stock and bond markets will have plenty of action on the last day of February with earnings from HP Inc., Lucid Group, and stay-at-home play Zoom Video Communications expected on Monday. Earnings...
Stock Market Set to Plunge When It Opens Monday Over Ukraine-Russia Worries
U.S. stocks are set to plunge at the open Monday on pent-up worries about Russia’s attack on Ukraine. On Sunday night, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost 466 points, or 1.4%, while the S&P ...
BP to Exit 20% Stake in Russia’s Rosneft
Russia’s aggressions in Ukraine prompted reactions from companies such as BP and United Parcel Service as well as Norway’s sovereign wealth fund as the world continues to raise pressure on President V...
Home Building Stocks Are Ultracheap, Analyst Says. Investors Are Catching On.
Home building stocks now are “dirt cheap,” according to one Wall Street analyst, and investors are beginning to take notice. Stephen Kim, the home building analyst at Evercore ISI, wrote in a client ...
Ford CEO Shuts Down EV Spinoff Rumors. The Ford Family Won’t Let It Happen.
Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley told investors Wednesday there were no plans to spin off his company’s electric vehicle business. That shouldn’t be a surprise. The Ford family is unlikely to ever let an EV ...
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...
Warren Buffett: Berkshire Hathaway Paid 1% of All U.S. Corporate Tax Receipts
Berkshire Hathaway has the largest amount of domestic infrastructure assets of any American company and paid $3.3 billion in federal taxes in 2021—or nearly 1% of all corporate tax receipts—CEO Warren...
Is Now the Time to Buy or Sell? 7 Stocks to Consider During Turbulent Times.
I asked two market strategists whether U.S. investors should buy stocks here despite the pall of war in Ukraine. One says definitely, and the other says to hold off. Both are convincing. This is why I...
Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Face a New Rival as GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Prepare to Enter the Ring
As new Covid-19 cases fall, the postpandemic vaccine market grows more interesting. On Wednesday, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi, two of the world’s largest vaccine makers, said they would submit a Covid ...
Bill Gates Bought Up More of This Waste-Management Stock
Waste-management company Republic Services has been down in the dumps this year, but its largest shareholder, Bill Gates, just bought more shares. Republic Services stock (ticker: RSG) has slid 14% ye...
Proposed LIFE Act Would Boost Annuities’ Role in Retirement Plans
The passage of the Secure Act in 2019 has led to some dramatic shifts in retirement plans. Of particular note, the law allowed for annuities providing guaranteed lifetime income to be incorporated int...
Warren Buffett’s Preferred Equity Allocation Is 100%
Warren Buffett’s preferred equity allocation is 100%, and he has adopted that strategy both personally and at Berkshire Hathaway in a way that is radically different from other companies in the insura...