Nokia Reinstates Dividend, Sets New, Long-Term Margins Target

Text size The logo of telecommunications giant Nokia before the company’s press conference in Espoo, Finland. Markku Ulander /Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images Nokia on Thursday reinstated its quar...

Should You Buy PayPal Stock After Its Big Drop? Don’t Rush In.

PayPal refrained from reiterating growth targets, trimmed its forecasts, and said it was shifting strategy away from growing its user base in its latest earnings. Dreamstime Text size PayPal Holdings ...

Facebook Parent Meta Ramped Up Stock Buybacks at a Bad Time

Text size Meta’s record $19.2 billion of share repurchases in the fourth quarter amounted to 2% of the company’s shares outstanding. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg picked...

Here’s Why PayPal Stock Fell Down So Much Today

Text size PayPal stock is on pace for its worst percentage decline on record. Getty Images PayPal stock was in free-fall as investors—and Wall Street—reassessed the payments company after it issued a ...

CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns, Citing Relationship With Colleague

CNN President Jeff Zucker has resigned from the cable news network, citing his failure to disclose a consensual relationship with a close colleague, according to an email he sent to staff on Wednesday...

Exelon Stock Price Has ‘Plunged.’ Its Value Hasn’t Changed.

Text size A hazardous radiation warning sign is displayed at the reactor building of the Exelon Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Delta Pennsylvania. Melissa Lyttle/Bloomberg The price of Exelon st...

Dynatrace Reports Strong Earnings. Why the Stock Is Falling Sharply.

Text size Dreamstime Shares of Dynatrace fell sharply after the software intelligence company posted earnings that beat expectations, but issued guidance that disappointed investors. Dynatrace (ticker...

PayPal Is Plunging. Wall Street Is Reassessing the Stock.

Text size PayPal stock pointed 19% lower in premarket trading Wednesday. Getty Images PayPal ‘s fourth-quarter earnings, and particularly its disappointing outlook, are spooking investors. Wall Street...

Ford Stock Jumps Because It Might Have Bigger EV Plans

Text size 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Lariat. Courtesy Ford Ford Motor shares are trading near their daily highs on Tuesday after Bloomberg reported the company would spend more on vehicle electrificati...

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...

PayPal Stock Sinks as Earnings Miss, Guidance ‘Lacks Anything Redeeming’

Text size PayPal stock was sinking after the company reported disappointing earnings. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images PayPal stock was sinking after the payments company reported earnings and guidance th...

AMD Reports Earnings This Afternoon. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size An AMD processor. Growth in demand for chips used in PCs is expected to slow, while analysts are upbeat about the outlook for servers. Dreamstime While the recent downdraft in high-price tec...

AT&T Is Getting Closer to a Clean Slate. Here’s What Comes Next.

Text size After a saga of misguided M&A, there’s still work to be done for AT&T. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images AT&T shed some light on its pending exit from the media business on ...

AT&T CFO Defends Spinoff, Saying It Benefits Retail Investors

Text size AT&T’s chief financial officer, Pascal Desroches. Courtesy AT&T AT&T is defending its move to spin off its big stake in WarnerMedia rather than pursue a split-off, or excha...

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...

Nio Deliveries Fell Last Month. What That Means for Tesla Stock.

Text size Deliveries for XPeng, Li, and NIO combined were down in January, snapping a two-month streak of gains. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Electric-vehicle deliveries at NIO , XPeng , and Li...

AT&T to Spin Off WarnerMedia, Plans Deep Cut to Its Dividend

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T said Tuesday it would spin off its interest in WarnerMedia following WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery . AT&T (ticker: T) also said its board appr...

Exxon Remakes Corporate Structure Ahead of Tuesday Earnings

Text size Exxon Mobil is moving its headquarters. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Exxon Mobil is remaking its corporate structure, elevating its low-carbon operations to its own division, and even moving i...

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,...

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...

Why AT&T May Be Leaning Toward a Spinoff of Its Discovery Stake

AT&T may be leaning toward a straightforward spinoff of the 71% stake in the new Warner Bros. Discovery in the coming months rather than a complex “split-off,” or exchange offer. A transaction in ...

Why Electric-Component Supplier Wesco’s Stock Is a Buy

Demand for cloud computing, power from renewable sources, and electric vehicles, along with more extreme weather events, mean that electrical infrastructure will need extensive investment for years to...

The Worst Big IPOs of 2021

Text size Oscar Health shares closed at $6.20 on Friday, down 84% from the IPO price. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg IPOs soared for most of 2021, making the year one of the best ever for companies to list the...

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...

Moved On From Your Job? Here’s What to Do With Your Old 401(k), and Why to Do It

Dreamstime Text size Editor’s note: Barron’s Retirement readers have sent along many questions about their savings, investments, and strategies over the past few months as everything from the record-b...

Major Investors Hold Ground on Russian Debt Amid Ukraine Crisis

Tensions over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine have put international investors on edge. But some are holding on to Russian debt, betting that a diplomatic solution to the crisis could spark a ...

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:...

U.S. Stock Futures Poised for Lower Open on Monday

Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today. • U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly down. On Sunday n...

Citrix Systems Near $13 Billion Buyout by Elliott, Vista: WSJ

Cloud-computing company Citrix Systems is close to a deal to be taken private, The Wall Street Journal reported. Dreamstime Text size This story originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Cloud-c...

What CEOs Are Saying About Inflation: ‘The World Has Changed’

This is what some of the world’s corporate leaders said on their quarterly earnings calls this week about what they are seeing and doing about inflation. “We’re seeing inflation.…Logistics, as I’ve me...

Fidelity Wants a Piece of the Crowded Field of Metaverse ETFs

Text size Dreamstime Fidelity is trying to make a push into the metaverse. The fund giant filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday for an exchange-traded fund called ...

Cathie Wood’s ARK Faces Loyalty Test After Tech-Stock Rout

Cathie Wood says the high-risk stocks in the exchange-traded funds sold by ARK Investment Management LLC are so cheap that they will inevitably rise. A surprising number of investors are willing to gi...