Discovery Stock Soars After an Analyst Upgrade. Why the Stock Could Double.

Text size Dreamstime Discovery Communications shares are roaring higher on Friday, after an analyst upgraded the stock and issued a price target 75% above Thursday’s closing price in a 30-page report....

AT&T’s Bear Case Largely Has Played Out. The Stock Has Limited Downside Risks.

Text size The AT&T logo is displayed on the shirt of an employee at an AT&T store. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Shares of AT&T were rising Friday after receiving an upgrade from Wells Fargo on ...

Alibaba Stock Is on a Tear. Here Are 5 Reasons Investors Are Buying the Dip.

Alibaba shares have had an excellent week because the stock looks cheap and investors are buying the big dip. After losing almost 50% of its value in 2021 — amid intensifying regulatory pressures and ...

How Many Years Could Elizabeth Holmes Face in Prison? Decades, in Theory

Elizabeth Holmes’s potential prison term for defrauding investors, like her company’s blood-testing technology, will likely fall short of what is advertised, according to an analysis of federal data b...

Exxon Could Go Even Bigger on Its Dividend

Text size David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Oil companies used to compete on how much crude they could produce. Now they’re competing on how much cash they can send back to investors. That dynamic could pay...

Alibaba Stock Rises — as Other Tech Tumbles — Even as It Gets a Price Target Cut

Text size Alibaba investors were taken on a wild, ugly ride in 2021. Could 2022 be different? Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Tech stocks have been tumbling. In a surprise twist, Alibaba is doing rema...

Bed Bath & Beyond Had Big Earnings Miss. The Stock Is Jumping.

Text size Comparable-store sales at Bed Bath & Beyond fell by 7%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond is up about 13% even after the company’s financial results fell short...

Tesla Stock Is Falling Again. Why Shares Are Giving Back Big Delivery Gains.

Text size Tesla stock is up about 3% this year after giving back its double-digit gain from the first trading day of 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Tesla opened the year with strong fourth-quarter...

Nvidia Stock Faces Short-Term Pressures. Why It’s Still a Buy.

Text size A sign is posted in front of the Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images Shares of Nvidia were inching lower Thursday following a...

Bitcoin Tanked After the Fed Minutes Were Released. Here’s Why.

Text size Proponents of Bitcoin argue that its limited supply should make it an inflation-proof asset akin to gold. Dreamstime Bitcoin slid sharply after the Federal Reserve released minutes of its De...

Cathie Wood’s ARK ETFs Are in a Deep Hole—Already

Text size Cathie Wood of ARK Invest Reed Young The new year did not bring a fresh start for Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, a fund company known for its focus on innovation stocks and high price targets. Th...

Interest-Rate Worries Batter Stock Market

Major U.S. stock indexes fell Wednesday as investors worried that the Federal Reserve might respond more aggressively to rising inflation than previously anticipated.  Markets had largely continued 20...

Rivian Stock Is Dropping Like a Stone. Blame Amazon.

Text size Amazon has ordered 100,000 delivery vans from Rivian. Courtesy Amazon Stock in Rivian Automotive is falling fast because it seems the start-up has competition in supplying electric trucks to...

Stocks Tumble as Fed Minutes Confirm Rate Hikes Are Coming

Text size Interest rate hikes are coming. The stock market is taking note. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Stocks fell Wednesday after the minutes from the last FOMC meeting confirmed that the Federal R...

Enphase Stock Sinks as Slower Transition Leads to Sharp Price Cut

Text size David McNew/Getty Images Shares of solar specialist Enphase Energy were tumbling Wednesday after a sharp price cut and downgrade by analysts at BofA Global Research. BofA Global Research low...

IBM Seeks Buyer for Watson Health Unit: Report

Text size IBM has hired BofA Securities to solicit bids for artificial-intelligence unit Watson Health, according to Axios. IBM’s looking for a price of more than $1 billion. Dreamstime In the l...

Ford Sales Impress. The Company Handled the Chip Shortage Admirably.

Text size Courtesy Ford Ford Motor’s December and fourth-quarter sales impressed. Especially given the supply-chain woes faced by the entire industry. Investors have rewarded the company for managing ...

AT&T Stock Rises After Posting 1.3 Million Subscriber Adds

Text size AT&T stock fell more than 14% last year. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images Shares of AT&T rose on Wednesday after the telecommunications and media giant said it added a net 1.3 milli...

Ignore Tesla and Apple Stock for Massive Returns in Tech. Look Here Instead.

Text size Apple recently became the first public company to briefly reach a market cap of more than $3 trillion. Chris McGrath/Getty Images In the past few years, total U.S. stock market returns have ...

Tesla and Moderna Stock Started 2022 Differently—What History Says Happens Next

The first trading day of 2022 saw both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 finish at record highs for only the sixth time in history and the second time in 30 years. The stock market acti...

Charlie Munger’s Firm Doubles Down on Alibaba Investment. Again.

Text size Charlie Munger Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Charlie Munger’s other firm has doubled down on an investment in Alibaba Group Holding for the second consecutive quarter. Munger is proba...

Beyond Meat Stock Is Climbing Because ‘Beyond Fried Chicken’ Is Coming to KFC

Text size KFC Beyond Bucket Courtesy of Beyond Meat Beyond Meat said its plant-based fried chicken product is coming to KFC locations in the U.S. next week. Shares of the meat substitute firm jumped i...

Intel Joins the Dogs of the Dow. Why These Stocks Could Be a Good Strategy This Year.

Text size Sign at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Intel joins the so-called Dogs of the Dow for 2022. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Intel will join the Dogs of the Dow for 2022, replacing Cisc...

Taiwan Semi Stock Kicked Off 2022 With Its Best Day in Years. Here’s Why.

Text size Taiwan Semiconductor ADRs saw their biggest percentage gain on Monday since mid-2020. SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images The first trading day of 2022 was a breakout one for Taiwan Semiconductor Manuf...

Ford Stock Beat Tesla Last Year. Here’s What It Will Do Next.

Text size Ford stock is on a tear. After rocketing in 2021, and big start to 2022, here’s what could happen next. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images One automotive stock is on fire as investors get...

Why Are Stocks Down Today? The Dow Is Crushing the Nasdaq.

Text size Michael George Haddad The Dow Jones Industrial Average is crushing the Nasdaq Tuesday, as investors bet that the U.S. economy will continue to boom. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gain...

Moderna Shipped 800 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses in 2021

Text size Syringes with Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Moderna said in a letter to shareholders on Tuesday that it had shipped approximately 800 million doses of its Covi...

Citi Is Bullish on Lucid Stock. Where Is the Rest of Wall Street?

Text size A Lucid Air Grand Touring electric luxury car. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Citigroup is staying bullish on electric-vehicle startup Lucid to start the new year. Analyst Itay Michaeli ...

Why Inflation Won’t Be Driving Markets in 2022—And What Will Be

About the authors: Larry Hatheway and Alex Friedman are the co-founders of Jackson Hole Economics, and the former chief economist and chief investment officer, respectively, of UBS. As the New Year co...

Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Surges on First Trading Day of 2022

Text size Taiwan Semiconductor ADRs saw their biggest percentage gain on Monday since mid-2020. SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images The first trading day of 2022 was a breakout one for . American depositary shar...

Tesla Deliveries Crushed Expectations. The Stock Is Moving Higher.

A Tesla Model Y car at a showroom in Beijing. WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images Text size Electric-vehicle leader Tesla delivered a whopping 308,600 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2021. That’s a record re...

How Did Wall Street Get Tesla’s Fourth-Quarter Deliveries So Wrong?

Text size Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Electric-vehicle leader Tesla blew away Wall Street’s fourth-quarter delivery expectations. The plaudits are pouring in from Wall Street. “Jaw-drop...