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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....