By Kyle Morris Vodafone Group PLC on Tuesday reported a rise in pretax profit and revenue for the first half of fiscal 2023 despite the challenging macroeconomic environment. The U.K.-based telecommun...
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As Pandemic Aid Dries Up, Businesses Chase Covid Tax Credit
A temporary tax break for small businesses has spawned a cottage industry of advisory firms tapping into federal pandemic aid, raising alarms at the Internal Revenue Service that some claims are going...
Ray Dalio, Founder of Hedge Fund Giant Bridgewater, Sees More Pain Ahead
Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in his Manhattan apartment in 1975 and grew it into a hedge fund colossus—with about $150 billion in assets—through astute analysis of macroeconomic trends. Al...
Bankrupt Voyager Digital Looks for New Buyer After FTX Goes Under
Bankrupt cryptocurrency broker and lender Voyager Digital Ltd. said it has resumed its search for a buyer in light of the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, the firm founded by wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fr...
Walmart Is Flexing Its Muscle Again
America’s biggest retailer has a new message for its suppliers: We’re not going to pay higher prices anymore. Walmart Inc. Chief Executive Doug McMillon delivered the warning in person last month in a...
3Q Earnings Weren’t Bad. But 2023 Estimates Could Be Ugly.
Wall Street expected 2023 earnings forecasts to drop after third-quarter results came in. That time has come. With companies that account for some 90% of the S&P 500’s market capitalization having...
A Berkshire Hathaway Bright Spot: Energy. Here Are the Numbers.
Warren Buffett likes energy. Berkshire Hathaway now owns some $58 billion of Chevron and Occidental Petroleum securities. It isn’t Berkshire’s largest holding; that would be insurance, led by auto ins...
How FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Went From Crypto Golden Boy to Villain
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What the Stock Market and the Midterm Elections Have Common.
Investing and politics go together about as well as mango chutney and burned hair, and we prefer to focus on the stocks and leave the pontificating about the state of the nation to the Beltway pundits...
Ray Dalio Sees More Pain Ahead in This Debt Cycle
Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in his Manhattan apartment in 1975 and grew it into a hedge fund colossus—with about $150 billion in assets—through astute analysis of macroeconomic trends. Al...
Preferred Dividends Are Part Stock, Part Bond. How They Can Provide Income.
We won’t know for a while if the recent rally in bonds has legs. Yields tumbled Thursday, pushing up prices, after a relatively tame inflation reading, as investors bet that the Federal Reserve will e...
Oil Prices Could Jump in December. Energy Stocks Should Get a Jolt.
Oil prices have had a quiet November, holding steady around $90 per barrel. There’s a good chance the calm won’t last. A new set of sanctions from Europe will ratchet up the pressure against Russia an...
Stocks Rallied Dramatically. It’s Still a Bear Market
This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Bear-Market Rallies Technical Strategy BTIGNov. 11: Thursday...
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Buys Up Intel, Mobileye Stock
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger recently has been buying up shares of the chip giant that he helms, but he has spent far more for shares of recently spun-off Mobileye which is developing autonomous driving te...
Big Pharma Stocks Are Breaking Out. Here Are Some Winners.
Big pharma stocks are trying to break out to new heights. They have reported more-than-satisfactory earnings and are expecting further progress on new pipelines of drugs. These stocks had been outpe...
Bonds Look Attractive Now. Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Like Them.
Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Alex Wong/Getty Images Bonds don’t excite Warren Buffett even after the sharp rise in yields this year. The Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) C...
Elon Musk Made Unusual Request in Falling Out With Top Tesla Lieutenant
Last year, Elon Musk parted ways with one of his top deputies at Tesla Inc., a French auto-industry executive named Jerome Guillen. Mr. Guillen worked at Tesla for roughly a decade, rising to oversee ...
Sell Intel Stock, Analyst Says. Market Share Losses Are the Concern.
An analyst at J.P. Morgan says sell Intel stock, citing concerns about the company’s loss of market share amid ongoing competition and softening PC demand. Following a period of restriction, J.P Morga...