Texts From Crypto Giant Binance Reveal Plan to Elude U.S. Authorities

Binance exploded onto the crypto scene in 2017 and grew into the world’s biggest digital-currency exchange. It quickly ran into a problem. It largely operated from hubs in China and then Japan, yet a ...

Giant Pension Sells Caterpillar and Microsoft Stock, Buys Comcast and Visa

One of the largest Canadian pensions made major changes in its U.S.-traded portfolio. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan sold all its Caterpillar stock (ticker: CAT), slashed a Microsoft (MSFT) investment...

Apple and Meta Stock Buybacks Haven’t Been Equal. Here’s Why.

Investors love stock buybacks, but they don’t always spur the types of returns one might imagine. It takes a discerning eye to identify companies with buybacks that create significant gains for shareh...

Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Rates for 2022-2023

Investors who have taxable accounts—as opposed to tax-favored retirement accounts such as individual retirement accounts (IRAs) or 401(k)s—are often eligible for lower tax rates on investment income a...

Airlines Rally Has Hit Turbulence. But United, Delta, Others Should Fly Higher.

The U.S. airline sector took off at the start of 2023 but the rally has encountered some turbulence in recent weeks ahead of a crucial few months for the industry. The sector’s big gains this year pro...

AMC Stock Falls After CEO Warns Company Could Be Forced to Sell More ‘APEs’

AMC Entertainment stock closed down sharply Wednesday in the wake of comments from the CEO that the firm may be forced to sell more stock for less money if shareholders don’t approve measures that all...

Buy Chip Stock Broadcom on Strong Profitability, Analyst Says

Susquehanna is getting more bullish about the prospects for Broadcom stock, citing its robust profit margins and growth potential. On Wednesday, analyst Christopher Rolland reiterated his Positive rat...

Snowflake Stock Tumbles As Growth Outlook Disappoints

Snowflake shares are sharply lower in late trading Wednesday, after company provided guidance for the January 2024 fiscal year that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. The softer outlook is cons...

Lowe’s Earnings Beat Estimates. Why the Stock Is Dropping.

Lowe’s earned more than expected in the fourth quarter but fell short in terms of revenue, warning of a slowdown in the home-improvement market and sending the stock tumbling. The company reported adj...

GM to Axe Hundreds of Jobs. But It’s Not About Cutting Costs.

General Motors is cutting salaried and executive staff positions, after saying earlier this year that it didn’t plan layoffs. GM (ticker: GM) representatives on Tuesday said the cuts affected a small ...

Rivian Stock Tumbles After Earnings. Why Wall Street Isn’t Worried.

Electric truck start-up Rivian Automotive expects to deliver 50,000 units in 2023, while Wall Street was looking for closer to 60,000 units. Shares were falling early on Wednesday. Rivian (ticker: RIV...

Tesla Signs Battery Material Deal With Korea’s L&F

Tesla investors are having a busy week and it’s only Tuesday. Ahead of the week’s main event, an analyst day on Wednesday, investors have to digest news about batteries as well as EV demand in China a...

Alibaba Stock’s Recovery Has Momentum. This Is One Potential Risk.

Analysts are increasingly upbeat about Alibaba stock in the wake of the group’s quarterly earnings, which supported the narrative that the Chinese tech company’s recovery is on track. But a familiar c...

Novavax Says ‘Substantial Doubt’ Around Its Continuing Operations

Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer Novavax said Tuesday that there is “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operating through this year. In a quarterly earnings report issued after the market c...

Norwegian Cruise Line Misses Earnings Estimates. The Stock Is Falling.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings stock tumbled Tuesday as the company posted a wider-than-expected loss and provided disappointing guidance for 2023. Cruise operator Norwegian (ticker: NCLH) posted an a...

Exxon and 6 Other Energy Picks With Earnings Upside

Energy stocks have trailed the S&P 500 this year, as earnings for most companies are expected to fall from 2022 levels. The sector is healthy but investors are less interested now that oil and nat...

Warren Buffett May Be Sending a Message to His Successor: Buy More Berkshire Hathaway Stock

Warren Buffett has made it clear. Berkshire Hathaway’s future leaders, including Greg Abel, will be expected to put many of their financial eggs in the conglomerate’s basket. In his annual shareholder...

Buffett Shareholder Letter Was a Big Disappointment

Every year, investors await Warren Buffett’s annual shareholder letter with excitement, hoping for the insights and flare that make it a must-read. This year’s was a disappointment.  Buffett took just...

Energy Stocks ConocoPhillips and Devon See Big Insider Buys

Two energy explorers whose stocks outperformed the broader market in 2022—a monster year for the sector—are slumping this year, but insiders at both companies recently bought up shares. ConocoPhillips...

DeLorean Has Hit the Brakes. Catching Tesla Is Proving Hard for EV Rivals.

When Marty McFly drove into the future in the famous 1980s movie, he made it look easy. For EV start-ups trying to leap ahead in their industry, it’s proving a lot harder. DeLorean, the car company ma...

Do Layoffs Pay Off? Meta, Amazon, Other Tech Stocks Paint a Mixed Picture.

Text size Tech companies have announced more than 100,000 job cuts this year so far. Fizkes/Dreamstime Some technology companies have seen their stocks jump after announcing mass layoffs this earnings...

Tech Carried the Stock Market. Now They’re Taking It Down With Them.

The prospect of still-higher short- and long-term interest rates produced the worst week for the S&P 500 index in the relatively young year, a drop of 2.67%, and the third straight down week for t...

The Stock Market Doesn’t Look Cheap, Any Way You Slice It

Stock indexes closed another losing week in a downbeat February, as investors continue to debate the path of the economy and monetary policy. It’s a decidedly muddled outlook for the market from a fun...

Stocks Poised for Mixed Open

U.S. stocks are poised for a mixed open on Monday, as the market enters the tail end of fourth-quarter earnings season amid several well-watched economic indicators, including the Conference Board’s C...

Any Way You Slice It, Stocks Still Don’t Look Cheap

Text size This past week’s numbers gave investors plenty to fret about. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Stock indexes closed another losing week in a downbeat February, as investors continue to debate the ...

Canada’s Largest Pension Sold Apple, Bought EV Stocks Tesla, NIO, Li Auto

Canada’s largest public pension seems to be more bullish about electric vehicles than iPhones. Canada Pension Plan sold 85% of its Apple stock (ticker: AAPL), and scooped up shares of Tesla (TSLA), an...

Burned Out, More Americans Are Turning to Part-Time Jobs

Part-time work is exploding. The number of Americans working part time rose by 1.2 million in December and January compared with the preceding months, according to the Labor Department. Most of that i...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Posts Fourth-Quarter Earnings Fall

Berkshire Hathaway operating earnings declined 8% in the fourth quarter to $6.7 billion after taxes, hurt by a drop in profits at the company’s railroad business and a decline in the U.S. dollar.  Exc...

Warren Buffett Muses on Berkshire Hathaway’s Future in Annual Letter

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is looking to shape the company for when he’s gone. At a time when other famous conglomerates like General Electric (ticker: GE) are splitting up into multiple mo...

The Truth About the Four-Day Workweek, From People Who Have Tried It

More companies are experimenting with the four-day workweek, and workers who have tried it are divided on how fruitful an abbreviated schedule can be. Hundreds of WSJ readers responded to our story ab...

How the Ohio Derailment May Power a Company With Deep Roots in Train Safety

Derailments have plagued trains since their invention, sometimes driving change. This past week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment and toxic s...

For Nvidia Stock, It’s Game On!

These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...