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This Billion-Dollar Crypto Loan Is Easy to Get, but Gone in a Flash
A hacker who robbed the decentralized stablecoin platform Beanstalk in April had a powerful tool: a $1 billion loan taken out with no collateral, no proof of income and no identity verification. The l...
Big Pharma Has Enough Cash to Buy All of Biotech. Why M&A Isn’t Happening.
Text size Late last year, Barron’s predicted a wave of deals, citing biotech companies’ cash holdings. Above, the plates used to print one-dollar bills. Alex Wong/Getty Images With biotech...
Consider These Signs When Deciding Whether to Wade Into the Market
Text size Some strategists see more pain ahead for global stocks even as they plan for better days. Dreamstime The hesitancy to buy this dip in global stocks is real. Whether it’s concern that the Fed...
Bill.com Stock Plummets as Revenue Growth Slows
Text size Bill.com’s financial forecasts point to slower revenue growth than in the past. Dreamstime Bill.com’s stock lost nearly a third of its value even though the bill-payment automation com...
Carvana, Robinhood and Teladoc Stock Give Way to Old-School Rivals. Here’s When It Might Be Safe to Buy.
Text size Carvana’s stock has fallen nearly 80% in the past 12 months. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images It’s new school versus old school, and the new school doesn’t stand a chance. No, we’re not talking...
Proposed IRS Rule Could Penalize Some Heirs of Retirement Accounts
Proposed new regulations from the Internal Revenue Service for inherited retirement accounts would require many heirs to make minimum annual withdrawals from the accounts—leaving less room for the sav...
Bausch + Lomb, Year’s Second-Biggest IPO, Pops in Public Debut
Text size Bausch + Lomb’s IPO is the second-biggest so far this year. Scott Olson/Getty Images Eye-care company Bausch + Lomb and biotech PepGen kicked off their lives as public companies Friday...
What Bitcoin Could Be Worth to Fidelity. You’ll Be Surprised.
Text size Fidelity’s push into Bitcoin is raising controversy but could be lucrative for the company. Dreamstime.com Fidelity Investments shocked the retirement industry last month with a move t...
Week’s Best: Warren Buffett Snipes at Wall Street
Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett had some choice words for financial advisors and asset manager...
Rates Are Rising and Stocks Are Taking a Beating. It Won’t End Soon.
Text size The market reacted violently to the Federal Open Market Committee, which hiked the federal-funds rate target by half a percentage point for only the second time this century. Spencer Platt/G...
The Stock Market Looks Like a Bear. How to Avoid Getting Eaten.
It could be very difficult for Powell and the Fed to tame inflation without causing an economic slowdown. Photo illustration by Barron’s staff; (reference) Dreamstime (5) Text size Like Winnie t...
It’s the Worst Bond Market Since 1842. That’s the Good News.
So far in 2022, with inflation raging, bonds have lost 10%—among the worst returns in U.S. history. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage point, the sharpest increa...
Illumina Stock Plunges Despite Strong Results, Gene-Sequencing Sales
Text size Illumina turned in stronger financial results than expected. Dreamstime The gene-sequencing supplier Illumina delivered on its March quarter financial forecasts, as global demand for genetic...
These Oil and Gas Companies Could Benefit From the Push Toward Sustainable Energy
The European Union’s push to wean itself off Russian gas and oil will hasten the transition to alternative energy. Energy companies such as BP and Shell stand to benefit. Here, Germany’s PCK oil refin...
Zillow Stock Tumbles After Selling More Homes Than Expected. Here’s Why.
Text size Zillow says it has 1,300 homes left in its inventory, most of which have sold or are in agreement to be sold or disposed. Courtesy of Zillow Faster-than-expected home sales in Zillow’s iBuyi...
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Bought Up the Sliding Stock
Text size Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Intel stock slid on the last trading day of April, after the company provided disappointing fiancial forecasts. On the first two trading ...
Tesla Investors, Watch Out. DeLorean Is Back, as an EV.
Text size DeLorean is getting into the EV game. DeLorean Motor Company Tesla investors might want to take note of an industry development. There is a new entrant to the U.S. electric-vehicle race. Inv...
What the Fed’s Interest-Rate Increase Means for Your Mortgage, Loans, Savings
The Federal Reserve raised its short-term benchmark rate by a half-percentage point on Wednesday, the sharpest increase since 2000, to a range between 0.75% and 1%. Though widely expected, the move wi...
AMD Earnings Beat Expectations. The Stock is Rising.
Text size AMD stock has been under pressure this year, largely because of a weakening demand for PCs. Dreamstime Advanced Micro Devices’ high-end server-chip business is thriving and taking share from...
Yes, GM Needs to Do More to Challenge Tesla. But the Stock Is a Buy.
General Motors has grand ambitions and a cheap stock. That could be a winning combination for investors. But to realize it, the pace of the giant car maker’s electric-car launches must catch up to the...