Microsoft Stock Falls Despite Strong Earnings

Text size Microsoft earnings were up 22% in its latest quarter. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft shares were down about 5% in late-trading Tuesday, despite better-than-expected December qu...

42.7 million people watch Chiefs win over Bills

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) reaches for the game winning reception over Buffalo Bills outside linebacker Matt Milano (58) during the AFC Divisional Round playoff game on January 23r...

Tesla Earnings Are Coming. They Better Be Good.

Text size A Tesla EV drives through the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop ahead of the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas this month. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Trading in Tes...

Pravjit Tiwana Joins Gemini as Chief Technology Officer

The cryptocurrency platform, Gemini announced that the company has appointed Pravjit Tiwana, an industry veteran with almost two decades of experience in the global technology sector, as the company’s...

Nvidia stock falls after report says company could give up on Arm deal

Shares of Nvidia Corp. were declining in premarket trading Tuesday after a report indicated that the company is preparing to give up on its planned purchase of Arm Ltd. from SoftBank Group Corp. The s...

FTC likely suing to block Lockheed Martin buy

Four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines attached to the core Stage for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. NASA Aerojet Rocketdyne stock fell after the rocket engine and spacecraft propulsion maker...

Why the Floor for Bitcoin’s Price Is Zero

Text size What matters for Bitcoin is price momentum. Dreamstime A few thoughts early in the trading week: Recent crypto buyers who are sitting on deep losses surely don’t need me reminding them that ...

Crypto winter? Investors fear bitcoin has further to drop

Two commemorative bitcoins pictured in front of a Tesla car during cold weather on Jan. 7, 2022. Artur Widak | NurPhoto via Getty Images As cryptocurrency investors reel from the sharp sell-off in bit...

Growth slowdown to spark 10% stock plunge, Morgan Stanley warns

Investors may be playing with fire. According to Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson, the S&P 500 is vulnerable to a 10% plunge despite Monday’s late buying binge. He warns investors are dang...

Odell Beckham Jr. took his $750K salary in bitcoin — how much did it cost him?

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. made headlines last November when he announced he would be converting his 2021 salary into bitcoin. The problem for Beckham: that bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.41...

IBM Earnings Are Strong as Turnaround Takes Hold

Text size IBM sales were up 6.5% in the fourth quarter, to $16.7 billion. Ethan Miller/Getty Images IBM posted strong results Monday for its fourth quarter, with its best sales growth in more than a d...

IBM stock rallies as earnings, sales surge amid Kyndryl spinoff

International Business Machines Corp. shares rallied in the extended session Monday after Big Blue topped Wall Street expectations following the spinoff of its managed infrastructure-service business,...

Apple and Other Large-Cap Tech Stocks Provide No Shelter From the Selloff—Except for One

Text size The Nasdaq Composite has plunged in response to expectations for higher interest rates. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg The tech megacaps that were some of the strongest stocks over the past two yea...

Monday’s worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 are down as much as 42% for 2022

Monday’s stock-market decline accelerated, and a closer look at the day’s worst performers highlighted painful double-digit year-to-date drops. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.92% was down a...

What’s driving the spike in air rage incidents

There were more than 5,700 reports of air rage on U.S. airlines in 2021 compared with a typical year of about 100 to 150 cases. The surge in problem flyers is causing headaches for carriers, passenger...

MicroStrategy Stock Falls After SEC Objects to Bitcoin Accounting

Text size The price of Bitcoin has been slumping. Dreamstime MicroStrategy stock continued its downward spiral Monday, dragged down by plunging Bitcoin prices and newly released filings showing that t...

Bitcoin Sends a Message That New York City Is Open to Technology, Says Mayor

Bitcoin will help New York to send a message to the world that the city is open to adopting new and innovative technologies, said mayor Eric Adams. He also showed no regrets about receiving his first ...

5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, Jan. 24

Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Wall Street to open lower after Nasdaq’s worst week since March 2020 Traders on the floor...

A Digital Dollar Would Have Winners and Losers. Here’s What’s at Stake.

Banks and stablecoins could be on the losing end while consumers would be winners if the Federal Reserve gets approval to digitize the dollar. The Fed outlined its thinking on a central bank digital c...

Can Microsoft acquisition cure Activision Blizzard’s toxic workplace?

Besides concerns about antitrust scrutiny and a record $68.7 billion price tag, Microsoft Corp.’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. also raises a key question: How will it deal with the ...

Netflix Stock Might Be a Buy After Earnings Selloff

Text size Netflix added 8.3 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, but the company’s first- quarter forecast came up well short of Wall Street’s estimate. Dreamstime And just like that, Netflix pr...

Tesla, AT&T, Apple, Microsoft, Visa, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited It will be a packed week of fourth-quarter earnings releases, with more than 100 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report. IBM and  Halliburton are Monday’s highlights, followed ...

Tech Stocks Got Hit Hard. Where to Find Bargains Now.

The technology sector may not be on sale, but it certainly has gotten cheaper lately. Major technology stocks like Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Meta Platforms (FB) are...

Lab-grown meat start-ups hope to make strides in 2022

Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of cultivated meat start-up Eat Just, has a vision: He imagines a day when meat grown in a lab is available everywhere from Michelin-star restaurants to street vendors...

SoFi Stock Set to Rise on the Company’s Growth

Text size 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 vi...

Intel still has a lot to prove to Wall Street one year after Pat Gelsinger came home

Intel Corp. had a rough 2021, and it looks like the chip maker will still face Wall Street criticism in 2022 for its ambitious capital investment plan and the success of competitors amid continuing de...

Opinion: Peloton’s stock price is disconnected from reality, and it will fall below $15 before hitting bottom

We have been recommending that investors short Peloton since October 2020. Even after falling 76% in 2021 and continuing to drop this month, Peloton’s valuation remains disconnected from the reality o...

IBM Reports Its Earnings Monday. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size IBM has previously said it expects annual growth to return to the mid-single-digits range, starting this year. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg IBM will report fourth-quarter earnings after the c...

College Cuber makes $8,000 mosaics of sports stars from cubes

Dylan Sadiq, known as “The College Cuber” charges $8,000 for his mosaics made of cubes. Pro teams including the NBA’s Detroit Pistons have purchased the artwork. Courtesy: Dylan Sadi...

Chips may be sold out for 2022 thanks to shortage, but investors are worried about the end of the party

The global semiconductor shortage, sparked by pandemic-influenced demand spikes, reportedly led to a near-sellout of 2022 chip supply before the year even started, but investors and analysts are conce...

The Market’s Priced in a Rate Rise. Now the Fed Has Lots of Other Issues to Decide.

Watch what they say, not what they do, at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting this coming week. The obverse of the famous advice from Richard Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, is what eco...

Where to Find Bargains Among Tech and Growth Stocks

The technology sector may not be on sale, but it certainly has gotten cheaper lately. Major technology stocks like Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Meta Platforms (FB) are...