GameStop, AMC, EV Startups, and Others Are Among the Most Shorted Stocks

Text size Lordstown Motors is on a list of squeezable stocks. Courtesy Lordstown Motors Investors who have bet against the electric-vehicle industry should take note. Five of 25 U.S. companies that th...

Toys Are Staples, Making Mattel a Buy in a Recession, Says Analyst

Shares of Mattel rose this past Monday, but fell for the week, after an upgrade from Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng, who argued that the toy maker had the ability to navigate economic uncertainties....

Reddit Traders Haven’t Given Up on GameStop. Neither Have Short Sellers.

Text size GameStop announced a stock split, a CFO departure, and layoffs this week. Spencer Platt/Getty Images GameStop was back in the news this week after the company announced a stock split, a CFO ...

GameStop Will Split Its Stock. What Amazon and Google Suggest Happens Next.

Text size GameStop’s stock split will take effect this month. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images GameStop was flying on Thursday, but this time it was a stock split—and not a meme-driven frenzy—sendin...

GameStop Shares Rise After Board Declares 4-for-1 Stock Split

GameStop declared a 4-for-1 stock split Wednesday, sending shares of the videogame retailer higher in after-hours trading.  The Grapevine, Texas-based company proposed a stock split in March, although...

Cryptoys Raises $23 Million to Mix NFTs, Gaming, and Virtual Toys – Metaverse Bitcoin News

Cryptoys, an NFT-based startup, announced it has raised $23 million in a Series A funding round led by a16z. The company, which seeks to mix NFTs with the world of gaming and virtual toys, will create...

Short sellers raise bets against GameStop and AMC to highest level in a year as Wall Street sees more pain ahead

Investors are once again working up the fortitude to bet against GameStop and AMC roughly 18 months after last January’s infamous “meme stock” short squeeze sent GameStop shares surging more than 1,00...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

Toys R Us Marketing Campaign Goes Global With World Tour For Geoffrey

Toys R Us is kicking off the Geoffrey world tour at the U.S. flagship at American Dream mall in East … [+] Rutherford, N.J. Michael Simon/startraksphoto.com/Courtesy of WHP Global The reborn Toy...

GameStop Names New Chief Operating Officer

Text size A pedestrian walks by a GameStop store. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images GameStop , the videogame retailer, named a new chief operating officer on Monday. Nir Patel will take up the role of oper...

Weekend reads: How to position your investments before the Federal Reserve causes a bear market

Do you remember all the times Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was quoted as saying inflation in the U.S. was “transitory”? With the Fed now ready to fight inflation, the bond market has quickly...

Opinion: This will be a year for stock market traders — here are 12 companies to favor, says 40-year investing veteran Bob Doll

If you’re relatively new to investing, and you think 2022 has been a year from hell, imagine being in the stock market for over 40 years. That would’ve put you through the Great Financial Crisis in 20...

Geoffrey Is Back, And This Time Toys ‘R’ Us Means Business

Geoffrey the Giraffe is leading the push from 900 to 1,300 Toys ‘R’ Us outlets worldwide by the end … [+] of 2022. Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP...

Mattel unveils its strategy for its next leg of growth

Mattel Barbie brand dolls are arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, April 16, 2018. Bloomberg | Getty Images With its toy business on better footing, Mattel said Friday it ...

Hasbro and Mattel have very different visions of the future

Customers shop for toys at a Target store on October 25, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Hasbro and Mattel have very different ideas about the future of the toy industry. While bot...

Mattel shares jump after toymaker wins license to make Disney toys

Disney character doll sisters, Elsa and Anna of Arendelle, from the Disney movie Frozen. Catherine Lane | Getty Images Mattel shares jumped Wednesday after the toy manufacturer said it won the license...