Meme-Stock Investors Are Back! Sort of, Anyway

Individual investors have waded back into the stock market after laying low through the worst of this year’s selloff. But don’t call it a comeback yet.  So-called retail investors in the last two week...

Buy American Eagle Stock Even Though It Got Smacked in the Retail Carnage

An American Eagle Outfitters store advertises its Aerie line in Times Square in New York. Aerie is a fast-growing division of the retailer. Richard Levine/Corbis/Getty Images Text size Clothes that lo...

Stocks Could Keep Rising If the Fed Shows Restraint

Text size As the market rebounds, speculative stocks are stirring. For proof, consider Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF, up about 40% since mid-June. David Swanson/Reuters/Alamy What bear market? Stoc...

The SoftBank Experiment Has Failed. Time to Go Private?

Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son on $24 billion of new losses: “I am quite embarrassed and remorseful.” Str/Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images Text size The stock market can be a humbling place—just ask Masayoshi ...

Sears and creditors reach $175 million deal with Eddie Lampert to settle litigation over allegations of self-dealing

After four years stuck in bankruptcy limbo, Sears Holdings and its creditors have reached a settlement with former Chief Executive and majority shareholder Eddie Lampert and other investors, clearing ...

Chicken Soup Completes Redbox Acquisition, Ending a Weird Meme-Stock Tale

Text size A Redbox video rental kiosk. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment  has finished its purchase of Redbox , winding up one of this year’s strangest meme-stock ep...

Rivian, Illumina, Toast, and More Stock Market Movers Friday

Text size Rivian, the maker of electric trucks, maintained its production estimates for the full year. Courtesy Rivian Stock futures rose Friday amid more signs that inflation in the U.S. has been coo...

Matterport Stock Jumps on Better Outlook, Hope for Relief on Parts Shortages

Text size Matterport builds cameras used to take 3-D images. It can take any space—from houses to high-rises—online. Matterport Matterport became the latest tech company to say a shortage of component...

Pfizer, Moderna Take Different Paths as Vaccine Boom Ends

Pfizer is trying to add $25 billion to its 2030 revenue through acquisitions. Dan Kitwood – WPA Pool/Getty Images Text size Pfizer ’s $5.4 billion deal to acquire the biotech Global Blood Therap...

Grocery prices in July had largest price increase since 1979 — with one food staple rising by 38% on the year

The rise in the cost of living cooled in July, but not for grocery prices.  The price of food at home rose 1.3% from June to July, marking a 13.1% increase compared to last year. It was the largest pr...

Redbox Stock Plunges After Shareholders OK Chicken Soup for the Soul Acquisition

Text size Redbox shares were down 40% in recent trading. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Redbox shareholders on Tuesday approved the company’s acquisition by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment . The ...

10 defensive stocks that can also provide you with growth and dividends over the long term

The S&P 500 Index has rallied 10% since June 22 from a deep decline, but there are different schools of thought about whether investors are out of the woods yet. Mark Hulbert has called the recent...

Redbox Is About to Be Acquired. The Stock Remains Crazily Overvalued.

Text size Redbox was hurt by a bet that theater releases of films would surge in a postpandemic world. Dreamstime The end is near for Redbox , and some investors are about to take a substantial hit as...

Alibaba Says Primary Listing in Hong Kong Is Approved

Text size Alibaba said the effective date of converting its primary listing to Hong Kong is expected ‘prior to the end of 2022.’ Photograph by David Becker/Getty Images Alibaba , the Chine...

Novavax slashes sales guidance in half, stock plunges 34%

Novavax Inc. executives slashed their annual sales guidance in half Monday while wildly missing financial expectations, sending shares down more than 30% in after-hours trading. Novavax NVAX, -5.01% n...

Carvana rivals’ stocks plunge after earnings

While Carvana Inc. shares soared despite weaker-than-expected financial results last week, two of the online car-seller’s smaller rivals were not as fortunate Monday. CarGurus Inc. CARG, +0.12% and Vr...

Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...

Labor market is surprisingly strong, but quitting jobs has slowed in these sectors — why that could hurt workers’ bargaining power

Friday’s jobs report showed surprising strength in the labor market, but there are signs that all may not be well for all workers. Quitting in low-wage sectors such as retail, leisure and hospitality ...

Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...

CVS Plans to Bid for Signify Health

CVS Health is seeking to buy Signify Health according to people familiar with the matter, as the drugstore and insurance giant looks to expand in home-health services. Signify Health is exploring stra...

SoftBank Is Ready to Slash Its Massive Stake in Alibaba. Here’s Why.

Text size SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son was a major early investor in Alibaba. Koki Nagahama/Getty Images SoftBank is positioned to sharply sell down its stake in Chinese tech giant Alibaba through a...

Coinbase Has Rallied 90% This Week. Could This Be Another GameStop Moment?

Text size Brian Armstrong, chief executive and co-founder, Coinbase (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Shares in beaten-down cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global have torn higher thi...

Walmart Stock Falls After Report of Hundreds of Layoffs

Text size Shares of Walmart are down about 10% this year. Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Walmart is eliminating about 200 jobs in a bid to restructure the company, according to a report from The...

Walmart Lays Off Hundreds of Corporate Workers

Walmart is cutting hundreds of corporate roles in a restructuring effort, according to people familiar with the matter, a week after the retail giant warned of falling profits. The retailer began noti...

Moderna CEO: No ‘Crazy’ Deals. We’re Giving Cash to Shareholders.

Text size Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel says his company will keep returning cash to investors until it finds a better way of creating value. Jason Alden/Bloomberg Moderna ’s CEO is feeling no pressure ...

Moderna’s Earnings Are Wednesday. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size Moderna is developing two vaccines for the fall, one for the U.S. and the other for international markets. Sean Gallup/Getty Images As the U.S. prepares for a broad Covid-19 booster campaign...

Pfizer, Cisco, and 5 Other Stocks With the Cash Flow to Raise Their Dividends

A company’s free cash is a lifeline for dividends, buybacks and other uses of capital. If that well runs dry or even slows down, a company can be forced to dial down its spending. For this screen, Bar...

Far from Putin’s claims of resilience, Russian economy is being hammered by sanctions and exodus of international companies, Yale report finds

Media reports trumpeting the resilience of the Russian economy in the face of the international response to its invasion of neighboring Ukraine are based on misunderstandings that don’t reflect what’s...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Alibaba, Boeing, NIO and More.

Text size Alibaba stock rises early Monday. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Stock futures were trading lower Monday as recession fears remained at the forefront of investors’ minds as a new trading mo...

Alibaba Stock Rises as E-Commerce Giant Resolves to Maintain U.S. Listing

Text size Alibaba faces renewed regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Chinese tech giant Alibaba ’s stock price was on a roller c...

AMD, PayPal, Starbucks, Uber, Paramount, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

It’s the peak stretch of second-quarter earnings season, with roughly 150 S&P 500 firms scheduled to report this week. The highlights on the economic calendar will be a pair of purchasing managers...

Alibaba shares keep sliding in Hong Kong following delisting threat from SEC

Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. continued to sink overnight, after U.S. regulators last week added the e-commerce giant to a list of Chinese-owned companies that could be delist...