Postpandemic Las Vegas is booming. Above, the Luxor Hotel and Casino. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Text size Real estate investment trusts have had a tough couple of years, but opportunities abound—if you know where to look. Higher interest rates have meant greater costs for the borrowing-dependent industry, while also making REIT dividend yields less… Read More »
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Text size Twilio’s stock has been pressured over the past year. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg Twilio stock rose Wednesday following a report that said activist hedge fund Legion Partners has met with the software company several times and pushed for divestitures and board changes. The stock (ticker: TWLO ) was up 5.3%, to $65.96 on Wednesday. Legion, known for… Read More »
Cathie Wood says Tesla is “the most obvious beneficiary of the recent breakthroughs in AI.” Adrienne Grunwald Text size ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood is an AI believer. Nvidia is just too expensive. Her best AI idea: Tesla . Nvidia (ticker: NVDA) has had an incredible recent run. Shares are up 26% over the past five… Read More »
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Illustration by Barron’s Staff; Public Domain (1) Text size T-bills—Treasuries issued with maturities of one year or less—have become one of the hottest investments around. And why not? Their yields have risen steadily since early 2022 as the Federal Reserve has lifted its key short-term rate from near zero to 5%, and T-bill rates, at… Read More »
Text size Cathie Wood said in February that while she still liked Nvidia, its valuation was “very high.” Getty Images Cathie Wood’s flagship fund was into Nvidia before the chip maker became the hottest thing on Wall Street. Unfortunately for the head of ARK Investment Management, it was also out of the stock before its… Read More »
Text size Carl Icahn, billionaire activist investor. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg There’s no love lost between Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman. The pair of activist hedge-fund managers are sparring again, with Ackman clearly enjoying watching Icahn’s holding company come under attack by short sellers. Icahn Enterprises stock (ticker: IEP) continued to slide on Thursday morning, down… Read More »
Text size Nvidia issued a bullish sales forecast for its fiscal second quarter. Courtesy Nvidia Stock futures traded mostly higher Thursday and tech shares rallied after chip maker Nvidia issued a bullish revenue forecast. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell after Fitch Ratings placed the United States’ top-rated bonds on a negative rating watch… Read More »
Text size Generation Investment, which is chaired by former Vice President Al Gore, exited its stake in Chinese online giant Alibaba. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Al Gore’s investment firm recently made major changes in its investment portfolio. Generation Investment Management, which former Vice President Gore co-founded, sold its entire investment in Chinese online giant Alibaba Group… Read More »
Text size Dividend-paying stocks are under pressure as investors bet on an artificial-intelligence boom. Above, ChatGPT’s logo. Oliver Douliery/AFP/Getty Images The stampede into artificial intelligence, the market’s newest new thing, has left dividend stocks looking stodgy and unloved. They’re also becoming bargains. The promise of AI and its ability to reduce costs and enhance products… Read More »
Text size Generation Investment, which is chaired by former Vice President Al Gore, exited its stake in Chinese online giant Alibaba. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Al Gore’s investment firm recently made major changes in its investment portfolio. Generation Investment Management, which former Vice President Gore co-founded, sold its entire investment in Chinese online giant Alibaba Group… Read More »
Text size *** ONE-TIME USE *** The Microsoft-backed ChatGPT logo displayed on a smartphone in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2023. Oliver Douliery/AFP/Getty Images The stampede into artificial intelligence, the market’s newest new thing, has left dividend stocks looking stodgy and unloved. They’re also becoming bargains. The promise of AI and its ability to reduce… Read More »
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Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Carl Icahn might be down, but he’s not out. The legendary activist investor, 87—who has seen the stock of his investment company, Icahn Enterprises , plunge after an attack by short-seller Hindenburg Research and a possible federal probe—squares off on Thursday in a proxy fight at Illumina , the… Read More »
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Text size Tesla stock is up about $12 since Elon Musk tweeted that he found a CEO for his social media platform. Chris Delmas/AFP/Getty Images Investors waiting for Tesla ‘s Twitter overhang to lift don’t have to wait anymore. It is gone. Investors can feel relieved they got their CEO back. Now they can start… Read More »
Text size Apple’s market capitalization, at $2.76 trillion, tops the combined market cap of the entire Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Apple has ruined this market. And it’s the biggest impediment to more gains. That might seem like an odd thing to say. The S&P 500 index rose 1.6% this past… Read More »
Text size Shares of Nvidia have more than doubled this year, as a consensus winner in the AI race. Andre Malerba/Bloomberg Investors continue to scramble for new ways to play the mania over artificial intelligence software. From here, they’re going to have to think a little more outside the box. The obvious bets are so… Read More »
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Text size Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio totals about #350 billion. Above, CEO Warren Buffett at the 2019 shareholders meeting. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway was an active seller of stocks in the first quarter and the company’s quarterly filing expected late Monday will detail what it did. Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK. A, BRK.… Read More »
Text size Charles Schwab stock is gaining after an upgrade? David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Charles Schwab stock was jumping Monday after it was upgraded at Raymond James amid signs that its deposit issues have started “winding down.” Raymond James analyst Patrick O’Shaughnessy upgraded Charles Schwab stock (ticker: SCHW) to Outperform from Market Perform. The reason for… Read More »
Text size CEO Thomas Siebel said C3.ai was on track to be profitable by the end of its current fiscal year. F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg C3.ai shares rose early Monday after the company said it is on track to beat its guidance for its fiscal fourth quarter. It’s a boost for the artificial-intelligence software provider as… Read More »