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Text size Gamers play a beta version of Activision Blizzard’s ‘Overwatch 2’ in a tournament in San Antonio. Sergio Flores/Bloomberg With mergers getting increased scrutiny, Microsoft picked a tough time to buy Activision Blizzard . But the regulatory uncertainty might give investors an opportunity for some easy upside in the gaming company’s stock. Microsoft (ticker: … Read More “Activision Stock Is a Bet on Microsoft’s Takeover. It’s One Worth Making.” »
Text size Amazon has created what is arguably one of the world’s best growth businesses. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images Amazon Web Services just might be the most valuable business on Earth. And the most undervalued. Clearly, the optimistic view of the long-term potential of AWS isn’t reflected in the current valuation for Amazon.com stock … Read More “The Most Valuable Business on Earth Could Be Hiding Inside Amazon” »
Lewis Altfest’s time in the finance industry spans seven decades. He has some words of advice for investors who aren’t used to stomach-churning stock-price moves. Altfest founded Altfest Personal Wealth Management in 1983 after working as a general partner and director of research Lord Abbett & Co. Before that, he was an analyst for several … Read More “This veteran money manager has seen it all. And these 19 dividend stocks pass his rigorous quality screen right now.” »
Not many investors can claim a lifetime of stock-market success. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -1.94% BRK.B, -1.39% comes to mind, of course, but what about Warren Kaplan? Who? Kaplan is an 85-year-old individual investor with 70 years of stock-trading experience. Kaplan grew up in a poor family in the Bronx, N.Y., but by … Read More “Opinion: ‘The stock market is not going to zero’: How this individual investor with 70 years of experience is trading the bear market” »
Text size DocuSign reported first-quarter earnings well below Wall Street’s estimate. Tiffany Hagler-Geard / Bloomberg DocuSign (ticker: DOCU) shares are significantly lower in late trading on Thursday after the e-signature firm lowered its guidelines for fiscal year 2023. DocuSign ‘s the business thrived during the pandemic but has been slower in the last few quarters. … Read More “The DocuSign store falls on Cut to Outlook” »
Text size Uncredited It’s a relatively quiet week on the earnings calendar. Highlights will include JM Smucker on Tuesday, Campbell Soup on Wednesday and DocuSign, NIO and Vail Resorts on Thursday. Pfizer is also hosting an investor meeting on Monday, and Advanced Micro Devices is hosting a financial analyst day on Thursday. The highlight of … Read More “AMD, Pfizer, NIO, DocuSign, Campbell Soup and other stocks that investors can see this week” »
Text size Nvidia recently said it slowed the pace of hiring. Dreamstime Nvidia reports earnings after closing on Wednesday. While some analysts have expressed concern about how weakness in the tech sector could affect the semiconductor manufacturer, one analyst believes there may still be a silver lining. Demand for data centers has remained robust and … Read More “Nvidia reports earnings today. What to expect.” »
Text size Dreamstime Nvidia reports earnings after closing on Wednesday. While some analysts have expressed concern about how weakness in the tech sector could affect the semiconductor manufacturer, one analyst believes there may still be a silver lining. Demand for data centers has remained robust and could become a lifeline for chip companies like Nvidia … Read More “Nvidia reports earnings today. Data centers could be a silver lining.” »
Text size The acquisition of VMware would strengthen Broadcom’s position in cloud computing. Dreamstime.com Shares of cloud computing provider VMware was rising Monday after reports said Broadcom was in negotiations to buy the software company. Chip maker Broadcom (ticker: AVGO), with a market value of about $ 222 billion, is negotiating to buy VMware (WMW), … Read More “VMware stock rises following report of Broadcom takeover discussions” »
Anthem Inc.’s information manager says he works with Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud to create a synthetic data platform that will allow the health insurance company to better detect fraud and offer personal care to its members. Anil Bhatt said the plan is to use algorithms and statistical models to generate approximately 1.5 to 2 petabytes … Read More “Anthem seems to nurture the AI effort with Petabytes of synthetic data” »
