ADSK, AVGO, AMCX and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Virgin Galactic — The struggling space company slid 15% as the stock’s 1-for-20 reverse stock split took effect. The company was trying to get its stock back above $1 a share after a steady slide over the past three years. Virgin Galactic paused spaceflight operations this […]

Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway trims stake in EV maker BYD to 6.9%

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4, 2024.  CNBC Berkshire Hathaway, an early investor in BYD thanks to the late Charlie Munger, continued to trim its massive stake in China’s biggest electric vehicle maker. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate has sold an additional 1.3 million Hong Kong-listed shares […]

BBY, TOL, ADSK and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Toll Brothers — The homebuilder gained 1.3% after Goldman Sachs upgraded it to neutral from sell. Goldman cited near-term upsides from customization and upgrades, as well as continued outperformance of new home sales. Best Buy — Shares rose more than 3% following a UBS upgrade to […]

Starboard has Autodesk stake, weighs suit over probe disclosure

Jeffrey Smith, CEO and chief investment officer at Starboard Value LP. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starboard Value, the activist fund run by Jeff Smith, has taken a sizable stake in graphics-design firm Autodesk and has spoken with the company’s board in recent weeks over a number of serious concerns involving its disclosures around an […]

Japan did it first. Chinese stocks with some of the biggest global upside

If the international expansion of Japanese companies is any guide, Chinese companies still have significant potential left in the global market. That’s according to HSBC analysts. They found that for mainland China-listed companies, known as A shares, just 11.7% of their total revenue last year came from outside the country. The portion was an even […]

Investors may be missing these commercial real estate opportunities

The threat from a looming wave of maturing commercial real estate loans has been well telegraphed to investors, but it’s possible the metrics they are using to protect themselves from risk are flawed. Many investors have been avoiding bank stocks with high concentrations of commercial real estate (CRE) exposure. However, that metric may miss banks […]

Avoid concentration risk with this value play, ETF expert suggests

Investors worried about concentration risk in the market may want to consider value-oriented investments. Avantis Investors chief investment strategist Phil McInnis suggests taking a more diversified approach than simply looking at index funds such as the S&P 500. He thinks his firm’s exchange-traded fund strategy can provide better returns in the long run, emphasizing companies […]

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: ADBE, RH, HAS

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Adobe — The software stock surged 14% on stronger-than-expected quarterly results. Adobe posted adjusted earnings of $4.48 per share on $5.31 billion in revenue and boosted its full-year guidance. JPMorgan also upgraded shares to overweight from neutral. RH — The luxury retailer plummeted 18.6% after reporting […]

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: ADBE, HAS, GME

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. GameStop — The meme stock dipped 1.1% after Keith Gill, known as “Roaring Kitty,” seemed to increase his ownership in GameStop. He appears to be holding 9.001 million GameStop shares and over $6 million in cash, according to a screenshot he posted to Reddit. Adobe — The […]

CleverCards, a configurable payments startup, raises $8.6 million

Miragec | Moment | Getty Images A startup that uses technology to stop employees from abusing corporate expenses just raised 8 million euros ($8.6 million) of funding from investors, defying a slump in investment for the financial technology industry. CleverCards, a Dublin-based firm, uses a digital platform linked to configurable expense cards to give companies […]