Medline Industries Explores Sale
WSJ Markets - 7hr
Medline Industries is exploring a sale that could value the big medical-supply company at as much as $30 billion and mark the latest in a recent string of large leveraged-buyout bids.
Stock Market: News
How to Invest When Everything Is Expensive
WSJ Markets - 15hr
Stock valuations have never been so stretched at the beginning of a new economic cycle. This doesn’t mean disaster, but savers need to plan for lower future returns.
Tips to Keep Costs Down When Postponing A Wedding
WSJ Markets - 17hr
Postponing instead of canceling can save you money. Use the time to rethink your wedding. ‘Allowing couples to really embrace who they are.’
Coinbase's Lofty Valuation Might Erode as Crypto Markets Mature
WSJ Markets - 19hr
Cryptocurrency giant Coinbase Global’s stock-market debut on Wednesday is expected to be a blockbuster, though doubts persist about a lofty valuation for the digital currency exchange.
SEC Review Highlights Potentially Misleading ESG Practices Among Funds
WSJ Markets - 1d
The regulator said it has found some investment firms that tout socially responsible investing were potentially misleading investors, part of its enhanced review of funds that claim to support environmentally friendly policies but don’t adhere to them.
Norwegian Cruise Line, Netflix, Amazon.com: Stocks That Defined the Week
WSJ Markets - 1d
Here are seven major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.
Startup Behind AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Files for U.S. IPO
WSJ Markets - 1d
Vaccitech PLC, spun out of the University of Oxford in 2016, said it plans to use the technology underpinning the vaccine to develop treatments targeting prostate cancer, hepatitis B and human papillomavirus.
Dow, S&P 500 Rally to Fresh Records
WSJ Markets - 1d
Stocks finished with gains, as the S&P 500 notched a third straight positive week, its longest winning streak since October.
Amazon's Labor Unrest May Show at the Margins
WSJ Markets - 1d
The size and spread of the e-commerce giant’s distribution network could blunt the impact of a union push, but its effect on margin expansion could still be in question.
Dollar Hits Rough Patch After Strong Start to 2021
WSJ Markets - 1d
The dollar has slipped this month as the Federal Reserve stuck to its message that it won’t raise interest rates soon despite forecasts that the U.S. economy will recover faster than its peers.
Don't Be Fooled by the Market's Newest Magic Trick
WSJ Markets - 1d
A quirk in the calendar is doing some heavy lifting: The market declines from early last year just vanished from a key fund-manager benchmark.
Mega Stocks Take Back Control of Market Rally
WSJ Markets - 1d
For the past month, the “reflation trade” bet that a pumped-up economy would benefit riskiest assets the most has gone almost perfectly into reverse.
Levi Strauss, Okta, Provention Bio: What to Watch When the Stock Market Opens Today
WSJ Markets - 1d
Stock futures suggested the rally in tech shares would pause.
All That Glitters Isn't Goldman
WSJ Markets - 1d
A blockchain stock surges following the release of an analyst’s report, but investors would be wise to read the fine print.
The Improbable Dream of the Chinese Property Tax
WSJ Markets - 1d
A Chinese property tax of any significance would undermine the overheated land market that both local governments and households increasingly rely on.
Peloton Doesn't Need to Sweat So Much
WSJ Markets - 1d
Investors have been backpedaling hard on the fitness-products maker’s stock even as its delivery times have improved.
Biden Tests Tech Giants' Support for Global Tax Reform
WSJ Markets - 1d
For the world’s largest companies, global tax policy is proving the adage that you should be careful what you wish for.
Fertility, Daycare Stocks Trail as Covid-19 Derails Family Planning
WSJ Markets - 1d
Shares of Bright Horizons and Progyny have underperformed as the pandemic and economic downturn have shifted routines and led to a baby bust.
Shoppers Are About to Realize Just How Messed Up Shipping Has Become
WSJ Markets - 1d
Port congestion issues are bad news for Americans eager to upgrade their wardrobes. But retailers may end up benefiting—at least a little.
The Cost of Postponing a Wedding Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
WSJ Markets - 1d
Some couples who racked up fees for postponed weddings are rethinking the whole affair. “I can’t stomach spending a cent more.”