Articles about Stock

Jeff Bezos sells $2 billion worth of Amazon shares in his first stock sale since 2021

Jeff Bezos sold nearly 12 million Amazon shares, his first sale of the company’s stock since 2021, for a total… Read More

Amazon shares rise 5% in initial surge after first stock split in more than two decades

Amazon at less than $130 a share? No, the market hasn’t completely cratered — today is the first day of… Read More

New Amazon CEO Andy Jassy crosses tough items off tech giant’s to-do list — what’s next?

An Amazon stock split has long been on shareholders’ wish list, promising to make the company’s shares more affordable for… Read More

Satya Nadella sells half his Microsoft stock, weeks before state implements capital gains tax

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sold half of his stake in the company in a series of transactions last week, divesting… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies beats estimates with Q3 revenue of $26.1M as shares rise 6%

Adaptive Biotechnologies‘ stock rose 6 percent to $30 per share in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company reported higher… Read More

Apple stock up 5% after beating estimates with $58B in Q2 revenue, services business up 14%

Apple delivered higher-than-expected earnings and revenues for the second quarter, sending the company’s stock up more than 5 percent in… Read More

Seattle Genetics shares slump after losses grow

Seattle Genetics on Thursday reported higher-than-expected losses for the fourth quarter, sending shares down 8 percent in after-hours trading. Quarterly… Read More

As Amazon becomes world’s most valuable company, analyst sees ‘mostly unconstrained’ opportunities

As the closing bell rang Monday, Amazon had surpassed fellow Seattle-area tech giant Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company.… Read More

TLDR: Amazon ends warehouse worker bonuses & stock awards

Today’s featured stories Amazon criticized for ending warehouse bonuses and stock awards in shift to $15/hour wage Nintendo plans new… Read More

TLDR: Amazon stock hits $2K, Microsoft’s new parental leave policy, Google debunks Trump video

Today’s featured stories Amazon stock hits $2,000, and why one analyst thinks it is on the road to a $2.5… Read More

Satya Nadella offloads $36M in Microsoft stock in biggest sale in his tenure as CEO

Satya Nadella sold $36 million in Microsoft stock, his biggest sell off since becoming CEO in 2014. Nadella sold 328,000… Read More

Fintech vet raises $2.5M for startup that gives you stock in a company for buying its products

Bumped wants kill two birds with one stone, helping companies build 1-to-1 relationships with customers while giving people an easier… Read More

Amazon is worth more than Microsoft: Market value surges past $700B, now 3rd largest U.S. company

Amazon’s market value surged to more than $702 billion on Wednesday, making the Seattle-based company the third-largest U.S. public company… Read More

The startup community is seriously sweating a stock option provision of the Senate tax bill

Update: The Senate removed the provision that would have taxed stock options at vesting, rather than exercising, in a revised version… Read More

Amazon stock surges 13% after earnings report, making Jeff Bezos the world’s richest again

Amazon stock is soaring Friday morning after crushing earnings expectations and disclosing that it now employs more than 540,000 people… Read More

Amazon says it’s ‘stepping up investment’ to grow business amid backlash over earnings miss

Amazon’s stock is down again today, after the online retail giant reported its biggest profit miss in years. Amazon posted a… Read More

Amazon stock briefly tops $1,000 per share

Amazon stock briefly topped $1,000 per share for the first time early this morning, putting its market value at $478… Read More

Amazon’s market value soars, now worth almost double Walmart

Despite reporting a staggering $481.3 billion in net sales last year, Walmart’s value still doesn’t even come close to Seattle… Read More

Amazon’s stock reaches another record, capping a big week of news

Amazon made even more news than usual this week — acquiring Middle East e-commerce company Souq.com, unveiling a new brick-and-mortar retail… Read More

Microsoft’s market value surges past $500B for first time in nearly 17 years

Another strong earnings report has pushed Microsoft to a new milestone, lifting the company’s market value past $500 billion for the first… Read More

Working Geek: How Brianna Wettlaufer manages her time while running Stocksy

By her own admission, Brianna Wettlaufer is “not particularly great at balance.” And yet, the Stocksy co-founder still manages to curate… Read More

Microsoft stock approaching all-time high after 10% surge on strong earnings report

Microsoft has been trending toward a record-high stock price for a while now, and it got a major push in that direction… Read More

Anxiety high as technology stocks take another tumble to start the week

Anyone counting on a Monday morning rebound for technology stocks woke up disappointed today, as last week’s struggles continued with only a… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks shares soar after reported earnings

Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks all reported quarterly earnings Thursday afternoon, and investors are clearly happy with the financial performance of… Read More

Amazon stock up 14 percent as investors rally around fourth quarter profits

Amazon turned an unexpected profit during its holiday quarter, and Wall Street has responded by driving the company’s stock up… Read More

Let’s say you’ve got $100 to invest: AMZN or MSFT?

This past week, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel at the big Rotary Club of Seattle, talking about the… Read More

Dividend increase is the latest sign of change at Microsoft

Microsoft is boosting its quarterly dividend to 28 cents a share, a 5 cent increase — slightly more than Wall… Read More

Update: Google passes Microsoft in value for 1st time

[Update, Monday morning: It’s official: Google passed Microsoft’s market value for the first time in its history this morning, although… Read More

How to pretend you’re a startup (Hint: call me when you offer stock options)

It’s become depressingly trendy to be a startup. Even the United States Federal Government is out stumping the benefits of… Read More

Why Nasdaq is giving Apple less weight, and Microsoft more

Nasdaq this morning sent a wave through the stock market with the announcement that that it will “rebalance” its closely… Read More