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We’ve detected you are on Internet Explorer. For the best Barrons.com experience, please update to a modern browser. Google Firefox Barron’s Coronavirus Interests Magazine Data Advisor Penta Subscribe SIGN IN TRENDING Coronavirus Earnings Stock Picks Big Money Poll Barron’s Live MarketBrief Latest Issue Top 100 Advisors Newsletters Podcasts Your browser does not support iframes Alphabet Stock Is Rising as Revenue Jumps 13% The Google parent reported first-quarter revenue of $41.1 billion. Earnings were slightly below Wall Street’s estimate, due to a larger loss in the company’s other bets.” 2 min Meat Shortages Are Coming as Packing Plants Shut Down Long read Financially Stressed Households Face Lengthier Recovery 3 min It’s Not Just Oil. All Commodity Markets Are Acting Wacky. 3 min Companies Earnings Report Ford Reports a Loss and a Very Bleak Outlook The Detroit auto maker’s first-quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates. But that actually isn’t the bad news: Results in the second quarter are about to get far worse because of Covid-19. 3 min Technology Earnings Report AMD Stock Slides After the Company Cuts Its 2020 Outlook AMD’s first-quarter revenue rose 40%, but the company now expects full-year growth of 25%, down from its prior guidance of 28% to 30%. 1 min Technology Earnings Preview Apple Earnings Are Coming. Here’s What to Expect. Investors have plenty of questions they’d like to see answered, about iPhone sales, demand for other products, and the status of the 5G iPhone. 4 min Consumer Earnings Report Starbucks Stock Fell After Earnings Miss Estimates Starbucks cited the effect of temporary store closures, modified operations, reduced hours, and reduced customer traffic for lost sales. 2 min Dividends IBM Raises Its Dividend for the 25th Straight Year IBM has been paying quarterly dividends continuously since 1916. The payout is up a penny to $1.63 a share. Its stock now yields 5.17%. 1 min Technology Earnings Report Akamai Posts Strong Profits, but Pulls 2020 Outlook The content delivery network company posted better-than-expected results for the March quarter, but withdrew its outlook for the full year given the continuing Covid-19 crisis. 1 min Consumer Feature The Travel Industry Will Bounce Back. For Now It’s Burning Cash. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings said it is burning at least $110 million to $150 million of cash a month without sailing amid the coronavirus crisis, excluding customer refunds—a predicament it’s monitoring closely and may take additional steps to improve. 4 min Health Syndax Pharmaceuticals Gains 57% After Cancer Conference Syndax Pharmaceuticals reported on the first half-dozen patients to get a novel drug code-named SNDX-5613 that targets a mutation involved in some leukemias. 2 min Consumer Research Reports Why Netflix Will See Lasting Gains From Crisis With people working from home, streaming video companies will see lasting benefits from the trend, even more than video games and streaming music, a Bernstein analyst says. 4 min Technology Earnings Preview What to Expect From Facebook’s Earnings Facebook’s financial performance is clearly going to be hurt by the current economic downturn. But it’s also seeing increased activity on its platform. 2 min Bonds These Loan Securities Are Getting Riskier Collateralized loan obligations have been among the few remaining opportunities for double-digit yields. 4 min Economy and Policy What to Look For as Fed Meeting Begins While the central bank has done a lot already to shore up the financial system and support stressed businesses, there are still four areas where it could do more if officials come to believe it is necessary. Watch Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference for some clues. 3 min Coronavirus Commentary How to Keep Consumers’ Lights On: Send the Electric Bill to the Feds The benefits of the stimulus package aren’t being transmitted throughout the economy. The best way to restore circular flow is to tell credit card companies and utilities to just bill the Treasury directly. 4 min Investing Big Money Poll Stocks Could Gain 15% in the Next Year, Experts Say Our latest Big Money Poll finds U.S. money managers anxious about stocks as the coronavirus spreads. But they see the market and economy rebooting in 2021. Long read Markets Cover In This Stock Market, Anything Could Cause the Next Panic A negative oil price is just one of the things that can spook the markets. 4 min Latest From MarketWatch and Barron’s 11:55 PM ET Asian markets rise ahead of Fed meeting 10:13 PM ET Keeping slaughterhouses open to protect U.S. meat supply may boost these food-packaging companies 8:45 PM ET Are investors driven by FOMO, or is a retest of the lows coming? Here’s what Wall Street strategists are saying about the stock-market outlook 8:45 PM ET This one chart makes the case that the worst is over for the stock market and the virus has peaked 7:47 PM ET Why Enthusiasm for Roku Stock May Be Fading 7:21 PM ET Ford Reports a Loss and a Very Bleak Outlook 7:01 PM ET Revolut has lost eight execs as virus fallout tests culture 6:56 PM ET Comerica’s Rating Was Downgraded. More Cuts Could Be Ahead. 6:43 PM ET AMD Stock Slides After the Company Cuts Its 2020 Outlook 6:07 PM ET Why Netflix Will See Lasting Gains From Crisis 6:01 PM ET How Covid-19 Deepens America’s Retirement Woes 6:00 PM ET Akamai Posts Strong Profits, but Pulls 2020 Outlook 5:56 PM ET Alphabet Stock Is Rising as Revenue Jumps 13% 5:54 PM ET The Travel Industry Will Bounce Back. For Now It’s Burning Cash. 5:46 PM ET The Dow Slipped 32 Points Because Oil and Reopening the Economy Are Wild Cards 5:43 PM ET What BP’s Post-Spill Comeback Says About The Market 5:38 PM ET Here Is a List of Companies That Have Suspended Dividends or Stopped Stock Buybacks in April 5:37 PM ET How to Play Intercontinental Exchange’s Coming Earnings Report 5:24 PM ET Starbucks Stock Fell After Earnings Miss Estimates 5:09 PM ET It’s Not Just Oil. All Commodity Markets Are Acting Wacky. 4:49 PM ET U.S. stocks end lower as investors weigh earnings reports and prospects for reopening economy 4:30 PM ET Financially Stressed Households Face Lengthier Recovery 4:21 PM ET Stocks End in the Red, Led by Tech 4:03 PM ET Treasury yields grind lower as Fed meeting gets underway 3:27 PM ET U.S. oil prices end lower after spike on report of oil tanker explosion in Syria 2:56 PM ET U.S. Coronavirus Cases Top 1 Million 2:41 PM ET Meat Shortages Are Coming as Packing Plants Shut Down 2:35 PM ET SEC Orders RBC to Pay $3.9M Over Mutual Fund Disclosures 2:27 PM ET Apple Earnings Are Coming. Here’s What to Expect. 2:07 PM ET How to Keep Consumers’ Lights On: Send the Electric Bill to the Feds 1:51 PM ET Gold down a third session, but ends off session low amid a record drop in April U.S. consumer confidence 12:59 PM ET Taiwan Semi Is a Stock for a Tech-Reliant World 12:57 PM ET Syndax Pharmaceuticals Gains 57% After Cancer Conference 12:49 PM ET Is it time the government stepped in to save fintech unicorns? 12:47 PM ET Device Maker Taps Into Post-Pandemic Retail Trends 12:44 PM ET IBM Raises Its Dividend for the 25th Straight Year 12:42 PM ET Charting a slow-motion breakout attempt, S&P 500 challenges major resistance (2,874) 12:35 PM ET ‘Explosive downside protection’ sparks a 57.2% return for these investors 12:35 PM ET What to Expect From Tesla Earnings Tomorrow 12:32 PM ET Investors Await Wave of Big Tech Earnings Barron’s Advisors Visit Barron’s Advisors Top 1,200 Advisors Top 100 Independent Advisors Top 100 Women Advisors Find an Advisor Funds United States Oil Fund Scrambles to Stay Afloat 3 min India’s Bond Market Seizes Up, Forcing Franklin Templeton To Close Six Funds 4 min Invesco Was Downgraded Today. That’s the Least of Its Problems. 2 min Coronavirus Why Enthusiasm for Roku Stock May Be Fading 2 min Ford Reports a Loss and a Very Bleak Outlook 3 min Comerica’s Rating Was Downgraded. More Cuts Could Be Ahead. 2 min Earnings Report AMD...