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3 Odd Things About Apple Stock's Unlikely Winning Streak
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are rolling again. The world's most valuable consumer tech company has closed higher for eight consecutive trading days, a run that Investor's Business Daily points out is
Report: Apple Inc. to Build Only 5 Million OLED iPhone Models for Launch Quarter
According to a research report from BlueFin Research Partners, by way of Barron's, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is on track to "build only 5M iPhone X in the September quarter, supporting the view that the
2 Stocks With Better Dividends Than NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics-chip company NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) isn't much of a dividend stock these days. A surging stock price over the past year has rendered the dividend almost inconsequential, with a yield of just
3 Top Index Funds to Keep You in the Investing Game
Investing during retirement is a very different animal from investing before retirement. Retirees need most of their income to come from diversified portfolios that protect their nest egg from large
Is Microsoft's Xbox One X a Game-Changer?
After much anticipation, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) finally unveiled Xbox One X at the Woodstock for gamers (aka E3 2017) in Los Angeles in June. Xbox One X is a beast of a console, and it's also the
Intel Corporation May Have a "Gap" in Its Desktop Processor Lineup in 2018
Former Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) executive Kirk Skaugen, who used to lead the company's client computing group, admitted to making a serious mistake with respect to its roughly $10 billion desktop
Apple Inc. Supplier Rumored to Lose Some Business in 2018
In 2014, contract chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) won the entirety of the A-series orders for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) blockbuster iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.'s Best-Selling Product in 2017
Optical-components maker Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ: AAOI) recently announced preliminary results for the second quarter of 2017, and it was a doozy. From top-line revenues to bottom-line
No Surprises in International Business Machines Corp.'s Earnings Report
IT powerhouse IBM (NYSE: IBM) reported second-quarter results on Tuesday night. Operations in the so-called strategic-imperatives category showed solid sales growth, led by mobility and cloud-computin
3 Growth Stocks for Aspiring Investors
Growth investors can be a hopeful bunch. Not content with simply reaping the long-term benefits of index-fund investing, we reach for market-beating returns -- with long-lasting staying power, if at
3 Things Intel Corporation Wants You to Know About Its Xeon Scalable Processors
On July 11, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) finally announced the general availability of its new Xeon Scalable Processors, which were formally known by the codename Skylake-SP. The company is
Box Loses One of Its Top Managers, but Gains a Former Apple Exec
If you're an ambitious tech company and you lose a long-serving top manager, you could do worse than to replace that person with a veteran Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) executive. That's exactly what happened
Qualcomm Thinks It Can Settle Its Legal Battle With Apple
Mobile chip giant Qualcomm's (NASDAQ: QCOM) legal risks continue to mount. The Federal Trade Commission's legal complaint against the company is moving forward, while Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) separate
Better Buy: Intel Corporation vs. Qualcomm
This year has been a bit disappointing for both Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) shareholders. Despite posting strong quarters, including Intel's record-breaking start to the year and
The Only Promising Part of Amazon's Rumored Messaging Service
Reports surfaced a few days ago that e-commerce giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is working on a new messaging service called Anytime. I'm generally pretty skeptical about the idea, mostly because the
3 Things This Apple Inc. Supplier Wants You to Know
One of the reasons contract chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) seems to have become more interesting among tech investors is the fact that it's the key
3 Stocks at 52-Week Highs Still Worth Buying
Stocks near or at their 52-week highs are rarely compelling buys. These highfliers, after all, generally tend to take a breather upon reaching new heights or, worse still, reverse course. With this
5 Things You Didn't Know About Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) supplies power amplifiers, front-end modules, and RF chips to a wide range of industries, but it's best-known as an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) supplier. That's because
3 Value Stocks for Conservative Investors
You say you've found yourself a cheap stock -- and congratulations for that! But doesn't it seem like it's a bit too cheap? Every value investor may eventually encounter the suspicion that a cheap
Investors Shrug Off Fears of Apple iPhone Delays
Typically, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) investors are quite sensitive to iPhone rumors, given the financial significance of the company's dominant revenue driver. That's why it's somewhat surprising that
Intel Corporation Prepping Hex-Core Mainstream Core i7 and Core i5 Desktop Processors
Today, Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) mainstream desktop processor family consists of three basic processor types. At the very top are quad-core processors with a technology called HyperThreading enabled
Why I'm Not Buying the New Apple Inc. iPad Pro
At Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference, the company finally updated its 12.9-inch iPad Pro and introduced a new 10.5-inch iPad Pro.The new devices included a whole host of upgrades
Here’s How Intel Corp. Will Put Data Center Chips First
At its investor meeting back in February, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) revealed that it would be putting its data-center focused chips on new manufacturing technologies first.This represents a change from how
Why Would Amazon Get Into Messaging?
There's a tendency to give Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) the benefit of the doubt whenever it looks to enter any new market, because the company's track record of disruption across industries speaks for
3 Dividend Stocks That Don't Pay Out Nearly as Much as They Could
Dividend-paying stocks are what every income-loving investor seeks. But sometimes some companies can be downright miserly with their payouts, even though they could afford to do more.We asked three