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What Apple Unveiled About the Watch Last Week
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) held its much-anticipated unveiling event last week, and announced several changes coming to its Watch line.In this Industry Focus: Tech podcast segment, host Dylan Lewis and....
3 High-Yield Stocks Safe for Retirees
Stocks that offer retirees strong dividend yields and minimal risk are out there -- if you know where to look. To get you started, here are three that combine both of these key attributes. They....
Why Corporations Take the Dollar and Investors Take the Rate
"And we're certainly focused more on margin dollars than margin percent."--Kevin Ozan, CFO of McDonald's Corporation(NYSE: MCD), July 25, 2017"And if you ask me and say would you trade a point of....
Bye Bye Big Blue
Es gibt verschiedene Arten, ein Investment zu beenden. Manchmal braucht man einfach gerade mehr Geld als auf dem Konto ist und löst eine der am wenigsten aussichtsreichen Positionen im Depot auf.....
IBM Is Beating Microsoft in This Emerging Tech
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is usually considered a better "mature tech" play than IBM (NYSE: IBM) for a few simple reasons: Microsoft pivoted from its aging OS and productivity software businesses....
This Intel Corp. Rumor Is Probably True
Just a few days ago, Eurocom, a vendor of gaming laptops that use higher-performance desktop-oriented processors, revealed that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is planning to launch a gaming-oriented chip....
Is Broadcom Stock Still a Good Value?
Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) has outperformed the broader market by a handsome margin in 2017 (the stock is up 36% so far this year) thanks to broad-based growth across its three core business segments....
Should Microsoft Fear This $5 Billion Startup?
Slack recently raised $250 million in its latest funding round, with over half that total provided by Softbank's Vision Fund. The round valued the workplace messaging start-up at $5.1 billion, up....
Google Scoops Up HTC's Pixel Team for $1.1 Billion
The rumors were true! Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google is essentially acqui-hiring a large number of employees from Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC. The two companies....
Intel Corp. Now Has an Apple Inc. Problem
Over the years, there has been a lot of talk and speculation that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) would transition its Mac line of personal computers away from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) processors and toward....
3 Top Dividend Stocks in the Chemicals Industry
Chemicals can sometimes seem like a risky business. Markets that were hot one day can cool off the next, and suddenly a manufacturer of, say, nitrogen, can't sell its product, and its stock price....
Apple Inc.'s iPhone X Delays Are Getting Worse
Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone X is suffering from production delays. This we know. Unfortunately for Apple, consumers, and investors, it appears that the delays have only gotten worse.Raymond....
What Does the Cannon Lake Delay Mean for Intel Corp.'s PC Business?
DIGITIMES just published a report in which it says that Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) upcoming Cannon Lake processor for low-power notebooks has suffered another delay, this time from a launch in the....
Apple Inc.'s Massive iPhone Pricing Opportunity
Barron's recently published the key parts of a research note from analyst Katy Huberty regarding Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone pricing. Huberty begins the note with some sensible, if not entirely....
T-Mobile Takes Another Shot at Verizon, AT&T
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) CEO John Legere seems to enjoy trolling his rivals at AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ). He calls them "The Duopoly" and has taken special delight in what he sees....
3 Stocks to Help You Make Money in Retirement
Especially if you're looking forward to a long retirement, you'll still want to own some stocks after you've cashed your final paycheck. Unlike cash or many bonds these days, returns from stocks....
Apple Inc.'s Samsung Problem
Based on numerous reliable press and analyst reports, it's generally accepted that the 5.8-inch organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, display found on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently announced....
3 Small-Cap Biotech Stocks to Buy This Fall
Hundreds of small-cap biotech stocks are available for investors. All of them come with relatively high levels of risk. With that high risk, though, also comes the potential for high returns.But....
3 Ways AI Is Changing Medicine
Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are turning science fiction into science fact -- and deep learning is at the heart of these advances. These AI systems have the ability to sift....
3 Stocks That Could Help Retirees Reach Their Goals
Retirement tends to bring with it a change of pace, and it also tends to bring a change of investment strategy. For most investors, that means shifting their stock holdings toward equities that....
Is Apple a Day 2 Company?
"I've been reminding people that it's Day 1 for a couple of decades. I work in an Amazon building named Day 1, and when I moved buildings, I took the name with me. I spend time thinking about this....
In Pursuit of Growth, Nike Is Playing Offense to Win Over Consumers
Today's consumers have high expectations, and companies like Nike (NYSE: NKE) are looking for ways to better serve and attract them.As part of those efforts, Nike has unveiled its "consumer direct....
Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson's Brewing Brawl Gets Real
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) took direct aim at Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) last year when it won FDA approval for Inflectra, a biosimilar to Johnson & Johnson's multi-billion dollar per year....
McDonald's Corporation Earnings: Mark Your Calendar
Shares of McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) have been on a tear recently, rising about 39% in the past 12 months and 24% in the past six. After such a bullish run, investors have high expectations going into....
IBM's Blockchain Efforts Are Gaining Momentum
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin may eventually crash and burn, but the underlying blockchain technology looks like it's here to stay. Exactly how transformative blockchain turns out to be is up in....