by David Zeiler
Every quarter, people can't help but ask, "How much cash does Apple have?"
That's because every time Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) reports earnings, its cash pile increases. And with fresh results just in – the Apple Q3 earnings were delivered on Tuesday – we have a new, bigger tally: $202.8 billion.
by Jim Bach
The regime change at Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) isn't going to spark explosive gains in CSCO stock.
But CSCO stock isn't going to be hurt by it either.
Here's why it will be hard for John Chambers' successor to screw it up...
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average forecasted a 106-point dip from Friday's close as traders eyed domestic earnings reports and a decline in the Chinese stock market.
This morning, major Chinese markets saw their biggest one-day decline since 2007. Shares of Chinese ADRs are having a rough morning, including Alibaba Holding Group LTD (NYSE: BABA).
Here's everything else you need to know about the Dow Jones Industrial Average today...
Gold's hard-and-fast tumble below $1,100 an ounce last week means some investors may be tuning out the yellow metal, or suffering from gold "burnout."
But ignoring it is a huge mistake. It has been and always will be one of the best stores of value, and it's a crucial hedge against economic upheaval. It's a must-have holding.
Last Monday's "bear raid" in Shanghai brought gold down to 13-year lows before settling at five-and-a-half year lows, and it's absolutely vital that we know when this downward pressure will stop so that we don't "call a bottom" too quickly.
It was probably not a coincidence that stocks ended their worst week of the year on the same day that Hillary Clinton gave a speech outlining her capital gains tax proposals. Stocks didn't crater just because of the speech, but it sure didn't help.
As I noted in a Money Morning Special Broadcast sent out just after the speech on Friday, the Democratic presidential candidate proposed to double capital gains taxes on most investors. There was no mention in her speech of any desire to extinguish the egregious "carried interest" tax that allows her richest private equity donors to pay lower taxes than their secretaries. But her proposal was neither about showing political courage nor intelligent tax and economic policy.
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"When will social security run out?" It's a question Social Security Finance Committee trustees ask themselves every year – and the American public more frequently than that.
Just recently the committee released its latest projections and some of the numbers don't look so promising.
Here's everything there is to know about the future of social security as we know it...
Money Morning Technical Trading Specialist D.R. Barton appeared on CNBC World after Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) blew away all analysts' expectations and turned in a stellar profit of $0.19 per share on $23.18 billion in revenue.
Life is about to get even better for shareholders as the e-commerce giant looks to put revenue worries to rest forever.
Don't miss D.R.'s look at CEO Jeff Bezos' "take over the world's retail" mentality...
by Alex McGuire
REITs are companies that own or finance income-producing real estate, and investing in REITs is an effective strategy for earning passive income.
Still, many investors believe REITs will underperform as an interest rate hike lingers on the horizon.
Here's why that couldn't be further from the truth...
