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Why It's Not Too Late to Buy Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) Stock
While many investors were bailing on Apple Inc. last summer, Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani was recommending it.
Gilani, a retired hedge-fund manager who runs the Capital Wave Forecast and Short Side Fortunes advisory services here at Money Map Press, often makes counter-intuitive picks; the same day he made his call on Apple, he recommended Microsoft Corp.
In this Q&A with Money Morning Executive Editor William Patalon III, Gilani explains what he likes so much about Apple... Apple stock
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Why Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Wants Japanese Chip Maker Renesas
Apple, not known for big acquisitions, is looking at buying a 55% stake in Japanese chip maker Renesas for $482 million. The company happens to be the world's largest producer - and top expert - in one area of technology of crucial importance to Apple.
Hint: It has to do with the iPhone...
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Why Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) Stock Is Down 20% This Month
Netflix was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 in 2013, gaining more than 312% for the year. The good times continued into this year, with NFLX up 25% year-to-date as of March 6. But since then the stock has plunged nearly 20%.
Here's why this high-flyer has stumbled...
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Apple TV (Nasdaq: AAPL) Will Be Huge in 2014 – But Not Because of Comcast
Apple TV will indeed make a splash this year, but all this business with Comcast is a red herring. In fact, there are two big changes Apple can make to its $99 set-top box that will go a long way toward turning it from a "hobby" to a
major source of revenue...
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Post-Market Report: Dow Jones Industrial Average Starts Week on Down Note
At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 25.82 points to finish at 16,276.95. The Nasdaq dipped 50.4 points to finish at 4,226.38, while the S&P 500 hit an intraday all-time high before falling 9.07 points to close at 1,857.46.
Here's a recap of other major events today:
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How Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) Will Dominate the Wearable Tech Wars
Apple has quietly been putting together a strategy that will allow it to gain the upper hand in a wearable tech market expected to explode over the next few years. That strategy revolves around the one thing that will
drive the most people to buy and use wearable tech devices...
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Why Pixelworks Inc. (Nasdaq: PXLW) Stock Soared 85%
What happens when an obscure small-cap company announces behemoth Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is a major customer? Shares skyrocket.
That's exactly what happened Thursday when Pixelworks Inc. (Nasdaq: PXLW) disclosed Apple is a chief purchaser.
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Apple and Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) Might Have a Secret Plan
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It now appears that rumors Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) had an acquisitive eye on Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) were just that - rumors.
But the two companies have been talking, and almost surely about the planned Tesla Gigafactory, an enormous rechargeable battery production plant projected to open in 2017 and cost at least $5 billion.
It makes total sense. Thanks to its sales of millions of mobile devices like iPads, iPhones, and laptops, Apple uses twice as much battery capacity as Tesla.
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Surrender on Apple Stock Buyback a Rare Loss for Carl Icahn
This doesn't happen very often.
Carl Icahn has been foiled in one of his activist investing ploys, and by none other than Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL).
Icahn's bid for an Apple stock buyback worth $50 billion ran aground today (Monday) when an influential proxy voting service, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), sided with Apple.
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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Stock Slammed by Poor iPhone Sales
When you spoil Wall Street by racking up earnings growth of 50% or more quarter after quarter - as Apple did from 2010 through 2012 - less-than-stellar earnings will hit with a particularly loud thud. On balance, Apple's earnings weren't horrible,
but these iPhone numbers definitely set off alarm bells...
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What's Next For Tech Stocks in 2014
Tech stocks like Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG), Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), and Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) are "where the action is" in tech. They make the most money and create the most innovative products and services.
These tech stocks also serve as good benchmarks for how the whole industry is performing.
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Why Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Stock Will Hit $1,000 in Two Years
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock is currently trading just over $559 - and Money Morning's Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson thinks it will climb 79% in the next two years.
Robinson sees AAPL hitting $1,000. A major reason for this bullish forecast: China.
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What the China Mobile Deal Means for Apple Stock (Nasdaq: AAPL)
After months of tantalizing rumors that Apple and China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE ADR: CHL) were on the brink of an agreement to allow China's largest carrier to sell the iPhone, the companies finally confirmed the deal yesterday (Sunday).
It's a big new market for Apple's primary profit machine, so it should give Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock a huge boost - right?
Well...sort of. But don't put in that order for a new yacht just yet...
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The 10 Biggest Companies in the U.S. Today
The numbers are in, and the amount of money fueling 2013's biggest companies is staggering...
The 10 biggest companies in the U.S. today earned a combined annual revenue of more than $2.2 trillion in fiscal 2012. That's $1.35 trillion more than the country's credit card debt, and $1.17 trillion more than total student debt.
These moneymakers have been ranked based on total revenue by Fortune. All of them are incorporated in, operated in, and filing taxes in the U.S.
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Silver Set to Double, According to… Apple?
We all have our reasons for following Apple. I track it because this tech behemoth is a massive global consumer of metals - base, rare earth, and precious.
And right now, Apple is giving us some surprising indications that the demand for silver is much higher than its current price would have us believe.
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Why Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Stock Will Surprise You in 2014
Many people on Wall Street wrote off Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock after it plunged from its high of over $700 in September 2012 to below $400 by April 2013.
But not Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani.
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Wednesday's "Earnings Beat" Makes This The Perfect "Bad-Market" Tech Stock
In last week’s Private Briefing report “Our Experts Show You the Stocks to Pick in a ‘Stock-Picker’s Market’,” Money Map Press Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald identified SanDisk Corp.(NasdaqGS: SNDK) as one of three stocks to buy in the face of the stock market sell-off.
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