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Why Intel Stock (Nasdaq: INTC) Is Up on Talk of an Altera Deal

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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When word got out Friday that Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) was in talks to buy fellow chipmaker Altera Corp. (Nasdaq: ALTR), Intel stock rose 6.4%.

That tells you how much this deal would benefit Intel. Usually the prospect of a large acquisition causes a company's stock to drop.

But buying Altera will fuel Intel's already thriving data center business - the company's best answer yet to its failure in the mobile market.

What Altera brings to the table will end up being a huge catalyst for INTC stock...

How to Invest in the Tech Powerhouse Rising in Asia

By , Executive Editor, Money Morning -

stocks to buy 2014 The world's next big center for semiconductor production isn't going to be somewhere on the U.S. West Coast. It won't be in South Korea, Taiwan, or somewhere in mainland China. It will be Ho Chi Minh City, in an increasingly powerful Vietnamese tech economy... The Spike in Production Next year, the CPUs for 80% of the world's new PCs will be produced […]

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How Investors Can Unlock the Power of Profit Margins

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

Running a business is all about making a profit, so it makes sense that one of the best measures of a company's performance is its profit margins.

Strong profit margins almost always mean a company is well-run, stable, and making money.

A company with healthy profit margins indicates it is efficient at allocating capital and controlling costs, so it can deliver more revenue to the bottom line.

It also means the business has built-in safety. Therefore, a sales slump is less likely to cause an operating loss.

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Microsoft, Intel and Cisco Follow Path Predicted in 'Leaders to Laggards' Series

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

Money Morning subscribers who read our Leaders to Laggards series on the flagging fortunes of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) weren't surprised by subsequent developments, since we told you exactly what to expect.

The Leaders to Laggards articles described how each company's failure to anticipate changes in their markets undermined their ability to grow revenue. Consequently, their stocks - which many investors rode to massive profits in the 1990s - have languished for the past decade.

Those tribulations have continued since the publication of our series. Microsoft and Cisco have struggled mightily, and as predicted, only Intel has managed to make headway.

Why Intel Is Still a 'Buy'

Intel surprised Wall Street with better-than-expected earnings last week - its standout divisions pointing the way to the future growth that for years had eluded the company.

Profits were up 2%, while revenue jumped 21% year-over-year. And gross margins edged up to 64% from 61% in the previous quarter.

Revenue from data centers, which provide the infrastructure for the cloud-computing trend that is now beginning to dominate mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, was up 15.2% and accounted for nearly 20% of total sales.

Intel sees data centers as a major source of growth. The company expects sales to rise to $10 billion this year and to $20 billion within five years.

An even bigger surprise was the strength in the chipmaker's PC business, which accounted for 64% of Intel's revenue. Sales of the PC division rose 11% despite sluggish growth of about 2.5% in the overall PC market.

"We knew that there would be strength in the servers, but to see double-digit growth in their PC unit is great," Michael Shinnick, a money managerat Wasatch Advisors Inc.,told Bloomberg News.



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What's Wrong with Intel Corp.?

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Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald is back on FoxBusiness' "Bulls & Bears" program for a look at technology companies' earnings reports. While some are thriving, others like Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) are stuck in a stock price standstill. Watch Fitz-Gerald and his "B&B" counterparts debate whether or not Intel is a "Buy."

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and AMD (Nasdaq: AMD) Betting Big on Combination Chips

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off tomorrow (Wednesday) night with a keynote address from Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) Chief Executive Officer Steve Balmer. But the big attraction at the Las Vegas conference will be the so-called "combination chips" expected to be unveiled by Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (Nasdaq: AMD).

The highly-anticipated chips could deliver one of the biggest advances in years for the
technology that powers laptop and desktop computers, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

The new chips are designed to incorporate the microprocessors that calculate formulas and run the software on most personal computers with the more obscure graphics processing units (GPU) - the devices responsible for rendering images in video games and movies and converting audio files for listening.

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Buy, Sell or Hold: Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) Offers the Security and Profit Potential that Few Other Investments Can

By , Global Macro Trends Specialist, Money Morning -

It's not easy to find a safe investment these days. The rulebook has been thrown out and mercantilism reigns supreme between nation states. The world is experiencing significant and rapid changes in currency exchange rates, as policymakers around the world take a beggar thy neighbor approach toward economic security.

There are very few multi-national companies that are not being seriously impacted by these changes.

However, there is one company that should be a safe beacon in these stormy market conditions: Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC).

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Intel Corp. Invests $8 Billion to Lead the Next Generation of the Semiconductor Industry

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning -

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) announced Tuesday that it would invest up to $8 billion in U.S. manufacturing with the goal of keeping its position as a semiconductor industry trailblazer and beat rivals in creating the next generation of silicon chips.

The world's biggest chipmaker will build a new factory in Oregon and upgrade four existing plants in Arizona and Oregon. The move emphasizes Intel's position as the biggest manufacturer of microprocessors and its ability to keep up with the semiconductor world's rapid and expensive pace.

The upgraded Intel plants will produce the company's most technologically advanced chips and support its move to 22-nanometer production. This next generation of chip production reduces the line widths on circuits, which lowers costs and improves capability. Currently chips are made with a 32-nanometer process.

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Will Other Tech Companies Follow Cisco's Lead by Paying Out Dividends?

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

When Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) last week announced that it would institute the first dividend in company history, it raised hopes among investors that hi-tech companies would finally begin to loosen the strings on their hefty cash holdings.

But will other tech giants really follow suit and institute dividends of their own?

Cisco Chief Executive Officer John Chambers announced the payout last Tuesday, saying the networking giant would reward shareholders with a dividend likely to yield between 1% and 2%. The exact amount will be determined in the coming months while the company considers developments on the tax front and broader market conditions.

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Buy, Sell or Hold: Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) - It's Time to Sell This High-Tech Stalwart

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Now's not the time to own Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). Long one of the bluest of blue chips in the U.S. high-tech sector, H-P has been in the spotlight and under the gun since its early August ouster of Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd. And while Hurd's unceremonious resignation following an internal sexual harassment investigation […]

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Why Upbeat Earnings Reports Mean Caution to Investors

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

While earnings reports continue to pour out each day, investors should be careful before being excitedly swayed by strong financials - there is much more of the big picture to consider.

Stocks failed to get traction in the middle of last week after Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) earnings reports underwhelmed investors, and Friday they spun off the road. The culprit: Fears that recent earnings gains represented a peak, and that weak readings on the economy were more representative of current conditions.

Retail sales disappointed and the Federal Reserve cut its 2010 growth forecast. Even word that Singapore grew at a record pace of 19.3% in the second quarter couldn't lift the air of despondency on Wall Street. 



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