The quest for a U.S. company to reach $1 trillion in market capitalization continues, with Apple last seen leading the charge. How are the top 10 U.S. companies faring in the race?
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include Alcoa, Alphabet, Apple, Carbonite, Halliburton, Hasbro, Marriott, Salesforce.com and Square.
The bulls are feeling frisky.
Steven M. Peters At this milestone or another, Amazon's market cap will eventually overtakes Apple's.
Steven M. Peters The crowd at Estimize, anticipating huge buybacks, is looking for 37% EPS growth in fiscal Q3 and 26% in fiscal Q4.
Steven M. Peters The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Monday included Apple, Biogen, BJ's Wholesale, ConocoPhillips, Honeywell, Schlumberger, Shopify and Spotify.
Supply chain diplomacy in the heat of Trump's trade war.
Steven M. Peters BMO's Tim Long still expects Apple's share price to be lower in 12 months than it is today.
Steven M. Peters A space on Apple 3.0 for subscribers to share their trading strategies.
Steven M. Peters Would Steve Jobs have taken this sitting down?
Steven M. Peters Giving SBUX only to baristas is like giving AAPL only to the geniuses.
Steven M. Peters Goldman analyst Rod Hall is sticking with his street-low $164 price target.
Steven M. Peters Tesla may have a supplier problem, tariffs could hit Apple's financials, North Korea sanctions are having their desired effect, and other important business headlines.
If it's a choice between profitability and volume growth...
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