Apple shares, although close to an all-time high, have only pushed higher by about 4% in just the past month. The most recent short interest report showed Apple shares short dropping about…
Chris Lange Short sellers shied away from the two most shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq between the latest settlement dates, but they moved on other short seller favorites.
Samsung heir and leader Jay Y. Lee was convicted of bribery and related charges, Amazon will cut prices at Whole Foods, Hurricane Harvey could temporarily raise oil prices, and more important headlines.
Walmart, United Technologies, Travelers, and Apple led the DJIA to a lower close on Thursday.
The U.S. installed base of streaming media devices is dominated by Roku, which claims more than twice as much of the market as Apple or Google.
Cisco Systems, Caterpillar, Disney, and Apple were the top gaining stocks on the DJIA index Tuesday.
Companies included on the S&P 500 index bought back more than $500 billion in stock last year and have bought back more than $4 trillion in shares since 2008.
Boeing remains the best performing of the 30 stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average index, even thought the political brouhaha last week kept investors cautious.
Cisco Systems, Goldman Sachs, Apple, and Walmart led the DJIA in plunge of around 260 points.
Apple reportedly will spend $1 billion to acquire outside content for its media distribution businesses, the value of home equity in the United States continues to rise, and more important headlines.
Douglas A. McIntyre Samsung's Galaxy 8 is now the best-selling Android-based smartphone in the world according to research firm Strategy Analytics.
Paul Ausick Boeing's 50% share price increase so far in 2017 has driven the DJIA to a gain of more than 11% for the year to date. And there appears to be little reason…
Apple, American Express, Cisco Systems, and Boeing kept the DJIA in the green on Tuesday.
While the latest 13F filing from Berkshire Hathaway contained fewer changes than in the past quarters, there were several issues that stood out handily.
Overall notebook sales rose in the second quarter, but Apple still trailed five other manufacturers, which shows how heated competition is.
Douglas A. McIntyre 
