Skeptics have asked, fairly, why Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) should have a larger market capitalization than Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and IBM (NYSE: IBM). The answer is that Apple’s growth…
There were some interesting takeaways from Apple’s conference call and its Q&A session of that call. The call ended right about 6:00 PM EST. Despite a blowout in sales and earnings and…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has managed a huge surprise on earnings today. Steve Jobs and friends posted earnings of $4.64 EPS and a record of $20.34 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters has…
What do Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) have in common, besides earnings due after the close? Both stocks are essentially sitting at all-time high share prices…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Some of the most active stocks or largest moves…
Reuters: Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) and BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) killed a $116 billion joint iron ore venture. Reuters: The People’s Daily said the rise in the yuan will not last long.…
The Mac is unlikely to take Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) to the leader’s board for PC sales. It is still considered too much of a niche product. And, netbooks, which were until…
The environment for home sales becomes more difficult with each passing month. Some estimates put 11.1 million mortgages, about 23% of the US total, underwater, meaning that homeowners owe their banks more…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has earnings due on Monday, October 18, 2010, after the closing bell. While we wanted to look at the consensus data, we also wanted to see what were…
Most US consumers can buy an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4 for $200 or $300, depending on the amount of memory storage. The device can cost closer to $600 when it is…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Obama must decide whether China will be designated a “currency manipulator” before the midterm election. Reuters: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares were up after earnings. Reuters: GM’s IPO should be in mid-November.…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has many winners and losers through time in its partnership suppliers. The announcement that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is going to begin selling the iPad along along…
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) are a nearly perfect cameo of where the stock market is now, and where it is likely to remain after earnings season.…
The personal computer business is changing. In some ways the changes are better, but in many ways the changes are not good for the sector. Gartner Group’s Q3 preliminary data showed growth…
In its third quarter earnings report, Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) posted better than expected EPS and revenues, but the company had already lowered the bar in August. The chip giant also forecasted…
