Apple earnings can be summed up in one word

Apple Inc.’s iPhone business looks to be a portrait of resilience, according to numerous analysts, as the company indicated late Thursday that macroeconomic pressures had yet to dampen demand for its ...

Semiconductor stocks have been hit hard, but many are poised for rapid growth. Here are 15 expected to shine through 2024

In December, we listed analysts’ favorite semiconductor stocks for 2022. That hasn’t turned out well. But after chipmakers’ stocks have been hammered, the group is now trading at “normal-level valuati...

Qualcomm Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.

Text size Qualcomm is expected to report revenue of $10.86 billion for its June quarter. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images Investors will get an important update on Qualcomm’s business when the maker of...

Giant Manager Buys Up Apple, Nvidia, Corning, and Pfizer Stock

Text size MEAG bought 66,593 Nvidia shares to double its investment to 130,142 shares at the end of June. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The investment arm of one of the world’s biggest insurers just ma...

Big Investor Sold Apple Stock, Bought Coinbase, GE, and Nvidia

Text size Customers shop at an Apple Store. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A large European asset manager recently made material changes in its largest U.S-traded stock investments. DNB Asset Managemen...

Tesla Is Doing to Car Makers What Apple Did to Nokia. Will History Repeat?

Text size Volkswagen’s software delays underscore why Tesla will be so hard to catch, according to one analyst. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tesla is disrupting the car business, a little like how A...

Demand for Smartphones Is Slowing. These 3 Stocks Could Be Hurt, Analysts Say.

Text size Qorvo is more at risk from the slowdown in the economy than other makers of wireless chips because it focuses more on the lower end of the market, according to Cowen. Dreamstime Wall Street ...

Apple’s Tim Cook: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Text size Apple shares haven’t escaped the 2022 bear market: The stock is down about 20% year to date. Nonetheless, Apple remains the largest U.S. company...

Micron’s Woes Are Trouble for Nvidia and These 5 Other Stocks

Text size A technician inspects a semiconductor wafer. Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg News last week that Micron Technology expects weak Chinese demand for semiconductors to hit its quarterly results means a ran...

Altria’s Dividend Yield Signals Doubts About the Payout. Why It’s Safe.

The FDA’s bid to ban Juul products—like these at a shop in El Segundo, Calif., on a recent day—has weighed on Altria stock. Analysts think Altria, which has a big stake in Juul, will be able to ...

Apple Stock Is Under Pressure. Why Its Earnings Could Trigger a Rebound.

Text size Apple stock has fallen 23% so far this year. Getty Images Investors are feeling a little jittery about Apple stock, and for logical reasons. The company’s June quarter earnings report is les...

There may be another shoe to drop after Micron’s big outlook miss

Micron Technology Inc. delivered an outlook that fell far short of the consensus view, prompting questions about how the memory market will fare in a downturn. The company expects August-quarter reven...

Micron Issues Muted Sales Forecast On Demand Weakness

Memory-chip maker Micron Technology issued a subdued revenue outlook, spooking investors even as it reported a strong rise in earnings for its latest quarter. “Recently, the industry demand environmen...

Juul Ban Will Send Altria’s Strategy, and $13 Billion, Up in Smoke

Altria Group disastrous investment in Juul Labs is taking another turn for the worse. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Food and Drug Administration is preparing to remove Juul e...

Apple Is Delving Into ‘Buy Now Pay Later,’ or BNPL. How to Play It.

Many of us are glued to our iPhones. If Apple has its way, the device will get stickier. The company announced a new “tap to pay” feature this past week—aiming to get consumers to pull out their iPhon...

Apple’s iPhone 14 Production Could Be Worse Than Feared, JPMorgan Says

Text size An Apple employee hands over Apple iPhone. Sean Gallup/Getty Images China’s manufacturing problems in the wake of strict lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid-19 may hit output of Apple ’...

Apple Looks to Boost Production Outside China

TOKYO—Apple has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to boost production outside China, citing Beijing’s strict anti-Covid policy among other reasons, people involved in the discussio...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Is Taking a $30 Billion Hit on Apple

Text size Apple makes up 40% of Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio. Dreamstime Warren Buffett loves Apple , but Berkshire Hathaway’s big holding in the iPhone maker is hurting: Apple shares a...

Switzerland’s Central Bank Bought Apple, AMC, Tesla, and Rivian Stock

Text size Apple stock is holding up better than the broader market. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg The central bank of Switzerland increased positions in some of its largest U.S.-traded equity investments in t...

Chinese Tech Giants Quietly Retreat From Doing Business With Russia

HONG KONG—Chinese tech companies are quietly pulling back from doing business in Russia under pressure from U.S. sanctions and suppliers, despite calls by Beijing for companies to resist overseas coer...

Apple stock swings to a loss after executives warn of billions in added costs

Apple Inc. topped earnings expectations and set a new record for March-quarter revenue to start 2022, but executives expect to see steeper pressure and billions in additional costs from challenges in ...

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway are once again outperforming the stock market. Apple is one big reason but these other 10 stocks also helped

During the long, tech-driven bull market, you may have seen more than one article suggesting Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s investing style was no longer valid. With Buffett leading the congl...

Facebook Is Broken. Execs Say a Fix Won’t Come Fast.

Meta Platforms, the former Facebook, has come under heavy fire from Congress, regulators, and even its own users, but there has been nothing like the crisis it now faces. Its core business is decelera...

Big Investor Sold AMC and Apple Stock. It Bought PayPal and Pfizer.

Text size An AMC theater Dreamstime A large European asset manager slashed its investment in the volatile shares of a movie-theater chain, and made other changes in its U.S.-traded stock portfolio. DN...

Meta Stock Might Have Another Round of Weaker Earnings Ahead

Text size Meta stock saw a couple of price target cuts as analysts worried about its coming earnings report. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Wall Street is bracing for another rough quarter for Facebook ...

Apple Was Dropped From J.P. Morgan’s ‘Focus List.’ What Worried the Analyst.

Text size J.P. Morgan removes Apple from its Analyst Focus List. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple stock has been on an absolute tear. Now J.P. Morgan is removing it from the firm’s Analyst ...

Apple Stock Falls and Suppliers Decline on Report of iPhone SE Output Cuts

Text size The next-generation iPhone SE Courtesy Apple Shares of Apple and the tech giant’s suppliers were falling early Monday following a Nikkei Asia report that said Apple plans to make about 20% f...

GameStop stock shows rare resiliency as it rises to longest win streak in more than 4 years

Shares of GameStop Corp. continued to charge higher Friday, to extend the win streak that started nine trading days ago, after they closed at a one-year low. The videogame and consumer electronics ret...

Apple Stock’s Rally Could Keep Going Thanks to ‘Stellar’ iPhone 13 Demand

Text size People shop at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in New York. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Demand for the iPhone 13 is on track to outpace previous iPhone models, according to analysts, with the po...

BlackBerry Valuation Makes It More Attractive. The Stock Receives an Upgrade.

Text size A logo stands on display outside the BlackBerry headquarters. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Shares of BlackBerry received a boost on Monday after analysts at RBC Capital Markets upgraded the sto...

Apple Could Add $10 Billion of Revenue by Selling More Ads. Here’s How.

Text size People walk past an Apple store in Shanghai in October. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images How ironic it would be if Apple was the next great online advertising sales business. Apple (ticke...

Cash-Rich Berkshire Hathaway, Apple, and Alphabet Should Gain From Higher Rates

Text size Apple could be earning $4 billion more on its cash by 2023 Sean Gallup/Getty Images With its enormous cash reserves now earning next to nothing, Berkshire Hathaway could be one of the bigger...