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Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion

TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With 8% Dividend Yield Let’s talk portfolio defense. After last week’s social flash mob market manipulation, that’s a topic that should not be ignored. Now, this is not to say that the markets are collapsing. After 2% losses to close out last week’s Friday session, this week’s trading kicked off with a positive tone, as the S&P 500 rose 1.5% and the Nasdaq climbed 2.5%. The underlying bullish factors – a more stable political scene, steadily… Source link

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Apple Ramps Up Pace of Bond Sales as Stock Buybacks Seen Rising

(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. is selling bonds to take advantage of cheap borrowing costs, tapping the market for a third time since May as it looks to return more cash to shareholders. The company is issuing debt in six parts, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The longest portion of the offering, a 40-year security, may yield between 115 and 120 basis points above Treasuries, said the person, who asked not to be identified as the details are private. Until 2020, Apple hadn’t… Source link

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Why Apple TV Plus is ‘still sputtering’ as NBC’s Peacock, Netflix subscribers soar

The streaming wars are heating up, and the winners and losers are starting to emerge. Comcast (CMCSA) reported quarterly earnings on Thursday, beating analyst estimates on both the top and bottom lines while also adding an impressive 11 million signups to its fledging Peacock streaming service. Peacock, which made its streaming debut on July 15, now has 33 million signups — on par with competitors like HBO Max (T), which reported nearly 40 million total subscribers in its most recent… Source link

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Apple becomes world’s biggest smartphone seller with record shipments

Bloomberg Hedge-Fund Titans Lose Billions to Reddit Traders Running Amok (Bloomberg) — For once, Main Street is beating Wall Street.In a matter of weeks, two hedge-fund legends — Steve Cohen and Dan Sundheim — have suffered bruising losses as amateur traders banded together to take on some of the world’s most sophisticated investors. In Cohen’s case, he and Ken Griffin ended up rushing to the aid of a third, Gabe Plotkin, whose firm was getting beaten down.Driven by the frenzied trading… Source link

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Apple reports record earnings powered by iPhone 12 sales

Bloomberg Hedge-Fund Titans Lose Billions to Reddit Traders Running Amok (Bloomberg) — For once, Main Street is beating Wall Street.In a matter of weeks, two hedge-fund legends — Steve Cohen and Dan Sundheim — have suffered bruising losses as amateur traders banded together to take on some of the world’s most sophisticated investors. In Cohen’s case, he and Ken Griffin ended up rushing to the aid of a third, Gabe Plotkin, whose firm was getting beaten down.Driven by the frenzied trading… Source link

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Google to stop using Apple tool to track iPhone users, avoiding new pop-up warning

(Reuters) – Google’s iPhone apps such as Maps and YouTube will stop using a tool from Apple Inc that allows them to personalize ads, avoiding a new Apple warning that informs users their browsing is being tracked. FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo The announcement in a Wednesday blog post by the Alphabet Inc unit comes shortly before Apple is expected to start enforcing new… Source link

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Hedge Funds Beef Up Tech Holdings Before Apple, Amazon Earnings

InvestorPlace 7 Dividend Aristocrats That Will Outlive Us All Most long-term investors love passive income stocks. Therefore, today we introduce seven “Dividend Aristocrats,” or businesses that have increased the base dividend every year for the past 25 years. According to metrics from S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI), “Since 1926, dividends have contributed to approximately one-third of total return while capital appreciations have contributed two-thirds. Therefore, both sustainable dividend… Source link

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Buy Apple Stock at Record Highs Before Q1 Earnings?

Apple AAPL stock helped the Nasdaq hit new highs this week and the company reached its own records on Friday heading into the release of its first quarter fiscal 2021 earnings results on Wednesday, January 27. Apple has now jumped nearly 30% since the end of October and analysts are high on its newest iPhone. Continued Domination Apple needs no introduction as it continues its steady expansion beyond iPhones into services and more. But despite its successful diversification, its flagship… Source link

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Apple Privacy Change May Cost Facebook, Google $25 Billion Over Next 12 Months

AFP via Getty Images Google could lose $17 billion in revenue over the next 12 months. Facebook has perhaps $8 billion at risk. The cause, according to mobile marketing professionals? Apple’s new privacy changes. Last year Apple announced that the Identifier For Advertisers (IDFA) would become explicitly opt-in in its next mobile operating system update, iOS 14. The IDFA helps advertisers measure ad effectiveness as well as track devices and people. In September, Apple Source link

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