Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is flush with cash. The head of the world’s first company to reach a $3 trillion market cap took home a staggering $98.7 million in stock and cash in 2021. That’s a 571% increase in his compensation compared to 2020. Cook, of course, has seen Apple through a slew of firsts including hitting a market cap of $1 trillion in 2018. Oh, and he also oversaw the release of everything from new versions of the Apple Watch to the company’s expansion into streaming… Source link
Read More »Average investors are still big believers in stocks: Bank of America – Yahoo Finance
Retail investors haven’t lost confidence in the bull market in stocks (yet) despite a tough start to the year, according to new data from Bank of America’s strategy team of Savita Subramanian and Jill Carey Hall. “BofA Securities clients were small net buyers of U.S. equities the first week of 2022 ($0.5 billion), during which the S&P 500 fell 1.9%. Clients bought both ETFs and stocks. Retail and hedge funds clients led the buying last week while institutional clients began the year with… Source link
Read More »What iPod inventor Tony Fadell says he learned from Steve Jobs – Yahoo Finance
The titanic, albeit controversial legacy of late Apple (AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs drew renewed interest this week when the tech giant became the first company to reach a market capitalization of $3 trillion. The feat owes in no small part to the development of the iPod and iPhone — both overseen by Jobs — which shaped the behavior of billions of people across the globe in how they listen to music and connect with loved ones. In a new interview, former Apple engineer Tony Fadell — who’s… Source link
Read More »Tesla, Apple and the new China syndrome: Morning Brief – Yahoo Finance
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, January 4, 2021 Tesla’s biggest growth engine may become its Achilles heel On Monday, during a session that by all rights should have been dominated by Apple (AAPL) becoming the first company ever to hit $3 trillion market capitalization, Tesla (TSLA) did what it normally does — which is steal the spotlight. As the iPhone maker set its… Source link
Read More »The most searched finance topics on Yahoo Canada in 2021
Bitcoin was the most searched finance term on Yahoo Canada in 2021(REUTERS) Each year, the Yahoo Canada team takes a look at the most searched finance terms on our site. In 2021, there were the usual suspects, a few surprises, and one sector that dominated. Here are the most searched finance terms for 2021, grouped by theme. Cryptocurrency Interest in this emerging technology continued to surge in 2021, especially with the rise of cryptocurrency ETFs. The OG coin, bitcoin topped the list… Source link
Read More »The most searched finance topics on Yahoo Canada in 2021
Bitcoin was the most searched finance term on Yahoo Canada in 2021(REUTERS) Each year, the Yahoo Canada team takes a look at the most searched finance terms on our site. In 2021, there were the usual suspects, a few surprises, and one sector that dominated. Here are the most searched finance terms for 2021, grouped by theme. Cryptocurrency Interest in this emerging technology continued to surge in 2021, especially with the rise of cryptocurrency ETFs. The OG coin, bitcoin topped the list… Source link
Read More »The most searched finance topics on Yahoo Canada in 2021
Bitcoin was the most searched finance term on Yahoo Canada in 2021(REUTERS) Each year, the Yahoo Canada team takes a look at the most searched finance terms on our site. In 2021, there were the usual suspects, a few surprises, and one sector that dominated. Here are the most searched finance terms for 2021, grouped by theme. Cryptocurrency Interest in this emerging technology continued to surge in 2021, especially with the rise of cryptocurrency ETFs. The OG coin, bitcoin topped the list… Source link
Read More »The best business books we read in 2021: Yahoo Finance
The second year of the coronavirus pandemic showed that the world isn’t slowing down any time soon, and neither is creativity. From biographies of famous economic leaders to a retrospective of our nation’s response to the pandemic and a deep dive into the scandals of Nixon’s VP Spiro Agnew, there was no shortage of books that captured the attention of the Yahoo Finance staff in 2021. Here are the top nine books the Yahoo Finance staff read and loved this year. (Photo: Penguin Random… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Finance: Dave Nadig on a Record Year in ETF Flows
It’s been a blockbuster year for ETFs, with over $900 billion in flows to the space. Dave Nadig, CIO and director of research at ETF Trends, discusses the big moments in ETFs and what to expect looking forward into 2022 on Yahoo Finance’s “ETF Report.” With nearly $670 billion going into primarily U.S. equities, one of the biggest stories wasn’t actually a story at all; big, cheap beta was the name of the ETF game for 2021…. Source link
Read More »Inflation to slow in 2022, but still above Fed target: Economist – Yahoo Finance
With the Fed slated to begin its rate hike campaign next year, inflation concerns remain at the top of investors’ minds as a turbulent 2021 comes to a close. According to Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), there are several key areas that may see reduced price pressures, leading to slowing inflation overall in the coming year. “I do think that we’ll see a gradual slowing in inflation over the course of 2022,” Faucher told Yahoo Finance Live. “After a… Source link
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