Category: Tech Stocks
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Investing in Semiconductor Stocks: Three Chipmakers on the Upswing / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Deborah Baratz writes:
Global semiconductor sales have been pretty listless lately, but new data suggests a turnaround is on the horizon for this sector.
In fact, one new forecast by research firm IDC predicts the rate of growth in the semiconductor sector could potentially double in the latter part of this year.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Apple and Amazon, A Tale of Two Stocks...and Two Economies / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Clif_Droke
The government recently reported that the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2 percent, below the expected 2.5 percent rate. The jobless rate has declined, but mainly because so many job seekers have given up in their search for a job. The economic recovery, in other words, isn't as strong as it appears on the surface.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Does the "Showroom Effect" Spell Trouble for Amazon? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Patrick Vail writes:
Thanks to the "Showroom Effect," Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) have parted ways.
That means Amazon's hot new Kindle e-reader will no longer be found on the shelves of one of the biggest U.S. chain retailers.
The "Showroom Effect" is a phenomenon in which consumers use brick-and-mortar stores to test drive certain products before purchasing them online at a lower price.
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Facebook Will Always Be #2 To Google: That’s Why It’s Worth $30 Billion Not $100 Billion / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Andrew_Butter
Putting to one side the hype about promoting World Peace by facilitating better connections between 845 million friends, particularly cool young ones, Facebook is in the Selling-Advertising-on-the-Internet-Business.
Google got to there first, so unless the 22-Immutable Laws of Marketing got revoked Google will always be #1 and Facebook, who got there second, will always be #2.
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Friday, May 04, 2012
Innovation Investing: Now is the Time to Buy ABB Stock / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
G. S. Early writes:
As investors, we constantly hear that the markets are forward looking. There is a good reason for that.
The future is precisely where smart investors need to be focused these days.
It doesn't matter whether you are investing for income or for growth, it is what's over the horizon that matters most.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Apple Stock Hopes to Turn Liquidmetal Into Gold / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) loves to think of lucrative new uses for other people's bright ideas.
For instance, the original iPod wouldn't have been possible without Toshiba's innovative 1.8-inch hard drive.
And when Steve Jobs learned about Gorilla Glass in 2006, he convinced Corning to revive the largely unused technology so Apple could put it in the iPhone.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Apple Stock Price Consolidating Gains / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Since it hit its post-earnings peak at a point-and-figure print of 618 (off of 555), let's notice that until a few minutes ago Apple (AAPL) was consolidaing its gains in a high-level area above 607.
However, the triple low at 607 was violated, and sure enough AAPL has followed-through to a print low at 604 so far, but could trade down to 598-596 prior to the conclusion of the corrective period, and my expectation of the emergence of another upleg.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Technology Stocks With High Growth and High Yield / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Fast_Graphs
In the not too recent past, when people thought of technology stocks they were mainly focused on high growth. However, as technology has evolved and become more mainstream, so to have technology stocks. Today there are many technology stocks that are paying dividends, but best of all, not at the sacrifice of potential growth. This article looks at five technology stocks with yields equivalent to or greater than the 30-year treasury bond, that offer above-average expected future growth while simultaneously available at very attractive valuations.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Don't Be Surprised by Apple Q2 Earnings / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Following its extraordinary beat last quarter, expectations for Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings are even higher than usual.
With Apple having such an outsized influence on the markets, even investors who don't hold the stock will be watching for Apple's Q2 earnings report after the closing bell today (Tuesday).
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Investing in on the Light Source of the Future, Cirrus Logic / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
The biggest question facing Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS) is: now what?
For Cirrus CEO Jason Rhode the answer is found in what will become a $1 billion industry by the end of this decade. According to Rhode, he's found his next big breakout.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Is Apple too Big for Nasdaq? Can it Keep Driving Technology ETF Stocks Higher? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
Despite the recent selloff, shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) have skyrocketed 48% in the first quarter, dwarfing the 12% gain posted by the S&P 500.
Apple's astonishing rise has also helped to underpin the Nasdaq Composite, which gained nearly 19% in the first quarter -- its strongest showing since 1991.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Is Groupon the Next Enron? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning writes:
Is Groupon the next Enron? ... No. It's worse.
Before the company even went public, there were signs that internal financial controls weren't up to snuff.
Now I'm hearing refrains of "three blind mice" as investors line up to have their day in court. You might as well say the "dog ate my homework."
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Eye on Apple and Amazon Stocks / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Despite today's downgrade by BTIG, the reactive weakness so far has NOT inflicted any meaningful damage to the overall Apple (AAPL) Point & Figure chart structure. To inflict preliminary damage, the stock must press to a PF print of 623, which should trigger downside continuation to test much more meaningful PF support at 619. A print of 618 will trigger near term sell signals, and WILL represent a near term PF top in AAPL.
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Monday, April 09, 2012
Adobe Systems (NSDQ: ADBE): On the Fast Track to Growth / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Elliot_H_Gue
The 2000 technology bust and subsequent collapse of the high-flying Nasdaq left many investors with the perception that technology is a high-risk, volatile sector that’s only appropriate for the most aggressive growth investors.That sentiment is downright anachronistic. The S&P 500 Information Technology Index has a beta of 0.96 over the past five years; indexes with betas lower than 1.0 are less volatile than the broader market. More important, technology stocks have outperformed the broader market by a sizable margin despite their below-average risk. (See “Tech Sector Shines.”)
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Monday, April 09, 2012
New Lumia 900 Smartphone to Breathe Life into Nokia / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
After a rocky couple of years, Nokia Corp. (NYSE ADR: NOK) has a plan for a comeback, and it starts with the release of the new Lumia 900 smartphone.
The Lumia 900, which went on sale in the United States yesterday (Sunday), is the fruition of last year's deal with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) to put the Windows Phone operating system on Nokia smartphones.
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Monday, April 02, 2012
High-Tech IPOs Are Fueling the Nasdaq Stock Market Rally / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael Robinson writes:
Don't look now but big paydays are here again in the tech-heavy Nasdaq.
From the depths of the 2009 bottom, the Nasdaq is up 139%, hitting levels it hasn't seen in more than 10 years.
In the last three months alone, the bellwether index is up nearly 19% -- outpacing the 12% gain in the S&P 500.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Are High Taxes About to Make Silicon Valley Pack Up and Leave? / Politics / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
California Governor Jerry Brown is at it again.
He's cut a deal with the teachers' unions that would take the top rate of state income tax from 10.3% to 13.3%.
If passed on the November ballot, that would increase taxes on the top tier by a hefty 29%.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
An ETF for Latest Boom in Tech Stocks: Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Benjamin_Shepherd
As the broader markets turn in a stellar performance, technology has been far and away one of the hottest sectors. That’s driven a huge 17.5 percent gain in Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLK), just in the first quarter of 2012 alone.
Although highly commoditized, the semiconductor industry has been the top-performing industry group in the Technology Select Sector’s portfolio, with Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), LSI Corp (NYSE: LSI) and Micron Technology (NYSE: MU) all gaining on average about 40 percent so far this year.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Is Apple Stock the short of a lifetime or the new widow maker? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
I have a confession to make.
I believe Apple stock (Nasdaq: AAPL) is going to be world's first trillion-dollar company yet I want to short the snot out of it.
Am I being compulsive?...impulsive?....or foolish?
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Growth in Google's Android Pays Off for InvenSense / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
The exploding number of Google Android devices has become a cash machine for microchip maker InvenSense Inc. (NYSE: INVN).
InvenSense makes the tiny motion sensors used in 70% of Android phones and 90% of motion-sensing Android tablets.
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