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4 Companies That Have Repurchased the Most Stock Over the Past Decade
For long-term investors, the past eight years have truly been something special. Whereas the stock market has historically increased in value at a rate of 7% annually, inclusive of dividend
Confused About Blockchain? Here's What You Need to Know
Billionaire and entrepreneur-extraordinaire Mark Cuban recently tweeted that blockchain technology would be "at the core of most transactions in the future". Fellow billionaire Richard Branson
5 Reasons Why You Should Own At Least 1 Driverless Car Stock
If you regularly read technology or automotive news, you've probable seen more than a few articles about how driverless cars are going to take over traditional car ownership. And while self-driving
Report: Apple Inc. to Ship OLED iPhone on Time -- in Small Quantities
There have been many rumors about the launch schedule of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) upcoming OLED iPhone. Recently, Economic Daily News, via DIGITIMES, indicated that the OLED iPhone would see mass
Your First Look at the Intel Corporation 18-Core Monster Chip
On May 30, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) unveiled its entire Core X lineup for the high-end desktop personal computer market. The company has signaled that it intends to roll these processors out in three
Facebook to Test Out Paywall for Publishers
Just because Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is "free and always will be" doesn't meant that the content distributed through the social network will also be free. The company is now signaling that it will allow
IBM Hands Investors Another Mixed Bag
Following a disappointing first-quarter report in April, International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) provided an encore performance on Tuesday. A 4.7% year-over-year drop in revenue was worse than
Better Buy: Skyworks Solutions, Inc. vs. Texas Instruments
Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) both sell analog and embedded chips to a wide range of industries. Both chipmakers are also prominent Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
What to Expect From Skyworks Solutions’ Q3 Earnings
Shares of Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) have been in fine form this year, rising almost 40% thanks to terrific quarterly results earlier in 2017. The semiconductor specialist has benefited from
Better Buy: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. vs. Intel Corporation
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the only two remaining makers of x86 processors, have been fierce rivals for decades. AMD nearly caught up to Intel in the PC market during the early 2000s
Why Apple Inc.'s iPhone 8 Won't Start at $900
Analyst Steve Milunovich, by way of AppleInsider, said in a recent note that he expects Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to price its hotly anticipated OLED iPhone at $900 for the variant with 64 gigabytes of
3 Odd Things About Apple Stock's Unlikely Winning Streak
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are rolling again. The world's most valuable consumer tech company has closed higher for eight consecutive trading days, a run that Investor's Business Daily points out is
Report: Apple Inc. to Build Only 5 Million OLED iPhone Models for Launch Quarter
According to a research report from BlueFin Research Partners, by way of Barron's, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is on track to "build only 5M iPhone X in the September quarter, supporting the view that the
2 Stocks With Better Dividends Than NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics-chip company NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) isn't much of a dividend stock these days. A surging stock price over the past year has rendered the dividend almost inconsequential, with a yield of just
3 Top Index Funds to Keep You in the Investing Game
Investing during retirement is a very different animal from investing before retirement. Retirees need most of their income to come from diversified portfolios that protect their nest egg from large
Is Microsoft's Xbox One X a Game-Changer?
After much anticipation, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) finally unveiled Xbox One X at the Woodstock for gamers (aka E3 2017) in Los Angeles in June. Xbox One X is a beast of a console, and it's also the
Intel Corporation May Have a "Gap" in Its Desktop Processor Lineup in 2018
Former Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) executive Kirk Skaugen, who used to lead the company's client computing group, admitted to making a serious mistake with respect to its roughly $10 billion desktop
Apple Inc. Supplier Rumored to Lose Some Business in 2018
In 2014, contract chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) won the entirety of the A-series orders for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) blockbuster iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.'s Best-Selling Product in 2017
Optical-components maker Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ: AAOI) recently announced preliminary results for the second quarter of 2017, and it was a doozy. From top-line revenues to bottom-line
No Surprises in International Business Machines Corp.'s Earnings Report
IT powerhouse IBM (NYSE: IBM) reported second-quarter results on Tuesday night. Operations in the so-called strategic-imperatives category showed solid sales growth, led by mobility and cloud-computin
3 Growth Stocks for Aspiring Investors
Growth investors can be a hopeful bunch. Not content with simply reaping the long-term benefits of index-fund investing, we reach for market-beating returns -- with long-lasting staying power, if at
3 Things Intel Corporation Wants You to Know About Its Xeon Scalable Processors
On July 11, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) finally announced the general availability of its new Xeon Scalable Processors, which were formally known by the codename Skylake-SP. The company is
Box Loses One of Its Top Managers, but Gains a Former Apple Exec
If you're an ambitious tech company and you lose a long-serving top manager, you could do worse than to replace that person with a veteran Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) executive. That's exactly what happened
Qualcomm Thinks It Can Settle Its Legal Battle With Apple
Mobile chip giant Qualcomm's (NASDAQ: QCOM) legal risks continue to mount. The Federal Trade Commission's legal complaint against the company is moving forward, while Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) separate
Better Buy: Intel Corporation vs. Qualcomm
This year has been a bit disappointing for both Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) shareholders. Despite posting strong quarters, including Intel's record-breaking start to the year and