Here are some themes investors will be looking at when Apple reports earnings this afternoon: Will memory costs take a bite out of profits? Analysts are projecting Apple’s product gross margins will come in at 36.
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Chip stocks are rebounding on Thursday, with the exception of Qualcomm (QCOM), which provided profit guidance that disappointed Wall Street. BD8 Capital Partners CEO and CIO Barbara Doran and Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley chat with Morning Brief host Julie Hyman about Qualcomm and the larger chip sector.
Stocks kicked off Thursday’s trading session higher, reemerging from the carnage of Wednesday’s selloff. The S&P 500 was up 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.6%. Rosenberg Research’s Dave Rosenberg described the moves as “a weak stock-market bound on shaky ground,” nodding to the major averages’ “precarious technical positions,” yesterday’s rise in bond yields, and oil price spikes.
Investors are punishing hyperscalers for their massive AI spending sprees, but the real danger may lurk on the opposite side of the ledger. One company has found a way to sidestep the whole dilemma entirely, and it reveals something important about who actually wins this race.
Warren Buffett built one of history's greatest investing empires, and even as a new CEO takes the helm at Berkshire Hathaway, a surprisingly small handful of Dow Jones giants still anchor the entire portfolio with extraordinary concentration.
A little-known Chinese memory chip maker just pulled off one of the most explosive stock debuts in recent memory, and its reported ties to Apple are already rattling the semiconductor industry's most powerful players.
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Jim Cramer is struggling to find reasons to buy, and the Nasdaq 100 sliding into correction territory is not helping. Before you dismiss his caution, consider which corners of the market could actually benefit from the pain hitting semi stocks hardest.
Qualcomm shares fell about 5% in premarket trading on Thursday after the chipmaker's warning about higher memory costs and a steeper decline in Apple revenue raised concerns about near-term profit growth. A surge in AI infrastructure spending has tightened semiconductor supply chains, driving up costs for memory, wafers, packaging and testing. Qualcomm plans to pass on those increases to customers through double-digit price hikes.
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↘️ Adidas (XE:ADS): Shares of the German sportswear company tumbled 17% after it reported lower-than-expected earnings and higher marketing costs tied to the FIFA World Cup. ↗️ Microsoft (MSFT): Shares jumped more than 8% premarket after the company reported a 31% jump in profit late yesterday.
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Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:BMW) said it is preparing a broad transformation program focused on streamlining processes, increasing the use of artificial intelligence and offering voluntary severance packages for indirect employees, while maintaining its production footprint in k
At 41 times earnings, Apple's stock is pricier than it's been in a decade—and its famous buyback machine is losing its punch just when investors need it most.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is on deck to lead the company one last time in reporting its latest batch of quarterly earnings. Apple is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter financials after the stock market closes on Thursday. Apple announced in April that Cook will be stepping down on Sept. 1.
After listening to this top executive, it's hard for investors not to get excited about the ongoing AI spending boom.
Every few years Apple does something that sounds like a minor product tweak but is actually a meaningful change to how it makes money. The shift from selling music to streaming it. The move from hardware warranties to AppleCare subscriptions. The build-out of Services into a business that now ...
Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $9.9 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.21, with revenue reaching the high end of the company’s guidance range. The company said record automotive sales and growth in Internet of Things products helped offset pressure in its