Verizon’s good and bad news
Third-quarter earnings, announced before the opening on Monday, should be a reminder of why I added Verizon (VZ) to my Dividend Income portfolio rather than to any of my more growth-oriented portfolios on October 9th.
Making enough money to pay the st…
Apple’s warning signs
Investors should take a long, hard look at Apple (AAPL) shares before jumping into the stock, writes Brett Arends of The Wall Street Journal.A better investment in smartphones might be in network operators, which are cheap, he writes. Those include Ver…
What if Apple misses earnings?
Wall Street believes that Apple (AAPL) will make $1.42 a share for the quarter that just ended on $9.2 billion in revenue. Both figures would be well over 10% higher than a year ago. Apple would have to sell about of 2.9 million Macs, 10.5 millio…
What’s ahead for Intel
This article is by InvestorPlace’s Jim Woods. Chipmaker Intel (INTC) did it again. The tech bellwether handily beat consensus earnings forecasts for both its bottom line and the top line, reporting a third-quarter profit of 33 cents a share on revenue …
The Three Roadblocks to Sony’s Turnaround
Sony Corp. (NYSE ADR: SNE) is facing the first consecutive annual loss of its 63-year history.
The Tokyo-based company lost $1.1 billion (98.9 billion yen) last year, and it expects to lose another $1.4 billion (120 billion yen) in its fiscal year ending March 31. That would be Sony’s first back-to-back annual loss since the company went public in 1958.
And despite renewed optimism within its ranks, Sony still faces a plethora of challenges, including a questionable direction, cost-conscious consumers and a strengthening yen.
The onetime bellwether of the electronics industry has seen its market share crumble in almost every category: Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s (OTC ADR: NTDOY) Wii game console has supplanted Sony’s PlayStation brand, Sony has given up its lead in portable…
Why Android can’t beat the iPhone
This article is written by Minyanville’s Michael ComeauGoogle’s (GOOG) Android mobile-phone operating-system software is the talk of the town this week. Verizon (VZ) is hoping Android will help it leapfrog, or at least gain some ground on Apple’s (AAPL…
Where are the grownups at B of A?
Investors should be aware of the executive succession plans at companies they invest in. Have these firms taken steps to ensure that leadership will continue smoothly, in case of a sudden departure by the chief executive?The issue dogged Apple (A…
Is a divergence building in Apple?
Yesterday I produced a video on how to trade divergences in the S&P 500. Today, I’m following up that video with a divergence I see developing in one of the biggest tech stocks in the world, Apple (NASDAQ_AAPL).
In this short four minute video, I’ll explain some of the possible negative divergences that are building for [...]
Apple’s iPods go quiet in Europe
This article is written by Minyanville’s Mike SchusterTsk tsk, volume abusers. In between tucking in your shirt and wiping the dirt from your face with a saliva-soaked thumb, the European Union has noticed that you might be setting your MP3 player just…
RIM filled to the brim?
Earnings for Research In Motion (RIMM), makers of the iconic BlackBerry smart phone, are just a few hours away, and it will be interesting to see what the numbers look like. Wall Street expects a bottom line number at $1 per share on $3.62 billio…
Hot Stocks: Motorola Throws Hat Into Smartphone Ring
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) last Thursday charmed investors when it revealed its Cliq smartphone, which will compete head on with Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry.
Motorola’s stock is up nearly 12% since the announcement, as investors are hoping the new phone will be enough to win back some of the company’s lost market share.
However, saving Motorola’s mobile division – which the company plans to spin off – is a daunting task. The company – which invented the cell phone, as well as a plethora of other communication devices used by police and military – has seen its global market share of wireless phones fall to 2% in its second quarter this year from 31% in…
Apple talks to world’s largest cell company
Apple (AAPL) has a deal with China Unicom (CHU) to sell its iPhone on the mainland. The deal, however, is not exclusive. The head of China Mobile (CHL), which has 500 million subscribers and is the world’s largest cellular company, says his firm is i…
YouTube joins rental legions
Google’s (GOOG) YouTube may finally come up with a way to raise revenue. It streamed nine billion videos last month, but, by some estimates loses $300 million a year.
The quality of the video on YouTube is usually so low that advertisers don’t wan…