My second pick for a tech better than Apple: Buying Cirrus Logic for my Volatility Portfolio
Friday, October 11, gave us another preview of tech stocks that would move up more than Apple (AAPL) as that stock itself rallies on reports that iPhone 11 sales are running so strong that Apple has asked supplier to up production by 10%. Apple shares gained 2.66% on...
Market soars on “news” of U.S.-China trade war truce
We've been here before. We've had other days and other rallies on news, rumors, speculation that the U.S. and China would reach some kind of deal that amounts to a truce in the two countries' trade war. We been disappointed in that story before when it turned out that...
Buying Skyworks in my Volatility Portfolio as a better play on Apple than Apple
On Friday, October 4, Japan's Nikkei Asian Review reported that Apple (AAPL) has told suppliers to increase production of their products that go into the new iPhone 11 line by as much as 10% to meet stronger than expected sales. A 10% increase would add 7 million to 8...
Trick or Trend: Is good news from Apple enough to create a tech rally to lead the market?
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series (actually running on Friday this week) Trick or Trend looks at what might (or might not) be emerging investible trends. Exclusively on JAM. This post won't run anywhere else. Ever. Today Japan's...
How does a company navigate this tariff mess? Apple gets tariff waivers on 10 Chinese parts but not on 5 others.
Today, Monday, September 30, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative denied Apple's (AAPL) request for relief from 25% tariffs on the optional wheels for the Mac Pro, a circuit board for managing input and output ports, power adapter, charging cable and a cooling...
Did Tuesday’s Apple event signal a shift to new and lower iPhone pricing model?
The new workhorse of the Apple iPhone lineup, the iPhone 11 starts at $699. That's down from the $749 price of the iPhone XR last year. The XR wound up accounting for about 50% iPhone unit sales. The iPhone XR remains in the lineup but the price goes to $599. That's a...
On Apple, Wall Street says, Wait ’til next year
The new products Apple (AAPL) introduced today aren't bad. The successors to the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max add more cameras, a faster chip (on the iPhone 11 successor to the XR), and longer battery life. It's just that none of these new features are...
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
...lots of speculation on what the Federal Reserve will do and say about interest rates next week on September 18. What has become the routine squeaking and squawking about the U.S.-China trade war/trade talks. More fun and games from London (where the legal opinion...
Apple sketches in September product launches–will they be enough?
Two big clouds of doubt hover over shares of Apple (AAPL). First, will the continuing U.S.-China trade war take another bite out of Apple's China revenue? And/Or disrupt Apple's China supply chain, saddling the company with higher tariffs on its made in China iPhones?...
Justice Department to step up antitrust scrutiny of Facebook, Alphabet, Amazon and Apple
According to the Wall Street Journal this afternoon, the Justice Department is opening a broad antitrust review into whether dominant technology firms are unlawfully stifling competition. "The new antitrust inquiry is the strongest signal yet of Attorney General...
In the shortish short term does anything matter for U.S. financial markets except for the Fed?
Think about it this way: The bulk of investors and traders believe that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at both the July 31 and September 18 central bank meetings. A significant minority believes that the Fed will deliver more than just two 25 basis point...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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