Category: Tech Stocks
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
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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Monday, March 19, 2012
iRobot's Timing Couldn't Be Better For Investors / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael Robinson writes:
iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) made the right decision.
And the Pentagon just proved it.
The small-cap robotics leader knows only too well it needs to increase its private sector sales as America works to cut defense spending.
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Apple Stock Market Investors Forgetting the Past / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Doug_Wakefield
Life is good. Today, Apple's new Ipad went on sale, and yesterday, March 15th, its stock topped $600 a share. The company's market size is larger than the entire US retail sector, Exxon (formerly America's most valuable company), all 526 NFL franchises, or the total of the cash holdings of the US government (app $73 billion). There is even talk, that since the company has moved past half a trillion in market size, climbing from $500 a share to $600 a share in only 24 trading days, maybe it is not so outrageous to think that the stock could hit $1 trillion in market size.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Tech Stocks Soar on "Off the Charts" Demand for Apple Products / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
If you're invested in technology stocks, you've had a great ride lately.
With demand for Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) products soaring, tech stocks will continue to do well.
Tech stocks have posted a whopping 16% return in 2012, the top performing sector in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. By comparison, the broader market has notched just a 9% gain year-to-date (YTD).
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
How Apple Inc. Became the Vampire Squid of Tech Stocks / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: Business partnerships with Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) produce abundant profits - but usually only for Apple.
Using its clout as a vendor of highly desirable consumer technology, Apple secures extremely favorable deals with suppliers, providers of goods and services, and retailers.
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Friday, March 09, 2012
Augme Technologies and the Yahoo Vs Facebook War / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
I love to find asymmetric risk/reward scenarios in the market.
You can do that with a small company which has the ability to unlock a large payday - and I believe I have found one with Augme Technologies Inc. (OTC: AUGT ).
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Stuxnet Virus Triggers New Era of Cyber Attacks, Are You Ready? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Due to threatening cyber attacks like the Stuxnet virus, the United States has made cybersecurity a top priority.
But are we still too vulnerable?
After all, cyber attacks have gotten more sophisticated, and more targeted to specific operations in the past couple of years.
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
Three Innovations That Will Make Apple the First $1 Trillion Company / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has the potential to be the first company ever to reach $1 trillion in market capitalization.
And I believe it will in a relatively short order - but it won't be easy.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Amazon Will Get Burned by the Fire / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has lost its focus.
The pioneer of clicks for sales has decided it wants to be the next Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Apple's Meteoric Rise is Distorting the Stock Market Indices / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes:
It happened almost a year ago, and it's happening again.
The meteoric rise in Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock price is distorting the major benchmark indexes, including the Nasdaq-100, the Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
How to Profit from iRobot / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael Robinson writes:
Don't let the recent sell-off in iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) shares get you down about robotics.
The truth is, this small-cap robotics leader just reported record results for 2011.
Shares of iRobot only fell when the company warned that tight defense budgets could curb sales of "warbots" until the second half of the year.
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