Category: Tech Stocks
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Investing in iPhone Technology: It's Like Buying "B" Shares In Apple Inc / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
This technology spent 20 years as a humdrum subset of the industrial microchip business - until its consumer-product potential was realized when Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) made it a centerpiece of the must-have iPhone.
The sector's overall revenue is already projected to advance by 60% in the next three years.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Cisco, The Story That Wall Street Missed / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes:
It was another good week for U.S. stocks, despite the whipsaw-trading that resulted from alternating good news/bad news/good news developments on the earnings and geopolitical fronts throughout the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5% for the week, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index advanced 1.4%. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index only managed to edge up by 0.7%, having been held back by Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO).
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Forget Commodities... This Is the Next Big Trend in China / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: DailyWealth
In 2006, the Chinese government created a master plan for its economy.
It would invest billions of dollars in construction. New skyscrapers would be built. Schools and apartments would follow. The country's transportation network would also get a massive upgrade...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Small-cap Tech Stock Returns Excellent, But Have You Missed the Boat? / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Profit_Confidential
Mitchell Clark writes: One very good trend that I’m seeing this earnings season is a strong resurgence in business conditions among small-cap technology companies. This strength is occurring in the semiconductor industry as well as in the networking and telecommunication sectors. It’s a good sign for the domestic economy and business outlooks are improving.
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Facebook Nation Unveils its New Currency / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Patrick_Henningsen
The 21st century has certainly witnessed a progression towards a ‘cashless society’, but social networking giant Facebook are taking things a step further, throwing their hat into the ring with the introduction of a new compulsory monetary policy that will initially govern its share of the multi-billion dollar online games industry.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Three Stocks To Avoid! / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Sy_Harding
I’m not saying sell them short, but here are three popular stocks I sure would neither buy nor hold at this point. They’ve had good runs, but are looking toppy on our technical charts and on their valuations and fundamentals.
Amazon (AMZN) is an amazing success story, one of the few dotcoms that not only survived the bursting of the dotcom bubble in 1999, when its stock lost 95% of its value, but recovered and has prospered.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Russia's Kaspersky antivirus company to conquer US market / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Pravda
Russia's computer security company Kaspersky Lab, the fourth-largest global antivirus vendor, sold a large shareholding to US-based private equity firm General Atlantic. GA will become the second-largest shareholder of the Russian company, giving Kaspersky Lab an opportunity to improve its positions on the US market. The financial details of the deal have not been exposed yet, although it reportedly goes about 15-17 percent of the shares of the Russian company evaluated at $200 million.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Profit From the One Company That Will Win the "Mobile Internet" Gold Rush / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes:
Experts call it the "mobile Internet," and it's the next real "gold rush" in the high-tech sector.
And in my latest report, I've identified the next set of big winners.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Steve Jobs' On Leave..How About Them Apple Stocks? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
Everybody was probably expecting a slow market news day on Monday, Jan. 17. After all, it is the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, and the U.S. market is closed. But Apple Inc. (AAPL) managed to make it quite eventful by dropping a bombshell that CEO Steve Jobs has taken an indefinite medical leave battling a rare form of cancer, and the liver transplant he had almost two years ago.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Steve Jobs Health Concerns No Reason to Bail on Apple / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes: Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock is set to plunge today (Tuesday) due to growing concerns about Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs' health. But rather than retreat from the tech heavyweight, investors might be better served to load up as the stock pulls back.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
With the Apple iPhone Coming, Is Verizon a Mobile Phone Stock to Buy? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Jared_Levy
By the time many of you read my notes, chances are good that Verizon (VZ:NYSE) and Apple (AAPL:NASDAQ) have formally announced the new Apple iPhone offering on the Verizon network. As we learn more, rest assured that I will offer updated commentary on the deal. (I started my writing late Monday night.)
Friday, January 07, 2011
What's Really Behind Goldman's Facebook Investment / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
Talk about a social media bubble!
Facebook has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, which implies that the social media darling is valued at a staggering $50 billion.
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Goldman Sachs $450 Million Investment Fuels Facebook IPO Speculation / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) invested $450 million in Facebook, valuing the popular social networking site at $50 billion and heightening speculation on whether or not Facebook will go public this year.
The deal, announced in a report in The New York Times Sunday night, makes Facebook worth more than Internet-related companies like eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX). It'll give the company a competitive edge in the tech arena and allow it to pursue more acquisitions.
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Social Network: Tech Bubble 2.0? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
Talk about another internet bubble.
New York Times broke the news on Jan. 2 that Facebook, the social network website, was able to get $500 million in funding--$450 million from Goldman Sachs and $50 million from Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment firm that has already pumped about half a billion dollars into Facebook.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
A Long Year Ahead for Netflix: A Not So Bold Prediction for 2011 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Q1_Publishing
“We think the U.S. economy will slow [next year] but narrowly miss an outright recession. We expect the overall stock market to bounce around, as it did this year, and deliver anemic single-digit returns.”Sound like a reasonable prediction for the 2011?
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The Key To Investing In Tech Stocks / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Tony_Sagami
When you think of technology, what companies pop into your head? Perhaps technology giants such as Microsoft, Cisco or Intel? Or maybe you think of Silicon Valley and a bunch of computer nerds.
The United States has been the epicenter of technological innovation and home to the most powerful tech companies in the world, but that innovation and power is not-so-slowly shifting from North America to Asia.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tech Stocks Set To Soar in 2011, Investing in the Next Microsoft / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Technology companies, and tech stocks, started a revival in 2010 and are heading toward an even more profitable 2011. That's because a new age of computing - one that prioritizes mobility and efficiency - has dawned in the computing world.
Indeed, we've entered what researching firm International Data Corporation (IDC) calls a "new era" of computer usage.
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Apple's Server Farm Hints at Cloud-Based Ambitions / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has secretly built a massive server farm in Maiden, North Carolina that should come online any day now, if it hasn't already. The facility is five times larger than Apple's existing data center in Newark, California.
Apple has been typically cagey about the purpose of this data center, which ultimately could cost as much as $1 billion.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
How to Profit From Impending Launch of the Verizon iPhone / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
The buzz surrounding the long-awaited release of a Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) iPhone is reaching a fevered pitch as it appears the telecom giant is ready to bring the device to market.
Verizon is expected to confirm it will start providing service for the iPhone early next year, according to a report last week in The Wall Street Journal.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Apple, Google, NewsCorp and the Future of Content / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: John_Mauldin
Quick housekeeping note: IF I write an e-letter this week it will be earlier in the week. There will be no letter’s next week then we launch the first Saturday morning in January with my annual predictions letter. And just for fun, one of my readers said that the title of last week’s letter should have been “Kicking the Grenade Down the Road.” Better check that pin! Now, this week’s OTB.