The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended last week just above 28,000 with only three components setting all-time intraday highs: Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and United Technologies (UTX). more...
Apple is Nearly Everywhere. With more than $625 billion in market capitalization, Apple is one of the most popular stocks in the world. If you own a mutual fund or ETF that owns the largest companies in the world, chances are good you already have a piece of it. Apple is Still A Tech Company. Whenever there’s a new product — no matter how big the introductory splash — it’s bound to falter. Consumers may not embrace it. The competition ...
With a full moon and a Friday the 13th capping a week of election surprises at home — like Eric Cantor’s shocking primary loss in Virginia’s 7th Congressional district — and unrest in Iraq, investors would have been excused for acting skittish in Friday trading. But instead, they sent the U.S. equity markets for a daily gain on Friday, leading all three major indices finishing the day in positive territory. Unfortunately, the late-in-week gains weren’t enough to offset losses from earlier in the ...