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  • Don't Go Shopping NVIDIA Just Yet

    By Harsh Chauhan - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, INTC, MSFT, NVDA

    NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) finally offered hope in the first quarter of this fiscal year after a devastating end to the last one. The maker of GPUs and mobile computing chips showed signs that it is finally coming around. Its Tegra 3 processor found its way inside HTC’s flagship Android phones and NVIDIA also hopes to see some major gains after Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launches Windows 8 based devices later more »

  • Apple Has a Deep Moat in iOS 5

    By Maxwell Fisher - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, RIMM

    With a number of Android 4 devices being released, people have begun to wonder if iPhone 4S can match these super devices that come with significantly better specifications. Android-based cellphones manufactured by Sony, Samsung, Motorola (soon to be part of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) for $12.5 billion) and HTC lure smartphone purchasers with great features. Many already run on Android 4 or will be upgraded to it very soon. This more »

  • How We Caught JC Penney's Dividend Suspension And How You Could Have Too

    By Brian Nelson - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, JCP, KSS, WMT

    History has revealed that the best-performing stocks during the previous decades have been those that shelled out ever-increasing cash to shareholders in the form of dividends. Unfortunately for the individual investor and time-strapped financial advisor, most dividend analysis that we've seen out there is backward-looking - meaning it rests on what the company has done in the past: how long it has raised its dividend, etc. We're looking to more »

  • Is Apple a Trap?

    By Eric Nabity - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, INTC, SNE

    The investment community is in love with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).  If analysts aren't gushing about the next expected conquest in consumer electronics, they are scheming other stock plays like Qualcomm that take advantage of those conquests.  On the financial side, there is also a lot to love.  Apple is a juggernaut that generated $142 Billion in the past year.  Profit margins are high for the consumer electronics company and more »

  • Bigger, Bigger Screens For Apple

    By RonChat - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, LPL

     The other day I was reading an article about Steve Jobs made a business of being “cool”. Just think about this. If you don’t have the latest iPad, you are outdated among your business colleagues. If you don’t carry the latest iPhone, you are not cool among your friends.

    As Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) strives to bring new features every time, people are always ready to shell out more more »

  • Bears Found in China?

    By Peter Pham - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GCC, INTC, FXI, SPY

    It is difficult for me to fathom the bear case for China.  I get the worry over Europe and the U.S.  I get the credit-created real estate bubble.  I even get the wary eye cast over the Chinese government statistics released for our consumption.  What I don’t get is how it is possible to look at a slowdown over a few months and call it a crash.  But more »

  • The Holy Trinity for AMD

    By Peter Pham - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AMD, AAPL, ARMH, INTC, MSFT

    As the line blurs between various types of personal computers so too will the line between the various components that make them up.  The success of the  iPad and the MacBook Air from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is pushing everyone in the processor space to greater integration of CPU and GPU functionality in a smaller die size.

    For AMD (NYSE: AMD) the road has been a rocky one but their first more »

  • How will Hewlett Packard's Envy Spectre XT Complete against Apple's MacBook Air?

    By John Mylant - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, HPQ

    The big tech companies are coming out with the “thin laptop” concept vying for market share and a big battle this year will ensue between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) with its MacBook Air and Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ),with its light weight version. The portable market is expected to be the next big thing as general PC sales continue to lose market share. Apple has a nice market share already. H more »

  • This Stock is Loaded with Potential

    By Keith Speights - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, IBM, MODL, MSFT, NUAN

    Richard Branson, Henry Ford, Ray Kroc. Successes or failures?  All of them built great business empires. But all of them at one point were looked at as failures. Each one dropped out before completing high school. Yet they each possessed incredible potential. And they ultimately fulfilled that potential.

    I thought about these men as I researched my short list of companies that I consider to be candidates to “graduate” to more »

  • Is Apple Defenseless?

    By Marc Vigod - May 15, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL

    The Rotten Apple

    Another day and another Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) selloff.  Seems like business as usual these days.  Apple now trades for less than 9 times Enterprise Value/TTM Earnings.  Trailing PE is a paltry 13.49 and PEG at 0.61, if you believe analysts' conservative forward growth numbers.  It would seem there is no bottom in sight for Apple these days.  Investors can't seem to get rid more »

  • Why Investors are Hyped on Apple's New Lineup

    By Maxwell Fisher - May 15, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, DELL, IBM, NOK

    While some companies in the technology sector have crashed and burned, others such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have continued to not only run with the trends, but to create them. In this article, I discuss why CEO Tim Cook, with the aid of Apple hardware and iOS executives, Bob Mansfield and Scott Forstall, respectively, are about to remake Apple's technology lineup and leap further ahead of the competition.

    The more »

  • The Cheap Smartphone Market Battle

    By Peter Pham - May 15, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, EWY

    I have to question why a company that has over 30% of the smartphone market in China would want to play around at the entry-level position, diverting resources to get involved in a fight with Motorola Mobility (*cough* Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) *cough*) and HTC over the sub 1,600 Yuan market.  But, that is exactly what Samsung Corp. is doing.  Normally when one has established themselves in a certain portion more »

  • HP: Inflection Point?

    By Peter Pham - May 15, 2012 | Tickers: AMD, AAPL, HPQ, MSFT

    It might be one of the most asked questions in all of tech-dom.  In the past 10 years HP (NYSE: HPQ) has gone from the face of innovation to the face of mediocrity.  Think I’m kidding? Go shop for a laptop seriously and you’ll see that HP has less pricing leverage of their brand than Lenovo, a supposed low-end vendor.  HP knife-fights with brands like Acer and Asus more »

  • Analyst Rating Will Hurt Nokia in the Short Term

    By Tim Brugger - May 14, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, NOK

    It may turn out to be a couple (more) difficult days as Nokia kicks off the week’s trading. The stock is sure to see additional pressure as investors absorb the latest guesstimates from long-time Nokia (NYSE: NOK) analyst Andy Perkins – rated in the middle of the pack by StarMine for his earnings estimates – now that he’s jumped off the Lumia 900 wagon train. Mr. Perkins recently had this more »

  • Maybe the Future isn't so Bright for Gamestop in this Mobile World?

    By Marc Vigod - May 14, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, EA, GME

    Can Gamestop Remain Viable in this Mobile World?

    One has to wonder after the latest numbers out of NPD if there really is a future for GameStop (NYSE: GME).  NPD said game software sales slid by 42% in April compared to a year prior.  Hardware sales were also down to the tune of 32%.  This is not the type of trend you would see in a growth industry. Worse yet more »

  • Microsoft's New Venture Shows Key Strategy

    By Maxwell Fisher - May 14, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, ARMH, GOOG, INTC, MSFT

    It is fair to say that with all the hype Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has generated, all eyes seem to be on the company to see how it could possibly improve or where it plans to go from here. Strategically, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has used this as its ‘smokescreen’ for its moves for world dominance.

    Tongue-in-cheek aside, there are several things that are making 6th and 7th more »

  • A Shift in Yuan Policy?

    By George Liu - May 12, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, RMB, DSUM, WMT, CYB

    The yuan is the basic unit of currency of the People’s Republic of China. In 2005, China ended its currency peg to the U.S. dollar, a peg which allowed the yuan to stay stable for over a decade. This move has mirrored the dramatic rise of China as a BRIC nation and the second largest economy in the world. By removing its currency peg, China currently has direct more »

  • Micron's Elpida Acquisition Great for Long-Term Growth

    By Bobby Fisher - May 11, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, INTC, MU, SNDK

    Micron (NASDAQ: MU), the memory chip manufacturer based in the US, has secured the right  to buy the bankrupt Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory with a bid that is valued at around $2.5 billion.  Elpida filed for bankruptcy after accumulating debt in excess of $5 billion and was searching for a suitable buyer.  As part of the deal, Micron has agreed to retain the two main factories in Japan and more »

  • Why iTV will be Big and Important to Apple's Ecosystem

    By Marc Vigod - May 11, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG

    News hit today that Foxconn is in preparation for building the Apple iTV.  iTV will be a big revenue driver for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) but more important than that, it will strengthen the Apple ecosystem in significant ways.

    I suspect we'll see iTV launched in late 2012 or possibly the first half of 2013, based on noise levels out there today.  Once it ships, it will become yet another more »

  • The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing Apple

    By Maxwell Fisher - May 11, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, DELL, IBM, MSFT

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has remained very profitable when compared to its performance since the early 80s. In particular, five years for Apple, 2004 to 2008, have been phenomenal, with 300% revenue growth, and profit increasing by 500 times. From 2009 to 2011, revenues, again, increased three fold. Much of its spectacular growth has been driven by the incredible success of the iPod, which was launched in 2001 and by 2007 more »

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