Apple Pay has spent 11 years teaching consumers to tap their phones at checkout, but the bigger story may be how many rivals are now benefiting from that lesson.
The company has diverted resources away from producing the next mixed-reality headset.
The largest S&P 500 ETF yields a scant 1.06%. That confirms something some income investors may not want to be reminded of: The dividend yield on the benchmark domestic equity index hovers around multi-decade lows.
Apple (AAPL) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, XETRA:APC) and Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC, XETRA:INL) have reportedly reached a preliminary chipmaking agreement that Wedbush analysts see as “a clear positive for Intel,” while also raising questions about what it signals for Intel's next-generation manufacturing roadmap. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Apple and Intel have reached a preliminary agreement under which Intel would manufacture some chips used in Apple devices.
President Donald Trump invited executives including Elon Musk, Tim Cook and Larry Fink to join his trip to China this week. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss trade, artificial intelligence, export controls, Taiwan and the Iran war.
Investors continue to cheer Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) following reports of its preliminary chip manufacturing agreement with Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL). This marks a seismic shift for Intel Foundry – suggesting the semiconductor giant is about to sign on a high-volume, high-profile mobile customer it has chased for years.
When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?
Since January 2007, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction)'s flagship has been one product: the iPhone.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported earnings less than 24 hours apart in late April.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is scheduled to pay its latest quarterly dividend on May 11, extending the firm's long-standing shareholder return program.
Apple is strategically positioning itself as the AI ecosystem gatekeeper, avoiding the capital-intensive frontier model race. AAPL leverages its vast installed base, ecosystem lock-in, and trusted privacy stance to monetize AI through services, not just hardware. Apple's approach emphasizes orchestrating third-party AI models, deepening consumer engagement, and driving hardware upgrade cycles.