Closed-end funds (CEFs) that write call options can offer attractive monthly distributions to their investors. Thanks to discounts for CEFs, these distributions can be 'boosted' when compared to what the actual underlying NAV distribution rate becomes. Writing calls can take the form of writing against individual holdings or indexes.
Apple reportedly held a rare companywide meeting last week to cover its investment in artificial intelligence (AI). At the meeting Friday (Aug. 1), CEO Tim Cook expressed a positive outlook about Apple's AI future, The Information reported.
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MP Materials has transformed from a speculative miner to a strategic U.S. asset, driven by major deals with the DoD and Apple. Options flow, GEX/DEX structure, and dark pool data all point to bullish institutional positioning ahead of earnings, with key levels at $65 and $85. The DoD's equity stake and Apple's commitment de-risk MP's business model, providing long-term demand and margin visibility, making it a rerating story.
Apple's 4-year, $500 billion US investment plan would require a 10x increase in annual CapEx and could risk buybacks and dividends, and turn FCF negative. Apple has already started putting this plan into action, recently opening a Manufacturing Academy in Detroit and committing $500 million to MP Materials. Most iPhones are now imported tariff-free from India, and the products from Vietnam are subject to a 20% tariff, which I believe is baked into the $1.1B headwind this quarter.
Apple has reportedly formed a team to develop a search experience similar to ChatGPT. That's according to a report Sunday (Aug. 3) by Bloomberg News, which says the so-called “Answers, Knowledge and Information” (AKI) group is building an “answer engine” — a system capable of crawling the web for responses to general-knowledge questions.
Apple has formed a new team to build a ChatGPT-like app, according to according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
CoreCard, led by Leland Strange, has been caught up in Goldman Sachs's failed consumer experiment.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs to win in AI, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
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