Apple investors have enjoyed many years of nice returns, albeit with some volatility along the way…
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Apple cash neutral: Smart capital allocation or corporate gimmick?
Apple is sitting on mountains of cash in its balance sheet with a net cash position of $163 billion…
Apple investor focus shifts to capital return plans
Apple “investor focus has moved to the company’s plans to boost its returns to shareholders…
Apple shareholders defeat two shareholder proposals, CEO Cook downplays special dividend
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook downplayed a suggestion that the company might issue a special dividend…
Why Apple shareholders should hope for a ‘normal’ dividend hike
The reason investors don’t want a much larger dividend or a special dividend is that Apple would…
The Apple cash FAQ
To the nearest million, as of the end of September 2017, Apple’s cash and investments totaled $268,895,000,000….
Apple’s big repatriation cash winners: Shareholders
Apple Inc. announced a $38 billion tax windfall for the U.S. government this week…
Apple expected to issue less debt in 2018 now that President Trump has signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
We expect IG tech issuance to be down year-over-year for the first time in about eight years…
Why would any shareholder complain about Apple using repatriated funds for buybacks?
Sure, many of the leaders from Silicon Valley won’t experience a massive tax break…
Apple to take 25% stake in… Apple Inc.?
To provide support for shares as iPhone unit growth slows, and services and other businesses…
UBS: Buy Apple as company could acquire more than $120 billion of its stock in two years
Apple’s capital return program will get much larger, according to one Wall Street firm…
China offers tax incentives to persuade U.S. companies like Apple to stay
In a bid to keep American businesses from taking their profits out of China following Washington’s overhaul of the United States tax code…
Apple finally got its long-sought tax break to bring billions home. Your move Apple…
For years, Apple CEO Tim Cook has called on Washington to make it less costly for his company…
Apple expected to repatriate $214 billion to the U.S.; expect increased buybacks and dividends, not big acquisitions
With the new tax structure we expect Apple will bring $214 billion back to the U.S…
The end to Apple’s cash dilemma
In fiscal 2017, Apple’s $50 billion of free cash flow was $2 billion more than free cash produced by Alphabet, Facebook, and Amazon combined…
Apple issues $7 billion of debt ahead of GOP tax reform push
Apple Inc. issued $7 billion of debt on Monday, in its latest fundraising to finance a $300 billion…
Apple to tap debt market with six-part bond deal that could raise $7 billion
Apple Inc. is once again tapping the corporate bond market with a six-part deal that could raise $7 billion…
Apple sells $5 billion of debt to finance buybacks and dividends
Apple Inc. sold bonds again to finance its current round of share buybacks and dividends…
Apple’s bonds are acting more and more like government debt
Investors casting about for safe options seem prepared to designate Apple bonds as the new Treasuries…
Apple leads maple bond surge to decade high
Apple Inc.’s surprise foray into Canadian-dollar debt has pushed corporate issuance to a near-record…
Apple issues Canadian-dollar bond for first time – and sets new record
President Donald Trump has pledged to implement a lower one-time repatriation tax to encourage U.S. companies…
Apple preps first Canadian-dollar debt offering to reward shareholders
Apple Inc. is seeking to sell seven-year bonds in its first Canadian-dollar debt offering to fund stock buybacks, dividends…
How effective is Apple’s capital distribution program?
Apple shocked the market last week, delivering not only a top- and bottom-line beat…
Apple CEO Cook to get 280,000 shares worth $44 million if stock rally holds through August 24th
A rosy forecast for iPhone sales that helped push Apple Inc.’s stock to a record high…
Apple’s dividend potential is almost unbelievable
Apple has obviously changed a great deal in the past few years…
Apple’s debt binge
A few years ago, the Steve Jobs era of Apple – during which it issued no debt – ended…
President Trump’s offshore tax plan may mean extra perk for Apple
Multinationals are in line for a windfall from President Donald Trump’s call to cut the tax rate on U.S. companies, but…
Apple preparing new euro bond sale to fund capital return program for shareholders
Apple is preparing a new bond sale in euros, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
Jack Welch: Impeachment of President Trump would ‘blow the market away’
Welch said he would give Trump an ‘A’ on the policy front and in his Cabinet and Supreme Court picks…
U.S. companies push Trump administration hard for lower tax rate on offshore profits
Major U.S. multinationals are pushing the Trump administration to deepen the tax break…
Apple is now the world’s largest dividend payer
When the company reported earnings earlier this month, Apple announced…
Apple issues $7 billion in corporate bonds
Apple has been using debt to pay shareholders while holding most of its $256 billion in cash overseas…
The fact that Apple has to issue bonds is a reminder of why urgent U.S. tax reform is needed
Why does the richest company in the world have to borrow money?
Apple borrows billions while sitting on massive overseas cash mountain
Apple has fat stacks of cash stashed overseas, but that hasn’t stopped the company from borrowing…
Apple: The status quo remains
Since we are still waiting for the Trump administration to come to terms on tax relief and repatriation…
Why Apple is investing $148 billion in corporate debt
That’s enough to buy all the assets in the world’s largest fixed-income mutual fund…
Apple cash balance is near $50 per share
For investors who think Apple Inc. shares are too rich for its prospects…
Apple’s unequaled $250 billion cash pile draws calls for buybacks, acquisitions as President Trump’s tax revamp looms
Apple’s cash outstrips the foreign-currency reserves of the U.K. and Canada combined…
How President Trump can get another win
Today, stocks were up nicely, the dollar was stronger, and yields ticked up…
Apple has turned into a cash-producing machine investors should not ignore
Apple’s destiny as a Dividend Aristocrat…
Will President Trump approve Apple’s big buyback?
Today, the last bear on Wall Street threw in the towel and upgraded Apple’s stock…
Apple’s real dividend yield is much higher than you might think
Apple Inc. receives a lot of attention on its share repurchase program…
