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Tag: Apple buybacks

How Apple’s massive debt-powered buybacks actually save the company money

Monday, December 28, 2015 12:46 pm17 Comments

I’m a big fan of Apple’s strategy of financing its massive share repurchase program with debt…

Cramer: Apple’s Tim Cook is ‘patriotic’ on taxes

Monday, December 21, 2015 11:52 am28 Comments

CNBC’s Jim Cramer has a message for Tim Cook critics: He’s right on taxes…

Apple CEO Tim Cook is absolutely right – and wrong – on U.S. corporate tax policy

Sunday, December 20, 2015 2:06 pm37 Comments

In the interview with Charlie Rose, Mr. Cook describes the U.S. tax system as being designed for the industrial age as opposed to the digital age…

Apple CEO calls corporate tax rap ‘total political crap’

Friday, December 18, 2015 4:28 pmFriday, December 18, 201547 Comments

This is a tax code that was made for the industrial age, not the digital age. It’s backwards. It’s awful for America. It should have been fixed many years ago…

If Apple announces its corporate U.S. exit, will we finally get the message?

Friday, December 4, 2015 9:05 amFriday, December 4, 201538 Comments

Pfizer’s corporate U.S. exit should be a wake-up call to the American public…

Apple may be better off returning cash to shareholders

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 2:03 pm22 Comments

Apple delivered an impressive quarterly earnings report for the fourth quarter, but…

Apple is buying back shares like crazy

Monday, November 9, 2015 4:55 pmMonday, November 9, 201516 Comments

Apple management is showing an increasing level of confidence in its future…

Apple’s massive mountain of cash – and everything you need to know about it

Monday, November 2, 2015 1:01 pmMonday, November 2, 201524 Comments

Apple makes more money than any company has ever made…

Apple avoids $59.2 billion U.S. tax bill

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 12:01 pmWednesday, October 7, 201535 Comments

The 500 largest American companies hold more than $2.1 trillion in accumulated profits offshore to avoid U.S. taxes…

Why investors should love Apple’s debt strategy

Friday, August 21, 2015 2:29 pmFriday, August 21, 201520 Comments

Apple, the richest company in the world, has continued borrowing increasing amounts of money from all over the world…

Apple plans record Kangaroo bond debut

Thursday, August 20, 2015 9:55 amThursday, August 20, 20151 Comment

Apple has released price guidance for its debut Kangaroo bond…

How many AAPL shares can Apple repurchase?

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 1:55 pmWednesday, August 19, 201515 Comments

Apple’s $200 billion cash hoard, combined with its now $69 billion in annual free cash flow…

Apple preps first Kangaroo bond; likely to set Australian corporate bond record

Monday, August 17, 2015 8:58 amMonday, August 17, 201510 Comments

Australia’s corporate bond market is poised for a big boost…

What Tim Cook should have done with Apple’s $130 billion instead of wasting it on buybacks

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 2:57 pmWednesday, August 12, 201537 Comments

Congratulations, Tim Cook. You’ve truly gotten nothing for something…

Apple enters correction territory: More carnage to come?

Tuesday, August 4, 2015 4:54 pm28 Comments

The tech giant is in correction territory and sitting below its 200-day moving average…

Analysts: This is the catalyst to push Apple higher

Tuesday, August 4, 2015 3:57 pmTuesday, August 4, 20154 Comments

While many investors have concerns about tough comparisons…

Global stocks tumble on Greece and Puerto Rico debt woes

Monday, June 29, 2015 5:24 pmMonday, June 29, 201517 Comments

Global stocks tumbled Monday after Greece closed its banks and limited the amount…

Apple’s growing cash dilemma

Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:55 pmThursday, June 18, 201522 Comments

With approximately $200 billion of cash on the balance sheet…

How Apple is staging its own leveraged buyout

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 2:54 pm27 Comments

Apple has already spent $80 billion buying its own shares…

Apple’s samurai bond pushes debt to $45.5 billion

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 3:58 pmWednesday, June 3, 201511 Comments

Apple’s addiction seems to have no bounds…

Apple tends to gain 20% every time this happens

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 4:25 pmTuesday, June 2, 201512 Comments

The world’s largest company confirmed plans this week…

Apple set to issue $1.6 billion of yen-denominated bonds

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 10:27 amWednesday, May 27, 20153 Comments

Apple has been using proceeds from debt sales to fund payment of dividends…

Apple is gaming Fed policy to counteract its stagnating stock price

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:58 pmWednesday, May 20, 201512 Comments

Since the ominous 666 S&P 500 March 2009 stock market bottom, the financial world…

Apple takes on more debt to fund expanded capital-return program

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 4:58 pmWednesday, May 6, 20158 Comments

Apple says it will use the proceeds to help pay for share buybacks and dividends…

Why Apple won’t have a $1 trillion market capitalization any time soon

Friday, May 1, 2015 4:28 pm20 Comments

With two consecutive blowout quarters, a market capitalization of $750 billion, Apple…

Under-the-radar gems from Apple’s earnings call

Friday, May 1, 2015 2:16 pm10 Comments

On Monday, Apple released results for fiscal Q2, and had an earnings call…

Carl Icahn: Apple still undervalued and misunderstood

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 1:27 pm15 Comments

Apple Inc remains undervalued and misunderstood…

Apple’s paltry dividend increase is disappointing for income investors

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 12:02 pmTuesday, April 28, 201531 Comments

Apple announced a massive increase to its capital program, but…

Apple expands capital return program to $200 billion

Monday, April 27, 2015 4:49 pmMonday, April 27, 201520 Comments

Apple today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase…

Read this before you even think of selling your Apple Inc. shares

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 3:57 pmTuesday, April 21, 201521 Comments

With Apple stock trading a whopping 67% higher than it was 12 months ago…

Analyst: Apple’s stock buyback plan a bigger deal than Apple Watch, iPhone sales

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 9:49 amWednesday, April 15, 201511 Comments

Forget the Apple Watch and the iPhone…

Citi adds Apple to ‘Focus List,’ gives 6 reasons why stock can trade higher

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 4:32 pmWednesday, April 1, 20152 Comments

The consensus is underestimating both the continued demand for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus as well as…

Apple’s next big surprise may not be a product

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 2:02 pmWednesday, April 1, 20153 Comments

The rally in Apple shares, up more than 60 percent in the past year…

How the iPhone can drive Apple to a $1 trillion market cap

Monday, March 30, 2015 4:00 pmMonday, March 30, 20153 Comments

While there has been a lot of speculation as to where Apple’s next wave…

How much will Apple increase its quarterly cash dividend next month?

Thursday, March 26, 2015 3:30 pmThursday, March 26, 20157 Comments

Since Apple began its capital return program in 2012…

Goldman Sachs: Buy Apple during buyback blackout period

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 4:25 pm7 Comments

Investors itching to buy stocks on a dip in the S&P 500 index will likely have a window of opportunity to strike…

Apple dominates in stock buybacks, too

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 2:55 pmTuesday, March 24, 201511 Comments

Apple is far above second place Exxon Mobil…

Here’s how Apple gets to $1 trillion valuation in just 12 months

Monday, March 23, 2015 5:31 pm16 Comments

With Apple’s stock price creeping toward $130 a share…

Is Apple cheating on the dividends?

Friday, March 20, 2015 4:27 pmFriday, March 20, 201525 Comments

Since initiation, the dividend has been adjusted twice…

U.S. companies now have $2.1 trillion overseas to avoid corporate taxes

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 8:32 am29 Comments

“Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Google Inc. and five other tech firms now account for more than…

Apple may disappoint some investors with its updated buyback and dividend programs

Thursday, February 26, 2015 8:28 am6 Comments

Apple should update its dividend and share buyback plans in April…

Apple stock hits all-time intraday high, but slips on capital return concerns

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 5:28 pmTuesday, February 24, 20157 Comments

Apple shares rose nearly 0.5% in morning trading on the stock market today…

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