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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq close at record highs for second day as Apple, tech, trade talk news power markets

Monday, September 22, 2025 5:05 pmMonday, September 22, 2025No Comments

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4%, the S&P 500 climbed nearly 0.5%, and the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite rose 0.7%…

Apple stock approaches new all-time high

Friday, June 7, 2024 4:28 pm1 Comment

Apple shares rose $2.41, or 1.24%, to hit $196.89 at the close of regular trading on Friday, near its all-time high ahead of its WWDC event…

Microsoft results top Wall Street targets; world’s most valuable company driven by AI investment

Friday, April 26, 2024 8:51 am10 Comments

Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, driven by gains from adoption of AI…

Apple poised to retake title of world’s most valuable company from Microsoft

Thursday, January 18, 2024 4:29 pmThursday, January 18, 20243 Comments

Apple is poised to retake the title of the world’s most valuable company from Microsoft after ceding the mantle last week…

Microsoft surpasses Apple as world’s most valuable company

Thursday, January 11, 2024 10:26 amThursday, January 11, 20249 Comments

Microsoft overtook Apple as the world’s most valuable company on Thursday after Apple’s shares made a weak start to 2024 due to concerns;

Historic tech sell-off is a ‘generational buying opportunity’ for the right stocks, like Apple – Dan Ives

Friday, May 13, 2022 2:08 pm1 Comment

According to Wedbush Securities’ analyst Dan Ives, The tech-sell off is not a calamitous bubble bursting, it’s simply a “buying opportunity”…

Apple, Microsoft remain top stock picks as tech turns into ‘have and have nots’ – analyst

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 10:21 amNo Comments

Apple and Microsoft are still the top picks in the technology sector, Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives says, as tech turns into…

Apple is once again the world’s most valuable company

Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:35 pmThursday, November 18, 20218 Comments

How many articles were there when Microsoft briefly rose above Apple in recent days to become the “World’s Most Valuable Company?”

Apple retakes ‘World’s Most Valuable Company’ crown from Microsoft

Monday, November 1, 2021 11:30 amMonday, November 1, 202113 Comments

There were, oh, about a million article when Microsoft briefly rose above Apple in market cap to become the “World’s Most Valuable Company.”

Microsoft takes crown of world’s most valuable company from Apple

Friday, October 29, 2021 8:57 amFriday, October 29, 202111 Comments

Apple is set to lose its crown as the world’s most valuable public company to Microsoft Corp if the iPhone maker’s shares continue…

Microsoft closes in on Apple in world’s most valuable company race

Friday, August 20, 2021 5:15 pmFriday, August 20, 202120 Comments

Microsoft helped to lift the Nasdaq higher. At this rate, Microsoft is closing in on Apple in the world’s most valuable company race…

Apple stock price nears key support level

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 12:37 pm7 Comments

The stock price of Apple is approaching its 50-day support level. 2020’s top three performing Dow Jones stocks in 2020 were Apple, followed…

More good news is coming for Apple stock

Thursday, October 1, 2020 10:28 am1 Comment

October is unfairly known for jinxes and crashes for the S&P 500, but stock prices of Apple and Microsoft show much of the fear…

Dow drops nearly 425 points on Apple, Microsoft declines

Thursday, September 10, 2020 3:46 pm11 Comments

Behind declines for shares of Apple Inc. and Microsoft, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is seeing a selloff Thursday afternoon…

Apple, Microsoft share gains power Dow’s 237-point climb

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 10:30 amWednesday, September 9, 2020No Comments

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading up Wednesday morning with Apple and Microsoft share gains leading the way for the index…

Dow falls 400 points as Apple, Microsoft drop

Thursday, July 23, 2020 3:21 pm6 Comments

In volatile trading on Thursday, share prices fell as Apple and Microsoft led the broader market lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 410 points…

Wedbush: Take advantage of the pullback to buy Apple and Microsoft shares

Friday, June 12, 2020 5:31 pm4 Comments

Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives likens the recent stock market to a “dizzying Space Mountain-like roller-coaster ride,” but he sees an opportunity in Apple …

Apple market cap falls below $1 trillion as Democrats block $2 trillion stimulus

Monday, March 23, 2020 10:23 amMonday, March 23, 202053 Comments

Apple market cap has fallen below the $1 trillion level as cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S. surged above 35,000 Monday morning, as COVID-19 infections…

COVID-19 has created a rare opportunity to buy dominant tech companies like Apple on the cheap

Friday, March 20, 2020 5:02 pmFriday, March 20, 202030 Comments

You may have heard this one before: Cash is now king. And on that score, tech stocks like Apple are far better positioned than any other sector…

Apple retakes ‘most valuable company’ title from Microsoft

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 2:08 pmThursday, February 13, 20203 Comments

Microsoft’s new reign as the most valuable U.S. company by market capitalization is looking like a short one as Apple shares climb today…

Apple and Microsoft dwarf the rest of the market

Tuesday, November 26, 2019 9:02 am3 Comments

Hitting a milestone that highlighted just how much the two largest U.S. companies influence major stock indexes, Apple and Microsoft helped propel the Dow…

Microsoft joins $1 trillion market cap club

Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:26 amThursday, April 25, 20192 Comments

In the process it’s nabbed the crown for most-valuable company…

No, Microsoft didn’t overtake Apple as most valuable company

Monday, November 26, 2018 11:44 amMonday, November 26, 201826 Comments

A number of news outlets reported over the weekend that Microsoft briefly overtook Apple…

Microsoft misses on Q1 earnings as revenue falls 5.5 percent

Thursday, April 21, 2016 4:27 pmThursday, April 21, 20167 Comments

Microsoft Corp. reported a 5.5 fall in quarterly revenue as a strong U.S. dollar reduced the value of sales…

Top hedge fund dumped Apple, bought Microsoft at the end of 2014

Thursday, February 12, 2015 2:47 pm23 Comments

The world’s largest hedge fund picked a bad time to fall out of love with Apple…

Don’t believe the hype about beleaguered Microsoft’s so-called revitalization

Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:55 amTuesday, November 25, 201439 Comments

Much has been written about Microsoft’s revitalization…

Bill Gates unloads another 20 million Microsoft shares for $882 million

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 3:58 pmTuesday, August 5, 201431 Comments

Bill Gates has dumped another 20 million shares of the company he co-founded…

Bill Gates dumps Microsoft stock; Steve Ballmer now owns more MSFT shares than Gates

Saturday, May 3, 2014 1:10 pmSaturday, May 3, 201423 Comments

At current rate of sales, Gates will have no direct ownership of Microsoft shares in four years…

Beleaguered Microsoft’s hardships continue

Monday, April 14, 2014 8:00 pmMonday, April 14, 201440 Comments

We continue to advise investor caution on shares of Microsoft…

The Apple double-standard report

Friday, July 26, 2013 4:01 pmFriday, July 26, 201320 Comments

Imagine, just imagine, that Apple had to take a one billion dollar write-down…

Microsoft and Google missed; Apple reports earnings next Tuesday

Friday, July 19, 2013 3:31 pmFriday, July 19, 201321 Comments

When it comes to quarterly earnings reports…

Snow White and the Apple Analysts

Friday, May 3, 2013 12:32 pmFriday, May 3, 201313 Comments

Apple is a company that manufactures much loved products and has an enviable…

Microsoft’s stock takes beating after putrid Windows PC shipment reports

Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:08 pmFriday, April 12, 201348 Comments

Microsoft’s stock took a beating in trading today…

Google fined $7 million over Street View privacy breaches

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 2:59 pmTuesday, March 12, 201318 Comments

Google has agreed to pay $7 million as a result of an investigation brought…

Microsoft and the Infinite Monkey Theorem of R&D spending

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 6:40 pmWednesday, February 6, 201334 Comments

Based on Microsoft’s stunningly high R&D spending levels, shareholders…

Is Apple the new Microsoft?

Friday, January 25, 2013 3:05 pm51 Comments

One of those who is in the camp that says Apple’s best days are behind it…

Can Microsoft be any less dead?

Monday, January 7, 2013 1:43 pm43 Comments

The stock market has never been the same since Microsoft lost its title…

Fujitsu President: Weak demand for Microsoft’s Windows 8 killing PC Sales

Friday, December 28, 2012 8:53 amFriday, December 28, 201241 Comments

U.S. retail sales of devices running Windows fell 21 percent from a year earlier…

Beleaguered Microsoft has failed

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:38 pmWednesday, November 14, 201284 Comments

“Microsoft is in deep trouble, their two main product lines are failing…

Ballmer inexplicably calls Apple a ‘low-volume player’

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 3:42 pmTuesday, October 30, 201278 Comments

Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is betting on one of Microsoft Corp.’s busiest years,,,

Microsoft profit slips as Windows PCs fizzle

Friday, October 19, 2012 8:41 amFriday, October 19, 201239 Comments

Microsoft Corp’s quarterly profit fell a greater-than-expected 22 percent…

Microsoft replaces failed Zune with ‘Xbox Music’ service to take on Apple

Monday, October 15, 2012 9:00 amMonday, October 15, 201231 Comments

Microsoft on Monday announced that Xbox Music, a digital music service to vie with Apple’s iTunes Store…

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