Apple (AAPL -0.20%) is back on top of the stock market. The tech giant peaked in December at a market cap of $3.9 billion as the iPhone maker has soared recently on hopes for Apple Intelligence, its generative AI tools that are now built into iOS, and the market's belief that the Trump administration will be more lenient on regulating big tech.The Department of Justice is currently investigating Apple over monopolistic behavior in its closed Apple ecosystem, which could change in the next DOJ. Building on t ...

Diversification ranks among the most important components of many investment strategies. However, one of the world's greatest investors isn't gung ho about the idea. Warren Buffett once said, "Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing."With Berkshire Hathaway delivering an average annual return of around 19.8% over almost six decades, Buffett clearly knows what he's doing. Unsurprisingly, he hasn't diversified Berkshire's holdings as much as most i ...

Apple reportedly could release 20-plus products this year, even as services continue to lead growth.The new products include a new MacBook Air that could arrive sometime this month, along with the latest version of the iPhone, Seeking Alpha reported Sunday (Jan. 5).“The most important new product for Apple in 2025 will be the iPhone 17, but the company should also debut a new Apple Watch, new notebooks and Macs, and possibly the next version of its Vision Pro,” Jonathan Weber, investing group leader for Cas ...

Excluding the stock positions Buffett trimmed throughout 2024, this is by far the famed investor's biggest bet.The top stock in Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A 0.88%) (BRK.B 0.55%) equity portfolio remained Apple (AAPL -0.20%) at the end of the third quarter. But the Oracle of Omaha was selling huge chunks of this position throughout 2024, and it's possible this continued into the fourth quarter. So, what is Berkshire's biggest bet if you exclude the stocks Berkshire has been selling recently? American Express ...

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Apple's Market Position and AI Monetization - Apple holds the title of the most valuable US company with a market value of $3.7 trillion as of Dec 31 [1] - Apple has not yet demonstrated significant ability to monetize artificial intelligence compared to other big tech companies [1] Wall Street Expectations for Apple - Wall Street expects Apple stock to trade sideways over the next year with a median 12-month target price of $250 per share implying downside from the current price of $251 [2] - Amazon and Nvidia have potential to surpass Apple's current valuation [2] Amazon's Financial Performance and Growth Prospects - Amazon reported Q3 revenue growth of 11% to $159 billion driven by strong advertising and cloud computing sales [4] - Operating margin expanded by over 3 percentage points and GAAP earnings rose 52% to $1.43 per diluted share [4] - Amazon's investment thesis is supported by its dominant e-commerce position third-largest ad tech company status and leadership in public cloud services [5] - Wall Street estimates Amazon's earnings will increase 26% in the next 12 months with a current valuation of 47 times earnings and PEG ratio of 1.9 [6] - Amazon's market value could reach $3.8 trillion if it exceeds earnings estimates [6] Nvidia's Financial Performance and Growth Prospects - Nvidia reported Q3 fiscal 2025 revenue growth of 94% to $35 billion driven by strong data center segment sales [8] - Non-GAAP net income increased 103% to $0.81 per diluted share [8] - Nvidia's GPUs are considered the gold standard for AI infrastructure with the upcoming Blackwell GPU offering significant performance improvements [9] - Wall Street estimates Nvidia's earnings will increase 50% in the next 12 months with a current valuation of 51 times earnings [10] - Nvidia's stock could return 16% if earnings meet expectations and potentially more if they exceed estimates [10] Market Value Projections for Amazon and Nvidia - Amazon's market value would need to increase by 65% to $362 per share to reach $3.8 trillion [11] - Nvidia's market value would need to increase by 16% to $156 per share to reach $3.8 trillion [11] Investor Sentiment for Amazon and Nvidia - Amazon has one of the highest percentages of buy ratings among S&P 500 companies with only four companies having higher buy ratings [7] - Nvidia also has strong buy ratings with only six S&P 500 companies having higher percentages of buy ratings [12]

Equity analyst Dan Ives has made a quite a few prescient calls in his career. In the last year alone, he predicted the Nasdaq Composite would hit 20,000, and he remained bullish on Palantir despite widespread skepticism. Lo and behold, the Nasdaq hit 20,000 in 2024, and Palantir was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 index.This year, Ives thinks Apple (AAPL -0.20%) and Microsoft (MSFT 1.14%) will become the first $4 trillion companies, as detailed below:Ives recently raised his 12-month target on Appl ...

Apple (AAPL) closed the most recent trading day at $243.36, moving -0.2% from the previous trading session. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 1.26%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.8%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 1.77%.Shares of the maker of iPhones, iPads and other products have appreciated by 0.33% over the course of the past month, underperforming the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 0.84% and outperforming the S&P 500's loss of 2.82%.The investment communi ...

Key TakeawaysApple has agreed to a potential $95 million settlement over privacy issues related to Siri, the company's voice-activated digital assistant. The settlement, which has to be approved by a judge, could award certain Apple device owners as much as $20 per device, for up to five devices.The class action suit followed 2019 reports that recordings of private conversations when Siri had accidentally been activated were shared with third-party contractors. Apple (AAPL) this week agreed to a proposed $9 ...

Tech giant Apple on Thursday agreed to pay $95 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that claimed its Siri voice assistant violated users' privacy. A preliminary settlement was filed Tuesday night at a federal court in Oakland, California, which will be subject to approval by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White.Mobile device owners who brought the complaint alleged that Apple had routinely recorded private conversations after they unintentionally activated Siri. The suit added that those conversat ...