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Like runners striving to break from the pack, a slew of wearables companies are competing for share of consumers’ health and fitness tracking habits. With Apple latest heart-rate focused updates to its best-selling Apple Watch and an upcoming Health app redesign, it’s hoping to expand an already impressive lead. Users will be able to calculate their “health age”—a comparison of their overall health measurements with their actual age—as well as a Readiness score that gauges capacity for strenuous activity.

Snap (SNAP) stock is 58% below its two-year high. At that price, Snap's free cash flow equals 8.1% of its market value, against 4.5% for the median S&P 500 company. With Snap's debt counted, that cash yield is 6.2%. A yield that high means a business on sale, or one the market expects to shrink. So why are investors paying so little for Snap's cash.

Microsoft's management stressed Copilot and AI agents on its fiscal Q4 2026 call. The stock has returned 34% in three months, against 2.5% for the S&P 500. Microsoft (MSFT) needs fast Azure growth and revenue from Copilot's paid seats to justify that gain. A year ago management led with a different topic, tied to a large part of Microsoft. What was it exactly.

Microsoft (MSFT) stock has gained about 34% in three months, and you may wonder whether it can hold that gain. Management expects about $175 billion of capital spending in calendar 2026 and has said the spending may lower operating margins. A few dated events will show whether that spending is paying off. Below are the earnings reports and other dates most likely to move Microsoft stock over the next six months.

Stocks priced under $10 get dismissed as risky bets, yet some of the biggest names in the market once traded there too. These five under-$10 picks deliver monthly dividend payouts that can cover real bills while you wait to see where the share price goes.

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes moved higher as the 10-year Treasury yield wavered in premarket action Thursday. Meanwhile, shares of Micron Technology dropped on the stock market today after the memory-chip leader's quarterly earnings report.

Apple stock might be hitting a wall without a clear catalyst to meaningfully move shares higher and the rising threat of artificial-intelligence consumer agents potentially disrupting the iPhone maker’s app store and services businesses. The fresh price target represents 6.6% upside from Apple’s closing price of $333.02 from Wednesday. “Apple’s product roadmap remains amongst the most exciting in over a decade, but our earnings outlook changes little following the iPhone launch, leaving limited upside to our price target after a strong last six month run,” Woodring said in a research note.

Apple already turned $1,000 into more than $12,000 once, but doing it again from today's price is a very different challenge. The math on how long a 10x return actually takes reveals just how much has changed for this stock.

On Wednesday, Jim Cramer asked investors to buy Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) for its "AMAZING" iPhone Duo. Cupertino shares gained 1.1% during regular hours, then reached $334.25 in after-hours trading, up 0.37%, according to Benzinga Pro. Cramer Urges Investors to Buy Apple Stock Taking to X, Cramer said, "Buy the stock of Apple because of the DUO, not smart home… Duo is AMAZING." Priced at 1,999, iPhone Duo will become available in the U.S. on Oct. 23, with pre-orders opening on Oct. 16. Buy the s

Qualcomm (QCOM) stock is up 46% over six months. It still trades about 26% below its high of the past year. At 21 times earnings, about the market's level, the price appears to assume Qualcomm keeps growing as Apple sales shrink. Qualcomm plans to fill that gap with car and data center chips, and is raising prices as memory costs climb. Both plans are under way. So is there a case for waiting before you buy Qualcomm.

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Apple is reportedly preparing a new home hub alongside updated HomePod and Apple TV devices for an October launch

Microsoft (MSFT) shares returned 37% over the past three months, against 2.6% for the S&P 500. Even so, Microsoft's P/E, the price divided by a year of profit, is 28.3. That is below 31.8, the stock's average at the last twelve quarter-ends, leaving out readings above 100. A run that big makes buyers wary, but the shares cost less per dollar of profit than usual. So how much upside is left in Microsoft stock at today's price.

Jim Cramer just called Apple's first foldable phone kind of astounding and told followers to buy shares before it ships, but a closer look at supply constraints, memory costs, and a one-time earnings boost raises real questions about whether the Duo can actually move the needle.

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, XETRA:APC) plans to debut a Siri AI-powered smart-home hub in October, a push to challenge Amazon and Google's dominance of the market, Bloomberg reported. The main product is a roughly 6-inch display that can sit on a counter or mount on a wall. It is designed to...

A White House lunch brought together the biggest names in AI to sign a voluntary safety accord that Trump called morally binding, and the market reaction split sharply across Alphabet, Apple, and Meta Platforms in ways that reveal who traders trust most with the AI era.

Macs replace metered cloud spending with upfront hardware whose returns depend on sustained utilization.

Apple's first foldable starts at $1,999, putting 6 million units at nearly $12 billion at the base price alone.

Apple just renewed a deal with a company whose chips it stopped buying, and that contradiction tells you everything about where Qualcomm's real power sits and why one investor keeps pressing the buy button.

Apple is poised to sell 6 million units of the iPhone Duo, its first folding-screen smartphone, Counterpoint Research says. Apple stock rose.

The 8:30 Hosts Julie Hyman, Pras Subramanian, and Jake Conley discuss the changes Apple’s (AAPL) new CEO, John Ternus, is expected to make as he takes the reins — and what his leadership could mean for the company’s products, strategy, and future

The 8:30 Hosts Julie Hyman, Pras Subramanian, and Jake Conley discuss the changes Apple's (AAPL) new CEO, John Ternus, is expected to make as he takes the reins — and what his leadership could mean for the company's products, strategy, and future.

Key TakeawaysMark Gurman said on the Decoder podcast that Apple is “terrified” of the screenless, hockey puck-sized AI device OpenAI is building. Gurman says Siri AI has been the gate to Apple’s new product categories, including new AirPods, a new Apple TV, a HomePod, and a smart home hub.

Alphabet (GOOGL) stock costs 22% less than the median S&P 500 company, measured by price against the past year's earnings. Alphabet's revenue still grew 20.1% over the past year, against 8.3% for the median S&P 500 company. Investors usually pay more for faster growth. So is Alphabet stock a bargain, or is the low price a warning.

The 8:30 Hosts Julie Hyman, Pras Subramanian, and Jake Conley break down OpenAI's (OPAI.PVT) DevDay, the unveiling of its new AI agent, Dots, and the company's more frequent model releases.

The 8:30 Hosts Julie Hyman, Pras Subramanian, and Jake Conley break down OpenAI's (OPAI.PVT) DevDay, the unveiling of its new AI agent, Dots, and the company's more frequent model releases.

John Ternus has big shoes to fill, and it won't be easy.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Wednesday on surprise inflation data. Micron earnings are due after the close.

The rollout is limited to Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit cards at launch, entering a market dominated by UPI, Google Pay, and PhonePe

The plans are the first sign of how Apple's new CEO will reshape the company

Apple Faces Major Shake-Up Under New CEO as Ternus Weighs Faster Releases: Report

The bigger threat may have little to do with iPhone sales.

Broadcom's net margin towers at 36%, but customer concentration and a hefty SBC load cloud the picture; Qualcomm trades at half the valuation despite handset headwinds.

According to Bloomberg, Apple’s Smart-Home push would build on nearly a decade of smart-home products, adding a dedicated hub to an ecosystem already spanning HomePod, Apple TV, and the Home app.

The number Dell Technologies (DELL) holders should watch most closely is its AI server revenue. Dell expects $74 billion from these servers in fiscal 2027, three times the year before. The stock returned 320% in the last twelve months, against 17.7% for the S&P 500. News reports tie Dell's rally in 2026 to its rise as one of the top sellers of Nvidia-based servers. So what might Dell stock investors be overlooking.

The Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF offers concentrated exposure across the artificial intelligence (AI) value chain.

Investing.com -- Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is preparing to finally make its long-delayed leap into the smart-home market. The tech giant is planning to unveil a new smart display hub on Oct. 13, according to a recent Bloomberg News report. The launch marks the first major hardware expansion under the leadership of John Ternus, who officially took over as CEO on Sept. 1.

By Shashwat Chauhan and Tharuniyaa Lakshmi Sept 30 (Reuters) - US stock index futures fell in choppy trading on Wednesday, as heavyweight technology stocks eased ahead of a key inflation report and

Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 18 Pro series recorded a 12% year-on-year increase in China sales during its first week of availability, helping the company take the largest share of the country’s smartphone market, according to Counterpoint Research. Apple accounted for 33% of smartphone sales in China during Week 38, covering September 14 to September 20, despite the iPhone 18 Pro series being available for only the final three days of the period.

Apple may have found an upside to slower iPhone upgrades

Apple's priciest iPhone yet carries a sticker shock that would make most buyers flinch, but analysts say millions of customers are lining up anyway. The real question is whether Apple can actually build enough of them to meet demand.

Users in India can now use Apple Pay on iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches via a partnership with Axis Bank, one of the largest private-sector lenders in the country.

META's Muse is reshaping the agentic AI race with massive distribution, user data and a free offering.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) were told on September 28 that part of a consumer class action against them can proceed, after a ruling by Britain’s Competition Appeal Tribunal. The claim concerns a 2018 arrangement that allegedly restricted which sellers could list Apple and Beats products on Amazon’s UK marketplace. Amazon closed Monday […]

Investing.com -- Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series sales in China rose 12% year-over-year in the first week of launch, helping the company take the top spot in the country's smartphone market, according to Counterpoint Research.

Apple’s foldable bet, leadership transition, and expanding payments ecosystem are giving investors fresh factors to watch.

Some of India's largest banks are holding off on supporting Apple Pay initially.

The latest move comes just months after T-Mobile made a similar change.

Past buybacks at Apple and at the chipmaker itself usually came before market-beating years. But was the buyback the reason?