The Latest Breaking News from AAPL

Shares of Apple (AAPL ) climbed to an 8-month high Wednesday and are up +29% for the year. That has pushed the stock to an elevated valuation that may be tested after today’s close when it reports Q2 earnings results. The consensus is for Apple’s Q2 revenue to fall by...

Apple (AAPL ) and Microsoft (MSFT ), the world’s two most valuable companies, saw their combined weightings in the S&P 500 ($SPX ) (SPY ) increase to a record 14% this week as technology stocks rallied on strong quarterly earnings results from Microsoft. Apple and Microsoft have added $1 trillion...

Even though a challenging macroeconomic environment has affected the tech sector’s performance, FAANG companies are anticipated to trend in a positive direction due to their popularity. Given this backdrop, FAANG stocks Apple (AAPL) and Meta Platforms (META), which maintain A-grade Quality in our POWR Ratings system, could be watched now.…

Despite heightened economic uncertainty and signs of slowing revenue growth, expectations are high for Apple (AAPL ) to extend its stock repurchasing plans, a bullish factor for its stock price. Apple has historically reported its buyback plans for the year in its fiscal second-quarter results, which are expected on May...

Apple stock has been treading water, but short sellers are making money selling out-of-the-money puts and calls ahead of the company's May 4 fiscal Q2 earnings ending March 31.

The screener shows some interesting short straddle trades on popular stocks such as BMY, AAPL, VZ, CRM, GOOG, INTC, PANW, XOM and TSLA.

The market continues to show some encouraging signs and if that continues, bull put spread trades could do well. To execute a bull put spread, an investor would sell a naked put and then buy a further out-of-the-money put to create a spread.

Speculation has increased that Apple (AAPL ) could be in the market to make an acquisition after Needham proposed last week that Apple could be in the market to acquire Walt Disney. Needham said Apple could see a “material upside” of 25% if it purchased Disney, citing Apple’s distribution capabilities...

Apple has paid four quarters of dividends at the same rate and is likely to hike it at the end of April. This could act as a catalyst, although an easier way to make more income is to short its puts.

As Apple (AAPL) recently reported its first decline in quarterly revenue in almost four years and demonstrates gloomy prospects for fiscal 2023, investors are scooping up shares of the fundamentally sound software company Salesforce (CRM) for better returns. Keep reading….

Apple stock is back at record highs, but then it's been a buy-and-hold beast for the ages.