Opinion: Apple offers breadcrumbs for a forecast, but is that enough to reassure Wall Street?
Apple Inc.’s breadcrumbs lead back to a familiar place: The iPhone is all that matters. After posting its largest revenue decline in more than six years — led by underwhelming iPhone sales — in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report Thursday, Apple once again refused to provide a traditional forecast for the coming quarter or year. […]
Apple couldn’t save the smartphone industry from its worst year since 2013
The personal-computer market just capped off a bad year, but the smartphone market suffered more—at least by one metric. The smartphone industry shipped 1.21 billion units during 2022, marking the lowest shipment count since 2013, according to researchers from IDC. Smartphone shipments declined 11.3% on the year. The PC market saw a steeper… Source link
‘Overbought and overpriced.’ Why this investor sees a bubble popping for this popular group of stocks
Investors wouldn’t be blamed for sizing up the first losing week in three for the S&P 500 and decide to start the weekend early. And stock futures are just barely positive.Who can blame them after the mixed bag of data this week that has reigniting worries in some corners about whether the Fed could push […]
2023 ‘is the year AI crosses the chasm,’ but for one reason, John Chambers says
Venture capitalist John Chambers is an eternal optimist, but even he admits 2023 could be “tough” for tech. While this could sideswipe a couple of Big Tech companies, leading them to a road of losing market leadership by the end of the decade, it could present an opportunity for startups in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity […]