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  ·2021-09-07
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  Nvidia Reportedly Faces EU Opposition to Arm Deal
  NVIDIA Corp, the largest U.S. semiconductor maker by market value, reportedly faces fresh opposition
  Nvidia Reportedly Faces EU Opposition to Arm Deal
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- kitlimkitlim
  ·2021-09-07
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  2 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever
  They offer high growth, and while they're not risk-free, their stability means you can look beyond the risk to the rewards.
  2 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever
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  ·2021-05-04
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  Forget Intel, Buy These 2 Semiconductor Stocks Instead
  The chipmaking giant's stock is cheap for obvious reasons.
  Forget Intel, Buy These 2 Semiconductor Stocks Instead
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  ·2021-05-04
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  Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are splitting up after 27 years
  Bill and Melinda Gates met at $Microsoft$, and the two got married in 1994.The couple, who agreed to give away more than half their wealth, will keep working together on charitable efforts.Financial implications are not immediately clear.Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO ofMicrosoft, and his wife, Melinda French Gates, said on $Twitter$ on Monday that they will split up after 27 years. The two will keep working together on philanthropic efforts, which have addressed education, gender equalit
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  6 Reasons to Buy Apple Stock and Never Sell
  Even as the most valuable company in the world, there's still lots to like about the iPhone maker.
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Nvidia said, however, that it was “confident in the deal and that regulators should recognize the benefits of the acquisition to Arm, its licensees, and the industry.”\nBeyond the EU and U.K., Nvidia must gain approval from regulators in China and the U.S.\nOwned by Japanese investor SoftBank, Arm licenses intellectual property to the likes of Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), and Samsung, which all use the chip designs in the mobile phones and computer processors.\nNvidia shares dipped over 1% in early trading Tuesday to $225.66.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":344,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":880896211,"gmtCreate":1631029008033,"gmtModify":1676530448390,"author":{"id":"3561696423816116","authorId":"3561696423816116","name":"kitlim","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3561696423816116","idStr":"3561696423816116"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Airbnb????","listText":"Airbnb????","text":"Airbnb????","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/880896211","repostId":"2165041355","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2165041355","pubTimestamp":1631024400,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2165041355?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-09-07 22:20","market":"us","language":"en","title":"2 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2165041355","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"They offer high growth, and while they're not risk-free, their stability means you can look beyond the risk to the rewards.","content":"<blockquote>\n <b>They offer high growth, and while they're not risk-free, their stability means you can look beyond the risk to the rewards.</b>\n</blockquote>\n<p><b>Key Points</b></p>\n<ul>\n <li>Airbnb's flexible business model means it can do well in most environments.</li>\n <li>Square continues to roll out new features as it disrupts traditional banking.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Successful investing is all about finding stocks that have the potential to appreciate in value and then holding on to them as they do.</p>\n<p>That's why most investing styles revolve around some form of choosing stocks that are either in high-growth phases or that trade beneath their real value. In both of these cases, investors expect the value of the stock to increase over time.</p>\n<p>One of the differences between growth investing and value investing is the stage of the company. Growth companies are typically new and developing. As a result, they're often not profitable, and therefore risky to hold, but they also offer the maximum potential for gains, which makes them appealing.</p>\n<p>Ideal growth stocks have proved themselves enough that they're worthwhile bets, even though they may retain elements of risk.<b>Airbnb</b> (NASDAQ:ABNB) and<b>Square</b> (NYSE:SQ) have both demonstrated enormous relevance and stability, and they're both growing through the roof. These are stocks you can hold forever and expect to skyrocket.</p>\n<p>Airbnb guests. Image source: Airbnb.</p>\n<p><b>Airbnb: Disrupting travel</b></p>\n<p>Airbnb stock rocketed 50% from its first-day closing price within two months of its IPO, but it's fallen far from there since. Even now, 26% off their February high, shares are trading at an outrageous 22 times sales.</p>\n<p>Perhaps that's justified not only by the travel company's recent performance, but by its potential. In the second quarter, Airbnb sales increased 299% year over year, making up for lackluster sales during the height of pandemic restrictions. Gross booking value increased 320%, and the net loss contracted year over year.</p>\n<p>But it's only going to get better. CFO Dave Stephenson said that management is expecting record sales and profits in the third quarter. \"People want to travel,\" he said, \"and they are really resilient in finding ways to travel.\"</p>\n<p>And Airbnb offers paths toward travel under challenging circumstances. That's why it was able to bounce back so phenomenally in Q2, and why investors can expect the company to crank out high growth going forward. It doesn't need to invest in costly building developments to provide more residences, but it can increase locations by bringing in more hosts. It also offers living quarters in remote locations, which traditional travel can't match, as well as better terms for longer stays, which contributed to higher sales in the second quarter. Even if those trends change, Airbnb's adaptive model means that it's likely to be able to support whatever the newest ways to travel are at any given time.</p>\n<p>The high valuation means that investors may face volatility in the near future, but holding the stock long-term is a great bet for high gains.</p>\n<p><b>Square: A fintech in motion</b></p>\n<p>Square has been a hot stock for a while now, because it keeps launching new services and upgrading its business. This has led to a five-year return of more than 2,000% for Square stockholders. It hasn't stopped, gaining 24% year to date as of this writing, and it doesn't seem like it's anywhere near taking a break soon.</p>\n<p>Square has two core businesses: its original sellers business, which provides payment and management solutions for small businesses, and Cash App, its peer-to-peer payments app, which now also offers stock and cryptocurrency trading.<b>Bitcoin</b> (CRYPTO:BTC) trading has powered a lot of recent growth, since Square counts it as revenue, especially last year when the sellers business suffered because of closed stores. But total revenue increased 143% year over year in the second quarter, with the sellers business's sales increasing 81%. Revenue increased 87% without Bitcoin.It's also posted three consecutive profitable quarters after a loss at the beginning of the pandemic.</p>\n<p>The company made two important announcements in the past two months that should drive even more business. One is the launch of a highly anticipated banking app, which gives it more ways to make money. The other is the acquisition of<b>Afterpay</b>, a company that offers buy now, pay later services. These moves both chip away at traditional banking services and open up new streams of revenue for the company, which could become huge.</p>\n<p>Investors can count on similarly big moves from Square in the future, making it a stock you can likely hold forever as it piles on more gains.</p>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>2 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\n2 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-09-07 22:20 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/09/07/2-growth-stocks-to-buy-and-hold-forever/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>They offer high growth, and while they're not risk-free, their stability means you can look beyond the risk to the rewards.\n\nKey Points\n\nAirbnb's flexible business model means it can do well in most ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/09/07/2-growth-stocks-to-buy-and-hold-forever/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"ABNB":"爱彼迎","SQ":"Block"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/09/07/2-growth-stocks-to-buy-and-hold-forever/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2165041355","content_text":"They offer high growth, and while they're not risk-free, their stability means you can look beyond the risk to the rewards.\n\nKey Points\n\nAirbnb's flexible business model means it can do well in most environments.\nSquare continues to roll out new features as it disrupts traditional banking.\n\nSuccessful investing is all about finding stocks that have the potential to appreciate in value and then holding on to them as they do.\nThat's why most investing styles revolve around some form of choosing stocks that are either in high-growth phases or that trade beneath their real value. In both of these cases, investors expect the value of the stock to increase over time.\nOne of the differences between growth investing and value investing is the stage of the company. Growth companies are typically new and developing. As a result, they're often not profitable, and therefore risky to hold, but they also offer the maximum potential for gains, which makes them appealing.\nIdeal growth stocks have proved themselves enough that they're worthwhile bets, even though they may retain elements of risk.Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) andSquare (NYSE:SQ) have both demonstrated enormous relevance and stability, and they're both growing through the roof. These are stocks you can hold forever and expect to skyrocket.\nAirbnb guests. Image source: Airbnb.\nAirbnb: Disrupting travel\nAirbnb stock rocketed 50% from its first-day closing price within two months of its IPO, but it's fallen far from there since. Even now, 26% off their February high, shares are trading at an outrageous 22 times sales.\nPerhaps that's justified not only by the travel company's recent performance, but by its potential. In the second quarter, Airbnb sales increased 299% year over year, making up for lackluster sales during the height of pandemic restrictions. Gross booking value increased 320%, and the net loss contracted year over year.\nBut it's only going to get better. CFO Dave Stephenson said that management is expecting record sales and profits in the third quarter. \"People want to travel,\" he said, \"and they are really resilient in finding ways to travel.\"\nAnd Airbnb offers paths toward travel under challenging circumstances. That's why it was able to bounce back so phenomenally in Q2, and why investors can expect the company to crank out high growth going forward. It doesn't need to invest in costly building developments to provide more residences, but it can increase locations by bringing in more hosts. It also offers living quarters in remote locations, which traditional travel can't match, as well as better terms for longer stays, which contributed to higher sales in the second quarter. Even if those trends change, Airbnb's adaptive model means that it's likely to be able to support whatever the newest ways to travel are at any given time.\nThe high valuation means that investors may face volatility in the near future, but holding the stock long-term is a great bet for high gains.\nSquare: A fintech in motion\nSquare has been a hot stock for a while now, because it keeps launching new services and upgrading its business. This has led to a five-year return of more than 2,000% for Square stockholders. It hasn't stopped, gaining 24% year to date as of this writing, and it doesn't seem like it's anywhere near taking a break soon.\nSquare has two core businesses: its original sellers business, which provides payment and management solutions for small businesses, and Cash App, its peer-to-peer payments app, which now also offers stock and cryptocurrency trading.Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) trading has powered a lot of recent growth, since Square counts it as revenue, especially last year when the sellers business suffered because of closed stores. But total revenue increased 143% year over year in the second quarter, with the sellers business's sales increasing 81%. Revenue increased 87% without Bitcoin.It's also posted three consecutive profitable quarters after a loss at the beginning of the pandemic.\nThe company made two important announcements in the past two months that should drive even more business. One is the launch of a highly anticipated banking app, which gives it more ways to make money. The other is the acquisition ofAfterpay, a company that offers buy now, pay later services. These moves both chip away at traditional banking services and open up new streams of revenue for the company, which could become huge.\nInvestors can count on similarly big moves from Square in the future, making it a stock you can likely hold forever as it piles on more gains.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":220,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":106131406,"gmtCreate":1620092204205,"gmtModify":1704338515049,"author":{"id":"3561696423816116","authorId":"3561696423816116","name":"kitlim","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3561696423816116","idStr":"3561696423816116"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Both are great","listText":"Both are great","text":"Both are great","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/106131406","repostId":"2132525597","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2132525597","pubTimestamp":1620051420,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2132525597?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-05-03 22:17","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Forget Intel, Buy These 2 Semiconductor Stocks Instead","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2132525597","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The chipmaking giant's stock is cheap for obvious reasons.","content":"<p><b>Intel</b>'s (NASDAQ:INTC) stock recently slumped after the chipmaker posted its first-quarter earnings report. Its revenue and earnings surpassed Wall Street's conservative estimates, but its guidance indicated its slowdown would continue as it grappled with its chip shortage and R&amp;D issues.</p>\n<p>Intel's manufacturing plans, which include investments in new plants and the launch of a new foundry unit for third-party chipmakers, also defied calls for the company to become a fabless chipmaker like <b>Advanced Micro Devices</b> (NASDAQ:<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMD\">AMD</a>).</p>\n<p>Intel also postponed the launch of its long-delayed 7nm chips to&nbsp;2023, which indicates it will fall further behind <b>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing</b> (NYSE:TSM) and <b>Samsung</b> in the \"process race\" to manufacture smaller and more advanced chips. Intel will also reportedly rely on TSMC's plants to produce those 7nm CPUs.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/706199d620f92119d9c0d4ef4ec01cc6\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p>\n<p>Image source: Getty Images.</p>\n<p>Factoring in all these challenges, Intel expects its adjusted revenue and earnings to decline 7% and 13%, respectively, for the full year. Intel's stock might look like a bargain right now at 13 times forward earnings while paying a forward dividend yield of 2.4%, but it's cheap for obvious reasons.</p>\n<p>Instead of waiting for Intel's glacial turnaround efforts to possibly bear fruit, investors should simply buy AMD or <b>NVIDIA </b>(NASDAQ:NVDA) as their main semiconductor plays instead.</p>\n<h2>1. AMD is catching up to Intel again</h2>\n<p>AMD is a fabless chipmaker that outsources the production of its chips to third-party foundries like TSMC. Intel manufactures most of its chips internally, but its own foundries struggled to make the more efficient chips that TSMC specializes in.</p>\n<p>As Intel postponed its latest chips and struggled with shortages, AMD pulled ahead of Intel in the process race by using TSMC's superior plants. Many PC makers then started using AMD's chips instead of Intel's.</p>\n<p>As a result, AMD's share of the x86 CPU market rose from 20.2% to&nbsp;38.4% between the second quarters of 2017 and 2021, according to PassMark Software. Intel's share dropped from 79.7% to 61.5%.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/7602af9e87188b7a658b56b0d21628b0\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p>\n<p>Image source: Getty Images.</p>\n<p>AMD's latest Ryzen and EPYC CPUs are built on TSMC's 7nm process, putting it <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE\">one</a> generation ahead of Intel, even though Intel claims its 10nm node is comparable to TSMC's 7nm node. But AMD will likely launch its new 5nm CPUs later this year, which will put it firmly ahead of Intel's 10nm chips.</p>\n<p>AMD's revenue rose 45% to&nbsp;$9.76 billion last year. Its computing and graphics revenue rose 37% to $6.43 billion, fueled by robust demand for its Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs. Its EESC (enterprise, embedded, and semi-custom) revenue soared 65% to $3.33 billion as it sold more EPYC server chips and custom chips for new gaming consoles. Its adjusted earnings more than doubled.</p>\n<p>Wall Street expects AMD's revenue and earnings to rise another 48% and 67%, respectively, this year, as it continues to gain ground against Intel in the PC and data center markets. It will also likely keep pace with NVIDIA in the high-end GPU market, which should benefit from the launches of new games and demand for new cryptocurrency mining cards.</p>\n<h2>2. NVIDIA is becoming a disruptive superpower</h2>\n<p>Like AMD, NVIDIA is a fabless chipmaker that relies on TSMC and Samsung instead of manufacturing its own chips.</p>\n<p>NVIDIA's brand is often associated with gaming GPUs, but it also supplies high-end GPUs to data centers for AI and machine learning tasks. Its smaller Arm-based CPU business sells Tegra CPUs for embedded systems and Grace CPUs for servers, while its recent takeover of&nbsp;Mellanox expands its data center business with sales of networking equipment.</p>\n<p>NVIDIA's revenue surged 53% to $16.7 billion in fiscal 2021, which ended this January, as its adjusted earnings soared 73%. Its strong sales of GPUs for gaming PCs and data centers offset softer sales of its professional visualization and automotive chips throughout the pandemic.</p>\n<p>Analysts expect NVIDIA's revenue and&nbsp;earnings to rise 34% and 35%, respectively, this year. But those estimates likely haven't factored in its planned $40 billion purchase of Arm Holdings, the U.K.-based chip designer that provides the architecture for nearly all of the world's mobile devices, from the Japanese conglomerate <b>SoftBank</b> (OTC:SFTBF).</p>\n<p>That proposed takeover faces a lot of regulatory challenges, but it could transform NVIDIA into a semiconductor superpower, for two reasons. First, all of the world's Arm-based chipmakers would need to pay NVIDIA high-margin royalties and licensing fees. Second, it could design and manufacture new high-end Arm chips -- like its new Grace CPU -- to challenge Intel and AMD in the PC and data center markets.</p>\n<h2>The bottom line</h2>\n<p>AMD and NVIDIA trade at about 30 and 40 times forward earnings, respectively. AMD doesn't pay a dividend, while NVIDIA pays a tiny forward dividend yield of 0.1%.</p>\n<p>Value-seeking investors might shy away from those higher valuations and stick with Intel, but that would be a mistake. AMD and NVIDIA deserve their premium valuations, and they should continue to grow as Intel struggles to undo years of bad management decisions.</p>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Forget Intel, Buy These 2 Semiconductor Stocks Instead</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nForget Intel, Buy These 2 Semiconductor Stocks Instead\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-05-03 22:17 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/forget-intel-buy-these-2-semiconductor-stocks-inst/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Intel's (NASDAQ:INTC) stock recently slumped after the chipmaker posted its first-quarter earnings report. Its revenue and earnings surpassed Wall Street's conservative estimates, but its guidance ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/forget-intel-buy-these-2-semiconductor-stocks-inst/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"03086":"华夏纳指","09086":"华夏纳指-U"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/forget-intel-buy-these-2-semiconductor-stocks-inst/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2132525597","content_text":"Intel's (NASDAQ:INTC) stock recently slumped after the chipmaker posted its first-quarter earnings report. Its revenue and earnings surpassed Wall Street's conservative estimates, but its guidance indicated its slowdown would continue as it grappled with its chip shortage and R&D issues.\nIntel's manufacturing plans, which include investments in new plants and the launch of a new foundry unit for third-party chipmakers, also defied calls for the company to become a fabless chipmaker like Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD).\nIntel also postponed the launch of its long-delayed 7nm chips to 2023, which indicates it will fall further behind Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) and Samsung in the \"process race\" to manufacture smaller and more advanced chips. Intel will also reportedly rely on TSMC's plants to produce those 7nm CPUs.\n\nImage source: Getty Images.\nFactoring in all these challenges, Intel expects its adjusted revenue and earnings to decline 7% and 13%, respectively, for the full year. Intel's stock might look like a bargain right now at 13 times forward earnings while paying a forward dividend yield of 2.4%, but it's cheap for obvious reasons.\nInstead of waiting for Intel's glacial turnaround efforts to possibly bear fruit, investors should simply buy AMD or NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) as their main semiconductor plays instead.\n1. AMD is catching up to Intel again\nAMD is a fabless chipmaker that outsources the production of its chips to third-party foundries like TSMC. Intel manufactures most of its chips internally, but its own foundries struggled to make the more efficient chips that TSMC specializes in.\nAs Intel postponed its latest chips and struggled with shortages, AMD pulled ahead of Intel in the process race by using TSMC's superior plants. Many PC makers then started using AMD's chips instead of Intel's.\nAs a result, AMD's share of the x86 CPU market rose from 20.2% to 38.4% between the second quarters of 2017 and 2021, according to PassMark Software. Intel's share dropped from 79.7% to 61.5%.\n\nImage source: Getty Images.\nAMD's latest Ryzen and EPYC CPUs are built on TSMC's 7nm process, putting it one generation ahead of Intel, even though Intel claims its 10nm node is comparable to TSMC's 7nm node. But AMD will likely launch its new 5nm CPUs later this year, which will put it firmly ahead of Intel's 10nm chips.\nAMD's revenue rose 45% to $9.76 billion last year. Its computing and graphics revenue rose 37% to $6.43 billion, fueled by robust demand for its Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs. Its EESC (enterprise, embedded, and semi-custom) revenue soared 65% to $3.33 billion as it sold more EPYC server chips and custom chips for new gaming consoles. Its adjusted earnings more than doubled.\nWall Street expects AMD's revenue and earnings to rise another 48% and 67%, respectively, this year, as it continues to gain ground against Intel in the PC and data center markets. It will also likely keep pace with NVIDIA in the high-end GPU market, which should benefit from the launches of new games and demand for new cryptocurrency mining cards.\n2. NVIDIA is becoming a disruptive superpower\nLike AMD, NVIDIA is a fabless chipmaker that relies on TSMC and Samsung instead of manufacturing its own chips.\nNVIDIA's brand is often associated with gaming GPUs, but it also supplies high-end GPUs to data centers for AI and machine learning tasks. Its smaller Arm-based CPU business sells Tegra CPUs for embedded systems and Grace CPUs for servers, while its recent takeover of Mellanox expands its data center business with sales of networking equipment.\nNVIDIA's revenue surged 53% to $16.7 billion in fiscal 2021, which ended this January, as its adjusted earnings soared 73%. Its strong sales of GPUs for gaming PCs and data centers offset softer sales of its professional visualization and automotive chips throughout the pandemic.\nAnalysts expect NVIDIA's revenue and earnings to rise 34% and 35%, respectively, this year. But those estimates likely haven't factored in its planned $40 billion purchase of Arm Holdings, the U.K.-based chip designer that provides the architecture for nearly all of the world's mobile devices, from the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank (OTC:SFTBF).\nThat proposed takeover faces a lot of regulatory challenges, but it could transform NVIDIA into a semiconductor superpower, for two reasons. First, all of the world's Arm-based chipmakers would need to pay NVIDIA high-margin royalties and licensing fees. Second, it could design and manufacture new high-end Arm chips -- like its new Grace CPU -- to challenge Intel and AMD in the PC and data center markets.\nThe bottom line\nAMD and NVIDIA trade at about 30 and 40 times forward earnings, respectively. AMD doesn't pay a dividend, while NVIDIA pays a tiny forward dividend yield of 0.1%.\nValue-seeking investors might shy away from those higher valuations and stick with Intel, but that would be a mistake. AMD and NVIDIA deserve their premium valuations, and they should continue to grow as Intel struggles to undo years of bad management decisions.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":314,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":106139671,"gmtCreate":1620092042093,"gmtModify":1704338511492,"author":{"id":"3561696423816116","authorId":"3561696423816116","name":"kitlim","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3561696423816116","idStr":"3561696423816116"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Gg","listText":"Gg","text":"Gg","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/106139671","repostId":"1147234999","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1147234999","pubTimestamp":1620086355,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1147234999?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-05-04 07:59","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are splitting up after 27 years","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1147234999","media":"CNBC","summary":"Bill and Melinda Gates met at $Microsoft$, and the two got married in 1994.The couple, who agreed to give away more than half their wealth, will keep working together on charitable efforts.Financial implications are not immediately clear.Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO ofMicrosoft, and his wife, Melinda French Gates, said on $Twitter$ on Monday that they will split up after 27 years. The two will keep working together on philanthropic efforts, which have addressed education, gender equalit","content":"<div>\n<p>KEY POINTSBill and Melinda Gates met at Microsoft, and the two got married in 1994.The couple, who agreed to give away more than half their wealth, will keep working together on charitable efforts....</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/bill-gates-and-melinda-gates-are-splitting-up.html\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n","source":"cnbc_highlight","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are splitting up after 27 years</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBill Gates and Melinda Gates are splitting up after 27 years\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-05-04 07:59 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/bill-gates-and-melinda-gates-are-splitting-up.html><strong>CNBC</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>KEY POINTSBill and Melinda Gates met at Microsoft, and the two got married in 1994.The couple, who agreed to give away more than half their wealth, will keep working together on charitable efforts....</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/bill-gates-and-melinda-gates-are-splitting-up.html\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"MSFT":"微软"},"source_url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/bill-gates-and-melinda-gates-are-splitting-up.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/72bb72e1b84c09fca865c6dcb1bbcd16","article_id":"1147234999","content_text":"KEY POINTSBill and Melinda Gates met at Microsoft, and the two got married in 1994.The couple, who agreed to give away more than half their wealth, will keep working together on charitable efforts.Financial implications are not immediately clear.Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO ofMicrosoft, and his wife, Melinda French Gates, said on Twitter on Monday that they will split up after 27 years. The two will keep working together on philanthropic efforts, which have addressed education, gender equality and health care.\"After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,\" Bill and Melinda Gates wrote in a statement that Bill Gatestweeted out.“Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives. We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives. We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life.”The decision reflects a personal change at the top of American business.Bill Gates led Microsoft as CEO from its founding with Paul Allen in 1975 until 2000, leaving Steve Ballmer to run the company, while Bill Gates became chairman and chief software architect. In 2008 Gatesgave up his day-to-day roleat the company to spend more time on the nonprofit Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Last year Bill Gatesstepped downfrom Microsoft’s board asthe coronavirusbecame a force around the world. He began spending more time on the foundation alongside Melinda Gates. The two are co-chairs and trustees of the foundation, which launched in 2000.Bill and Melinda Gates both worked at Microsoft. She had been a general manager at the software company, where she worked on products such as the Encarta encyclopedia, according to herLinkedIn profile. The two met at a dinner for Microsoft employees in 1987. “It took him quite a few months before he asked me out,” Melinda Gateslater said. Bill Gates hadweighed the pros and cons on a blackboard, and in 1994 the couple were married in Hawaii.Financial details of the Gateses parting ways are not yet clear. Bill Gates owns 1.37% of Microsoft’s outstanding shares, which are worth more than $26 billion, according to FactSet. The couple were creators, along with Warren Buffett, of theGiving Pledge, a program that requires participants to give away more than half of their wealth.At one point the couple decided to move $20 billion worth of Microsoft stock to the foundation as they sought to increase their commitment to philanthropy, Bill Gates wrote in a 2019blog post. Today the foundation has more than $51 billion in assets, according to a tax filing, making itone of the world’s wealthiest foundations.“In the case of Melinda, it is a truly equal partner,” Bill Gates said in the 2019 Netflix documentary “Inside Bill’s Brain.” “She’s a lot like me in that she is optimistic and she is interested in science. She is better with people than I am. She’s a tiny bit less hardcore about knowing, you know, immunology, than I am.”In 2015 the two began pursuing areas they were interested in. Bill Gates established Breakthrough Energy, an initiative to slow climate change that includes a venture arm, and Melinda Gates created Pivotal Ventures, a company that makes investments to foster equality.For Valentine’s Day in 2020, Bill Gates posted a photoon Instagramshowing him standing with his arm around Melinda Gates. “I couldn’t ask for a better partner on this journey,” the caption said.Each year for more than a decade the Gateses have published a letter about their foundation work. In thelatest one, published in January, they reflected on the impact of the pandemic, beyond supporting the development of vaccines. “For us, the days became a blur of video meetings, troubling news alerts, and microwaved meals,” they wrote.Bill Gates is the world’s fourth richest person, behindAmazon’sJeff Bezos, LVMH’s Bernard Arnault and Tesla’s Elon Musk, according toForbes.The announcement comes two years after Bezos said he and his wife, MacKenzie, weregetting divorced. Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are among the world’s richest people, and Amazon and Microsoft compete in the cloud computing business. Amazon said earlier this year that Bezos would be stepping down from his post as CEO and that cloud chief Andy Jassywould succeed him.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":369,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":106130419,"gmtCreate":1620092010831,"gmtModify":1704338510674,"author":{"id":"3561696423816116","authorId":"3561696423816116","name":"kitlim","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3561696423816116","idStr":"3561696423816116"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Yes","listText":"Yes","text":"Yes","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/106130419","repostId":"2132592752","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2132592752","pubTimestamp":1620051420,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2132592752?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-05-03 22:17","market":"us","language":"en","title":"6 Reasons to Buy Apple Stock and Never Sell","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2132592752","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"Even as the most valuable company in the world, there's still lots to like about the iPhone maker.","content":"<p><b>Apple</b> (NASDAQ:AAPL) made history on Aug. 2, 2018, when it became the first U.S. public company in history to achieve a market cap of $1 trillion. Since then, the company has maintained and even extended its lead on the competition, currently clocking in at roughly $2.25 trillion.</p>\n<p>The tech titan's detractors insist that there are no worlds left for Apple to conquer and investors would be better served to put their money elsewhere. Yet even as the most valuable company in the world, there are still plenty of reasons for investors to buy Apple stock and never sell. Let's look at six reasons in particular.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/7e180ab398f74bb0220c1ff12be6d064\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p>\n<p>Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: Getty Images.</p>\n<h2>1. The Warren Buffett seal of approval</h2>\n<p>Investors could do far worse than follow the example of legendary money manager Warren Buffett. Since taking the helm of <b>Berkshire Hathaway</b> in 1965, the so-called \"Oracle of Omaha\" has led investors to breathtaking returns, delivering a compound annual growth rate of more than 20%. By the end of 2020, its overall returns grew by a staggering 2,810,526% since he took it over.</p>\n<p>Buffett has made no secret of his love of Apple, saying \"It's probably the best business I know in the world.\" He's gone even further, noting:</p>\n<blockquote>\n We bought about 5% of the company. I'd love to own 100% of it. ... We like very much the economics of their activities. We like very much the management and the way they think.\n</blockquote>\n<p>That's nothing less than a ringing endorsement from <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE\">one</a> of the world's most successful investors.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f3f0d40064734b93266d8ec30d4ed7d2\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"500\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p>\n<p>Image source: Apple.</p>\n<h2>2. The resurgence of the iPhone</h2>\n<p>It wasn't terribly long ago that some were declaring the death of the iPhone, but the release of its latest device product lineup has shown that simply isn't the case. Apple launched four new iPhone models in 2020 -- the most ever released in a single year. The iPhone 12, 12 Mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max run the gamut in terms of retail price and capabilities, and they truly offer something for everyone.</p>\n<p>During the 2020 holiday quarter, Apple reported all-time record revenue of $111 billion, up 21% year over year, with 59% of that coming from iPhone sales. That could be just the beginning. Earlier this year, CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple has an installed base of 1.65 billion devices, including more than 1 billion active iPhones. Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives estimates that roughly 40% of iPhone users haven't upgraded their device over the past 3.5 years. This could be the beginning of the long-awaited \"supercycle,\" which could ultimately drive Apple's market cap to $3 trillion over the coming year.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a64009d3188b63b0581fb1831fef8757\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"625\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p>\n<p>Image source: Apple.</p>\n<h2>3. Apple: It's what the fashionable are wearing</h2>\n<p>Investors shouldn't underestimate the growing importance of Apple's wearables business. In fiscal 2020 (ended Sept. 26, 2020), the company's wearables, home, and accessories segment grew 25% compared to 2019, generating a record $30 billion and accounting for more than 11% of Apple's total revenue. Not only that, but the segment ended the year on a high note, with each product category -- wearables, home, and accessories -- generating record sales. Apple noted at the time that its \"wearables business is now the size of a Fortune 130 company.\"</p>\n<p>Over the past six months, growth in the segment has accelerated. Wearables, home, and accessories revenue climbed nearly 28% year over year, led by strong demand for AirPods, AirPods Pro, and Apple Watch.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/dbf3b3b69fdf1c8681bf8a77927aba27\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"510\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p>\n<p>Image source: Apple.</p>\n<h2>4. It's all about the services</h2>\n<p>Cook announced in early 2017 that Apple was aiming to double its services revenue by the end of 2020. In July 2020, he revealed that Apple had achieved that lofty goal a full six months ahead of schedule.</p>\n<p>The business is off to a quick start in 2021. For Apple's fiscal 2021 second quarter (ended March 27, 2021), the services segment posted all-time record revenue of $16.9 billion, up nearly 27% year over year, and marking the fastest rate of growth in more than two years.</p>\n<p>The gains were driven by 660 million paid subscribers across Apple's services segment, which includes Apple TV+, Apple Music, the App Store, and iCloud, among others. CFO Luca Maestri said that the company's video, music, games, and advertising businesses all had a record-setting quarter. The segment represents roughly 19% of Apple's total revenue -- even with the recent surge in iPhone sales.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1543e78227ea2e7605d7d18b54a56fc5\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p>\n<p>Image source: Getty Images.</p>\n<h2>5. Dividends: The gift that keeps on giving</h2>\n<p>Apple resumed its dividend in 2012 after a 17-year hiatus, and it has since become a dividend powerhouse. The quarterly payout resumed at a split-adjusted $0.095 and has risen 132% in just nine years.</p>\n<p>Apple announced this week that it will boost the quarterly payout to $0.22 per share, an increase of 7% for 2021. Equally as important, the company is using just 22% of its profits to fund the dividend, giving Apple plenty of room for future increases.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0031e726c632c943de6445779aa1c4dd\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"492\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p>\n<p>Image source: Getty Images.</p>\n<h2>6. Fewer shares = a greater piece of the Apple pie</h2>\n<p>Another aspect of Apple's capital return policy is its aggressive share repurchase plan. The company has been buying back shares for years. With each quarter that goes by, Apple shareholders own a larger share of the Apple pie. Over the past decade, Apple's share count has declined by nearly 36%.</p>\n<p>The company has retired roughly 1% of its shares, on average, in each of the past four quarters and has plans to continue this shareholder-friendly practice. Just this week, Apple announced that it was adding an additional $90 billion to its existing share repurchase program.</p>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>6 Reasons to Buy Apple Stock and Never Sell</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\n6 Reasons to Buy Apple Stock and Never Sell\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-05-03 22:17 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/6-reasons-to-buy-apple-stock-and-never-sell/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) made history on Aug. 2, 2018, when it became the first U.S. public company in history to achieve a market cap of $1 trillion. Since then, the company has maintained and even ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/6-reasons-to-buy-apple-stock-and-never-sell/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果","03086":"华夏纳指","09086":"华夏纳指-U"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/6-reasons-to-buy-apple-stock-and-never-sell/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2132592752","content_text":"Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) made history on Aug. 2, 2018, when it became the first U.S. public company in history to achieve a market cap of $1 trillion. Since then, the company has maintained and even extended its lead on the competition, currently clocking in at roughly $2.25 trillion.\nThe tech titan's detractors insist that there are no worlds left for Apple to conquer and investors would be better served to put their money elsewhere. Yet even as the most valuable company in the world, there are still plenty of reasons for investors to buy Apple stock and never sell. Let's look at six reasons in particular.\n\nBerkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: Getty Images.\n1. The Warren Buffett seal of approval\nInvestors could do far worse than follow the example of legendary money manager Warren Buffett. Since taking the helm of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, the so-called \"Oracle of Omaha\" has led investors to breathtaking returns, delivering a compound annual growth rate of more than 20%. By the end of 2020, its overall returns grew by a staggering 2,810,526% since he took it over.\nBuffett has made no secret of his love of Apple, saying \"It's probably the best business I know in the world.\" He's gone even further, noting:\n\n We bought about 5% of the company. I'd love to own 100% of it. ... We like very much the economics of their activities. We like very much the management and the way they think.\n\nThat's nothing less than a ringing endorsement from one of the world's most successful investors.\n\nImage source: Apple.\n2. The resurgence of the iPhone\nIt wasn't terribly long ago that some were declaring the death of the iPhone, but the release of its latest device product lineup has shown that simply isn't the case. Apple launched four new iPhone models in 2020 -- the most ever released in a single year. The iPhone 12, 12 Mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max run the gamut in terms of retail price and capabilities, and they truly offer something for everyone.\nDuring the 2020 holiday quarter, Apple reported all-time record revenue of $111 billion, up 21% year over year, with 59% of that coming from iPhone sales. That could be just the beginning. Earlier this year, CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple has an installed base of 1.65 billion devices, including more than 1 billion active iPhones. Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives estimates that roughly 40% of iPhone users haven't upgraded their device over the past 3.5 years. This could be the beginning of the long-awaited \"supercycle,\" which could ultimately drive Apple's market cap to $3 trillion over the coming year.\n\nImage source: Apple.\n3. Apple: It's what the fashionable are wearing\nInvestors shouldn't underestimate the growing importance of Apple's wearables business. In fiscal 2020 (ended Sept. 26, 2020), the company's wearables, home, and accessories segment grew 25% compared to 2019, generating a record $30 billion and accounting for more than 11% of Apple's total revenue. Not only that, but the segment ended the year on a high note, with each product category -- wearables, home, and accessories -- generating record sales. Apple noted at the time that its \"wearables business is now the size of a Fortune 130 company.\"\nOver the past six months, growth in the segment has accelerated. Wearables, home, and accessories revenue climbed nearly 28% year over year, led by strong demand for AirPods, AirPods Pro, and Apple Watch.\n\nImage source: Apple.\n4. It's all about the services\nCook announced in early 2017 that Apple was aiming to double its services revenue by the end of 2020. In July 2020, he revealed that Apple had achieved that lofty goal a full six months ahead of schedule.\nThe business is off to a quick start in 2021. For Apple's fiscal 2021 second quarter (ended March 27, 2021), the services segment posted all-time record revenue of $16.9 billion, up nearly 27% year over year, and marking the fastest rate of growth in more than two years.\nThe gains were driven by 660 million paid subscribers across Apple's services segment, which includes Apple TV+, Apple Music, the App Store, and iCloud, among others. CFO Luca Maestri said that the company's video, music, games, and advertising businesses all had a record-setting quarter. The segment represents roughly 19% of Apple's total revenue -- even with the recent surge in iPhone sales.\n\nImage source: Getty Images.\n5. Dividends: The gift that keeps on giving\nApple resumed its dividend in 2012 after a 17-year hiatus, and it has since become a dividend powerhouse. The quarterly payout resumed at a split-adjusted $0.095 and has risen 132% in just nine years.\nApple announced this week that it will boost the quarterly payout to $0.22 per share, an increase of 7% for 2021. Equally as important, the company is using just 22% of its profits to fund the dividend, giving Apple plenty of room for future increases.\n\nImage source: Getty Images.\n6. Fewer shares = a greater piece of the Apple pie\nAnother aspect of Apple's capital return policy is its aggressive share repurchase plan. The company has been buying back shares for years. With each quarter that goes by, Apple shareholders own a larger share of the Apple pie. Over the past decade, Apple's share count has declined by nearly 36%.\nThe company has retired roughly 1% of its shares, on average, in each of the past four quarters and has plans to continue this shareholder-friendly practice. Just this week, Apple announced that it was adding an additional $90 billion to its existing share repurchase program.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":304,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"defaultTab":"followers","isTTM":true}