Apple’s 2021 WWDC Keynote Is Monday. Expect a Few Surprises.
Apple next week holds its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, to be conducted virtually for the second year in a row due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The WWDC kicks off Monday with a two-hour keynote presentation by CEO Tim Cook and other executives. WWDC is generally used to unveil updates to the company’s various operating systems—MacOS for Macs, iOS for the iPhone, WatchOS for Apple Watch, tvOS for Apple TV set-top boxes, and iPadOS, a variation of iOS for iPads.Wedbush analyst Dan Ives expec
Meme stock AMC extends rally, jumps more than 20% as theater chain sells new shares to an investor
Shares of AMC Entertainment surged again Tuesday after the theater chain sold more than 8 million shares to an investment firm, the latest in a series of capital raises for the struggling company turned meme stock.AMC said in a securities filing that it raised $230.5 million through a stock sale to Mudrick Capital Management. The theater company said it would use the funds for potential acquisitions, upgrading its theaters and deleveraging its balance sheet.Shares were up 22.6% when the market c
The market for initial public offerings has recently delivered some great first-day gains for investors who were able to get shares before the companies went public.That left us with 11 names. First up:CureVac, which was the screen’s best-performing IPO and had a total return of 596.75%. CureVac specializes in the messenger RNA, or mRNA, technology that is the basis of several leading Covid-19 vaccine programs. The German biotech company went public inAugust at $16 a shareand soared 249% in its
Apple delivered flawless fiscal second quarter results across its product portfolio and geographical segments.The earnings smasher was further enabled by easy comps and lingering stay-at-home tailwinds.Apple is approaching all-time highs. But, due to substantially higher 2021 projected EPS, I estimate that P/E has dipped to pre-pandemic levels.iPhone growth of 66%, supported primarily by the strong performance of the Pro and Pro Max models;iPad growth of 79%, which compares favorably to Microsof