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Market Pulse: Apple Holds Breakout as iPhone Cycle Takes Hold

Market Pulse: Apple Holds Breakout as iPhone Cycle Takes Hold

Apple’s price chart continues to show improvement amid reports of strong demand for the iPhone 12. Click here to view the related idea and chart analysis on TradingView. See also: Market Pulse: Apple’s Next IPhone Cycle Could Be Starting

Market Pulse: Apple’s Next IPhone Cycle Could Be Starting

Market Pulse: Apple’s Next IPhone Cycle Could Be Starting

Apple introduced the iPhone 12 two months ago. Now it may be starting to pay off. Japanese news service Nikkei reported early today that AAPL wants to increase iPhone production by almost 30 percent in the first half of 2021. That would entail as many as 96 million...

Market Pulse: QQQ Is Making a Comeback as Tesla Keeps Flying

Market Pulse: QQQ Is Making a Comeback as Tesla Keeps Flying

The Nasdaq-100 tracking QQQ has lagged since September, along with FANG stocks. But recent price action may suggest they're coming back to life. The Nasdaq was the only major index to rise yesterday. (The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials and Russell 2000 all fell.)...

Tesla Keeps Getting More Respect as Elon Musk’s Vision Goes Mainstream

Tesla Keeps Getting More Respect as Elon Musk’s Vision Goes Mainstream

Tesla closed at a new all-time high yesterday as Elon Musk's electric-car maker keeps getting more respect. An upgrade by Goldman Sachs was the latest catalyst for the stock, already up 609 percent this year. Analyst Mark Delaney based his call on macro and micro...

Chipmaker Industry Group Sees Another Strong Year in 2021

Chipmaker Industry Group Sees Another Strong Year in 2021

Semiconductors have been one of the strongest groups this year. Now a trade group sees more gains in 2021. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) yesterday said worldwide chip sales will increase 8.4 percent in 2021 from this year's estimated $433.1 billion...

Stunner! Alphabet Is Leading the Nasdaq

Stunner! Alphabet Is Leading the Nasdaq

Most of the high profile "FANG" stocks haven't done much recently. That is, aside from Alphabet (GOOGL), which is leaving them all in the dust. Click here to view the related idea and chart analysis on TradingView.

This Mini Version of the Nasdaq Is Leaving QQQ in the Dust

This Mini Version of the Nasdaq Is Leaving QQQ in the Dust

Big cap technology stocks have struggled for months. But that's not true for their smaller cousins. The below compares the performance of the Invesco Nasdaq Next Gen ETF (QQQJ) with the Invesco QQQ (QQQ). QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, so it holds the 100 largest...