A Wall Street analyst called Apple stock a top defensive name amid the sell-off in stocks tied to the artificial intelligence megatrend.
Tech stocks were lower late Friday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ET
Preorders for Apple's (AAPL) foldable iPhone Duo sold out within minutes on Friday. Creative Strategies president and principal analyst Carolina Milanesi sits down with Ines Ferré to talk about what the demand for the Duo model means for the iPhone 18 lineup.
A week that tested the financial markets showed the resilience of Dow Jones stocks. Apple and Coca-Cola were among nine standouts.
Consumer demand for Apple's first foldable phone is strong despite the device's hefty $1,999 price tag.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has emerged as the best-performing Magnificent Seven stock of 2026, outperforming NVIDIA (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), and Tesla (TSLA). But what's driving Apple's surprising rally while other AI stocks struggle? In this episode, 24/7 Wall St.'s Eric Bleeker examines why Apple shares have surged more than 27% in 2026, even as concerns about artificial intelligence spending are weighing on some of the market's biggest technology companies. While competitors are committing hundreds of billions of dollars to AI data centers, Apple is taking a different approach. Its strategy emphasizes on-device artificial intelligence, privacy, and integrating AI directly into its ecosystem, avoiding much of the enormous infrastructure spending burden facing its rivals. Eric breaks down Apple's latest earnings, its massive share repurchase program, and why investors are increasingly rewarding the company's capital-efficient AI strategy. He also compares the Magnificent Seven's performance in 2026 against their remarkable returns since the beginning of 2023, revealing a very different picture of the AI investment boom. Has Apple become the market's ultimate AI safe-haven stock? And could its strategy continue outperforming NVIDIA and the rest of Big Tech?
The Dow Jones index rises Friday while the Nasdaq struggles with tech losses.
At a market capitalization of $5 trillion right now, Apple trails only Nvidia.
Coca-Cola, Visa and Mastercard are among the stocks hitting records as investors look beyond the AI trade. Earnings could help broaden the rally.
Confidential documents reveal that two of the world's most valuable tech companies quietly wrote identical checks to fund a new White House ballroom, and neither one sent out a press release. The real question is what each company expects to get back.
Just three companies now account for approximately 21% of the S&P 500's total market capitalization. NVIDIA (NVDA), Apple (AAPL), and Microsoft (MSFT) have become so dominant that their performance could determine the direction of the entire stock market. But what happens if these technology giants stumble? In this episode, 24/7 Wall St. co-founder Doug McIntyre and senior writer Lee Jackson discuss the extraordinary concentration of the S&P 500 and why millions of investors may be taking on more risk than they realize. Much of today's market enthusiasm is driven by artificial intelligence. Companies like NVIDIA, Microsoft, Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), and Meta Platforms (META) have benefited from enormous expectations for AI growth. But Doug and Lee identify several potential threats to that optimism. They explore how cheaper open-source AI models could challenge industry leaders, why opposition to AI data center construction threatens expansion plans, and how growing electricity demand is driving renewed interest in nuclear power. Most importantly, they discuss what could happen to popular index funds like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) if the market's largest technology stocks suffer a major sell-off. They also examine whether equal-weight S&P 500 funds could provide investors with better diversification. Is your S&P 500 investment more vulnerable than you think?
Apple turned $10,000 into $127,753 over the last decade, but a $5 trillion market cap changes the math in ways most investors overlook. Here is what the model says your money could realistically become by 2031, and which risks could derail even the bull case.
Is Apple’s dedication to privacy holding Siri AI back? Cybersecurity reporter Bob McMillan, personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen and Apple reporter Rolfe Winkler debate the tradeoffs of giving agents access to your personal accounts and information.
Apple and Alphabet just posted record quarters, but a single election outcome could gut the profit streams funding their biggest bets. Here is why the political calendar may matter more than the earnings beat.
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority is set to push Apple to open its contact-free payment infrastructure to third-party providers.
Tesla stock falls after the electric-vehicle maker unveils its new Roadster sports car. It can fly.
UBS has warned that shortening delivery times for Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, XETRA:APC)’s latest iPhones could signal weaker demand and put its revenue forecasts at risk, despite resilient sales across key markets. The bank found that average waiting times for the iPhone 18 Pro fell by about...