Apple(AAPL) is the world’s largest company in terms of market capitalization. As of Friday, the market cap stands at $2.91 Trillion with 15.33 billion shares outstanding. The market cap of many countries’ entire stock market is lower than Apple’s market cap. From a performance perspective, Apple’s shares have been average to poor relatively so far …
Tech stocks are traditionally considered as growth stocks. They are great for growth but not dividends. In fact, most tech stocks do not pay any dividend at all and this has been the case for years. Investors buy these stocks with the hope of rising share prices and not earn a steady income in the …
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The relationship between time and risk is inversely proportional. The longer time one holds an asset the loss of risk reduces. This is true with equity and other markets. So the easiest way to avoid loss is to hold stocks for the longer term. Engaging in risky behaviors like day-trading will only lead to loss …
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Equity markets have always something to worry about. There is always one crisis or another that pops up in this world. Not a single year goes by without a negative event happening. However the beauty of the markets is that they always climb the wall of worry to maintain an upward trajectory. Recently I came …
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The US equity markets are on a tear this year with the S&P 500 up by over 5.5% year-to-date. Many individual stocks have shot up even more. A few have already doubled or grown by over 50%. And we haven’t completed two months in this year. One of the hot stocks of the AI-driven rally …