Are Investors Ignoring InvenSense's Potential?
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 11:45AM CDT
For investors, Wall Street's short-sighted nature can be a blessing in disguise. Motion chip specialist InvenSense was beaten down last week after the company missed earnings estimates for the fourth quarter as it decided to ramp up research and...
Apple Inc's Newest Buyout: What Investors Need to Know
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 10:10AM CDT
Trying to predict what tech giant Apple will do next is almost a matter of sport for tech investors and analysts. One of the best ways to gauge Apple's plans is what Apple does on the acquisition front. And in that vein, Apple just pulled the...
AMD Is Telling a Really Good Story, but Can It Deliver?
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 8:45AM CDT
It has been a rough several years for Advanced Micro Devices . After beating Intel senseless during Intel's ill-fated Pentium 4 generation, Intel came back swinging and reversed every last point of PC and server market share that it had gained...
Apple Inc's Q1 Tablet Miss Might Not Be as Bad as You Think
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 8:30AM CDT
Tech investors everywhere are grappling with a simple, yet uncomfortable, truth: The global smartphone and tablet market simply aren't the growth drivers they used to be. And at no other name has that perhaps been more readily observable than at...
Will Intel Win Mobile at 10 Nanometers?
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 06, 8:05PM CDT
While semiconductor manufacturing technology isn't the only thing that determines the competitiveness of a given chip, it is one of the key enablers of dramatic performance and power improvements. Intel , which has struggled mightily to develop...
No One Has Wearable Tech Figured Out, and That's OK
Chris Neiger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 06, 6:35PM CDT
Google Glass sales have opened up to more users lately, but the device is still in a testing phase. Source: Google. There's no shortage of companies, big and small, that have entered the wearable technology sector or are rumored to do so soon. ...
Apple Inc's Risky Product Cycle
Bill Shamblin, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 06, 1:43PM CDT
In April, KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo released what he believes to be Apple 's new product roadmap for the remainder of 2014. If Kuo's timeline proves to be correct, Apple investor's may have some reason for concern, not about the new products being...
Universal Display Corporation Plunged to Multiyear Lows! Time to Panic or Buy?
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 06, 11:05AM CDT
Source: Universal Display. This is either a terrible time to own shares of Universal Display or a stellar opportunity to buy more. There's not a whole lot of middle ground. So which one is it? When the markets opened on Monday, Universal...
Apple Could Be About to Lose Another Market to Samsung
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 06, 9:44AM CDT
Samsung 's dominance of the smartphone market didn't take long: The original Galaxy S debuted in 2010. By the fall of 2011, the company had overtaken Apple as the world's largest seller of smartphones. Last year, Samsung shipped more than 300...
Did Samsung Just Kill Dolby's Mobile Business?
Steve Symington, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 06, 9:30AM CDT
If there's one thing that could get investors excited about owning shares of Dol by Laboratories again, it's the mobile market. But if a recent decision by Samsung is any indication, investors might be...
Apple Hit $600, Now Raise the Target
at The Street - Tue May 06, 5:00AM CDT
Investors should expect a flood of price increases for Apple in the next few weeks.
Why Universal Display Corporation Shares Tumbled Today
Steve Symington, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 6:01PM CDT
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of Universal Display Corporation plunged 10%...
Synaptics Shows How You Can Still Benefit From Smartphones
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 5:30PM CDT
Opinions can change at the drop of a hat on Wall Street. In January, chipmaker Synaptics was being ridiculed after mixed second-quarter results, and was the subject of a downgrade by Oppenheimer because of its high valuation. Cut to the present,...
Sony's Ditching PCs, Going Back to TVs
Celan Bryant, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 2:45PM CDT
"Retail is not something you jump into lightly, especially given consumers have been expecting this as a next step for Samsung," Ketrina Dunagan, vice president of retail marketing for Samsung Telecommunications America, told CNET last year. In March...
5 Quotes InvenSense Inc Investors Must Hear
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 2:05PM CDT
InvenSense reported its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, disappointing investors with lower than expected net income and poor near-term guidance. Nonetheless, the long-term investment thesis appears to be intact for the Samsung MEMS...
What's Behind InvenSense Inc's Poor Earnings Report?
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 12:30PM CDT
InvenSense 's fourth-quarter earnings report went from bad to worse on Thursday. Although the company beat estimates on the top line, it couldn't translate the added revenue into better than expected earnings. The company earned $0.07 per share (on...
Here's Why Qualcomm Could Be Making a Huge Mistake
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 11:45AM CDT
Qualcomm is the world's leading smartphone chip vendor. It is simultaneously the largest discrete modem vendor and the leading vendor of applications processors, holding over 50% market share. Since Qualcomm is a fabless semiconductor company, it...
Raise Your Hand If You're Tired of Apple Patent Litigation
Chris Neiger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 10:45AM CDT
You've likely heard of the current patent litigation between Samsung and Apple , but even with a recent ruling going in the iPhone maker's favor, there's very little the company gains from the ruling -- and nothing for investors to get truly...
Why Jeff Bezos, Amazon Are Now on the Hot Seat
at The Street - Mon May 05, 5:00AM CDT
The company should continue to be an incredible growth story for a couple more years. But at some point the growth stops.
3 Reasons Why Apple’s iWatch Will Be Successful
Mark Girland, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri May 02, 10:00PM CDT
Many analysts believe Apple will introduce its rumored iWatch in the next few months. It is speculated to be among the new product categories CEO Tim Cook has promised in 2014. Some investors are underestimating the chances of the new product...