Apple stock hits $5 trillion market cap for the first time
Apple briefly crossed a $5 trillion market capitalization on Tuesday, becoming the second publicly traded company in history to reach the milestone.
Apple stock touched an intraday high of $342.89 on Tuesday, a gain of 1.8%, before retreating from that level. A closing price above $340.43 would be required for Apple to finish the session with a market cap exceeding $5 trillion.
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Top Mutual Funds For July 2026
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Read MoreChime is expanding into investing — here's what you need to know
If you already use Chime1 to manage your money, you can now invest there, too. The fintech company has launched Chime Invest, a new platform that lets users buy stocks and ETFs commission-free or choose an expert-managed portfolio,
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Read MoreInternational Dividend ETFs Still Pay Nearly Double SCHD and These 3 Are Beating the US Market Too
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DTH delivers a 3.9% yield through dividend weighting, while FYLD returned 34% over one year using a shareholder-yield screen that counts buybacks and debt paydown.
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SCHD’s ~3% yield and 26% one-year return set the benchmark, but all three international ETFs pay at least 3.4% with double-digit one-year returns.
Markets live updates: Wall Street sinks after a divided Fed keeps rates on hold, ASX slips
A drone strike on a US-owned gas-storage tanker moored in an Egyptian port has underlined the precarious nature of the global energy market again.
Brent crude futures jumped 8%, back above $US90/barrel, and the US WTI benchmark rose 7%.
Reuters is reporting the drone hit floating storage tanker Energos Winter,
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Datadog Stock Looks Undervalued
From retailers to healthcare providers, companies are now building digital backbones that need to run non-stop 24/7, 365 days a year. But keeping those systems humming without hiccups? That’s where Datadog steps in.
Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) makes cloud infrastructure monitoring software that acts like a digital nervous system for enterprises. If something breaks,
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This Move Might Reshape the Future of the Chip Industry
Lip-Bu Tan hasn’t been in the driver’s seat at Intel for long, but the new CEO is already making it clear that the era of open-ended spending is over. If Intel’s bleeding-edge chip manufacturing can’t justify its existence with real customer demand, it won’t get more money, period.
That kind of financial discipline might sound like corporate buzzkill,
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3 Smart Dividend Stocks to Buy
Although the market has been driven higher by growth stocks in recent years, history suggests that dividends are a key driver of long-term stock returns.
In addition to providing a steady flow of income, dividends can bolster total returns and even provide investors with some protection against market downturns.
Smart dividend stocks to buy that have the potential to generate decades of reliable income include Johnson &