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Apple stock fell 1.5% in the week that ended on August 9. The escalation in the US-China trade war affected the tech giant and the broader market.

Apple’s bottom line has taken a hit once more. The tech behemoth reported a net profit that remains extremely robust but it was down 12.8%.

Apple Watch dominated the smartwatch market. The company had the top position with a share of 46.0% in the second quarter.

Amazon’s (AMZN) has strengthened its renewable energy position recently via investments in new wind and solar power projects.

Qualcomm has been among the hardest hit by the Huawei ban, and now it will suffer the effects of the newest round of tariffs. 

On Tuesday, in-person US-China trade talks resumed in Shanghai. The two sides have been talking on the phone since the truce last month.

This morning, CEO Elon Musk, in a post on Tesla’s official blog, announced that Tesla is laying off 7% of its full-time employees.

On June 19, Apple (AAPL) announced a partnership with US retail giant Best Buy (BBY).

On June 26, the US index futures were pointing toward a positive market opening. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin hinted toward a possible US-China trade deal.

Last week, Apple (AAPL) announced its latest desktop operating system version 10.15, macOS Catalina, during its 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference. While the company has already released the beta version of macOS Catalina, the final version is expected to be available this fall.

Many US companies have heavy exposures to China in terms of what they sell and what they buy from the country.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average registered minor gains on March 25, while other major US indexes fell.

Apple (AAPL) appears to be nearing the launch of its long-anticipated video streaming service.

Chinese electric carmaker NIO (NIO) continued to burn cash in the fourth quarter.

Despite the rivalry between the two companies, Samsung is still one of the prominent component suppliers to Apple.

Kraft Heinz (KHC) stock opened much lower today after the company reported its earnings yesterday and missed analysts’ estimate.

According to the IDC report, Apple’s smartphone market share fell to 11.5% in the quarter that ended in December 2018.

The wearables space has seen seeing lackluster growth for the last couple of years. However, one segment that’s been doing well is smartwatches.

TripAdvisor’s (TRIP) sustained focus on enhancing its mobile-centric product designs along with marketing initiatives will likely continue to attract new users and drive overall user base.

Apple is considering pricing the iPhone in local currency outside the United States.

Today, US President Donald Trump tweeted, “Best January for the DOW in over 30 years.”

Early this morning, before the market opened, Musk revealed that TSLA is reducing its full-time workforce by 7%.

At 6:46 AM EST on January 18, Tesla (TSLA) shares fell 8.4% in the pre-market session from the previous day’s closing.

Qualcomm depends heavily on its licensing business for profits. The company says that Apple has $7 billion in unpaid royalty fees.

Jeff Bezos invested about $15 million in Twitter (TWTR) just over a decade ago.

Aswath Damodaran, better known as the “Dean of Valuation,” advised investors to consider NVIDIA (NVDA), Boeing (BA), and General Electric (GE) for long-term buys.

Amazon (AMZN) became the world’s most valuable public company on January 7.

In Apple’s January 2 press release, Cook noted several internal and external factors that are affecting its sales in some emerging markets.

We saw a sharp rally in US stocks on December 26. President Trump’s comments on US markets could have been the main driver.

The broader market sell-off started on December 1 when Huawei Technologies’ CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested by Canadian authorities.

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone sales rose 29% YoY (year-over-year) to $37.2 billion.

In the fourth quarter, QTL’s revenues fell 22% sequentially and 5% YoY to $1.14 billion—in line with its midpoint guidance of $1.1 billion.

As Qualcomm’s investment in the NXP acquisition failed to materialize, its ROI (return on investment) took a big hit.

Apple is working toward its goal of doubling its 2016 Services revenue by 2020. The company generated Services revenue of $24.3 billion in 2016.

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, Qualcomm’s revenue fell 3.3% YoY (year-over-year) but rose 3.6% sequentially to $5.8 billion.

Alphabet has seen increasing traffic acquisition costs, which reflect the amount Google pays to drive traffic to its search engine and other services.

Apple’s (AAPL) iOS is gaining traction in terms of customer loyalty.

Amazon has gained 68.5.0% YTD in stock value. Amazon last traded at a discount of 4.0% to its 52-week high price.

Alphabet’s EPS grew at a three-year CAGR of 8.0% to $32.30 in 2017.

Netflix’s income from operations totaled $0.9 billion in the first half of 2018.

Netflix’s (NFLX) revenues grew at a three-year CAGR of 29.0% to $11.7 billion in 2017.

The money that Shazam generates would go a long way towards boosting Apple’s services business, where revenue rose 31% year-over-year to $9.5 billion in the fiscal third quarter ended in June.

Apple’s operating expenses increased at a three-year CAGR of 14.0% to $26.8 billion in 2017.

Apple’s (AAPL) operating expenses totaled $26.8 billion in 2017, and Amazon’s (AMZN) operating expenses totaled $61.8 billion in 2017.

Music streaming service providers Spotify (SPOT) and Apple Music (AAPL) continue to gain subscribers.

Apple (AAPL) finally received the green light from regulators in the European Union last week to acquire UK-based music recognition app Shazam Entertainment.

Recently, Apple (AAPL) stock breached a valuation of $1 trillion and became the first public company to reach the landmark.

Apple (AAPL) returned close to $300 billion to its shareholders between fiscal 2012 and the fiscal third quarter.

According to recent analysis, the number of customers using OEM contactless payments will grow to 450 million by 2020.

In this series, we’ll look at analysts’ estimates for Apple’s fiscal third-quarter results, which it’s set to release on July 31.