MarketWatch rounds up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week.
1. Putting Apple’s $1 trillion in perspectiveApple AAPL, -0.20% became the first U.S. company to be valued at $1 trillion on Thursday after pleasing investors with its fiscal third-quarter results. Analysts were quick to raise their price targets for the stock.
On the other hand:
• Apple’s trillion-dollar market cap is nothing to celebrate
• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hasn’t fallen victim to trillion-dollar-market-cap mania
• Take a look at what happened to the first company to get to a trillion
More on Apple:
• Apple earnings show why you can expect more $1,000 iPhones
• Various Apple services hit quarterly sales records
• AirPods are lost easily and, in some cases, miraculously found
2. How to apologize and make moneyTesla TSLA, +0.42% CEO Elon Musk charmed analysts (or at least investors) during his earnings conference call late on Wednesday. His apology for insulting analysts the previous quarter and promise of positive cash flow during the second half of 2018 helped send the electric auto maker’s shares up 16% on Thursday.
More on Tesla:
• Tesla short sellers are sitting on a paper loss of nearly $2 billion after stock rally
• Elon Musk seems to have learned a few lessons, but the big one remains
• Musk, Einhorn exchange barbs after hedge-fund manager lashes out at Tesla
3. To FAANG or not to FAANG?Tim Mullaney uses the history of the market to advise investors to stick with the FAANG stocks — Facebook FB, +1.04% Apple, Amazon.com AMZN, -0.07% Netflix NFLX, +0.04% and Google holding company Alphabet GOOG, -0.27% GOOGL, -0.29% — rather than try to time them.
But Jeff Reeves says there’s bigger opportunity in these five non-FAANG tech stocks.
4. Save on health careAlmost nobody can be bothered to take this simple step to save money on medical procedures.
5. Market warningsHere are seven reasons to lighten up on stocks if you wish to time the market.
More on market timing:
• How to predict the next market downturn
• 10 stocks in the S&P 500, including Apple, just hit all-time highs
6. A happily married couple and a big surpriseKeeping secrets about money can make relationships very difficult. Quentin Fottrell — MarketWatch’s Moneyist — helps a husband who was unhappily surprised by his wife’s high level of debt.
7. Dividend yields are slipping — but some companies are still raising dividendsThe dividend yield for the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.17% has declined considerably as the trend among corporate boards is to use excess cash to buy back shares — even at record prices. But some companies have been increasing their already attractive dividend payouts by 10% or more.
Read on: Stock buybacks are no reason to buy a stock
8. Home ownership and regretsThis homeowner wishes he could escape his big, beautiful house.
Also see: Middle-class Americans still haven’t recovered from housing bust
9. A hot tech IPOShares of Sonos SONO, +12.56% soared 33% on their first day of trading. Emily Barry describes the audio equipment maker’s special connection with its customers.
10. Yes, it can be interesting to listen to someone talk about the weatherMichael Lewis’s upbeat style makes for compelling listening in his new audiobook.
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