Apple stock rises as memory-chip crunch puts iPhone pricing back in play

Apple shares climbed on Friday, mirroring a calmer mood in megacap tech stocks as investors digested renewed concerns around component costs and their potential impact on iPhone prices this year. Mid-morning, Apple was up 1.1% at $278.94, putting its market value near $4.05 trillion.

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Apple stock price slips after hours as EU gives Maps, Ads a DMA pass and AI spending jitters spread

Apple stock price slips after hours as EU gives Maps, Ads a DMA pass and AI spending jitters spread

Apple shares dipped 0.2% to $275.93 in after-hours trading Thursday following EU regulators’ decision not to label the company’s Maps and Ads services as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act. The bloc pointed to low usage and limited market impact as reasons. Earlier, Apple’s stock fluctuated between $279.41 and $273.32. The company, valued at roughly $4.05 trillion, said, “These services face significant competition in Europe.”
5 February 2026
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Tech stocks brace for Alphabet, Amazon earnings as Nasdaq slip puts AI spending in focus

Tech stocks brace for Alphabet, Amazon earnings as Nasdaq slip puts AI spending in focus

U.S. tech stocks face a busy start to February: Alphabet announces earnings on Feb 4, with Amazon set to follow on Feb 5. The U.S. jobs report lands on Feb 6. Advanced Micro Devices and Qualcomm are also scheduled to report this week, providing fresh insight into demand for data-center chips and devices.
1 February 2026
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Bitcoin price breaks below $80,000 after silver rout — and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sees American Express nearly catch Apple

Bitcoin price breaks below $80,000 after silver rout — and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sees American Express nearly catch Apple

Bitcoin dipped under $80,000 on Saturday, dropping roughly 6.5% to $78,719, pressured by a stronger dollar after Donald Trump named Kevin Warsh to head the Federal Reserve. Ether tumbled nearly 12%, hitting around $2,388. “Sometimes these price adjustments feed on themselves,” said Brian Jacobsen of Annex Wealth Management, cautioning that further selling might be ahead.
1 February 2026
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Palantir Technologies co-founder Peter Thiel ditched Nvidia for Apple and Microsoft — here’s what the filings show

Palantir Technologies co-founder Peter Thiel ditched Nvidia for Apple and Microsoft — here’s what the filings show

Thiel Macro LLC, the hedge fund run by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel, held stakes in Tesla, Apple and Microsoft at the end of September 2025 and no longer reported a position in Nvidia, regulatory filings showed. The report listed 79,181 Apple shares worth about $20.2 million and 49,000 Microsoft shares worth about $25.4 million, and showed the fund had held 537,742 Nvidia shares at end-June and cut Tesla to 65,000 shares.
1 February 2026
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Tech stocks face a Monday test after Trump taps Warsh for Fed as Big Tech earnings line up

Tech stocks face a Monday test after Trump taps Warsh for Fed as Big Tech earnings line up

U.S. tech stocks head into February with the focus back on interest rates after Donald Trump picked Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve. A hotter-than-expected Producer Price Index report — which measures what businesses charge and pay — dragged the Nasdaq down 0.94% on Friday. The 10-year Treasury yield hovered near 4.251%. Terry Sandven of U.S. Bank Asset Management noted investors are repeatedly zeroing in on “the profitability of the massive capex levels” — with capex referring to capital spending.
31 January 2026
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Big Tech stocks brace for Monday as Nvidia CEO vows ‘huge’ OpenAI investment and Apple’s iPhone rebound shows up

Big Tech stocks brace for Monday as Nvidia CEO vows ‘huge’ OpenAI investment and Apple’s iPhone rebound shows up

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Saturday the chip designer will make a “huge” investment in OpenAI, rejecting a The Wall Street Journal report that talks on an earlier plan for up to $100 billion had stalled. Speaking in Taipei, Huang was asked whether it would be over $100 billion and replied: “No, no, nothing like that.”
31 January 2026
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Semiconductor stocks stumble after KLA rout — what to watch before Monday’s open

Semiconductor stocks stumble after KLA rout — what to watch before Monday’s open

Semiconductor shares tumbled into the weekend, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index closing Friday at 7,998.47, down roughly 3.9%. KLA Corp, a key player in chip equipment, plunged 15.2%. The broader market slipped as investors digested President Donald Trump’s pick of former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh for Fed chair, alongside a hotter-than-forecast producer-price report. Adding to the pressure, Apple flagged rising memory-chip costs weighing on its profits.
31 January 2026
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