Top 5 Tech Companies To Own For 2015

Top 5 Tech Companies To Own For 2015: Apple Inc.(AAPL)

Apple Inc., together with subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. The company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, retail stores, direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value-added resellers. In addition, it sells third-party Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod compatible products, including application software, printers, storage devices, speakers, headphones, and other accessories and peripherals through its online and retail stores; and digital content and applications through the iTunes Store. The company sells its products to consumer, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, government, and creative markets. As of September 25, 2010, it had 317 retail stores, including 233 stores in the United States and 84 stores internationally. The company, formerly known as Apple Computer, Inc., was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  Think about it. Everyone knows that smartphones and tablets are eating into the traditional PC market, but have you ever wondered why that's even possible? Have you wondered why Microsoft's mobile operating system hasn't been as dominant as what Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) have been cooking?

• [By Evan Niu, CFA]

  One of the biggest criticisms of Samsung's mobile device lineup is the company's continued use of plastic casings. At a time when rivals likeApple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) andotherGoogle (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) Android OEMs are focusing heavily on materials selection and build quality, Samsung has been sticking to plastic. Recent rumors suggest th! at Samsung may be preparing to up the game in build quality and materials.

• [By Evan Niu, CFA]

  Depending on how you measure success, you may have already considered the iPhone to be Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) greatest product. The device revolutionized the smartphone industry, and has grown to comprise over half of the business with $86.7 billion in trailing-12-month sales. The iPod fell by the wayside in terms of revenue long ago, an inevitable victim to self-cannibalization.

• [By John Maxfield]

  Blue-chip stocks are lower today after mixed earnings results from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) and Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT  ) competed with a report that new-home sales came in above expectations for the month of June. With roughly an hour left in the trading session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI  ) is down by 41 points, or 0.26%.

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