I am not usually a fan of buyback programs, especially not as a reason to chase a stock. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) announced this week that it intends to buy back $10 billion worth of its own stock. This may be a reason to start buying into INTC stock for of two reasons. First, it's cheap and recovering so investors would not be chasing it. And second, I think the intent of the buyback from management is to project confidence in the company's future. You don't buy an asset unless you believe it will be improving, so they may have good plans forward.Source: Kate Krav-Rude / Shutterstock.com Usually there is a stigma that comes with buybacks because it could suggest that its managers have no better ideas than this. Case in point, you never see Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) doing this because it invests every penny into future businesses.Intel here is trying to align the...
Ever since semiconductor chip giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) announced yet another delay on its next-generation computer processors, shares traded below the $50 line. Intel stock is still a great value buy, paying a dividend that yields almost 3% and at a price-to-earnings of 10 times, but astute investors are justified in shunning the stock despite favorable valuations.Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com As long as Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) takes Intel's desktop and server market share through Ryzen and EPYC, respectively, Intel looks unattractive. But Intel's Tiger Lake preview at Architecture Day 2020 gives shareholders hope.Intel's Ice Lake chips are 10nm, behind AMD's 7nm Ryzen 4000 chips. And 7nm CPUs are not ready until 2022 at the earliest. This gives AMD over two years in lead time. How might Intel catch up?InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsTiger Lake is Intel's 11th-generation processor. It uses a new SuperFin transistor, a 10nm...
Covid-19 related campus closures and the shift to remote learning may mark the end of higher learning institutions as we know them. Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig says 25% of all universities in the U.S. are likely to close, as cash strapped colleges struggle to adapt to a changing education environment. ...
