Today’s Screen of the Day is Bolting RS Lines, which takes a look at top stocks that are outperforming the S&P 500. Two Apple (AAPL) chip suppliers lead the group: Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI). It was revealed late Monday that Skyworks would become a member of the benchmark S&P 500 index, one session after Apple was tapped to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Watch this video for detailed chart analysis of both
Shares of NXP Semiconductors raced to an all-time high Monday as Wall Street applauded the Dutch chipmaker’s plans to buy Freescale Semiconductor in a deal valued at about $12 billion, but an analyst sees more bids surfacing. NXP (NXPI), which supplies mixed-signal, analog, power management, radio frequency and digital processing chips, announced the buyout late Sunday. The combined company will become the world’s No. 1 automotive semiconductor
Shares of NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) raced out of the gate to an all-time high early Monday as Wall Street applauded the Dutch chipmaker’s plans to buy smaller peer Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) in a deal valued at around $12 billion. NXP, which supplies mixed-signal, analog, power management, radio frequency and digital processing chips, announced the buyout late Sunday. The combined company will become the world’s No. 1 automotive semiconductor