Apple is now spending billions of dollars
per quarter on R&D, and it needs to spend some of that cash on expanding beyond macOS and iOS in order to move the iPhone, iPad, and Mac forward.
The company's gaming platform years ago had earned a peak of a quarter - billion dollars
per quarter on its 30 percent tax on in - game purchases, and it leveraged Facebook's network effects to help games go viral.
It earned a peak of a quarter - billion dollars
per quarter on its 30 % tax on in - game purchases, and their addictive and viral nature helped Facebook grow its user count and engagement.
Not only does it have an annual fee of $ 0, but it also offers rewards: 2 % cash back on up to $ 1,000 worth of spending
per quarter on restaurants and gas, and 1 % on all other spending.
Even in that scenario, you could be getting anywhere from 20,000 to 100,000 (5X) or even more points, depending on how much you leverage category bonuses (5X on office supply spend for the Ink Bold and Ink Plus, 5X up to $ 1500
per quarter on Chase Freedom bonus categories) for your $ 20,000 spend.
This is a great way to rack up 7,500 Ultimate Rewards points
per quarter on a no annual fee credit card.
However, if your spending is high enough, and you spend more than $ 1,500
per quarter on those bonus categories you will start to lose value again due to the capped bonus spending.
The stronger these categories get, the more sense it makes for people to look into downgrading or product changing their other Chase cards so that they end up with two (or more) Chase Freedom cards, allowing for earnings of 15,000 Ultimate Rewards or more
per quarter on 5X spending alone.
Kevin Kinsella, president of a venture capital firm, notes that investors have been making 30 %
per quarter on privately traded shares, like Uber.
Turnover was 126 %, which means you would make 6 to 7 trades
per quarter on this strategy.
The rewards on this card — 2 % cash back on up to $ 1,000 worth of spending
per quarter on restaurants and gas, and 1 % on all other spending — would be pretty decent on a regular card.
For example, TD Direct charges $ 25
per quarter on accounts under $ 15,000, but will waive this fee if you set up automatic contributions of at least $ 100 a month — which is a smart habit anyway.
There is a $ 1,500 max
per quarter on these categories.
This translates to a maximum return of $ 75
per quarter on the 5 % bonus category.
Keep in mind, there is a $ 2,500 limit in combined purchases
per quarter on groceries / wholesale / gas before they fall to the 1 % cash back rate.
However, if your spending is high enough, and you spend more than $ 1,500
per quarter on those bonus categories you will start to lose value again due to the capped bonus spending.
There is a $ 1,000 limit
per quarter on cash back rewards.
Not only does it have an annual fee of $ 0, but it also gives rewards: 2 % cash back on up to $ 1,000 worth of spending
per quarter on restaurants and gas, and 1 % on all other spending.
I only let myself spend $ 250
per quarter on clothes so just one piece from SF would take up a huge part of my budget.
Not exact matches
Starbucks met Wall Street's expectations Thursday after posting fourth -
quarter earnings
per share of 80 cents
on $ 4.8 billion in revenue.
On Monday, Hasbro reported fourth -
quarter sales jumped 11 % to $ 1.63 billion while
per - share profits totaled $ 1.64 apiece — far above the $ 1.5 billion and $ 1.28, respectively, that Wall Street analysts had anticipated.
CEO Rob Peabody said Husky cut back heavy oil production by about 5,000 barrels
per day in the first
quarter and substituted mainly blended bitumen bought from other Alberta oilsands companies to send to its U.S. refineries in Ohio and Wisconsin or to the refining complex
on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Hiring intentions also slipped; the balance of opinion
on adding workers versusus getting rid of them was 34
per cent compared with an off - the - charts 59
per cent in the previous
quarter.
Tesla has acknowledged problems with production of batteries, but said it is still
on track to meet its target of 2,500 Model 3s
per week by the end of March, and 5,000 Model 3s
per week by the end of the second
quarter.
Shares in chocolate retailer Yowie Group dropped 21
per cent today after the company announced sales in the United States so far this
quarter have been well down
on expectations thanks to growing competition.
Earnings season is in full swing, and as of Wednesday, earnings
per share for S&P 500 companies were
on track to grow 22 percent for the first
quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. That's up from the 18.5 percent estimate from April 1.
Blackstone said
on Thursday first -
quarter earnings
per share fell 20 percent year -
on - year, as a stock market slump weighed
on the value of its holdings.
In the third
quarter, Bank of America beat
on the top and bottom lines, reporting earnings
per share of $ 0.41
on revenue of $ 21.64 billion.
Tesla said Wednesday evening it's
on track to produce 5,000 Model 3s
per week by the end of its second
quarter, a twice - delayed goal that the electric car company had originally projected for the end of 2017.
Morgan Stanley beat expectations in the same
quarter last year, reporting diluted earnings
per share of $ 0.43 ($ 0.32 expected)
on revenue of $ 7.86 billion ($ 7.63 billion expected).
On a non-GAAP basis (excluding stock - based compensation expenses, amortization of intangible assets, reorganization costs, goodwill and technology impairment charges, the impact of the US tax reform and a loss from discontinued operations), net loss for the fourth
quarter was $ (798,000), or $ (0.26)
per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $ (432,000), or $ (0.15)
per diluted share, for the fourth
quarter of 2016.
In the same
quarter last year, Citi reported earnings
per share of $ 1.31 ($ 1.28 expected)
on revenue of $ 18.5 billion ($ 18.6 billion expected).
Macy's, one of the few big winners last holiday, said
on Wednesday that its earnings
per share rose 30 percent to 61 cents for the third
quarter.
On an adjusted basis, Restaurant Brands, which also owns Burger King and Popeyes, says it earned 66 cents
per share for the
quarter, up from 36 cents
per share a year ago.
For the current
quarter, Salesforce (crm) said it expected earnings of 21 cents to 22 cents
per share
on revenue of $ 2.11 billion to $ 2.21 billion.
On Wednesday, the company reiterated reaching 5,000 by the end of the second
quarter and set a smaller goal of 2,500
per week by the end of the first
quarter.
In the second
quarter, the firm posted a big beat, reporting earnings
per share of $ 3.72 ($ 3.08 expected)
on revenue of $ 7.93 billion ($ 7.55 billion expected).
Still, the impact
on Telus in the province was most pronounced in the business wireless sector, where average revenue
per business user declined 7.6
per cent in the fourth
quarter, Entwistle said.
That would be a decline from the same
quarter a year ago when earnings
per share were $ 4.38
on revenues of $ 7.69 billion.
By comparison, the average discount paid for Western Canadian Select oilsands blend crude from Alberta in the fourth
quarter was US$ 12.26
per barrel and it has since spiked at times to around US$ 30
per barrel, a trend also blamed
on constrained pipeline access.
Information technology stocks were down 0.7
per cent as Research In Motion (TSX: BB) lost 7.8
per cent, or 86 cents, to $ 10.22 after surprising investors with a first -
quarter loss
on Friday.
The acquisition, expected to close in the first
quarter of 2016, values Broadcom at $ 54.50
per share in cash — well higher than Broadcom's $ 47.06
per share closing price
on Tuesday, but below Wednesday's media - fueled closing price of $ 57.16.
«One or two titles can really change things,» chief executive Ellis Jacob said in an interview
on Wednesday, after the company reported that profits dropped 19
per cent in the second
quarter.
Any game developers or companies that ship a product using the technology pay Epic a 5 % royalty
on gross revenue after the first $ 3,000
per quarter.
There was a lot of money made
on residential property sales around Australia in the June
quarter, but the joy wasn't spread around evenly, with more than 10
per cent of all houses and about 20
per cent of all units sold in Western Australia during the
quarter selling at a loss.
(Free cash flow
on a
per share basis is up 2 % year - over-year and stands at a strong $ 559 million for the
quarter, despite a very high debt ratio of about 78 %.)
Analysts polled by FactSet had
on average expected earnings of 66 cents
per share for the latest
quarter.
The addition brings to four — including original members Ontario and British Columbia — the number of provinces that have signed
on to the project, although they represent about three
quarters of Canadian listed companies with a market capitalization of 53
per cent of the total.
That compared with a profit of $ 232 million or 58 cents
per share
on $ 10.40 billion in revenue in the same
quarter last year.
«The costs associated with the accelerated mix shift between our stores and digital channels and a highly promotional competitive environment had a negative impact
on our fourth
quarter margins and earnings
per share,» Target CEO Brian Cornell said in a statement.