Apple boosts dividend and authorises $100 billion share buyback
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 1
Apple boosts dividend and authorises $100 billion share buyback
15 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 1
Shares rose 3% in premarket trading after the iPhone maker updated its capital-return programme alongside earnings.
Investors appeared reassured that Apple is avoiding the heavier AI spending weighing on some peers while still returning cash to shareholders.
The move came during a closely watched Big Tech earnings stretch, as markets rewarded clearer AI payoffs at Alphabet but punished Meta's higher capital-spending plans.
As Apple’s cautious AI stance contrasts with rivals’ spending sprees, will discipline or bold risk-taking win the next era of tech leadership?
With AI investments soaring but most pilots failing, how soon can Big Tech deliver real financial returns to justify the spending frenzy?
Could the current wave of AI infrastructure spending trigger a tech bubble, or is it laying the groundwork for the next economic boom?