Trade Alert: Voice Revolution nibble and an update for The IAm Cody Willard App

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Rumors and buzz have it that Apple’s having trouble with the first version that reviewers are using to test the new always-connected Apple watch.  The stock was off 3% earlier this morning but is now only down a couple percent. Silly reason for the stock to sell off at all anyway. They can fix the issue with a software update.

Remember that I recently wrote about how I expected Apple to trade down close to $150 before rallying into year end. That might have been it, though I expect from the way the stock got hit on near-meaningless news about the new watch needing a software update, that there’s probably still some weakhanded longs and aggressive shortsellers who might take us another $4-5 lower on the stock near $150 before the stock might be able to turn higher.

Meanwhile, I’m going to add a second small tranche, about a 1/4-sized position in INTC common stock today, just slowly building this position up.

Here’s the write-up from the original Trade Alert Buy on Intel a few weeks ago:

Trade Alert: Adding this surprising play on The Voice Revolution

August 9, 2017 by

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Here’s today’s report, including a new position for the portfolio…

Remember when I bought Sony partly because I saw it as a “Surprising play on the Virtual Reality Revolution?” Well, I’ve got a similarly surprising play on The Voice Revolution. Here ya go…

Intel was one of the four horseman of the dotcom boom. Intel inside was a calling card of every PC sold. Life was good

As the screen migrated from your desk to the palm of your hand INTC was ill prepared for the change.

All this is obvious and well documented. Yet INTC refuses to let the rut of the last decade and a half continue. The former dominant PC player has gotten ahead of the curve in a soon to boom sector IoT. With design wins in Echo, Echo show its position with the leader in Thevoicerevolution is exciting for share holders. Potential design wins in a cellular Apple watch make INTC a potential BIG winner as IoT explodes. The company has such special emphasis it has broken out IoT revenues in order to show the street its growth.

IoT is just one piece of a big pie that INTC is fighting for a foothold in. INTC purchased MBLY. Perhaps realizing ther had no edge in autonomous vehicles the paid big for MBLY technology and a place in the market.

It is very important for INTC to continue DOMINATING the Server platform. The introduction of their self proclaimed “biggest platform advancement in a decade” the Xeon processor MUST continue to hold off any share loss from AMD.

AMD is not the only threat for INTC. QCOM has begun collaboration with MSFT in an effort to speed up INTCs PC market declines. While the overall market in the area is slowing it is still a big revenue driver for INTC. The PC market has also opened up to ARM which also posses a threat in the declining area

Despite these threats to already declining businesses Intel has made some great moves in IoT and Autonomous vehicles. With the explosion in those areas coming, along with mainting their place in their current markets INTC should return to growth.

In fact, Intel is so well-positioned to benefit from The Voice Revolution (and IoT and AV Revolutions) that in my newly published 50 Stocks for the Voice Revolution, I rated it as an 8/10 on my Revolution Investing Rating system. Here’s the write up from the book:

Intel has long been identified as a “value” stock due to its embedment in the PC market and major missteps by not capitalizing in mobile (and therefore minimal revenue growth). Intel has not been sitting idly by crying over the spilt milk. With strategic purchases of Altera (high-end chips, datacenters) and Mobileye (autonomous vehicles) and Movidius (computer vision processors), Intel is making their move for the next 10 years. Couple that with strong positioning in IoT, Intel should be able to shed the ‘value” stock label and return to the growth.

Intel currently derives approximately 4% of its revenue from IoT with approximately 50B IoT devices expected in the next 5-7 years. Intel is positioned at the forefront of the IoT revolution. Considering their already strong relationship powering Amazon’s devices that 4% should grow exponentially.

With the purchase of Mobileye, Intel is also attempting to position itself at the forefront of the autonomous vehicles revolution which is in the very early stages. While the purchase price of $15B may be viewed as rich for the $408M in revenues, for autonomous vehicles alone the growth in the next 10 years projects as high as $70B.

Company: Intel Corporation
Stock Symbol: INTC
Summary: Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells computer, networking, and communications platforms worldwide. It operates through Client Computing Group, Data Center Group, Internet of Things Group, Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group, Intel Security Group, Programmable Solutions Group, and All Other segments. The company’s platforms are used in notebooks, 2 in 1 systems, desktops, servers, tablets, smartphones, wireless and wired connectivity products, and mobile communication components; enterprise, cloud, and communication infrastructure; and retail, transportation, industrial, video, buildings, and other market segments.
Cash and Cash Equivalents: $11,687.0
Short Term Investments: $3,158.0
Long term Investments: $10,385.0
Total Cash: $25,230.0
Total Debt: $27,855.0
Net Cash: -$2,625.0
Outstanding Shares: 4,709.0
Net Cash / Share: -$0.56
Share Price: $35.31
Enterprise Value / Share: $35.87
Total Market Cap: $166,274.8
Enterprise Value: $168,899.8
2017 Sales Growth Estimate: 1.45%
2017 Earnings Estimate: $2.86
Enterprise Value Multiple: 12.54
Dividend & Yield: 3.14%
Revolution Investment Rating: 8/10