Apple's difficult year 2025

Apple $AAPL (+0,57 %) is facing major challenges in 2025. The share price has fallen by 19% over the course of the year, leaving investors concerned. At the same time, the company is facing an antitrust investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ), which is shaking confidence in the company's management. Another conflict is the bitter legal dispute with Epic Games over App Store purchases, which raises the question of control over digital platforms. The introduction of an improved Siri has also been postponed indefinitely, which shows that Apple is lagging behind competitors such as Google and Samsung in the field of artificial intelligence. $GOOGL (-0,13 %) and Samsung $102780 are lagging behind. Added to this is the announcement of former design chief Jony Ive working on a new consumer product with Sam Altman and OpenAI. These developments present CEO Tim Cook with an unprecedented challenge, especially in light of former President Trump's demands that Apple should produce iPhones in the US or else face high tariffs. This mixed situation is causing uncertainty and casts Apple's future in a different light.

Nvidia's new strategy for China

In the USA, Nvidia $NVDA (-2,46 %) is reportedly planning to launch a new AI chip that will be cheaper for the Chinese market than the previous H20 model. This decision is a direct response to the US export restrictions imposed by the Trump administration in April. These measures have severely restricted the shipment of Nvidia's H20 chips to China, which is expected to result in a drop in sales of up to 5.5 billion dollars per quarter. Nvidia's market share of AI chips in China has fallen from an impressive 95% before the export restrictions in 2022 to just 50% currently, which CEO Jensen Huang finds worrying. Despite these setbacks, China remains a key market for Nvidia, accounting for an estimated 13% of sales in the 2025 financial year. Huang highlights that the Chinese AI market is expected to reach 50 billion dollars in the next two to three years. Missing this opportunity could mean a significant loss for Nvidia, which is why adjusting its strategy for China is of great importance.

Sources:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apples-difficult-2025-is-tim-cooks-biggest-test-yet-193007489.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/nvidia-stock-export-controls-mean-180000127.html

$NVDA (-2,46 %)
$PLTR (+7,32 %)
$GOOGL (-0,13 %)
$AMD (-1,82 %)
$AMZN (-0,1 %)
$TSLA (-2,92 %)

What do you think? Where will these stocks be in 10 years

I am curious

I asked myself this question some time ago. Saving, investing, building up assets - all well and good. But what is it actually for? What is the goal?

At some point, the answer was clear to me: financial freedom.

Not because I never want to work again. On the contrary - I like working. But I don't want to have to anymore. I want to be able to decide for myself how I use my time without my income depending on it.

That's why I've opted for a clear focus on dividend ETFs. $TDIV (+0,2 %)
$VHYL (+0,23 %) decided on dividend ETFs.

They provide me with a regular, predictable income - a step towards independence. This cash flow currently allows me to work part-time and at the same time build a self-employment that is based on my interests - not on a fixed employment contract.

I am fully aware that if I were to invest purely rationally and with a focus on returns, e.g. only in the $VWRL (-0,36 %) the path to absolute financial freedom might be shorter.

But let's be honest - who knows whether you will ever reach your goal? Health, life circumstances, fate - there is no guarantee for later.

So why not live a little more freedom today instead of putting everything off until "someday"?

My portfolio reflects precisely this conviction - long-term focus, but with ongoing benefits. And to be honest: I simply enjoy investing.

That's why, in addition to solid dividend payers, I also have a few positions for gambling $BATS (+0,08 %)
$GOOGL (-0,13 %) - Shitcoins $CHZ (-0,16 %)
$MANA (-1,13 %)
$SOL (-2,15 %) included.

What do you think?

I used today's small setback to make a purchase. I think and hope that it will be the same with the European tariffs as with the others.

A lot of talk and in the end everything is somehow the same as before. Except that Mr. 🍊 will be celebrated as a hero in front of his disciples. And trust in the USA just gets less and less every time 😐

Whatever. I don't want to get too political. I'm just pleased to have finally $GOOGL (-0,13 %) have finally struck 🙂

$GOOGL (-0,13 %)

I currently have a small $GOOGL (-0,13 %) position of approx. 1.2% of the portfolio.

Is it advisable to hold such small positions at all?

In the long term, I would like to reduce individual shares more and more and increase the ETF share.

Alphabet is also included in the $VWRL (-0,36 %) included

Currently 65% shares and 35% ETF.

Target at least 50% ETF

Best regards.

Freenet earns less + Bitcoin with a new ATH + AT&T continues to expand its fiber optic business + Alphabet strong due to praise for AI statements + Infineon and Nvidia cooperate

Freenet $FNTN (-0,21 %)earns less

• Despite somewhat weaker business in the first quarter, mobile communications and TV provider Freenet believes it is on course to achieve its targets for the year.
• Thanks to additional subscribers, sales rose by just under two percent year-on-year to a good 604 million euros according to adjusted figures, as the MDax-listed company announced in Büdelsdorf on Wednesday evening.
• Profits actually fell - due to a tax credit in the previous year, but also due to higher advertising expenditure for the company's own mobile brands.
• As a result, the bottom line for Freenet shareholders was a profit of a good 57 million euros this time, compared to almost 70 million euros a year earlier according to adjusted figures.
• Operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA) fell by just under 1 percent to a good 126 million euros.
• Analysts had expected higher sales and operating earnings.
• However, the Freenet Management Board is confident for the current year.
• Adjusted operating profit is expected to rise to between 520 and 540 million euros as planned.
• The news was initially rather poorly received on the financial market.
• In after-hours trading on the Tradegate platform in the evening, the Freenet share lost almost two percent compared to the Xetra closing price.

Bitcoin $BTC (-0,56 %)with a new ATH

• Bitcoin reached almost USD 112,000 in early trading on Bitstamp as hopes for an easing of crypto regulation in the US increased.
• Since the election of Donald Trump as US president, Bitcoin has gained around 60 percent and currently has a total valuation of 2.2 trillion dollars.

AT&T $T (+1,62 %)continues to expand its fiber optic business

• AT&T has reached an agreement to acquire the consumer fiber optics business of Lumen Technologies for USD 5.75 billion in cash, the companies announced on Wednesday.
• The deal further expands the wireless carrier's national fiber infrastructure.
• By purchasing the business, AT&T gains 1 million fiber customers and significantly expands its fiber network in Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City and Seattle, according to an AT&T statement.
• The sale of the consumer fiber assets, first reported by Reuters, will allow Lumen to focus on growing the company's enterprise fiber business, Chris Stansbury, Lumen's chief financial officer, told Reuters in an interview.
• The cash proceeds from the sale will help Lumen reduce its debt by $4.8 billion and improve cash flow by reducing interest expense by more than $300 million a year, according to Stansbury.

Alphabet $GOOGL (-0,13 %)strong, due to praise for AI claims

• At Alphabet, a positive interpretation of the company's latest statements on artificial intelligence (AI) prevailed in the middle of the week.
• This was matched by a series of favorable analyst comments.
• On the second and final day of the company's annual developer conference, shares in Google's parent company rose by almost four percent to around 170 US dollars on Wednesday.
• The stock market heavyweight thus led the list of winners in the Nasdaq 100.
• At times, the shares reached their highest level in two and a half months at 173.14 dollars.
• The day before, the company's initial statements on the AI mega-trend had met with a negative response.
• Since the beginning of the year, however, the share price has still fallen by ten percent, placing it in the lower midfield of the technology-heavy selection index.
• The latter has risen by one percent in the same period.
• Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai had already announced on Tuesday that the company would bring its own products to market more quickly in order to keep pace with the new competition in the age of AI.
• After decades of dominance, the tech giant's important search engine business is coming under increasing pressure.
• However, it still maintains a market share of around 90 percent here - and is upgrading its search engine with AI functions.
• This should help the Group to strengthen its continued leading role in the search engine market, commented analyst Ingo Wermann from DZ Bank.
• His colleague Doug Anmuth from the US bank JPMorgan added that the developer conference had confirmed his assessment that Google is taking a leading role in many AI areas with its xxx Gemini.
• Jefferies expert Brent Thill titled his commentary on the developer conference "Year of Gemini".
• According to Justin Post from Bank of America, the topic of AI is not yet adequately priced in at Alphabet.

Infineon $IFX (-0,97 %)and Nvidia $NVDA (-2,46 %)cooperate

• Infineon and Nvidia are working together to develop the next generation of power supply systems for AI data centers.
• These systems are based on a new architecture with centralized power generation using 800V high-voltage DC, according to Infineon.
• The new high-voltage DC distribution ensures a safe and even more efficient power supply.
• According to Infineon, the company has set itself the goal of creating new standards in power supply for AI data centers.

Thursday: Stock market dates, economic data, quarterly figures

• ex-dividend of individual stocks
• Porsche AG € 2.31
• Puma SE € 0.61
• CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA € 1.66
• Takkt AG € 0.60
• ZEAL Network SE € 2.40
• Imperial Brands PLC £ 0.40

• Quarterly figures / company dates USA / Asia
• 05:00 Lenovo annual results
• 15:00 Home Depot AGM
• 19:00 DuPont AGM
• Untimed: Autodesk quarterly figures

• Quarterly figures / Company dates Europe
• 07:30 CTS Eventim | Assicurazioni Generali quarterly figures
• 08:00 Easyjet | BT Group quarterly figures
• 11:00 Amadeus Fire | SFC Energy AGM
• 13:45 Evonik Industries Capital Markets Day

• Economic data

08:45 FR: Business Climate Index May PROGNOSE: 99 previous: 99

09:15 FR: Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI non-manufacturing | 09:15 FR: Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI manufacturing (1st release) May FORECAST: 48.9 PREVIOUS: 48.7

09:30 DE: Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI non-manufacturing (1st release) May PROGNOSE: 49.2 previous: 49.0 Total Purchasing Managers' Index (1st release) FORECAST: 50.3 previous: 50.1

09:30 DE: Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI manufacturing (1st release) May FORECAST: 48.8 PREVIOUS: 48.4

10:00 DE: Ifo Business Climate Index May PROGNOSE: 87.5 PREVIOUS: 86.9 Situation assessment PROGNOSE: 86.9 PREVIOUS: 86.4 Business expectations PROGNOSE: 87.9 PREVIOUS: 87.4

10:00 EU: Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI non-manufacturing | Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI manufacturing Eurozone (1st release) May FORECAST: 49.3 PREVIOUS: 49.0 Total Purchasing Managers' Index (1st release) FORECAST: 50.8 PREVIOUS: 50.4

10:30 UK: Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI non-manufacturing (1st release) May PROGNOSE: 50.7 previous: 49, | Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI Manufacturing (1st release) May PROGNOSE: 46.7 previous: 45.4

14:30 US: Initial Jobless Claims (week) Forecast: 230,000 Previous: 229,000

15:00 BE: Business Climate Index May FORECAST: n/a previous: -14.7

15:45 US: Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI Services (1st release) May FORECAST: 50.6 PREV: 50.8

15:45 US: Purchasing Managers' Index/PMI Manufacturing (1st release) May FORECAST: 49.8 PREVIOUS: 50.2

16:00 US: NAR, Existing Home Sales April FORECAST: +2.7% yoy previous: -5.9% yoy

I am currently holding an $GOOGL (-0,13 %) Open End Long warrant. The theory was that the Google IO event will announce something big and since GOOGL is already very undervalued, there could be a strong price increase.

I am up 20%.

After deducting taxes and costs, I should end up with a profit of around €50, which I'm quite happy with with a €300 stake.

With such price movements, I'm never sure when I should get out though. Knock outs can basically be held for much longer & since Google is undervalued, I believe that it can go on like this for a while.

Does anyone have experience in this area or an opinion?

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The Technology AI Conference in the USA began today at 7 p.m. CEST! If you look at the share price of $GOOGL (-0,13 %) it seems that things are not going so well! Does anyone know more?