Weekly roundup: Apple’s trillion | Musk rallies Tesla | FAANG or no FAANG?

MarketWatch rounds up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week.

1. Putting Apple’s $1 trillion in perspective

Apple AAPL, +0.29%  became the first U.S. company to be valued at $1 trillion on Thursday after pleasing investors with its fiscal third-quarter results. Analysts were quick to raise their price targets for the stock.

On the other hand:

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2. How to apologize and make money

Tesla TSLA, -0.39%  CEO Elon Musk charmed analysts (or at least investors) during his earnings conference call late on Wednesday. His apology for insulting analysts the previous quarter and promise of positive cash flow during the second half of 2018 helped send the electric auto maker’s shares up 16% on Thursday.

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3. To FAANG or not to FAANG?

Tim Mullaney uses the history of the market to advise investors to stick with the FAANG stocks — Facebook FB, +0.80% Apple, Amazon.com AMZN, -0.60% Netflix NFLX, -0.41%  and Google holding company Alphabet GOOG, -0.20% GOOGL, -0.24% — rather than try to time them.

4. Save on health care

Almost nobody can be bothered to take this simple step to save money on medical procedures.

5. Market warnings

Here are seven reasons to lighten up on stocks if you wish to time the market.

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6. A happily married couple and a big surprise

Keeping secrets about money can make relationships very difficult. Quentin Fottrell — MarketWatch’s Moneyist — helps a husband who was unhappily surprised by his wife’s high level of debt.

7. Dividend yields are slipping — but some companies are still raising dividends

The dividend yield for the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.46%  has declined considerably as the trend among corporate boards is to use excess cash to buy back shares — even at record prices. But some companies have been increasing their already attractive dividend payouts by 10% or more.

8. Home ownership and regrets

9. A hot tech IPO

Shares of Sonos SONO, +5.22%  soared 33% on their first day of trading. Emily Barry describes the audio equipment maker’s special connection with its customers.

10. Yes, it can be interesting to listen to someone talk about the weather

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