Apple: $500 billion

Donald Trump will be happy to hear that. The technology company Apple is planning to invest more than 500 billion dollars in the USA. The iPhone company plans to hire more than 20,000 employees over the next four years and, among other things, work with partners to produce high-performance servers for artificial intelligence in Texas.

Shortly after taking office, Trump announced additional tariffs on goods from China. This could also affect iPhones and other Apple devices. However, Trump has traditionally shown himself willing to ease the burden on investments in the USA. This fits in with Trump's "America first" policy. After a meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook last week, he had already spoken of the company's investment commitment of hundreds of billions of dollars.

Apple has expanded production in India and Vietnam in recent years, but the majority of the company's devices are still built in China. During Trump's first term in office, Apple successfully defended itself against threatened additional tariffs on its computer watches.

Apple is now talking about its "largest investment commitment to date". The commitment of 500 billion US dollars also includes supplies from US states. It was initially unclear exactly how much new commitments amount to: Apple had already announced in 2021 that it would invest 430 billion dollars in the USA within half a decade. In his first term in office, Trump presented the production of Apple's Mac computers in Texas, which had been running since 2013, as his achievement.

"We are optimistic about the future of American innovation, and we are proud to build on our long-standing investments in the United States with this $500 billion commitment to our country's future," Apple said in a statement. Trump wrote on his online platform Truth Social that the reason for Apple's investment was "belief in what we do."

Technically, Apple shares continue to be strong. Although there was initially some selling pressure after the high in December, the share price turned upwards again in the area of 212 euros and has since been forming rising lows - a good indication of a new upward trend in chart theory. The next target remains the high at 245.35 euros. If this is overcome, the record run of Apple shares will continue. Investors are staying on board and playing the upward trend.

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