According to Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper (with files from Reuters), Intel's market share for computer chips is declining (Intel). Reasons include competition with AMD (American Micro Devices). In fact, Intel announced a reduced sales forecast, which affected tech indexes on the stock market.

It seems to me that this sort of thing happens every few years for Intel, and yet they always bounce back, reinvent themselves. Intel shares typically have a semi-consistent up-down cycle as well. The problem is that the downturn of Intel stocks tends to shift a bit from year to year, and if you spend the time research a few years of share prices and can afford a sufficient number of shares, you stand to make some money.

I seriously doubt, as I have in the past, that Intel will allow themselves to permanently decline. Surely they'll come up with some new chip for some new device, which will cause share prices to rise again. At least, I'm sure shareholders will hope so.

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