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Apple Now Worth More Than Germany's Entire DAX Stock Index
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● Wall Street is Dumb !
● CNBC should change their name to "Wall Street for Dummies" !
How they both keep missing the obvious is Extremely Puzzling !
NOT Rocket Science:
Actual iPhone Revenue = $55.957B (reported) - ~$4B = ~$52B USD !
So, what does this mean ?
ZERO Q1 iPhone Revenue Growth !
$52B is the exact same as Q1 FY2019 !
● CNBC should change their name to "Wall Street for Dummies" !
How they both keep missing the obvious is Extremely Puzzling !
NOT Rocket Science:
Actual iPhone Revenue = $55.957B (reported) - ~$4B = ~$52B USD !
So, what does this mean ?
ZERO Q1 iPhone Revenue Growth !
$52B is the exact same as Q1 FY2019 !
Because a 3% bump in aapl is almost $50B in value or 1/3 of all of NFLX. Apple was also up the day before, so it's like 6% in 2 days, or almost $100B. Apple has been surging because it's basically up every day.
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Or you're just wrong.
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Icahn sold his shares several years ago at $90 and I laughed at him then. He's just trying to sound smart now but he was dead wrong on AAPL.Carl Icahn probably still says Apple's undervalued.
Just thinking, if aapl managed to reach brk-a price (339,260 at the time that I'm writing this), Apple would have a market cap of ~1487.28 trillion. I doubt that'll happen in my lifetime, though.
In the meantime, Tim, if you're reading this, I could take a few of this billions of dollars off your hands.
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Apple had a considerably higher net income than either company in 2019. Apple's sales/revenue for 2019 was nearly equal to the combined revenue of Alphabet (Google) and Microsoft. When looking at the last five years. Apple's net income was more than the combined net income of Alphabet and Microsoft.
It's not about how much of the market you own but who your customers are. Apple doesn't dominate the market in total. They dominate the market of top spenders.
It is an impressive / interesting fact and Apple should be congratulated. It is, however a little sad and an indictment of the capitalist world. When you think of some of the incredible businesses on the DAX [and elsewhere] that make / provide fantastic technologies [that make what Apple deoes actually possible], businesses that produce medical treatments and apparatus for the good of mankind etc that only get measured by how rich they make their shareholders.
That’s my honest takeaway also..
Additionally, we need some bloody reform on the tax situation.
I realize Apple (and others) are just “playing by the rules” with all the loopholes, but it’s pretty shameful how a company can, by the rules, be this much of a world dominating cash machine and yet pay so little in taxes.
I also think some anti-trust angles should come into play with a few areas in their eco-system.
I’m exhausted with Apple and other large Tech co’s swallowing up anything that even hints at being a small insect of competition anywhere on their gargantuan “body” of world domination.
The whole package is totally stifling actually interesting and needed technical innovation and progress.
lol - well played..
The ”ARM Mac” is sort of turning to the new version of the PB G5
Well that’s demonstrably not true.
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2019 was the best ever year for Apple products. Period. 2010 and 2007 were great too but nothing like 2019 with one great product release after another. I can't name one dud from last year. I was sick of hearing Tim and his great pipeline year after year and nothing but crippled products were delivered. Was never so excited for what 2020 will bring.
All I’ll say are the following links which are easy to find, I’m afraid I can only go by reputable news sources, which are not painting a pretty picture for Germany.
German recession looms as industrial orders drop more than expected
German industrial orders fell more than expected in August on weaker domestic demand, data showed on Monday, adding to signs that a manufacturing slump is pushing Europe's largest economy into recession.
Germany narrowly avoids recession despite trade war hit - BBC News
The country narrowly avoids recession as it struggles with trade conflicts around the world.
www.google.co.uk
German industry slump sparks renewed economic growth fears
Germany's industrial output unexpectedly dropped in October, reviving worries about its economic growth outlook as its manufacturing backbone takes a blow from global trade conflicts and disruptions in the auto sector.
German industrial slump deepens, weighing on eurozone outlook
Two-year recession in industrial heartlands worsens but services confidence rises
I will also add I’m afraid I fail to see the relevance of a economic graph that’s 5 years out of date?
I am totally curious what they'll do on pricing for devices this year. Where that glass ceiling is. I'm sure Apple is testing the waters to see how far they can reach into pockets before people back away. We've already got people holding onto devices longer but it piques my interest to see where the line will be drawn for the people who still upgrade every year.
exactly, it feels like our European companies missed the train and still can’t catch up with innovation. I can’t be mad at something like that, especially when our countries are asleep and rather stay with old stuff than trying something new
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Airmail is the 🐐
No, Apple increasing the day before was only a recovery of the losses they had already made due to the virus in China. So this was literally a couple of percent increase. Regardless of what that translates to in relation to the financial size of the company it is most certainly not a jump let alone a surge. Apple fluctuates on that level all the time, and we don’t get headlines every day talking about surges. A 2 per cent increase for a stellar earnings report and future growth does not correlate and headlines talking about surges are simply headline grabbers. It’s tiresome.
Yeah, you've never had the misfortune of using a product by Europe's largest and most profitable software company, SAP.
And their employees. US companies are rich, and so are US employees. The median household income in the US is just over $63k right now. UK, France and Germany are around the $40k mark. Japan is around $30k.
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I just explained to you how a 3% move in Apple is a bigger deal because of its enormous size.
Additionally, this isn’t just about the last 2 days. It’s more than doubled in the last year. A 3% move in Apple in a single day is huge and the value created by that move is indeed is bigger than most companies in the S&P 500.
For me the Apple Watch S5 cellular is the most "inspired" product produced to date and a close second is the Denon DL-110 Moving Coil Cartridge.
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2% of Apple is worth approx. 50% of Netflix. It's a newsworthy number.
EDIT: Sorry, 20%. Updated with current prices.
As the latest news says, Germany has avoided a recession. A looming recession, or a recession that has been avoided, means the country is not (yet, anyway) in a slump.All I’ll say are the following links which are easy to find, I’m afraid I can only go by reputable news sources, which are not painting a pretty picture for Germany.
German recession looms as industrial orders drop more than expected
German industrial orders fell more than expected in August on weaker domestic demand, data showed on Monday, adding to signs that a manufacturing slump is pushing Europe's largest economy into recession.www.google.co.uk
Germany narrowly avoids recession despite trade war hit - BBC News
The country narrowly avoids recession as it struggles with trade conflicts around the world.
German industry slump sparks renewed economic growth fears
Germany's industrial output unexpectedly dropped in October, reviving worries about its economic growth outlook as its manufacturing backbone takes a blow from global trade conflicts and disruptions in the auto sector.www.google.co.uk
German industrial slump deepens, weighing on eurozone outlook
Two-year recession in industrial heartlands worsens but services confidence riseswww.google.co.uk
I will also add I’m afraid I fail to see the relevance of a economic graph that’s 5 years out of date?
The graph I posted was not 5 years out of date, the labels are placed to the right of the divisions. The 10 year graph is easier to read. The DAX is just coming off an all-time high. It was almost at these levels 2 years ago.