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Apple Posts $3.68 Billion Revenue, $430 Million Profit in Q4 2005

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nagromme said:
No, they ARE pleased--and selling to make some quick cash. Always happens.
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Ok, that didn't make sense, why wouldn't you sell after tomorrow's event? Ever take a finance course? ever research a company? Seriously though....
 
How does this affect me?

The stock going up or down does not affect me. I don't have any. The only thing I want to see is increasing sales and profits which will permit Apple to continue to innovate and lead.
 
I'm listening to the live feed of the report, the guy jus ended saying MULTIPUL product announcements tomorrow!!! So much for JUST 1 more thing YAY!
 
OCOTILLO said:
The stock going up or down does not affect me. I don't have any. The only thing I want to see is increasing sales and profits which will permit Apple to continue to innovate and lead.
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Not to worry about that my friend , Apple will be doing that anyway :D
 
IJ Reilly said:
Traders don't short stocks when they expect them to go up. I realize after hours trading is thin, but a move this dramatic can't be so easily discounted.
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I don't have exact details to give you, but a move this dramatic isn't actually that dramatic for after-hours trading. Regular market trading is at high volume and thus represents a good average of how millions of individual investors large and small value the stock.

After hours trading seems more like a few guys trading off of emotion. Look at the order size and refresh the page a few times. There's not that many trades going on-

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ecn?s=AAPL
 
g0gie said:
I'm listening to the live feed of the report, the guy jus ended saying MULTIPUL product announcements tomorrow!!! So much for JUST 1 more thing YAY!
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where i can not get on link please to ur feed
 
otter-boy said:
iPods are great for introducing people to Apple's products, but Macs are what reel people in for the long-haul and cause people to want end-to-end solutions.
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Right, but, the iPod didn't get people to buy Macs. Name recognition doesn't always equate into selling more product. The Mini should get most of the credit for the increase. What good is having a product that most can't afford or see as a "rip off".
 
madmaxmedia said:
Keep in mind that after-hours trading is insanely volatile due to low volume and knee-jerk reactions. There's a somewhat loose correlation with after-hours trading after news like this, and the next morning's stock price. I mean I am expecting it to be down, but not this low. Plus we have the special event tomorrow too.

Besides, the stock just ticked up finally, from 45.70 yo 45.75! And now 45.93...
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Maybe. But negativity has a way of generating more negativity. A lot of people have been looking for a reason to believe that Apple's growth can't be sustained. Now they've got their whiff of vulnerability.
 
liketom said:
is the audio feed up ? i can't get it to work 10pm UK = 2pm Cupertino right?
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Can't get it working either.
Time check - it is 10:20pm in UK - so it should be 2:20pm in Cupertino, yeah?
 
g0gie said:
I'm listening to the live feed of the report, the guy jus ended saying MULTIPUL product announcements tomorrow!!! So much for JUST 1 more thing YAY!
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I was really expecting multiple announcements. "One more thing' is a metaphor, and not something that was supposed to be taken literally.

I mean imagine when Steve takes the stage tomorrow. Is he going to start by saying "One more thing..." No, he's going to do something like a typical keynote. Start with a bunch of status updates (we sold 10 bajillion songs last week, etc..), then maybe roll out some updates. THEN, one more thing...
 
remember the last time apple released earnings after market? stock shot up after market......usually after market mvoes are a pretty good indicator of how it will do when the market opens up....dont expect aapl to open or be in the green tomorrow before the announcement.....maybe apple planned it that way to have it tomorrow to stop the bleeding.......ipod sales were much lower then expected, and analysts are traders see that as a HUGE chink in apples armor....lets be honest, if apple stopped making computers tomorrow, there would be a drastic decrease in share price, but if they stopped making ipods, the stock would absolutely crash.......it might not be logical, but thats how investors see apple
 
i cant get it to work either. I have it opened in the quicktime, but it wont do anything.
 
IJ Reilly said:
Maybe. But negativity has a way of generating more negativity. A lot of people have been looking for a reason to believe that Apple's growth can't be sustained. Now they've got their whiff of vulnerability.
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Yes, but you have to separate the earnings report, and the after hours trading. Are you saying that Apple's earnings reports contains a whiff of volatility?

If so, that is more significant than the after hours trading. Early in January after a quarterly report, the stock also tank in after-hours trading. Obviously the stock recovered quite nicely.

Which is not to say that the stock will double again. But the after-hours thing is of little value in prognosticating the future. If you do have some signficant concerns from the earnings report though, please share them-
 
madmaxmedia said:
I don't have exact details to give you, but a move this dramatic isn't actually that dramatic for after-hours trading. Regular market trading is at high volume and thus represents a good average of how millions of individual investors large and small value the stock.

After hours trading seems more like a few guys trading off of emotion. Look at the order size and refresh the page a few times. There's not that many trades going on-

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ecn?s=AAPL
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I don't know how to figure out the volume in after hours trading but I believe at least some of it is institutional. Haven't seen any big blocks go by the boards yet though. Tomorrow is going to be a nail-biter for sure, what with this and the product announcements. One thing for sure, if the analysts don't love what Steve has to say tomorrow, we AAPL investors are going to wish we'd sold out last week.
 
derajfast said:
remember the last time apple released earnings after market? stock shot up after market......usually after market mvoes are a pretty good indicator of how it will do when the market opens up....dont expect aapl to open or be in the green tomorrow before the announcement.....maybe apple planned it that way to have it tomorrow to stop the bleeding.......ipod sales were much lower then expected, and analysts are traders see that as a HUGE chink in apples armor....lets be honest, if apple stopped making computers tomorrow, there would be a drastic decrease in share price, but if they stopped making ipods, the stock would absolutely crash.......it might not be logical, but thats how investors see apple
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Which quarter was that? Last quarter the stock dropped in actual trading after the report. But I don't remember if it was during or after hours. I do remember the stock dropped in actual trading though.
 
drater said:
Ok, that didn't make sense, why wouldn't you sell after tomorrow's event? Ever take a finance course? ever research a company? Seriously though....
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During my internship I asked a co-intern "What's a great stock investment?" She said Apple. I asked another; Apple. I asked why and the answer was "It's a traders stock. Buy it, it's gonna go up, sell." Pretty much repeat the process. I've learned Apple is a great "starter stock"... so...
 
madmaxmedia said:
Yes, but you have to separate the earnings report, and the after hours trading. Are you saying that Apple's earnings reports contains a whiff of volatility?

If so, that is more significant than the after hours trading. Early in January after a quarterly report, the stock also tank in after-hours trading. Obviously the stock recovered quite nicely.

Which is not to say that the stock will double again. But the after-hours thing is of little value in prognosticating the future. If you do have some signficant concerns from the earnings report though, please share them-
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Vulnerability, not volatility. By which I mean, many are looking for signs that their growth rate may be leveling off. If this becomes the consensus view, then I think we're in the doldrums at best for a while.

I don't have any major concerns, but then I haven't looked beyond the basic numbers, which appear pretty great to me. Add to that the reported increase in Mac market share, and Apple looks to be in better shape than ever.
 
"iPod sales in this quarter are kinda weak..."

:D These business types are crazy. Its like, yeah we won the lottery, but only $10m instead of $11m.
 
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