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Apple Share Price Breaches $500, Hits All-Time High

mrxak said:
Every so often, I think about buying AAPL. Every time, I don't, because it's way too much per share, and every time, I regret it later when it hits some crazy high price later on like this. I honestly think it'll keep going up, but unless they split the stock, it's going to be hard for many individual shareholders to invest.
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This makes no sense whatsoever, unless someone is planning on investing an amount that is less than the price of one share of Apple's stock.

Whether you're buying five shares at $500 each, or fifty shares at $50.00 each, the concept is exactly the same.
 
Wow $500!! Neat. Only $12 until we hit a nice round number!*

*This joke cribbed from XKCD.
 
G4DP said:
Just think how much of a thank you all owe Bill Gates.

Without that $150m Apple would have gone. Slag Microsoft all you want, but without them Apple wouldn't exist.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the biography said Jobs convinced Gates to have Microsoft invest in Apple, so that they have their own business in allowing Apple to grow. The investment was accompanied by MS Office being released as a Mac exclusive.
I don't think they needed this money.
 
Amazing. And this while there are no confirmed new product announcements yet! I guess the rise on rumours is in full swing. Personally no rise is going to make me use Lion or an iPad, but more power to those that are obviously still diggin' it!
 
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Today Apple traded more value than the market cap of RIM
 
rdowns said:
That makes no sense. Why does it matter if you have, say $5,000 to invest whether you have 10 shares @$500 each or 100 shares $50 each? It's about the percentage gain, not the share price.
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Really?

$5000 / $500 = 10 shares
$5000 / $50 = 100 shares

Now. Price goes up $10.

10 shares (x $10) = $100 profit
100 shares (x$10) = $1000 profit

Do you not understand the difference?
 
samcraig said:
Really?

$5000 / $500 = 10 shares
$5000 / $50 = 100 shares

Now. Price goes up $10.

10 shares (x $10) = $100 profit
100 shares (x$10) = $1000 profit

Do you not understand the difference?
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Do you?

In one case you have a 20% increase in value, the other 2% with the 10 dollar increase. Not the same scenario at all.

It doesn't matter. You only care about the % increase or decrease relative to your initial investment.

Run your example with instead of going up $10 per share, it goes up 10% per share and tell me what you find
 
dukebound85 said:
Do you?

In one case you have a 20% increase in value, the other 2% with the 10 dollar increase. Not the same scenario at all.

It doesn't matter. You only care about the % increase or decrease relative to your initial investment.

Run your example with instead of going up $10 per share, it goes up 10% per share and tell me what you find
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Yes. When talking in percentages. it's the same. It really depends on your sales strategy then...
 
IJ Reilly said:
It's hard to know exactly what to make of your reply, but if you're saying that following a strategy grounded in fundamentals depends on the stock, then you are a trader, not an investor.
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I'm suggesting that how a stock inflates or deflates dictates how to proceed. I also don't think there's anything wrong with trading.

Apple may be on top in 20 years or may not be. I'll pay attention and choose where to allocate my funds for the bet return.
 
samcraig said:
Really? I'm sincerely confused. I would rather have more shares at a lower price than fewer shares at a higher price.
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It's irrelevant.

If the stock gains 20% and you have ten grand in. It doesn't matter whether that's 10000 shares or 1. You gain 20%
 
wickoo said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the biography said Jobs convinced Gates to have Microsoft invest in Apple, so that they have their own business in allowing Apple to grow. The investment was accompanied by MS Office being released as a Mac exclusive.
I don't think they needed this money.
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The investment was accompanies by a promise to continue development of Office for Mac for at least 5 years and Explorer being the default browser installed on Macs. The $150 million were for non-voting shares which Microsoft later sold.
 
samcraig said:
Really?

$5000 / $500 = 10 shares
$5000 / $50 = 100 shares

Now. Price goes up $10.

10 shares (x $10) = $100 profit
100 shares (x$10) = $1000 profit

Do you not understand the difference?
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Really?
$5000 / $500 = 10 shares
$5000 / $50 = 100 shares

Now. Price goes up 10%.

$5000 invested (x 10%) = $500 profit
$5000 invested (x 10%) = $500 profit

Do you not understand the difference?

In other words, a $10 movement on GOOG (~ $611) is a much, much different thing than a $10 movement on BAC (~ 8.28.)
 
elistan said:
Really?
$5000 / $500 = 10 shares
$5000 / $50 = 100 shares

Now. Price goes up 10%.

$5000 invested (x 10%) = $500 profit
$5000 invested (x 10%) = $500 profit

Do you not understand the difference?

In other words, a $10 movement on GOOG (~ $611) is a much, much different thing than a $10 movement on BAC (~ 8.28.)
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Yes. I understand which is why I added my comment now that it really depends on your exit strategy.
 
samcraig said:
Really? I'm sincerely confused. I would rather have more shares at a lower price than fewer shares at a higher price.
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Say apple splits the shares so that for each share, you know have 5 at 100 a piece

The initial investment is the same right? be it 5shares x $100 or 1 share x $500. Both are 500 in value

However, say the stock increases 10 bucks on these now split shares so you have 5 shares at 110 apiece. This would be the same increase as one share prior to splitting gaining $50

In each case, the 5 shares = 550 as the one share is 550. The percent increase is 10% in both cases. It is the % that you only look at in determining if you gain or lose

EDIT: See you edited the post I had commented on
 
samcraig said:
Really?

$5000 / $500 = 10 shares
$5000 / $50 = 100 shares

Now. Price goes up $10.

10 shares (x $10) = $100 profit
100 shares (x$10) = $1000 profit

Do you not understand the difference?
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You're joking, right? :eek:

AAPL started the year at $405 and almost reached $504 today.

If they had split in 2011, let's say 10:1, the increase would be from $40.5 to $50.4.

In both cases: investing $4050 brings you to $5040. Even the commission would be the same.

See?
 
mstrze said:
Always prudent to buy on the drops and sell on the rises.

What worries me...and I said this in another thread...is that essentially NOBODY is talking of AAPL dropping, only that the sky's the limit. When everyone is bullish, that's usually the point at which a stock makes a terrible drop. (Of course, I'd recommend buying on that drop, LOL) Usually that drop comes from an unusual source...something that no one has been looking at...could even be a natural disaster or something like that, but it does nearly always happen.

Can anyone link to any negative press/opinions/stories about AAPL stock? I haven't found any recently and that is a major red flag. I'd love to read some.
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This is because it was drastically undervalued. We are approaching value according to many analysts. Within 10 % or so. Of course what they think may be irrelevant.

I'd focus on earnings and innovation. Google is going strong with less on both fronts and has been for years.
 
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