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Apple Stock Price Marks All-Time Closing High Ahead of New iPhone Rollout

boronathan said:
Lol. You're clearly not going to be convinced otherwise, so by all means invest all your savings, and get your family to sell their home. Do you have aunts and uncles? You might be able to get them to sell their homes too.

You can sell your plasma too, might be able to make enough for one extra share.

I mean you'll make 76000!! You can live off that like...forever. :rolleyes:

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Damn I am slow. I finally figured out NewSpeculator is just a garden variety troll. He has got to be. No one is really that blind.

I hope.
 
NewInvestor said:
That is exactly the problem, I have no experience in stock trading. Apple is the best stock to hold today, EVERYONE says so and I know it based on reading Apple news and press releases

I have $10k in my bank and I am TOTALLY gonna invest it all probably next week

The problem is my profit is going to be so lame

I only know one thing. If I don't put big money in Apple in the next couple of days or weeks I'm gonna regret it for the rest of my life

I have no time to read books and I obviously don't have time to start a research on startups. Apple is the safest of all, it never fell down in the past 10 years and that is also why it's expensive

In other words you telling me you'd rather keep $250k cash in your bank safe than buy Apple?
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My answer is more nuanced than that, but you won't listen. If that kind of hypothetical cash balance landed in my lap I'd only invest 60% of that balance over the next two years equally in 30 different companies (that's an initial $5k investment in each company). Yes, apple would be one of them.

If you don't have time to educate yourself on how to invest then you deserve to get screwed. You may as well take it to Vegas and lose it all there. That is pretty much what you're suggesting when you take a bunch of savings (that isn't yours) and bet it all on a single stock.
 
lifeinhd said:
As for Facebook, they should have gone public years ago. Now they're just starting to stagnate.
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Exactly. They can really only lose users now. I have an account "just 'cause", and the activity has really gone down for it in the past two years. Also, they're trying to make a Facebook phone, which is a bad idea.
 
I honestly would say not to buy right now. I fully expect a rather large drop as soon as the jury comes back on the Apple vs Samsung law suit.
 
boronathan said:
Lol. You're clearly not going to be convinced otherwise, so by all means invest all your savings, and get your family to sell their home. Do you have aunts and uncles? You might be able to get them to sell their homes too.

You can sell your plasma too, might be able to make enough for one extra share.

I mean you'll make 76000!! You can live off that like...forever. :rolleyes:

Man..
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you don't know a thing you really think I'd spend my profits on name brand junk? I'm not That stupid

My mom's uncle owns a land that he is offering us at %20 off since we're family and then we can build on it and sell at a very nice profit and then move on with the next real estate investment. My mom has another uncle with a land 3 times larger that he is willing to sell and we can only afford it if we buy, build and sell the first property I mentioned, then buy and build the second property and make a really big change in our life. Apple will boost my family towards larger and safer investments in real estate. Instead of waiting and saving for many more years
 
NewInvestor said:
Yes money is not everything but its the most
Without money, you have no food, clothes, a car, and a house of your own
Very easy to tip from above
You can't travel the world or to see nature without money
You can't live without money. Period.
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To feed yourself, you don't need that much money. If you're into it - Kobe is overvalued. As are steaks in several NYC restaurants. I love cooking and I love a freshly cooked meal as any other person. And actually it's not that expensive.

I'm not tipping from above - making my living from around 30k a year. But I've grown to become confident.

You can easily travel the world with little money. Get into couchsurfing. You'll get to know some nice people that way. And money needed to see nature? Give me a break. Grab your bike and go outside. The secret is to admire all the marvels around you you experience - and not to hunt for unneeded things your average media says is needed (insert Tyler Durden speech here).

And if you tink you can't live without money - please, pretty please do yourself a favour - get a break of at least a year. Travel to India. Go visit people that get by on less than 1$ a day.

Maybe then you'll once again be thankful for having marvellous clean water out of your random sink. A luxury billions of people in the world don't even know.

And to get back on topic: Currently Apple gadgets are fashionable. This won't last forever, kid. Actually anyone with any sense of trends will tell you, that Apple's fame has eclipsed. Go figure...
 
NewInvestor said:
you don't know a thing you really think I'd spend my profits on name brand junk? I'm not That stupid

My mom's uncle owns a land that he is offering us at %20 off since we're family and then we can build on it and sell at a very nice profit and then move on with the next real estate investment. My mom has another uncle with a land 3 times larger that he is willing to sell and we can only afford it if we buy, build and sell the first property I mentioned, then buy and build the second property and make a really big change in our life. Apple will boost my family towards larger and safer investments in real estate. Instead of waiting and saving for many more years
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Like i said, you're not here for advice, you've already convinced yourself that putting everything you have into one stock is a smart decision, so go for it. Just don't say you weren't warned.

Yes, aapl will go up, yes they will hit 1000, but i, and i don't think anyone, would ever tell you "go ahead and sell your house and out all your profits in aapl!" Just typing it sounds ridiculous.
 
mp0890 said:
then why today? the iphone and ipad rumors are nothing new
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right but there have been more and more leaks and confirmations of dates and as time goes on they are gaining more traction with major media outlets. These apple tv cable box rumors are very primitive with little support at this point. While its not impossible that these rumors helped the push its about 300% more likely this is all about the anticipated iphone launch
 
swagi said:
And to get back on topic: Currently Apple gadgets are fashionable. This won't last forever, kid. Actually anyone with any sense of trends will tell you, that Apple's fame has eclipsed. Go figure...
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This is yes and no, will Apple always be a large profitable company? Yes, I think so. Will they always be top dog? No. Eventually someone else will come along with the " next big thing ".

That doesn't mean its a bad idea to invest in Apple. I think it might still be a good time to invest. But investing in AAPL stock for a long term investment at current prices? I'd think twice of that. I was in and out in a couple years, and I made some great money off it.
 
boronathan said:
Like i said, you're not here for advice, you've already convinced yourself that putting everything you have into one stock is a smart decision, so go for it. Just don't say you weren't warned.

Yes, aapl will go up, yes they will hit 1000, but i, and i don't think anyone, would ever tell you "go ahead and sell your house and out all your profits in aapl!" Just typing it sounds ridiculous.
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If you promise me the stock will hit 1000 we're selling the house tomorrow
 
NewInvestor said:
If you promise me the stock will hit 1000 we're selling the house tomorrow
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Thing is, there is no promise in the stock market. You don't know if it will hit 1000, it might. It night not, it could drop in the future. Or it might blast past 1000 bucks.

Investing your entire life into 1 company is asking for trouble.
 
cvaldes said:
That makes no sense. Mutual fund and ETF dividend payouts occur at a different time. Also, all these brokerage houses knew exactly how many shares were involved on Monday.

The dividend payout is calculated on computers, really big fast ones.

Moreover, AAPL dividend payouts should be on time just like any other stock, whether it be GE, IBM, AT&T, whatever. Heck, I got my AAPL dividends on time, so if someone else is getting dividends posted to their account a day late, well, that's a brokerage-specific behavior.
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Mutual fund and ETF dividend payouts to the individual occur at a different time - but mutual funds just got a very large payment in terms of dividend funds. As Schwab manages many of those...

What I was suggesting was exactly what you said with "that's a brokerage-specific behavior". E*Trade and Schwab, which also paid a day late, are two very large brokers. My suggestion was it might take them overnight to process the payments, figure out how many people bought fractional shares instead of wanting a check, bundle those fractional shares into a single large purchase, etc.

Big fast computers are not infinitely fast - and since some of those involve closing prices, or are in no real rush, there's no reason not to do it overnight, when the demands on your machines are less.

And no, it wouldn't be any different for AT&T, GE, or any other big company. But since this isn't GE Rumors, and people aren't watching whether or not their big GE check hit the day of the issue, there's no evidence it isn't just "What happens with a massive broker".
 
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NewInvestor said:
If you promise me the stock will hit 1000 we're selling the house tomorrow
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There is no such thing as free money, or a sure bet.

Keep in mind every time someone buys stock in Apple, that means someone else is selling it.

Anyone who says it's a sure thing, a no-risk investment and that there's only upside is either an idiot, or scamming you.

But hell, if you do buy on Monday or Tuesday, it might be some of my stock you're buying. Trimming my position some.
 
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NewInvestor said:
Let's make it simple:

SHOULD I BUY APPLE NOW?
YES OR NO
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Depends on your tolerance for risk, your holding period, and how diversified your portfolio is already.

There's an old saying that seems to fit here: "Never invest money you can't afford to lose."
 
cvaldes said:
Yeah, they were in my account when I logged in this morning.

Does your broker have a history of paying dividends late?
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I wouldn't say late but tends to post everything (deposits, transfers, withdrawals, trades, etc.) the next business day.

By the way, I did receive my dividends. I was unable to log into my account yesterday as I was busy but I just checked and I was issued dividends on the 16th like everyone else. I'm guessing they either posted it at the end of the trading day, including after hours or the next business day.

Congrats on this!
 
iMikeT said:
I wouldn't say late but tends to post everything (deposits, transfers, withdrawals, trades, etc.) the next business day.

By the way, I did receive my dividends. I was unable to log into my account yesterday as I was busy but I just checked and I was issued dividends on the 16th like everyone else. I'm guessing they either posted it at the end of the trading day, including after hours or the next business day.

Congrats on this!
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How much did you receive in dividends??
 
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FluJunkie said:
Depends on your tolerance for risk, your holding period, and how diversified your portfolio is already.

There's an old saying that seems to fit here: "Never invest money you can't afford to lose."
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That is terrible advice. I need to invest for retirement. I can't afford to lose the money. I cannot retire unless I invest it properly.

Maybe you are thinking of the ponies.
 
Chupa Chupa said:
To answer your question, yes, your comment is stupid.
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Ok man, cool. If you can make sense of this for me then ...

Chupa Chupa said:
The seasons don't tell us when they are coming either, but they always do, just like clock work, and every wild animals prepares accordingly without even reading the Internets.
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How is the rumor mill like clockwork? June, July, October, September- the iPhone drops at a different date every time.
 
b166er said:
Ok man, cool. If you can make sense of this for me then ...



How is the rumor mill like clockwork? June, July, October, September- the iPhone drops at a different date every time.
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Well first 4 iPhones were released in the summer, the iPhone 4S was the first in the fall. There was no iPhone announcement this summer, and competition dictates Apple refresh at least once a year b/c most phone companies do it 2-3 times a year. So that leaves us with fall. See the pattern? Clock work. We don't always know the exact date, but just like the first frost, its time frame is predictable.
 
Lochias said:
That is terrible advice. I need to invest for retirement. I can't afford to lose the money. I cannot retire unless I invest it properly.

Maybe you are thinking of the ponies.
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"Need" in the "This is a sure thing, I'll bet my parents house on it" sense of need, not "I am going to build wealth over time using a carefully considered strategy" sense of the word need.

Though quite frankly, if you told me you were going to pile all your retirement into a single stock and hope, I might tell you to stay in cash too.
 
****ING PIECE OF ****
While you telling me how bad it is to sell my parents house to buy apple
It's 10% up since last 30 days
Which means if I was to invest $250k a month ago for 413 stocks, then now I'd have to invest $275k for the same amount of stocks
I just lost $25k in a month
I want to bury myself
 
cvaldes said:
The AAPL dividends were automatically deposited to my brokerage account. They were there this morning when I logged in.
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Thanks, I got a check in the mail yesterday. Weird because I have my preferences set up to direct deposit, I've contacted my brokerage firm about it.
 
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