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Apple Stock Smashes Previous All-Time High For Second Month Running
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Tim Cook continues to make fools of his critics. Apple is in its best ever shape.
And not a single product in the Buyer's Guide has a buy recommendation.
Unending discontinuation of great software and peripherals.
Incredibly old and absurdly expensive computers.
Unbelievable.
Unending discontinuation of great software and peripherals.
Incredibly old and absurdly expensive computers.
Unbelievable.
This. All the crap he's received and look where they are. That'll shut them up.
Definitely helps illustrates the disconnect between some of the Apple "enthusiasts" and the rest of the world...
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Remember, the stock market is about as fickle as things can be. This "all-time high" can disappear the moment there's any analyst "herd thought" that anything less than spectacular is even a possibility for Apple. We've all seen that happen before...
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I suppose it's easier to tell yourself that rather than admit that Apple has had an awesome past few years, even if it may not be to your liking.
Just to recap Apple's achievements...
That seem disappointing to you?
I expect this year to be the year the Apple Watch really takes off. Make that a double whammy (at least) for Apple this year.
As the article notes
"the tech firm paid tax at just 0.005%. The usual rate of corporation tax in Ireland is 12.5%."
and
"Apple avoided tax on almost all the profit generated from its multi-billion euro sales of iPhones and other products across the EU’s single market. It booked the profits in Ireland rather than the country in which the product was sold."
It would equally be 'insane' for a company to invest money in anything that did not add to its bottom line, yet Apple is not averse to any number of initiatives that cultivate an aura of good corporate citizenship. It is is offensive when such conscious benevolence is paid for by withholding taxes that might be legitimately distributed by nation states for the benefit of its citizens (including the provision of services upon which both Apple employees and customers depend - infrastructure, welfare, health services etc).
Stock prices, market etc rise and fall. I think it's reasonable to assume that the iPhone will continue to dominate the premium smartphone market for the foreseeable future barring a Samsung-like battery event.
Refreshes of the MBP last year and the expected iMac refresh will improve Mac sales.
iPad is still the dominant tablet. Apple Watch is doing well.
There is room for growth if they develop a "smart speaker" like Echo.
It is impossible to see what revolutionary product can or will do an end run around Apple. It could happen but it will take something groundbreaking. It would likely be something that no one saw coming.
When you look at the landscape who is currently challenging Apple?
Start with a couple hundred bucks on options rather than stocks.
It makes no sense.
It defies business logic.
Yet, like the Euro and the Dollar they're all doing inexplicably well.
Lucky I'm not a conspiracy theorist then. Whew!.
Unbelievable.
Both impressive and depressing in equal measure.
Maybe David Copperfield will reveal all eventually .....
It defies business logic.
Yet, like the Euro and the Dollar they're all doing inexplicably well.
Lucky I'm not a conspiracy theorist then. Whew!.
Unbelievable.
Both impressive and depressing in equal measure.
Maybe David Copperfield will reveal all eventually .....
The only markets that could support the projected earnings growth and share price are China and India. Either that, or Cook & Co. think they can jack the average iPhone price up another $300?
What goes up, must come down.
Where the hell are you getting your numbers?
The NYT found the overall tax rate in 2011 to be 9.8%.
The CTJ found it to be 4.6% last year and 2.3% the year before on offshore profits.
They're being investigated by the EU for paying a tax rate of 0.00% in Ireland.
Yet you think this is just a myth put out by "sJWs anD Dem DuRTy k0mMee reeeeGreSSivEs!1!!1"?
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Though perhaps the people who voted them into office and who, in the course of their period in office have now had to start paying for their water, might feel that the money might usefully and legitimately be added to the same pot that they themselves pay in to, without the ability to avoid or evade such levies.
For me, I always liked a P/E of 16. I honestly don't know why, but I think it had to do with working in the semiconductor industry (close to
, but is more consumer based), and when we went above that, it was time to short (or grow the company), and when it was below that, it was time to sell (or grow the company).
Hysterical. Absolutely hysterical. No new products, yet it continues to rise.
I was surprised that iPhone 8 mockups seem to making their way into more broader media. I think the hype will be well and truly built by September.
I think the stock market is interesting, because it only values future growth. For a company like Apple that's complicated.
For Facebook, what happens when everyone on Earth has Facebook? They cannot grow beyond that. Will the company then not be worth anything?
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Wait a minute, you're saying the stock is up because of Trump being president?
I think the stock market is interesting, because it only values future growth. For a company like Apple that's complicated.
For Facebook, what happens when everyone on Earth has Facebook? They cannot grow beyond that. Will the company then not be worth anything?
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Wait a minute, you're saying the stock is up because of Trump being president?
Bluffing? What has Tim Cook promised re: iPhone? Nothing else matters to Wall Street.
The stock is up because Wall Street thinks (based on rumor mill) this year will be another iPhone "super cycle". It will go down when the new phone is released and it's not 2007 all over again; up when Apple has a record holiday quarter and then down again when sell side analysts complain about "tough comps" and the rumor mill points to a 2018 iPhone that has the same design as the 2017 model. Rinse and repeat every few years.
If you have a 401(k), put 1% of your income in it.
If you don't, get a Roth IRA, and have periodic investments (like doing a direct deposit split with your paycheck), and choose investments that are not single stocks. Those always look best in retrospect, but for me, investing in Real Goods Solar, Echo Theraputics, and Ocean Rigs Shipping seemed like great ideas, but not so much. Look at the 10 year track record, but also account for world events. (Yes, I lost half of my investments in 2008-2009, but made them all back because I didn't sell them.). At the very least, invest in an index fund, like the DJIA, SP500, Russell 1000.
The beauty of dollar cost averaging, which 401(k) investments do, is when the market is down, you're getting stocks on sale, and when it goes up, well, you're richer!
In five years, you'll be smiling.
(of course, I'm assuming that you have a job. If you're in college, when you get out, put your first 10% when you get out into a 401(k). You'll never miss the money, and you'll have so much power when retirement comes. I'm talking millions of dollars.)
Disappointing to you, in no way means disappointing to the general consumers of the world.
I feel people are overly harsh on Apple. After all, look at the position Microsoft was in with trying to launch Windows Phone. It needed apps, and users, and couldn't get one without the other.
The biggest (and in my opinion only) way you could say iPhone is behind the competition is that its bezels are too wide. Not a huge challenge to overcome.
I tried Cortana on iPhone, assuming it would blow Siri out of the water. I on iPhone it wouldn't be as good as running it on Windows, but even considering that, it wasn't anywhere near the "Siri Killer" I've read it is.
What if -- a certain company has a deal in the works to repatriate a chunk of its offshore cash. And what if a big chunk of that repatriated cash is earmarked for a one-time dividend? That might explain why a barnyard fly named Buffett is buzzing about.