As someone who has not invested before in my life, how would a UK resident go about investing in AAPL? I presume there must be dozens of UK residents on here that have stock, so I'd appreciate your advice...
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Apple Stock Splits 7-for-1, Opens at $92 With All-Time High Just Over $100
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But if more people had thought like that, Apple would have sold as many products as they did, so they wouldn't have been as successful, so the stock wouldn't have skyrocketed.
I would wait for the next depression/recession to buy, stocks are guaranteed to fall and then rise within a few years.
Technically, the split was applied Friday, after the markets closed.
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Oh, my brain hurts.
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No. The stock is not "on sale" and you can't wait on it do anything. You are just begging to be roadkill.
If you have to ask these questions then you really should stay out of the market for individual stocks entirely. Buy into an S&P 500 fund or some like that and keep adding to it every month.
Well with the split Apple's market value is staying the same. So if you think the shares are high then it doesn't make sense to buy any. My guess is that it will take a temporary trip upwards as a lot of new investors will be coming on board because of the lower share price.
Personally I don't see Apple dropping back to $70 (post-split) anytime soon. With the WWDC announcements I think this is going to be Apple's "comeback" year. Not a single hardware announcement simply because their software announcements were so strong. New AppleTV with app store (Because of the Metal announcement and MFI controller support), new iWatch/fitness device (Because of healthbook), iPhone 6 (With the most dramatic hardware change since iPhone 4), possibly a new 12" iPad device, overall a lot of new markets. But that is just my opinion.
It's definitely exciting. I'm sure there will be some market correction, but I agree that the price will be up for a while. New investors want in, and Apple really had a fantastic WWDC.
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I made a killing when that whole housing crash happened in 2008. So many really solid companies tanked because everyone was panicking and just selling like crazy for no good reasons.
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I made a killing when that whole housing crash happened in 2008. So many really solid companies tanked because everyone was panicking and just selling like crazy for no good reasons.
Actually, the reasons were pretty damned good.
Market timing, though. Even the pros can't do it consistently. Amateurs, be forewarned.
Not that I was in a position to invest in apple in 1980, but oh man to have bought just 100 shares at 22 a share at IPO. I think that alone would be worth over $500k today.
I need a time machine. Anyone? Please!
I WISH you were right, but your math is wanting. I bought a hundred shares of Apple when Steve Jobs announced the iPod. It was trading at $14. Worth $64,400 today.
I'm not complaining.
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You mean, he emailed you because he thought the drop in Apple's price meant a decrease in the value of the stock/your portfolio? If so, you should get a new broker.
I assume you mean he emailed you telling you it's a buy or your number of shares increased, if you're already a shareholder.
I realize this is not what you want to hear, but the best advice I could give to someone with no investing experience is to avoid buying individual stocks. Go with Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Some of these (such as an S&P 500 fund, or Powershares) will include a lot of AAPL. I presume both are available on the UK stock market. Particularly if you are young, this is the kind of investment vehicle that will make the most for you over time, especially if you are diligent about adding to it regularly and don't try to time the markets.
The fact is, AAPL is no more (or less) a bargain today than it was last week.
That statement was correct, but for the wrong reason. The stock opened this morning at the post-split price (determined by dividing the Friday close by seven). The part MR got wrong was saying the split occurred today, when in reality the split occurred after the close of markets on Friday.
I WISH you were right, but your math is wanting. I bought a hundred shares of Apple when Steve Jobs announced the iPod. It was trading at $14. Worth $64,400 today.
I'm not complaining.
Well 100 shares at IPO = 200 shares after split in 1987, 400 shares after split in 2000, and 800 after split in 2005. With todays 7-1 split, I would now have 5600 shares. And at today's openning price of $92 it would be worth $515,200 for an initial investment of $2,200. So I actually think my math is correct. The problem is that you missed the timing of the purchase. In my example it was at IPO, where your calculation was at iPod release. A big difference.
I was saying that the article was making pre-market trading data seen like it was after the opening bell. Good point though.
I was rich for a weekend. My portfolio updated the split, but not the market value, so it displayed the value 7x what I had
My portfolio updated the split, but not the market value, so it displayed the value 7x what I had 
Not that I was in a position to invest in apple in 1980, but oh man to have bought just 100 shares at 22 a share at IPO. I think that alone would be worth over k today.
I need a time machine. Anyone? Please!
If you had a time machine you better go forward in time.
Travel forwards, read the papers a day after the lottery, go back in time, buy a $1 dollar ticket, BAM, you're a multi millionaire.
If you had a time machine you better go forward in time.
Travel forwards, read the papers a day after the lottery, go back in time, buy a $1 dollar ticket, BAM, you're a multi millionaire.
yes, very true, but traveling forward has the negative effect of making me older, where going back in time makes me younger. Based on that logic I still prefer going back, cause I am kinda old now and don't want to be any older.
Have a look at the Interactive Investor site, the II share dealing part. I have used them for years for dealing in a few different US shares and found them to be very good. Costs £20 a quarter to use them but you get two free trades and they have a useful iPad app. Sure there are probably many others but II suits me.
What's the best is my brokerage that has the correct number of Apple shares for me but still has the closing value from Friday so my "market value" shows up as 7x higher than it really is. It's nice as a dream until it gets fixed.
same here!
