That’s not how it works. People haven’t lost anything until they sell. The foundations for this booming economy are all still there. There’s liquidity in the market and it will bounce back. Unlike past market drops, this one wasn’t created by a “bubble”. Now is the time to invest! “Buy low/Sell High”
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Apple's Stock Has Plunged 25% in Just Over One Month Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
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There's nothing imaginary about the value of a company. Apple earned $55 billion in profit last year and has nearly $200 billion of cash on hand, so clearly it is worth at least that.
They haven't lost them unless they pull out now. Ride it out and the market will recover within a matter of years. It seemed pretty bleak in 2009, by 2015 markets had regained all they lost plus more, by 2019 they were hitting record highs. It always is that way. Just don't panic, stay calm, stay invested, and if you have the liquidity, maybe even take this as a buying opportunity.
Unless companies go bankrupt and their stock becomes worthless. While Apple is extremely unlikely to face this, there are a number of other companies that will be facing severe financial hardships and may not survive.
Yes and no. While many on this board are young and can weather the storm, there are a number of people that have money in stock markets or mutual funds that will need that money to retire. What about those people? Even some of the most conservative funds are down due to the overall market crash. They may want/need that cash now or in the very near future.
As if what's happening to Apple is only happening to them. Haters. Tell us how other companies are doing during this hysteria.
Same with sales. Haters pointing out that iPhone sales are tanking, well so are all phone sales!
Same with sales. Haters pointing out that iPhone sales are tanking, well so are all phone sales!
What a load of rubbish, get off the internet and get into reality.
Here, you can start your education: https://www.investopedia.com/retirement/10-years-later-how-financial-crisis-affected-seniors/
Hopefully people closer to retirement have gotten and followed good advice about making their investments more and more conservative as they approach retirement to mitigate the hit. Not only to more conservative stock funds but to bonds and even cash. I know it will still be a big blow for some.
No.. that'll be us.Kind of ironic people are shifting money out of Apple and into government bonds when extremely well capitalised Apple (et al) might end up being the ones bailing the government out lol
Yeah, YOU first of all need to use some critical thinking. Please stop spreading this nonsense, you are causing great harm to the public and potentially your own family and close ones as well.
Here is a great video explaining exponential growth. Take a close look at the numbers.
Not necessarily. Stocks are sold into the stock market and bought from the stock market. Inside the stock market, "Market Makers" guarantee to buy or sell shares (in effect, they are the stock market) but they get to set the price. If, as now, nobody wants to buy then the price goes down until nobody wants to sell either.
It's hard while it's happening, but as of now, the stock market as a whole has lost 3-4 years of gains. People who are in it for the long run, are still better off than people who stick with safer investments.
That said, it's going to go a lot lower before it goes back up.
Actually 25% is not too bad. My employer's stock value is down by 30% and I don't think that's the worst, a German company has seen these days. So apparently, Apple is at least not doing worse than others in this crisis.
who itself was talking of an Epidemie onlyfor,2,days now,a pandemie.
So don#t judge intelligent people only because you are lacking of information and knowledge.
Mr. Warren Buffett had impeccable timing selling off a billion in Apple shares...
He owns 250M Apple shares now worth $61B. He and hasn’t sold anything close to a significant portion and any sale was likely from his Lieutenants’ small positions
in AAPL, not the portfolio Buffett himself manages.
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That’s what everyone says until it reverses.
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It is, in China...which is what he was talking about.
...and according to its share price was recently "valued" at close to $1 trillion. Do the math... and Apple is unusual in the amount of cash-on-hand it has - many other large companies with valuable shares run a permanent debt or post losses. Note, I didn't suggest that Apple was in any danger.