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I think AAPL is a long term safe bet for the most part, but there are better gains/rewards elsewhere. Regardless, you don't really have to buy it since 401k and ETF large caps have AAPL in it already.

Regarding travel, definitely agree with that. Bought a few thousand shares of Carnival stock ($8) and Jetblue ($7.50) near their lowest and have triggers in place to exit just in case.

I think the distinction is the travel and airline stocks are a trade. I missed those but got into Winnebago and also set triggers. I did some oil as well and am already out. Again those are trades. Nobody right now is going to buy airlines and hold them 20 years. I am not a long term believer of Winnebago. I also think some of the catch up stocks are trading on overly optimistic expectations. Disney has been on a tear and I love Disney but is the run justified with parks at 25% capacity, along with theaters. Some of the prices are now as if business is back to normal and other than a handful of companies it's not.


If they run up after I sell so be it. The way to buy Apple now is from profits you are taking from other catch up plays.
My strategy is to sell and trade into things like Apple and Amazon if they remain stagnant. But LOL at the people that think this is bad news or make it out to be. They will say Apple is uninvestable when we revisit the stock when it surpasses $2 trillion.

Wait until Apple gets into healthcare in a big way like Cook keeps saying they will.

Another thing I haven't seen mentioned is Apple is keeping their buyback program and it has a lot of money to do so.
 
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Apple surpassed $329/share.

My Apple Watch can easily do two days.

Apple is clearly a leader if you know where to look. And many knowledgable investors are still buying. Apple is here to stay a long time.
 
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I can understand the skepticism, but cash right now may very well be the worst possible place to be - with the pumping of the markets by the Fed, we're going to head into a huge inflationary period. Cash is essentially losing money against itself.

The money being pumped into the economy is replacing a percentage of the spending that's been lost to the economic decline, so it's not going to cause inflation. It's going to prevent a complete collapse of spending.
 
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Doesn’t surprise me at all. I have been buying shares on every dip for 6-7 years.

As much crap as I take here for “cheerleading” Apple and Tim Cook, I have been proven right...at least today. If you just listened to my analysis of the company, you could have made a lot of money all the times I told you to buy.

Still undervalued here, just my opinion of course.
 
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I was hoping for some smart replies. I was pissing into the wind. Check the HARD NEWS from today:

Bank error in your favor. Estimated job losses 9.75 million for the week. Actual number -3.75 million job losses. Delta 13.5 million jobs IN THE FAVOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Dow up 1000, S&P up 89, NASDAQ up 210

POTUS proposes payroll tax vacation (both sides (30%), extension of PPP loan repayment dates, funding for restaurants and airlines. V shaped recovery has a new definition based on unexpected reality. Rocketship on the recent side about to double!
 

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Apple has staggered along since the passing of Steve. Nothing new or innovative has occurred and current OS versions are full of bloat. Apple's product line is terrible right now.
What are you talking about dude, seriously? You guys have to stop with this nonsense.

All Apple has done since Jobs died is add $1T in value and Tim Cook has been the single biggest value creator in the world.

Your anecdotal opinion is utterly meaningless and numbers prove you are dead wrong.

The way some of you completely ignore reality despite hard evidence, numbers, and new highs is baffling to me. You are so wrong but refuse to change your opinion because you’d have to admit it.

Just sad, really.
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AAPL to me isn't a buyable stock. The company is good but there is a history of them outperforming. Which means that people expect it. Which means if they outperform the stock doesn't get a huge bump and if they under perform it tanks. With so many suppliers being in China, and with their products being thought of as a luxury item, I know the company will be fine but I am not convinced that it is a stock to buy. Many stocks have already recovered (for no reason), to me its best to buy those that haven't, which are travel and retail (only the giants like Walmart), especially american companies that are so big that the government won't let fail, or that are involves in military spending like boeing. I would also avoid amazon, the market is excited because they are selling so many good, but they don't make that much money from the sale of goods and generally people buy one item at a time and get free shipping. They make their money from prime when it comes to the retail wing of the company and the more people buy stuff the less prime makes them (due to having to pay for all the free shipping)
Again, what? It’s not buyable today? I mean, I like buying stocks that make new all time highs, particularly before they do so because the business is so good.

A new high in a stock by definition means anyone who doubted Apple before is wrong and at the price they said it is the measure of just how wrong.

You know how many people have used the same tired, generalized, zero substance argument in the past? You’re just riffing...you have no facts to back up your statement. Look at some numbers my man. This is an insane company and there is zero evidence today that will stop them from continuing to win.

Calling a company that trades at a discount to the S&P500 with the quality of Apple not buyable is just more junk analysis.

This company is not overvalued. They make $60B in net income annually. They have the largest buyback in the world and have several businesses growing at double digits.

I said Apple was worth $400/share 2 years ago and people laughed at me. If they keep buying back stock like this, it’s worth $600/share in 3 or 4 years.
 
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The money being pumped into the economy is replacing a percentage of the spending that's been lost to the economic decline, so it's not going to cause inflation. It's going to prevent a complete collapse of spending.

Nope. Fed printed more dollars means each dollar is worth less. Fiat currency. Research it.
 
I bought 750 shares of Apple in 2004. Those are now 10'500 shares. I've never sold any. I earn about $35K a year from the dividends. I've let my financial advisor talk me into selling other things, but I have never let him talk me into selling my Apple shares.
 
Still not moving my money back into tech. not yet. see you in 2021. Hope I'm not wrong.

Even with my complete faith in the rebound of Apples stock, I share your exact strategy for the time being. 2020 is to unsettled-from my standpoint for re-investing.
 
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Anyone else surprised to see the market doing SO WELL given the fast that the US is going through a major crisis of disease and unrest?

It just seems odd that investor confidence would be so high right now.
The jobs report today was very positive. Instead of losing 7.5 million jobs, the economy created 2.5 million.
 
Doesn’t surprise me at all. I have been buying shares on every dip for 6-7 years.

As much crap as I take here for “cheerleading” Apple and Tim Cook, I have been proven right...at least today. If you just listened to my analysis of the company, you could have made a lot of money all the times I told you to buy.

Still undervalued here, just my opinion of course.

I get the same crap on other forums. They put so much effort into challenging me or even saying I am a liar etc. Then every year or so they saw Apple is doing better than ever and spout out more hatred. I wonder why they don't just get on on some themselves. Life isn't always that hard.
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What are you talking about dude, seriously? You guys have to stop with this nonsense.

All Apple has done since Jobs died is add $1T in value and Tim Cook has been the single biggest value creator in the world.

Your anecdotal opinion is utterly meaningless and numbers prove you are dead wrong.

The way some of you completely ignore reality despite hard evidence, numbers, and new highs is baffling to me. You are so wrong but refuse to change your opinion because you’d have to admit it.

Just sad, really.
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Again, what? It’s not buyable today? I mean, I like buying stocks that make new all time highs, particularly before they do so because the business is so good.

A new high in a stock by definition means anyone who doubted Apple before is wrong and at the price they said it is the measure of just how wrong.

You know how many people have used the same tired, generalized, zero substance argument in the past? You’re just riffing...you have no facts to back up your statement. Look at some numbers my man. This is an insane company and there is zero evidence today that will stop them from continuing to win.

Calling a company that trades at a discount to the S&P500 with the quality of Apple not buyable is just more junk analysis.

This company is not overvalued. They make $60B in net income annually. They have the largest buyback in the world and have several businesses growing at double digits.

I said Apple was worth $400/share 2 years ago and people laughed at me. If they keep buying back stock like this, it’s worth $600/share in 3 or 4 years.

Stocks that hit all time highs tend to do it over and over. Winners keep winning. I wonder if they think value is a stock that keeps testing it's all time lows as it is very cheap? Apple is just getting started.
 
The jobs report today was very positive. Instead of losing 7.5 million jobs, the economy created 2.5 million.
Created seems a bit strong to me. A lot of the jobs coming back seem to be either people that were on furlough or temporarily unemployed like dentists and other healthcare workers.
 
Created seems a bit strong to me. A lot of the jobs coming back seem to be either people that were on furlough or temporarily unemployed like dentists and other healthcare workers.
Yeah, so overreaction to the downside in the first place...this is just getting us back to a more sane level of freak out.

You can’t stop the economy for long...people wear masks and move on.
 
Feeling like a P*MP cause Apple is making me some diner right now ;)

already calls for stock price to reach from 350-370 and with covid-19 spacing employees returning to Apple Campus 2 this week ... oh yeah.
 
Apple has staggered along since the passing of Steve. Nothing new or innovative has occurred and current OS versions are full of bloat. Apple's product line is terrible right now.

They are getting onto being more of a services company as much as hardware. Lot's of money to be made there. One can only make so many different shapes of phone.
 
I can understand the skepticism, but cash right now may very well be the worst possible place to be - with the pumping of the markets by the Fed, we're going to head into a huge inflationary period. Cash is essentially losing money against itself.

Perhaps, but it also depends where you are in life. Time is not on my side should there be a market crash. I'm closer to retirement than not...so I'd rather have something instead of nothing.
 
They are getting onto being more of a services company as much as hardware. Lot's of money to be made there. One can only make so many different shapes of phone.

This. Services is severely underrated for Apple. It’s the steadiest growth of revenue in Apples segment of quarterly earnings, with wearables dominating and Apple Pay expanding Into more emerging markets.


The economy still sucks. It's just that the stock market knows that it can extract value whenever it wants.

The economy isn’t the sole factor. Months before The pandemic even started, the economy was in good standing. The stock market instability was expected for a downturn, even with this rebound, ‘extracting’ value is doesn’t change the course of how companies fluctuate.
 
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The jobs report today was very positive. Instead of losing 7.5 million jobs, the economy created 2.5 million.

the jobs weren't created , people are going back to work from being furloughed.
 
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