Everything you say might be 100% correct and yet the company has never made more money. In 2019 the Apple Board awarded Tim Cook his largest bonus ever and that is based solely on annual performance metrics. From today's news:
Yeah... I understand that we want to ONLY see the sticky butterkeyboards, the failure that the Apple Watch was supposed to be, the Touch Bar, the close environment tablet and the Mac Pro wheels. And that’s all you will see, even when most of them have either been fixed or were proven to be successful.
Life isn’t over yet either, whatever 2020 brings, buying stocks has always been the right thing to do for the long term, particularly during dips like we saw in 2020. You can make a fortune.
It's the massive liquidity the Fed has pumped into the market ie. Printing money out of thin air. Whilst it held up the market, it's also a bubble and as another said, inflation.
I somewhat disagree on a few points. Firstly, I would recommend investing in Apple. In fact, I have. If you look at Apple's stock performance over the past 5-10 we see steady growth. Granted past performance isn't always indicative of future performance. However, in this case, I think it is fair to say that Apple, given their strong company history, will continue to perform well. It is likely they will dip again, in fact it's almost certain. But don't all stocks have their lows and highs? So if you're planning on investing in Apple and holding your shares for at least 3 months or more, then I could almost guarantee you would make a profit. Apple is a reliable corporation with a strong balance sheet, and they are continually innovating in new ways to increase the value of their company. I could definitely see them being at a $1000 share price by the next 5 years. As far as Amazon goes, I would recommend a cautious buy. They have seen some volatility in their stock performance lately based on negative news such as lawsuits among other things. However, if you're investing in Amazon and holding for the next 10 years I think that would be a pretty safe bet. Amazon also has shown itself to be overall reliable as a company. They follow Apple in that they continue to innovate in new ways to increase the value of their company. I would be careful investing in companies such as AAL, UAL, or DAL because all of these airlines came into 2020 with some major debt and with the outbreak of coronavirus it has only gotten worse for them. Their stocks are certainly doing better looking at the previous two weeks, however as companies it is very likely one could file for bankruptcy at some point and be looking at a buyout (don't quote me on that). Retail based companies will be interesting to watch as they transition to having an even more increased online presence due to the long-term effects coronavirus will certainly have on shoppers' buying habits, even after all the restrictions are lifted. This could be good for retail overall, however it could leave some companies out in the cold as they struggle to establish themselves as an online company while competing with companies like Amazon that are already much ahead of the game.
Yeah, let’s all just buy the best performing stocks after we know how much they went up because that’s totally realistic, right?
Moving in and out will lose you money over time.
Similar to me by the sounds of it, I sold at $277 as I feared a proper crash and expected to be able to buy in later closer to 200. I can't believe what has happened since, I'm gutted that I sold but I can't understand why AAPL is worth more in a world with rising tensions with China, the USA in flames, pandemic etc. than 4 months ago when none of these problems existed. I have no idea how to make any sensible judgement in investing now.
Stop reading news and watching CNN. Saying the US is in “flames” proves you watch too much TV and/or read too many headlines.
The flu is still around too. We are dealing with both and will continue to do so.
No one is buying anything. 1/3 of the country is unemployed. It's all driven by buybacks and Fed liquidity.
This is the conventional wisdom. But keeping your powder dry in a period of super low inflation does not suggest, at least to me, that cash is the worst possible place to be. Even under your presumed outlook of high inflation, holding intermediate and long dated treasuries at today's prices would likely be worse than cash. Today, the fact is that you are not being significantly penalized for holding cash except when examined under the eyes of FOMO in the stock market and it remains to be seen whether the recent strength in equities is durable.
Actually, they are not. They misclassified furloughed worker's. The rate is not 13.3% as reported, but more like 16.3% unemployment.
So the market is wrong and only you understand how dire things are?Actually, they are not. They misclassified furloughed worker's. The rate is not 13.3% as reported, but more like 16.3% unemployment.
Here's why the real unemployment rate may be higher than reported
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 13.3% unemployment rate for May. The real jobless figure likely exceeds 16%.www.cnbc.com
