That doesn't make sense. "Too big to fail"? Fail how? In what way? How are they "too big"? Exactly how big is "too big"?
Don't feed it.
That doesn't make sense. "Too big to fail"? Fail how? In what way? How are they "too big"? Exactly how big is "too big"?
That doesn't make sense. "Too big to fail"? Fail how? In what way? How are they "too big"? Exactly how big is "too big"?
Pink∆Floyd;13371886 said:How high do you guys think Apple's stock will get?
Perspective.
September 2010:
Apple (AAPL) $266.64B
September 2011:
Apple (AAPL) $382.34B
To big means if they go bankrupt they take the entire economy with them.
An example of other companies to big to fail would be things like GM, and Exxon. Due to the depression we are in/went threw new laws and rules are kicking in.
In some ways it does punish them for getting to big but no way in hell Apple not going to get classified as a company Too big to fail.
Any company that gets classified as too big to fail gets slap on them some more heavy handed regulation on what risk they are even allowed to take. From what I read on all that the limitations that get placed on those company encourage them to break up into smaller companies that have less regulation put on them.
PetroChina peaked at ~$500b.
aapl will easily break $500b in 2012.
Inflated if you ask me...$400/share? No company is worth that...Not sure who's actually buying at $400/share or even $250/share in thinking that they can buy enough to later sell enough to actually make a hefty profit (after taxes of course).
I don't care...I don't own a single share...I like Apple (just like I like Nike and Sony) but I don't own any of these company's stocks. Glad some people here are happy.
How does the average person go about buying stock in Apple? You can't just go to the iTunes store and add stock to your cart (although this would be awesome). Seems silly to sign up for something like Fidelity just to buy stock in 1 or 2 companies.
Of course it's worth that. The stock market facilitates trading of the shares and jillions of shares are bought and sold every day. Today that's the price whether you are selling or buying. (more or less anyway).
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For instance if you liquidated all of Apple's assets right now, sold all their real estate etc etc. I think the liquid asset value would be something like $65.00 per share right now - a long ways from $400 you might say, but then if you consider that this is a company that is a going concern with yearly profits of XX jillion dollars and XX% growth, then you might see that people do want to pay more than the liquid asset value for the company - for the future potential (almost certain) earnings. Being a part owner of a publicly traded company is what you get when you buy shares in that company. Right now each share is worth $400.00 - period.
This price already reflects iPhone 5.
I'm a happy investor.
More money to buy Apple products!![]()
That doesn't make sense. "Too big to fail"? Fail how? In what way? How are they "too big"? Exactly how big is "too big"?
I think it was a joke.....
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"Just open an account." What you should have advised, is to open an on-line account like Scottrade etc....the lower your cost to trade, the better. Do not pay high commissions.
I'm a happy investor.
More money to buy Apple products!![]()
It's easy to understand.
The small business comes and goes. And no one gives a **** about them. The government do not. But they forget that small business also is one pillar of the economy and helps to keep things running smoothly. Without it things would be much worse.
But if you are large enough and you start to go under (like some of the big banks, car manufactures and insurance companies), the government bails you out. Ie the large company can not do so well through whatever reason and be rewarded with a large cash handout.
Not fair at all. If a large company had bad times it should be allowed to fail. And a better company take it's place. But no the government cries look at all the job losses if they go under and bails them out. And the sad part is as soon as they get the bail out they make a new strategy to get their company good again. And number 1 on this list is always cut jobs to save money.
This is why if you are very large the government will not allow you to fail. Mind you, bribing certain government officials always helps to make the decision to bail you out much easier
And yes I think company providing campaign contributions or other ways of funding the government = a bribe.
To big means if they go bankrupt they take the entire economy with them.
Anyone think the world "Shareholder" is cringeworthy? It sounds as if it is used in Kindergartens. Stakeholder sounds like a vampire killer.
I like stockholder, sounds professional.