Discussion: How is Apple Stock trading higher that it was at Christmas?

[RyanFlynn]

Hey Friends,

On Christmas Eve, Apple was trading at 284, during what was to be reported as the most successful quarter in the history of the company. Today, they are trading at 287, with all stores closed and the supply chain compromised. Something seams a little off to me.

Thoughts?
Ryan

 

[MrAverigeUser]

maybe necause the fired immediately most of their sales staff and is thinking about taking the chance for reducing the amount of their shops ?
first, they stopped all of the contracts with all the little, but very competent venders and repairing enterprises, minimized their margins already in the years before,
second, they opened their own shops all around the world,
at the same time started the sales by internet..

now, the market is absolutely in their hand - I think 99% of their hatdware sales and 100% of the more and more important sales of entertaining products like music, Videos, etc. are done by internet... why still need for all the shops?

just a handful of "apple churches" in each country will be enough to pretend that the have still contact with their believers of the "apple church"...

shares always win when the enterprises fire thousands of employees or outsource their production for example to china, where "employees" are more or less slaves and nobody controls environment pollution...

it is all about money...

maybe, apple invested some billion of their 500 billion USD of cash to buy their own stocks... they did this already often enough ... and stabilizes their stocks...

 

[TiggrToo]

maybe necause the fired immediately most of their sales staff and is thinking about taking the chance for reducing the amount of their shops ?
first, they stopped all of the contracts with all the little, but very competent venders and repairing enterprises, minimized their margins already in the years before,
second, they opened their own shops all around the world,
at the same time started the sales by internet..

now, the market is absolutely in their hand - I think 99% of their hatdware sales and 100% of the more and more important sales of entertaining products like music, Videos, etc. are done by internet... why still need for all the shops?

just a handful of "apple churches" in each country will be enough to pretend that the have still contact with their believers of the "apple church"...

shares always win when the enterprises fire thousands of employees or outsource their production for example to china, where "employees" are more or less slaves and nobody controls environment pollution...

it is all about money...

maybe, apple invested some billion of their 500 billion USD of cash to buy their own stocks... they did this already often enough ... and stabilizes their stocks...

Well, that was a long post of nothing.

1) Their hourly staff are still being paid.
2) There's zero proof Apple intend closing any stores.
3) Apple are also continuing to pay many of the service staff on contract at the main Apple campus despite said staff being unable to work.
4) Using phrases such as "Apple Churches" totally weakens whatever point you were trying to make.

You will of course be more than happy to provide citations to your statements as posted, right?

Sources:

Apple’s COVID-19 Response

Apple will continue to play a role in helping individuals and communities emerge stronger with a new series of responses to COVID-19.

www.apple.com

Apple to pay campus contractors despite previous suggestion it would not

Apple has come forward to confirm it will pay contractors at its Apple campus after many of them were told they no longer had jobs.

www.imore.com

 

[MrAverigeUser]

Well, that was a long post of nothing.

1) Their hourly staff are still being paid.
2) There's zero proof Apple intend closing any stores.
3) Apple are also continuing to pay many of the service staff on contract at the main Apple campus despite said staff being unable to work.
4) Using phrases such as "Apple Churches" totally weakens whatever point you were trying to make.

You will of course be more than happy to provide citations to your statements as posted, right?

Sources:

Apple’s COVID-19 Response

Apple will continue to play a role in helping individuals and communities emerge stronger with a new series of responses to COVID-19.

www.apple.com

Apple to pay campus contractors despite previous suggestion it would not

Apple has come forward to confirm it will pay contractors at its Apple campus after many of them were told they no longer had jobs.

www.imore.com

well,

I talkes about employees possibly losing their jobs over time their in the worldwide shops and about a possible share buybackprogramm and you " answer" with a note about covid 19 and some contractors of the apple campus...

you missed what I was talking about, evidently...

 

[TiggrToo]

well,

I talkes about employees possibly losing their jobs over time their in the worldwide shops and about a possible share buybackprogramm and you " answer" with a note about covid 19 and some contractors of the apple campus...

you missed what I was talking about, evidently...

maybe necause the fired immediately most of their sales staff and is thinking about taking the chance for reducing the amount of their shops ?
first, they stopped all of the contracts with all the little, but very competent venders and repairing enterprises, minimized their margins already in the years before,
second, they opened their own shops all around the world,
at the same time started the sales by internet..

That's what you posted yesterday. You did not give any indication as to when you were talking about.

In addition I'm not aware of them firing "most of their sales staff" at any time in the recent past.

So, citations please. When did this incident you talk of happen? Exact dates and correlating links please.

 

[MrAverigeUser]

you know what a question mark is?

It signals a Question, not a fact.

Especially in sentences beginning with "maybe"....

As for you, you presentes a note about covid19... was the thread opener or me talking about covid19? No, we did not at all.

your second "citation of a source" was about some people employed at the apple campus... this has nothing to do with their worldwide shops. ok?

so, I beg your pardon, but I think you are the one who missed the topic of both: the topic of the question in the post of the TO and also the topic of my answer to his question.

 

[Macky-Mac]

Hey Friends,

On Christmas Eve, Apple was trading at 284, during what was to be reported as the most successful quarter in the history of the company. Today, they are trading at 287, with all stores closed and the supply chain compromised. Something seams a little off to me.

Thoughts?
Ryan

The iPhone SE becoming available at an attractive price might be one reason that investors are looking forward to good sales in the next few quarters

 

[TiggrToo]

you know what a question mark is?

It signals a Question, not a fact.

Especially in sentences beginning with "maybe"....

As for you, you presentes a note about covid19... was the thread opener or me talking about covid19? No, we did not at all.

your second "citation of a source" was about some people employed at the apple campus... this has nothing to do with their worldwide shops. ok?

so, I beg your pardon, but I think you are the one who missed the topic of both: the topic of the question in the post of the TO and also the topic of my answer to his question.

Yes, the thread did talk of Covid 19:

Today, they are trading at 287, with all stores closed and the supply chain compromised.

Seems clear enough to me.

Also, last chance: when did they let go of staff? Yes, I know what a question mark is. However you were the one who brought up staff being fired. Your phrasing was such as to ask "Maybe by doing X" as an answer as to Y.

So, will you now finally admit they have not fired ANY sales staff, nor have they permanently closed stores?