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Successor to Steve Uncertainty Hurting AAPL Share Price?
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Oops, I misread your post.
I first interpreted it as you investing four thousand into an IRA and one thousand into AAPL.
My mistake.
Ok, sorry if I was overly harsh. It was actually more directed at the other person in the thread who was giving investment advice, yet clearly didn't understand the difference between an investment account and a stock.
It's not completely about Jobs. That has been looming for a long time.
There's nothing we know of in the pipeline. Apple has always been great at having "the next best thing" right around the corner and milking it very well. For a LONG time there was iPhone coming, then iPad coming, then iCloud coming (which was a rather disappointing reveal and possibly a reason for investors taking some profits right now).
If they are truly going into "TV" in a larger way, then once that leaks out the stock will go back up. But until some other great thing is on the horizon...
There's nothing we know of in the pipeline. Apple has always been great at having "the next best thing" right around the corner and milking it very well. For a LONG time there was iPhone coming, then iPad coming, then iCloud coming (which was a rather disappointing reveal and possibly a reason for investors taking some profits right now).
If they are truly going into "TV" in a larger way, then once that leaks out the stock will go back up. But until some other great thing is on the horizon...
It is actually easy to scare investors. The stock market is a scam.
Apple is a good investment. But of course you want to buy as low as you can. If you have lots of money to invest, a few dollar drop is worth a lot. The people with lots of money to invest of course get heard and a little "concern" about Steve's health and oh look at the price!
There are some good things on the horizon:
1. No one has really produced a tablet that is selling anywhere near the ipad numbers. The ipad 1 and 2 sold really well. They are good products but I think the ipad 3 next year will be a significant upgrade.
2. The iphone 5. Perhaps the iphone 4.5 too but I think iphone 5 will be big.
3. Sprint. There are some who think the addition of Verizon wasn't big but in fact the on-line sales were huge. And the only reason it wasn't a bigger splash was that it didn't coincide with a new iphone. With iphone 5 Verizon iphone users will grow more. Same with sprint. If the Sprint iphone is released with a new iphone model expect big sales.
4. AppleTV - the next version looks big. This device was a surprise seller. The low cost makes it attractive. And many ApplteTV 2 users will not mind a second, newer AppleTV. Sure it isn't as profitable as an iphone but its cash flowing in.
5. Lion - I think once people realize Lion is adding features to the OS and not replacing OS X with iOS, more people will be excited. There is natural concern from long time OS X users.
6. 1080p video in the itunes store and AppleTV. Ending that talking point will bring a smile to many.
Apple is a good investment. But of course you want to buy as low as you can. If you have lots of money to invest, a few dollar drop is worth a lot. The people with lots of money to invest of course get heard and a little "concern" about Steve's health and oh look at the price!
There are some good things on the horizon:
1. No one has really produced a tablet that is selling anywhere near the ipad numbers. The ipad 1 and 2 sold really well. They are good products but I think the ipad 3 next year will be a significant upgrade.
2. The iphone 5. Perhaps the iphone 4.5 too but I think iphone 5 will be big.
3. Sprint. There are some who think the addition of Verizon wasn't big but in fact the on-line sales were huge. And the only reason it wasn't a bigger splash was that it didn't coincide with a new iphone. With iphone 5 Verizon iphone users will grow more. Same with sprint. If the Sprint iphone is released with a new iphone model expect big sales.
4. AppleTV - the next version looks big. This device was a surprise seller. The low cost makes it attractive. And many ApplteTV 2 users will not mind a second, newer AppleTV. Sure it isn't as profitable as an iphone but its cash flowing in.
5. Lion - I think once people realize Lion is adding features to the OS and not replacing OS X with iOS, more people will be excited. There is natural concern from long time OS X users.
6. 1080p video in the itunes store and AppleTV. Ending that talking point will bring a smile to many.
Like I said, it was my mistake for misreading your post. That's what I get when I'm reading things quickly while I have my mind on other things, like the stupidity of another person. I figured the second part of that post was directed to that person. And like I said earlier, he probably thinks that putting money into a savings account that earns .01% at a bank is a wise investment.
I'm not quite following what you're saying here.
First of all, a CEO isn't even supposed to be heavily involved with day-to-day matters. That's the role of the Chief Operating Officer. Tim Cook is the Chief Operating Officer and so far, he has done an amazing job. Look at it this way. What Steve Ballmer was to Bill Gates, Tim Cook is to Steve Jobs. Ballmer was COO of Microsoft before he became CEO. Just because Cook was performed well in the role of COO, it doesn't mean he will perform well as CEO. If he becomes CEO, he has to make the transition from managing day-to-day operations to being the main visionary.
Also, just out of curiosity, what are the "many many bridges" that SJ burned?
100% is the max. 5% is meaningful. 0.1% would be more correctly considered "nothing".
The problem is that many investors haven't grasped yet what Apple is starting with iCloud.
...and the ones that do
...and the investors that do grasp it are buying stocks in carriers and ISPs - because they can see that the next "gold mine" is in bandwidth overage charges.
...and the investors that do grasp it are buying stocks in carriers and ISPs - because they can see that the next "gold mine" is in bandwidth overage charges.
What? How did Windows 8 excite you? They took Window 7, put their mobile GUI on it, and called it Windows 8. It looks ok for tablets and touch screens, but do you seriously think it would make any sense to use with a mouse. Switching apps looks horrible for anyone that uses more than 2 or 3 apps at a time. Just for the record I am using Windows 7 right now, and do not own a single mac. I am not a Mac fanboy, I just don't think Windows 8 looks all that good, especially for non touchscreen laptops and desktops. I realize you can turn off the touch UI, but what else did they show that could be considered "exiting"?
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 bests iPad 2 in almost all hardware-related specs (thinner, lighter, better panel tech, better resolution, 2x more RAM, better cameras) but it does suffer a little from immaturity of Android 3.x.
Today
Dow +1.07%
Microsoft +0.21%
Symantec +0.25%
Yahoo! +0.3%
HPQ -0.01%
Apple -4.94%
Not quite as you say....
It's -$4.94 or -1.54% for APPL but the trend is clear. AAPL is now below the beginning of the year levels.
Pretty big understatement.
PS: Slightly thinner (because the back is plastic), slightly lighter (because the back is plastic), more flexible and less durable (because the back is plastic).
I watch it every day. The trend is that AAPL's drops have generally coincided with the market overall. Many rebounds too. Sure you can point to a day or two when its not the case. But going over the last year you will find more times when APPL has gone up significantly when the market drops than the other way around.
If they did a 10:1 share split, it would spur interest in buying shares far more than whether SJ is in charge or not. They're just too damned expensive.
One of the greatest ironical failures of Steve Jobs at Apple is being too good and having no successor.
Steve Jobs is the face of the company, he is and forever will be the identity of Apple. The fans are loyal to Steve and then Apple.
Once Steve is gone, Apple will go down considerably.
Steve Jobs is the face of the company, he is and forever will be the identity of Apple. The fans are loyal to Steve and then Apple.
Once Steve is gone, Apple will go down considerably.
A year ago Jobs was not on his nth medical leave of absensce, and he looked much better than today.
QFT
Plastic back might actually be a good thing. Obviously it is lighter. It also feels very good on touch (better than metal). And as far as structural integrity and rigidity is concerned it is not clear that aluminum helps at all. With half of the tablet being glass, what exactly does aluminum bring? Any hit that is strong enough to break plastic (even when directed at the aluminum part of iPad) will probably shutter the glass screen anyways. And rigidity is provided by glass.