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  • Apple Supply Chain Checks Show New Cheaper iPhone, Shuffle, MacBook Coming
    People want $350 netbooks, not $650 ones, OSX or not. These buyers of the cheap netbooks are just want to show they got the cheapest possible mobile computing device. Seemingly, the most bang for the buck. I don't think there's any way Apple can compete against a netbook without lowering prices to netbook territory.
    Dec 31 21:10 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Is Apple the Beacon of Light In This Dreary Recession?
    Apple's stock is hardly a beacon of light in these troubled times. It's more like trying to see light of a penlight flashlight in the dead center of a black hole. Google will probably shine like a supernova as soon as the economy turns around.

    I'm long Apple since 2004, but this wonder stock has lost it's luster and very unlikely to return to it's former shine any time soon regardless its reserve cash or incoming revenue.
    Dec 25 22:52 pm |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Sector Overview: Handsets
    That's right! Nokia blows...

    If Nokia continues to copy the iPhone long enough they may eventually come out with something close to an iPhone killer. Maybe one that's a bit thinner than the present brick they're trying to pass off an iPhone contender. Nokia makes some gorgeous handsets, but they should stick to cramming in as many hardware features as possible and label it a wonderfully full featured handset. Just stay away from saying it's as good as an iPhone.
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    Dec 23 19:58 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Apple Could Get a Boost From iPhone's Introduction to China
    Apple can use any help it can get with whatever new products. The stock has literally turned to shizzle based on, well, nothing but pure speculation about Steve Jobs health and a likely slowdown of sales. Apple is down all out of proportion to the company's financial health. What a bummer for investors.
    Dec 17 17:11 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Apple Analysts Reality Check: Bear Rally Is Over
    Ms. Huberty's target price is about as meaningful as Gene Munster's target price. It's just that her's is a lot closer to the current stock price. Besides, if Apple is bristling with all the so-called hidden revenue from iPhones and for Christmas if more iPod Touches are sold than expected, then Apple's stock price will rise. Maybe not a hell of a lot, but to at least over $100 a share. No point in getting angry at Huberty. Apple's stock and the rest of the economy is in the toilet bowl. She's probably just playing it safe. If Apple does better, she'll just readjust her target price in a short while. She's done it before and she can do it again. I'm only against her lowering her Apple estimates if she really is attempting to manipulate the stock. If Gene Munster puts Apple's target price at $230, you don't complain even though Apple seems a long, long way from that figure. What matters most is what Apple shares are selling for now. $98. About where it was in April 2007. Doesn't seem like much investor confidence to me for a stock being declared a can't-miss bargain.
    Dec 13 19:20 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Can You See Apple Under $60?
    If the Big Three automakers go under, there's no reason not to see $60 for Apple. Google will be at $200. There have been claims the market will contract much further if the U.S. auto industry fails. I don't know why you people think Apple is some sort of granite rock whose share price won't continue to drop. It's not a reflection of the health of Apple as a company. The share price is just a reflection of investor panic or some hedge funds needing capital.

    Apple's stock price will not shoot through the roof no matter how good a holiday they have. No company can do this in a poor economy. I agree that Apple will have another $2 billion in cash reserve, but that's about it. Investors will see next to nothing in share price rise. Or they'll see a quick jump and then watch it disappear in a week.

    I'm only giving my opinion, not a guaranteed prediction.
    Nov 21 12:29 pm |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Risks Remain, But iPhone's Fundamentals Should Help Apple Surpass Expectations - RBC Analyst
    It doesn't matter what the analysts say or project. When the time comes to announce earnings and Apple beats sales predictions, then all's well and good. Unfortunately, whether Apple sells twice as many iPhone, iPods or notebooks as projected, all it's going to do is increase Apple's cash reserve. Investors won't see much of a share price rise because Apple can't disconnect from the rest of the tech stocks in the market. The company will still be considered by Wall Street as a high-tech toy company until Apple creates something that will earn it some respect in the world of business.

    Apple will most likely have a slight fall in sales but assuredly do far better than the rest of the computer and handset companies this holiday, and I guess that will have to be sufficient. I doubt if there are very few analysts that ever leave their office. Maybe they just use the telephone to get the feel of sales. Maybe they just watch the news channels on TV. Most likely they just draw assumptions based hearsay. I'm rather puzzled why Apple stores stay crowded when the rest of the mall isn't and yet Apple still falls into the category of getting less projected sales.

    Yet another year gone with no China iPhone sales. Not that they can actually be depended upon for buying massive quantities of iPhones in the future as everyone hopes.
    Nov 13 23:10 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Chinese Paper Reports Reduced Apple Notebook Orders
    I could understand Apple having to cut back production on it's so-called extremely over-priced MacBooks and MacBook Pro's. But why would Asus be cutting back on it's netbooks. Everyone that was going to buy an over-priced Apple notebook was supposed to go and buy cheap Asus netbooks instead. That's very odd. Instead of buying one MacBook, a person could buy three netbooks for the same money. The netbooks should be flying out of Asus at least twice as fast as before. They say that netbooks will be replacing nearly all other computing devices due to their diminuitive size and cheap cost. This Christmas is the year of the netbook. A netbook in every Christmas stocking. Ho, ho, ho.
    Nov 12 11:33 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Who Will Take GM's Place in the Dow?
    Wall Street will definitely choose Cisco. In WS's opinion, Cisco makes really serious business devices, while Apple is still looked upon as merely a high-tech toy company.
    Nov 11 21:07 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Apple's Future in the Mobile Phone Market
    30 million iPhones per quarter seems highly unlikely. How about 10 million per quarter. Anyway, I'm just hoping that Apple doesn't turn into a cellphone company. I hope Apple just sticks with one or two high-end smartphones and leaves it at that. I want Apple to stay as mainly a computer and PMP company. If they build a game machine I wouldn't mind that, but the handset industry is just too fickle.

    I'll be glad when WIMAX becomes dominant. I think Apple will really be able to cream the current handset industry.
    Nov 04 14:35 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Running The Numbers – Apple Looks Cheap
    Apple looks cheap and is getting cheaper by the day. That $164 target price looks a heck of a lot more sensible than Munster's $250 or Ken C's undoubtedly optimistic view. The supposedly recession-proof Apple is getting hit as hard or harder as any company with lesser value. WS is in "screw fundamentals" mode. My analysis of the whole mess is don't buy any stocks, Apple included until the market stabilizes.
    Sep 23 16:47 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Now What for Apple Investors?
    I don't think this guy should be constantly criticized for saying Apple is going down. It's not like he can pull the stock down on his own. It's plain to see that Apple stock IS going down. What he's saying really doesn't upset me since I'm long Apple and will be holding onto my shares and continue waiting until the market turns around. I don't know how long that will take. I'm upset with the people who said earlier this year that Apple would be sitting around $190 a share going into September. They weren't paying much attention to the economy at large. I'd like to call them liars or idiots or twisters of the truth. Let's just say they made a big mistake or I was just as foolish for believing them.

    Why buy right now? When is the right time to load up on more Apple shares? People were saying that Apple hit a bottom near $150, yet it continues to slide. Who knows exactly when? Maybe the stock will get down to $120 again. Is Zach wrong to say that? Do you believe he's jinxing the stock or something. I'm not happy at the Apple share price decline at all, but I think most of you should put the blame on mortgage lenders, the banks and overleveraged financial institutions. Most of those people are now paying for their greed, ignorance or deception.

    Why bother to come to this site if you don't like his opinions about Apple's performance? If you all really believe that Apple is in the best position of all tech companies to turn around once the economy stabilizes, then what difference does it matter what Zach says. If you really have faith in Apple, then what he says shouldn't sway you from purchasing more shares to prove him wrong. OK, he shorts Apple to make money. I think that most of us want to make money, since that's why we're into the stock market. He can't force any of you to sell off your stock if that's his goal. If this site can really manipulate Apple stock price, then he truly has a great power.

    I am an Apple fanboy and I've been using Apple products for years through good times and bad. I want Apple to make money and I'm in it for the long-term growth. I honestly believe in a good economy the share price can go over $200. Just not today or even this year. I'm not blaming Zach for this mess. I personally don't think he has enough influence over the whole market to send it into a tailspin. If I don't wan't to hear what he's saying, I won't click on the link anymore. If his view is so cockeyed, then I'd also advise the rest of you to avoid clicking on his link.
    Sep 16 12:30 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • CE Spending Looks Dismal - But Macs Set to Hit New All-Time High
    Bottom line is even though Apple will do better than most computer or CE retailers, it's stock price will still go down because they still won't satisfy WS's expectations. Already one conservative analyst has lowered the target price by $10 to $215. At this rate, Apple's stock price doesn't stand a prayer of going up. Another quarter of WS saying that Apple failed to deliver the same as every other computer or CE company. Having healthy financial fundamentals, a flush cash reserve and continually providing jobs for employees means nothing to WS. WS would rather break a company like that and put more people out of work. The more companies WS sends into the toilet to further weaken the U.S. economy, the better for the super rich.
    Sep 14 14:28 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Has Apple Hit a Wall in Music Innovation?
    I'd sure like to know what people are expecting from Apple. I'm looking for things like longer battery life. I wouldn't mind having a camera that could record in an iPod Touch. I'd have like to have a front and rear facing cameras, too for social networking. However.... I grew up using portable FM radios, Sony cassette Walkmans, and CD players. Compared to those devices, the iPod Nano and Touch are 10X, maybe 20X better and far more versatile.

    And these media people have the nerve to say these Apple products fall below their expectations. Is it because the other companies offerings are so much better or less expensive? Do the other companies products last longer or have better finishes? These Apple products seem fairly elegant to me. Maybe they don't have the hardware features or codecs that come with a top Archos media players, but you can't exactly fit those devices in your pocket as easily. Apple just went with small size and ease of use.

    Any product can fail to meet expectations if they're going by what can be dreamt about in a world where money is no object, but how can Apple produce affordable products and still have every feature you can imagine in a slim, pocketable product.

    I think the new Nano is a work of art. I much rather prefer having a Touch, but that Nano seems to be a very classy handheld media player in a rather small package. I'm having a hard time figuring what people actually expect each year from Apple when most of the other tech companies are barely keeping up with Apple in the handheld media market.
    Sep 10 10:34 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • Apple: Major Bounce or Major Breakdown?
    Steve Jobs health articles will continue on and on until Steve Jobs eventually dies 20 years from now. Meanwhile the share price will never pass $180 for the next 20 years. The media sucks and nothing much can be done about it. Since when is being thin a crime. I guess they think he's Karen Carpenter or something.
    Sep 09 10:46 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article

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