Posts by backtomac

Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum All this discussion of dividend yield percentage is making my head spin. I have some AAPL that I bought in 2003 for $17 -- if I use the $17 as a base for the yield then $10.60/year would be...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I didn't start reading this discussion until the end but as long as you qualifier your comments to indicate how you got 10% I'd say it's accurate. Example, "Based on my buy in I'll be earning...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Yeah, we know, we know. But dividends are always referred to in percentage. Thats not me, that's how it works. I don't know how he got 10%. It's actually more. I was using round numbers to try to...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Where are you getting 10% from? All I see is $2.65 per share. That's per share per quater. Multiple by 4 to get the yearly dividend and then use that to compute the yield. Thats over $10 per...

Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram We are back to disagreeing: I don't agree with your math here! But I'll stop there. Its pretty simple. If you bought shares at $80, Apple will start paying over 10 per year in dividends...

Quote: Originally Posted by CGJ Buyback is good, gives shares to hard-working employees who grow the business. Dividend's are bad, gives rich 'investors' even more money; even though they don't contribute at all to the way Apple is...

I'll play. First gen iPad. Typing this from it right now while in bed. I just love this thing. While I can do everything I do on this on a computer, it's just better (usually but not always) on the iPad. Ps I hope you recover quickly...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX PS: I can't believing I'm seeing posters say a Pro needs an ODD. Really?! It's 2012. Well it is supposed to be for Pros, right? Pros use ports and devices that consumers generally don't....

Quote: Originally Posted by thomaspatko The MYOB (now Acclivity) package for Mac (AccountEdge) has rather good feature parity with the Windows version and is a reasonable choice for small...

If the new iPad is going to use a dual core cpu I wonder if it will be an A7 derivative like the Qualcom Krait. That chip looks like a speed demon.