Posts by msuberly

Quote:Originally Posted by konqerror I told you why. If you bought today, the dividend will be taxed as an ordinary dividend, e.g. short term capital gain. There's no reason to pay that just to hold the stock for one more...

Quote:Originally Posted by sog35 Get off you high horse.  Just look at the stock price of Apple at the close right after the ex-div date.  Like I said one day it was up, one day it was down, and one day flat.  The Stock opening at...

Quote:Originally Posted by spacerays Dont know if there is a relation, but all this shit started to happen shortly after Apple started to issue dividends. Maybe it's the reason why Jobs didnt want any dividends. Perhaps, but not...

If he wins the bet, he is a genius for making the company a tremendous profit. He would get a slap on the wrist at the same time he gets a slap on the back. He should have picked a company on its way up instead of one on its way down.

Quote:Originally Posted by jragosta It helps to read the article: "with the buy set to go through after the ongoing federal spending cuts have completed." Which won't be until next fiscal year at the soonest.

With sequestration, DoD isn't buying shiit. "Unconfirmed reports"

****'em all you want.  Just keep buying the products.

Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69  That's what I say. The true investors are the consumers that spend their hard earned money buying Apple products and services time and time again, not the ones sitting idly buy...

Quote:Originally Posted by ChristophB Spending the liquidity on what is in the best interest of Apple is in the Apple consumer's best interest. You state the fundamental flaw in most everyone's argument on here. Customers do not...

Quote:Originally Posted by jragosta A stock buyback has a permanent effect of reducing the number of shares. No matter what the earnings, they are divided by a smaller number of shares. A stock buyback has no effect unless the...