Apple's Jan. 23 earnings conference call viewed as most important in 10 years - Page 3

Originally Posted by SolipsismX 


Hmm... lets see if that works:

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Edited by Tallest Skil - Today at 2:53 pm
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Originally Posted by cameronj 

The gestapo around here prefers disappearing posts to redacting them.  

Cmon Mr Admin.  New bet - because I know you couldn't stand to stop posting.  I win the bet (terms still to be determined) you put me on your ignore list.  If something I say needs to be disappeared, it will have to be a REAL administrator doing it, not just an addicted poster masquerading as one.  You win the bet, I go dark for a month.  What do you say?

TRY not to disappear this post.  There are NO personal attacks in here, much as I do love them.

Originally Posted by SolipsismX 
Black Rectangle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_Shapes

I couldn't figure out how to make it line up properly with the text so actually looks like it's been redacted.

edit: Read the last entry on this site. That is the ticket to making it look redacted: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7911562/creating-a-redacted-black-out-style-in-css

Originally Posted by cameronj 

Our definitions of "a while" are clearly a little different.  Nobody can predict short term moves in any stock, but over the long run, stocks will tend to perform like the underlying company did.  In the last 12 months Apple rose from 420 to 520, a HUGE gain that is nearly double the historical average for stocks.  There was an irrational bubble in the middle of the year that was given back at the end of the year.

 

If you (you being anyone reading this, not just Apple ][) get too stressed out or don't understand the long run goal of stock ownership, then the smart thing to do is not follow the ticker but every few months to check in on your companies.  Ups and downs will happen, and they won't seem to make sense if you LOVE the company (as so many people here do).  You treat it like your kid - everything the company does you spin in your head in the best light.  Arrested for possession of alcohol at age 17?  Must have been that "bad friend" of theirs that caused it.  Posted on these forums have the same problem.  I was there in 1999 when Dell was the darling of the market too - you have posters who are amateur investors, bought the stock of their favorite computer maker and it went up 100% for 2 straight years.   Then the tide started turning and the stock stagnated, and these people were in denial for the next 5 years!

 

DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR STOCK, PEOPLE.

 

The only way you will ever make 50% per year for more than 1 year is if you get LUCKY, not if you follow the millions who already know Apple is a great story.   While next year might be excellent (I think it will be) because it follows a year where AAPL underperformed Apple Inc.  But that won't happen for years on end.  If you expect it to, it's time to sell now and try to find a stock more your speed.  Find a nice $1 stock that no one has heard about and hope that itd doubles instead of going to zero.

Originally Posted by Apple ][ 

What difference does the price of the stock make? A gain is a gain. I don't care if a stock costs $5 or $500.

 

If somebody buys 100k of Nokia or 100k of Apple, and they both were to rise 10%, you'll end up with 10k profit in both scenarios.

 

I'm not claiming that Nokia is a great or strong company at the moment, and I don't plan on buying any Nokia stock. In case anybody were to misunderstand, I'm not comparing Apple VS Nokia as companies, merely their recent stock action, and Apple's has sucked for a while now.

Originally Posted by anonymouse 

 

Completely separate issue from China becoming Apple's #1 market. But, the day Apple starts running the company to please Wall St will be the day they begin to not matter any longer.

Originally Posted by lightknight 


I sort of disagree, it does depend on:
- how much you pay per order (flat fee)
- what percentage you pay per order

If you pay 2% per order (sell or buy), you need a 4+% increase just to be even.
If you pay 500$ per order (flat fee), and your stock costs 500$ and increases by one percent, you need to sell 100 of them just to be even.

In real life, it's often a mix of flat-fee+percentage, notwithstanding tax.

Originally Posted by Colin Hu 

I m just waiting for APPLE to make a deal with TMOBILE and CHINAMOBILE. Why is it taking for long. Someone needs to push the aapl employees. Do something while your sucking on the paycheck.