47 - deep in the money July Options equiv to 4700 Shares
6,122 total shares - not selling a single share or option - you have not seen any movement whatsoever as far as I am concerned. Over the top undervalued
Tim Cook is GREAT CEO
Great buying shares back hand over fist with BILLIONS at a discount.
All those who sold based on absurd hype from NY Times and the like about the sky is falling deserve what they got (loss of the greatest investment of their time - before it goes back to true value in the 700s to 800s by July timetable). You need to read fact, not hype or you deserve what you get (politically or loss of your great investment).
Reading fact of what Apple is working on, growth, new markets, new products on and on - this truly is a no-brainer. Only thing that is needed is "time" to flush out the stupid hands that can hurt Apple investors waiting to flush out the weak/investors who gamble and don't read or THINK.
The most painful thing in process now is that steady painful day after day $3-$7 gains daily and investors kicking themselves that they are not into the stock when they start thinking about what is going into the forward numbers .. china mobile, japan expansion, now russia back in (need iPhones for the next revolution), iwatch in a few months, gaming …….. on and on. This is going to be a PAINFUL 3 months to those who are not in ………..
Thanks, all good info, especially for someone like me who is not very involved in stocks and finances. Right now everything I have is in real estate, mutual funds, insurance, 401s and annuities. I used to own AAPL and sold at a considerable profit several years ago.
One question: What relationship does the stock price/market cap have to the actual assets of a company? For example if Apple "theoretically" liquidated all their assets, do you think it would exceed their market cap or is some of the share price reflecting forward looking earnings? Or in Apple's case, is the share price/market cap under valued compared to their actual assets?
Not that I expect them to shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders as in the Michael Dell remarks.
Value of the company is the future income stream into infinity discounted to present value plus assets on hand…. it is not liquidation value unless you are looking at a company like dell .. that is slowly crawling or ceasing to exist …….! No one can afford to buy Apple ….out ………….
Fortunately with Cook and Carl acting together on this buy-back concept - we THINKERS are going to make a fortune looking at the end game - I am a lot better off with millions of weak/gamblers - who don't THINK selling shares …when they should be BUYING BUYING ET AL… which I would with my new retirement plan contribution if I was not already over the top way over allocated by any rational advisor analysis …………
Heck, it's not even the day-trading losers you have to worry about anymore. So much of the trading is just automated, going second to second.
Though I do agree with you.
Second to second?
Try micro trades in nanoseconds, traders are getting as close to Wall Street as they can so their algorithms can work as fast as possible, the speed of light over a length of fibre has an effect.
One question: What relationship does the stock price/market cap have to the actual assets of a company? For example if Apple "theoretically" liquidated all their assets, do you think it would exceed their market cap or is some of the share price reflecting forward looking earnings? Or in Apple's case, is the share price/market cap under valued compared to their actual assets?
In a perfect world the market cap is all of the company's assets, minus depreciation, plus cash and minus debt, and the total of all their expected earnings for the lifetime of the company. It's very literally meant to be what the company is worth. Obviously the last bit is a tall order to guess for almost any company, which is where the much-maligned analysts come into play.
If Apple were to liquidate everything then they'd fall way short of their market cap; so much of their value is tied up in their brand and forward potential, even though their price to earnings ratio is relatively low.
Those people just try milking a company dry, then move on to the next victim with zero regard to these companies actually trying to make a long-term difference.
The buying and selling of stock on the market doesn't affect the company at all, as the company isn't a party to the day to day trading of stock.
I agree that APPL is subjected to irrationally wide swings.
However, I do see the concern of investors when Android continues to gain market share in very important ways.
Yes, Apple is still selling record numbers of products, with a great ecosystem. But the company like any company needs new growth.
And it's coming!
I think the recent run-up in share price is due not only to Apple's buying back its stock, but also to the rumors/promise surrounding bigger screen iPhones and a possible iWatch with health monitoring capabilities.
Try micro trades in nanoseconds, traders are getting as close to Wall Street as they can so their algorithms can work as fast as possible, the speed of light over a length of fibre has an effect.
Mahwah, N.J.
I read that some Chicago trading companies are actually using lasers to communicate to NJ in order to get around the latency issue with that distance using the Internet.
I read that some Chicago trading companies are actually using lasers to communicate to NJ in order to get around the latency issue with that distance using the Internet.
As Apple continues to buy in shares and if the price continues to stagnate, the cost to take the company private declines. At some point, the company will be worth more to management and principal investors private than public. When that threshold is crossed you may get a leveraged buyout proposal for the remaining shares outstanding at what amounts to a bargain to management and whoever else is providing seed capital. Apple has a very strong balance sheet. Apple is cash and cash flow rich. It's earnings are underpriced and underappreciated in the market. Either the stock will go up dramatically over time or something like the above will eventually occur.
As Apple continues to buy in shares and if the price continues to stagnate, the cost to take the company private declines. At some point, the company will be worth more to management and principal investors private than public. When that threshold is crossed you may get a leveraged buyout proposal for the remaining shares outstanding at what amounts to a bargain to management and whoever else is providing seed capital. Apple has a very strong balance sheet. Apple is cash and cash flow rich. It's earnings are underpriced and underappreciated in the market. Either the stock will go up dramatically over time or something like the above will eventually occur.
I agree this article is silly, but there is absolutely nothing "apologetic" about it. How you could call him an Apple "apologist" is beyond me.
While I certainly do not defend the ideas of the poster that you are responding to, there are two definitions of "apologetic", and it seems like you are only aware of one of them.
Thus marks the end of the market's stupid phase vis-a-vis AAPL. Value it at what it's worth, or find Apple taking it ever closer to going private. And all those tens of billions in cash generated PER YEAR will go into someone else's pocket.
I understand. I'm kind of grouping all these wall street gamblers into the same bucket. Whether mechanized, or some guy day-trading all the time that tries to fortune-tell, they are all responsible for manipulating the market.
Those people just try milking a company dry, then move on to the next victim with zero regard to these companies actually trying to make a long-term difference.
It is very hard to manipulate a stock price of a company of this size with this much volume. Apple's $14bn barely move it up. Everyone think about that. You guys have no concept of the market.
Looks like they should have listened to carl icahn and bought back 150B worth. If their tiny buyback was profitable they could have gained over 15B very quickly and retired an enormous amount of the float (almost 1/3 of it). Savings over the years from not paying out a dividend to 1/3 of the shares was an extra bonus. This as Icahn said was a no brainer. Apple just didn't have the confidence to go big. They may be missing a rare opportunity and already seem to possibly have missed the best chance they had. It may only get more expensive from here.
Try micro trades in nanoseconds, traders are getting as close to Wall Street as they can so their algorithms can work as fast as possible, the speed of light over a length of fibre has an effect.
Looks like they should have listened to carl icahn and bought back 150B worth. If their tiny buyback was profitable they could have gained over 15B very quickly and retired an enormous amount of the float (almost 1/3 of it). Savings over the years from not paying out a dividend to 1/3 of the shares was an extra bonus. This as Icahn said was a no brainer. Apple just didn't have the confidence to go big. They may be missing a rare opportunity and already seem to possibly have missed the best chance they had. It may only get more expensive from here.
Did you even read the article? They don't HAVE $150B on hand, domestically, to do something like that (even if it were a good idea, which it isn't). And any gains would be negated by repatriating the cash from abroad and having it taxed (taxed AGAIN, actually).
Looks like they should have listened to carl icahn and bought back 150B worth. If their tiny buyback was profitable they could have gained over 15B very quickly and retired an enormous amount of the float (almost 1/3 of it). Savings over the years from not paying out a dividend to 1/3 of the shares was an extra bonus. This as Icahn said was a no brainer. Apple just didn't have the confidence to go big. They may be missing a rare opportunity and already seem to possibly have missed the best chance they had. It may only get more expensive from here.
And use ALL of their cash? Are u insane? U think there won't be other dips? If not that'll be great news, not bad, indicative of great things happening.
Did you even read the article? They don't HAVE $150B on hand, domestically, to do something like that (even if it were a good idea, which it isn't). And any gains would be negated by repatriating the cash from abroad and having it taxed (taxed AGAIN, actually).
Yes I read it all. The proposal from Icahn was NOT to use overseas cash. It was to borrow at historically low interest rates which for apple would be sub 3%. After they expense the interest it would be closer to 2% net interest or as close to free as they can ever get. Why a no brainer? Apple is earning 40/share on a market cap of 500B. Take out the cash and it's under 400B. This makes the earnings yield on the buyback over 8% net to apple. Basically a number that if they flatline EPS for 9 years is a 100% return on the investment JUST FROM THE BUYBACK. They would be paying back the loan out of cash flow and exceeding the interest rate by that 8%.
This simple no brainer finance seems to be incomprehensible to the Apple management team and board. Icahn is the only smart guy in the room. It absolutely amazes me. This is not calculus folks. Just simple grade school math.
Buying back shares increases the earnings per share which will increase the value of the shares. Plus it saves Apple paying the dividend on those shares.
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47 - deep in the money July Options equiv to 4700 Shares
6,122 total shares - not selling a single share or option - you have not seen any movement whatsoever as far as I am concerned. Over the top undervalued
Tim Cook is GREAT CEO
Great buying shares back hand over fist with BILLIONS at a discount.
All those who sold based on absurd hype from NY Times and the like about the sky is falling deserve what they got (loss of the greatest investment of their time - before it goes back to true value in the 700s to 800s by July timetable). You need to read fact, not hype or you deserve what you get (politically or loss of your great investment).
Reading fact of what Apple is working on, growth, new markets, new products on and on - this truly is a no-brainer. Only thing that is needed is "time" to flush out the stupid hands that can hurt Apple investors waiting to flush out the weak/investors who gamble and don't read or THINK.
The most painful thing in process now is that steady painful day after day $3-$7 gains daily and investors kicking themselves that they are not into the stock when they start thinking about what is going into the forward numbers .. china mobile, japan expansion, now russia back in (need iPhones for the next revolution), iwatch in a few months, gaming …….. on and on. This is going to be a PAINFUL 3 months to those who are not in ………..
Thanks, all good info, especially for someone like me who is not very involved in stocks and finances. Right now everything I have is in real estate, mutual funds, insurance, 401s and annuities. I used to own AAPL and sold at a considerable profit several years ago.
One question: What relationship does the stock price/market cap have to the actual assets of a company? For example if Apple "theoretically" liquidated all their assets, do you think it would exceed their market cap or is some of the share price reflecting forward looking earnings? Or in Apple's case, is the share price/market cap under valued compared to their actual assets?
Not that I expect them to shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders as in the Michael Dell remarks.
Value of the company is the future income stream into infinity discounted to present value plus assets on hand…. it is not liquidation value unless you are looking at a company like dell .. that is slowly crawling or ceasing to exist …….! No one can afford to buy Apple ….out ………….
Fortunately with Cook and Carl acting together on this buy-back concept - we THINKERS are going to make a fortune looking at the end game - I am a lot better off with millions of weak/gamblers - who don't THINK selling shares …when they should be BUYING BUYING ET AL… which I would with my new retirement plan contribution if I was not already over the top way over allocated by any rational advisor analysis …………
Second to second?
Try micro trades in nanoseconds, traders are getting as close to Wall Street as they can so their algorithms can work as fast as possible, the speed of light over a length of fibre has an effect.
If Apple were to liquidate everything then they'd fall way short of their market cap; so much of their value is tied up in their brand and forward potential, even though their price to earnings ratio is relatively low.
Those people just try milking a company dry, then move on to the next victim with zero regard to these companies actually trying to make a long-term difference.
The buying and selling of stock on the market doesn't affect the company at all, as the company isn't a party to the day to day trading of stock.
I agree that APPL is subjected to irrationally wide swings.
However, I do see the concern of investors when Android continues to gain market share in very important ways.
Yes, Apple is still selling record numbers of products, with a great ecosystem. But the company like any company needs new growth.
And it's coming!
I think the recent run-up in share price is due not only to Apple's buying back its stock, but also to the rumors/promise surrounding bigger screen iPhones and a possible iWatch with health monitoring capabilities.
Try micro trades in nanoseconds, traders are getting as close to Wall Street as they can so their algorithms can work as fast as possible, the speed of light over a length of fibre has an effect.
Mahwah, N.J.
I read that some Chicago trading companies are actually using lasers to communicate to NJ in order to get around the latency issue with that distance using the Internet.
I read that some Chicago trading companies are actually using lasers to communicate to NJ in order to get around the latency issue with that distance using the Internet.
Laser Trading
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Written by the CSI team
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I agree this article is silly, but there is absolutely nothing "apologetic" about it. How you could call him an Apple "apologist" is beyond me.
While I certainly do not defend the ideas of the poster that you are responding to, there are two definitions of "apologetic", and it seems like you are only aware of one of them.
Second to second?
Try micro trades in nanoseconds, traders are getting as close to Wall Street as they can so their algorithms can work as fast as possible, the speed of light over a length of fibre has an effect.
True. Thanks for the correction.
Looks like they should have listened to carl icahn and bought back 150B worth. If their tiny buyback was profitable they could have gained over 15B very quickly and retired an enormous amount of the float (almost 1/3 of it). Savings over the years from not paying out a dividend to 1/3 of the shares was an extra bonus. This as Icahn said was a no brainer. Apple just didn't have the confidence to go big. They may be missing a rare opportunity and already seem to possibly have missed the best chance they had. It may only get more expensive from here.
Did you even read the article? They don't HAVE $150B on hand, domestically, to do something like that (even if it were a good idea, which it isn't). And any gains would be negated by repatriating the cash from abroad and having it taxed (taxed AGAIN, actually).
Did you even read the article? They don't HAVE $150B on hand, domestically, to do something like that (even if it were a good idea, which it isn't). And any gains would be negated by repatriating the cash from abroad and having it taxed (taxed AGAIN, actually).
Yes I read it all. The proposal from Icahn was NOT to use overseas cash. It was to borrow at historically low interest rates which for apple would be sub 3%. After they expense the interest it would be closer to 2% net interest or as close to free as they can ever get. Why a no brainer? Apple is earning 40/share on a market cap of 500B. Take out the cash and it's under 400B. This makes the earnings yield on the buyback over 8% net to apple. Basically a number that if they flatline EPS for 9 years is a 100% return on the investment JUST FROM THE BUYBACK. They would be paying back the loan out of cash flow and exceeding the interest rate by that 8%.
This simple no brainer finance seems to be incomprehensible to the Apple management team and board. Icahn is the only smart guy in the room. It absolutely amazes me. This is not calculus folks. Just simple grade school math.