Apple aims to achieve net cash balance, hints at investments and M&A

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  • Reply 21 of 25
    adm1 said:
    NY1822 said:
    Buy LYV (Live Nation Entertainment) and own the rights to basically every major live concert in the world....then put it on Apple Music in a pay per view style format in Virtual Reality 360 degrees ....then license the content out.

    Only a 9B market cap and you will own Ticketmaster also. Rebrand as Apple Tickets and link to icloud account....OR create Apple Entertainment and have this a part of it, along with music, TV, etc
    why would apple wish to buy a company everybody hates with a passion over its shit business model?
    because everybody loved Beats by Dre?
    I don't think anyone who buys Beats headphones hates Beats; lots of people who use Ticketmaster hate Ticketmaster.
    SpamSandwichwatto_cobrafastasleep
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  • Reply 22 of 25
    I think that @SpamSandwich hit the nail on the head some weeks ago: IBM.

    Keep Watson and Cloud, divest the rest. 
    Keep the blockchain technology too.  I’ve been building a position in IBM very recently (just 500 shares so far) in contradiction to Berkshire divesting.  I’ve often been correct when going against Berkshire Hathaway.  I think this time won’t be different.  
    I like your thinking here.

    https://marketrealist.com/2018/01/how-ibms-cloud-business-performed-in-fiscal-4q17?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=feed&yptr=yahoo

    Their cloud biz is performing nicely.
    edited February 2018
    watto_cobra
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  • Reply 23 of 25
    eightzeroeightzero Posts: 3,212member
    What isn't in the cards it the oft touted "we will use this cash to create jobs." Companies that have a tax windfall like this simply return that to shareholders via dividends and stock buybacks. 
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  • Reply 24 of 25
    eightzero said:
    What isn't in the cards it the oft touted "we will use this cash to create jobs." Companies that have a tax windfall like this simply return that to shareholders via dividends and stock buybacks. 
    Cash isn’t a reason to “create jobs”. That would simply be subsidizing labor. People should be hired because of current or anticipated demand which would support the hires.
    watto_cobrammatz
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  • Reply 25 of 25
    fastasleepfastasleep Posts: 6,487member
    adm1 said:
    NY1822 said:
    Buy LYV (Live Nation Entertainment) and own the rights to basically every major live concert in the world....then put it on Apple Music in a pay per view style format in Virtual Reality 360 degrees ....then license the content out.

    Only a 9B market cap and you will own Ticketmaster also. Rebrand as Apple Tickets and link to icloud account....OR create Apple Entertainment and have this a part of it, along with music, TV, etc
    why would apple wish to buy a company everybody hates with a passion over its shit business model?
    because everybody loved Beats by Dre?
    You don't become a $1B headphone business by being hated.
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