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sog35 said:

lowededwookie said:

sog35 said:

Isn't it obvious?

Tim Cook needs to be out next.

Can't blame Ichan for selling. He still made a nice profit. Plus he made huge losses in oil so he needs to show realized profits somewhere else.

YOU need to be out. Clearly you're blaming the wrong person.

Tim Cook is NOT the problem Wall Street is. Their illegal activities are being overlooked and they're getting away with it. Luckily Apple is so huge that the stock markets can't actually do anything to the company and is more of a boil on the butt of Apple. Hopefully one day it will be lanced and Apple can get on to some real work without distractions. THEN you'll see what Apple can really do.

hey man I agree.  I've been talking about Apple going private or being delisted for YEARS here.

But the reality is they are a public company. Those are the facts.

When things go bad it falls on the leadership: Tim Cook.

I'm sorry but he needs to be fired for wasting $115 billion of shareholder cash.
Also needs to blame for the stock losing $200 billion in value at the same time!!!

You can blame Wall Street all you want. But companies like Tesla, Google, Amazon, and even friken Microsoft and IBM have done a way better job of keeping Wall Street at bay. Those CEO's know how to play Wall Street. Cook doesn't. He needs to be fired because of lack of performance and a total failure at capital allocation.

1. Stock is down $200 billion 
2. Wasted $115 billion on buyback with no added value
3. Acquistions have been blah at best
4. Has not grown the company beyond being iPhone Inc.

FAILED. PERIOD. 

Its time Apple shareholders stop blaming Wall Street. Blame Cook.  All the other big Tech companies are doing fine in the stock market. Only Apple is crap. And thats on Cook.

brakken said:

The honeymoon is over. Now we will see how many people stay with smartphones as a technology going forward.