RonnnieO

sog35 said:

RonnnieO said:

sog35 said:

Like I've been saying since late last year:  $170 by end of 2017.

Glad I don't listen to teh bull shit media who was dumping on Apple all last year and the beginning of this year.  My shares are looking NICE. 

Prediction for 2018?  Too early to tell.  But we could see $200.

YOU were dumping on Apple and Tim Cook last year. That's all we heard.

But did I sell my shares? No.

My constructive criticism about Cook was reasonable.  And Cook did change many of the things I criticized him about.

sog35 said:

Like I've been saying since late last year:  $170 by end of 2017.

Glad I don't listen to teh bull shit media who was dumping on Apple all last year and the beginning of this year.  My shares are looking NICE. 

Prediction for 2018?  Too early to tell.  But we could see $200.

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anantksundaram said:

sog35 said:

eriamjh said:

One should be as dismissive of random spikes UP in AAPL's price as one is of random drops.  

While I still believe AAPL is undervalued as a stock and has lot's of room to grow if it were held to the same standards as other companies, I did not detect any news directly related to this jump.  

Overall, it continues to rise slowly, but surely.  

One analyst predicted a $200 share price in a couple years.

Like I said in January, this will reach $150 this year, easy.

Please shut up, with your nonsensical stock pronouncements. You have zero credibility in this forum on that topic or in your opinions about Cook. 

There's no law against it, I know, but there should be. 

The only reason my prediction of the stock reach $150 did not come true in 2015 was because massive manipulation by call options sellers and a massive financial crisis in China, and Apple not able to push out a full updated phone in 2016. I'm sorry but those type of macro events are things no one can predict. If those macro events did not happen, the stock would have easily hit $150 in 2015.

Regardless it will hit it this year, and I'll be proven right.

Timing the market is pretty much impossible. But knowing the direction is the key. I knew Apple was going up up and up. This was even when the stock was $90 last year.

radarthekat said:

sog35 said:

slurpy said:

sog35 said:

leavingthebigg said:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, a financial analyst writing for MarketWatch designed to pen an article explaining why Warren Buffet should drop Apple for Qualcomm. I decided the analyst had nothing better to do than trash Apple while promoting Qualcomm. Two days later it was announced Buffet's investment had increased in value by $1.6 billion! Now the above is being announced. I am glad I was and am able to see that the analyst was way off base!!

Never believe what those tools write.

Do you own research and due diligence. 

Apple will be a powerhouse for the foreseeable future. This stock will reach $150 this year and $200 in a couple of years. 

Coming from the guy who has been shitting on Cook and Apple for a year, and demanding Cook be replaced. Is this when you were doing your "research" and "Due diligence". Is that when you "never believed the tools" that shrieked that Cook needs to go in order for the stock to recover? Isn't that what you were shrieking an preaching, day in and day out? And now you're too much of a coward to admit and acknowledge that, pretending like it never happened? What a joke you are. Your lack of self-awareness is stunning.

Apple is still BY FAR my biggest holding. Obviously I believe in the company.

Its true I criticized Tim Cook last year. But it was with good reason. He clearly stated that China sales would continue to grow in 2016. It did not. That rocked the market. My opinion changed on Cook when:

1. He put huge emphasis on services. And finally giving shareholders a long-term target for growth = services will DOUBLE in 4 years
2. Airpods. Proof that Apple is still the BOSS in innovation
3. Closing deals in India
4. Leaks of a revolutionary iPhone 8 with smaller bezel and OLED

Those 4 points only happened in the last 3 months. 

My opinion on Cook changed because he EXECUTED and made wonderful strategic moves.  If you look at my post history you will see I praised Cook in 2014-2015. 

My opinion on Cook as a CEO will change in the future based on what he does. But I guess you are such a fanboy that you will always support him 100% no matter what?

Trouble is, Apple didn't conceive of, design, engineer and produce the airpods in the last three months.  Those were in the works during the time you were excoriating Cook, and yet you now feel you can pick and choose which data points have meaning.  What about all the times Cook said the company's best days are ahead, that there's plenty of innovation in the pipeline.  He said those things AFTER the iPhone 6 was out, after Apple Music and the Beats acquisition, etc.  So he'd already proven, in his era at the helm, himself worthy of guiding the company forward, and warranted our confidence in him.  To call for his head AFTER all that he did to prove himself, and while the company was in the process of implementing according to his words, is a bit of a mistake.  I think most here, except you, see that pretty clearly.

SpamSandwich said:

sog35 said:

leavingthebigg said:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, a financial analyst writing for MarketWatch designed to pen an article explaining why Warren Buffet should drop Apple for Qualcomm. I decided the analyst had nothing better to do than trash Apple while promoting Qualcomm. Two days later it was announced Buffet's investment had increased in value by $1.6 billion! Now the above is being announced. I am glad I was and am able to see that the analyst was way off base!!

Never believe what those tools write.

Do you own research and due diligence. 

Apple will be a powerhouse for the foreseeable future. This stock will reach $150 this year and $200 in a couple of years. 

Yet you allegedly sold off most of your AAPL holdings because you claim your portfolio was too heavy with their stock...