sacto joe

SpamSandwich said:

I think it’s past time for Apple to stop providing any kind of guidance for these analysts. They treat the guidance as a baseline to be ignored.

Actually, I believe Apple’s guidance has the exact opposite effect. Wirhout Apple’s increasingly accurate guidance, “analysts” (I use the term advisedly) would almost certainly overstate their estimates, driving the stock price down when the reality “disappoints” three months later.

Apple is already one of the most media-manipulated stocks out there, as witnessed by the appallingly manipulative Bloomberg story on Chinese espionage that “coincidentally” was released just as Apple went into it’s quiet period and could no longer buy back it’s own stock. It’s quite likely that, abetted by the chickens coming home to roost for many overpriced tech stocks, this single story lit the match that brought about one of the worst stock market drops in recent memory, to the benefit of many, many gamblers shorting AAPL and other tech stocks.

I predict that the minute AAPL is back in the market this nonsense will cease - for a couple of months, when Apple will once more be barred from buying back it’s own stock.  Hopefully, however, it will linger long enough to increase Apple’s bang per self-investment buck substantially. As a long and strong AAPL investor, that would make the whole stupid exercise worthwhile for me.

I’d gain far more pleasure, however, if publications like Bloomberg were taken down a peg or two when they pulled this crap....

Mike Wuerthele said:

sacto joe said:

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Kuyangkoh said:

American journalists? I think that is not a correct assumptions. He is not an American and probably hates America. Just my opinion.
Business is business, Tim have responsibilities to Apple stockholder....

Based on what? 

The guy had an American green card, and wrote for the Washington Post. It doesn't get much more "American journalist" than that.

Green Card? This is inaccurate. 

What's your agenda here? The O-1 versus EB-1 "green card" have the same legal protections. I apologize for generalizing the term. I have struck out my own imprecise language in my comments and corrected the specific term, but it doesn't change the protections one iota.

Simply accuracy. Working here, and having the same protections, doesn't make to "American". Saying so is inaccurate.

Why does he have to have an "agenda"? Your proscribing one to him is, frankly, more suggestive that you have one....

Yeah, you'd be wrong, then.

So why in the world did you proscribe one to him? Because he dared to disagree wirh you? There was literally nothing in his statement that might have been agenda-based.

I didn't. I asked. If I proscribed one to him, I would have very clearly said so. 

His viewpoint on how we should have referred to the man is contra-indicated by the AP style guide, and Chicago as well. Like I said, I understood where he was coming from, but not his doubling-down on it.

We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Also, I think a better word than "proscribed" would be "ascribed".

quinney said:

igorsky said:

Should every driver of a motor vehicle feel guilty because they are purchasing Saudi gasoline?  Where do you we draw the line on this?

Electric cars are available, so boycotting gasoline is a perfectly reasonable action. Think of whose pockets you are lining, while you are standing at the gas pump.

Oh, please. Only the wealthy can afford electric cars. Get a grip.

Finally! An analyst who knows how to think.

Anti-Idiot said:

MacPro said:

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christopher126 said:

Copying and a 'good enough' approach to business will only get you so far!

It shows the extraordinary effort Apple puts into every facet of the iPhone. From glass, software, chips, battery, cameras, antennas, etc., etc. 

And, the syncing of everything across all my devices. 

I will never have a Google, MS, Samsung, Amazon, or Facebook device in my home or service on my devices!

I can't wait until Apple makes all my devices look "Anonymous" on the internet! 

It's coming!

You're in such a tiny minority, like one in a million.  The whole internet is Google's playground and Android OS overwhelmingly dominates.  Almost no one on the planet is concerned with personal privacy because almost everyone wants free services.  Paying for those free services with personal data is completely acceptable to billions of internet users.  Everyone believes Apple is missing out by not having eavesdropping/listening devices in every room.  I believe most consumers don't mind being spied upon.  It makes them feel important that someone is listening to their every word.

'Android OS overwhelmingly dominates.'  .... Oh, I fell off my chair laughing.  Dominates in landfills, kids' basements and crackerjack toys maybe.

Not to be too pointed, but you can use a search engine right? You do realize that Apple in 2018 only has between 12-15% of the market share in cell phones, right? Apple is good to keep around, but they are not an overall threat to the entire market, just like in computers. It is the illusion of competition to keep people buying things... There is a reason that Microsoft bailed Apple out when it almost went bankrupt by buying 30% of the stock. Microsoft and ABC need Apple around and they need their customers to think that they are an actual competitor. It's a marketing ploy, nothing more.

Market share is so yesterday's hype. The real meat is installed user base. And in that area Apple is growing like Topsy. Why? Because unlike junk "smartphones", iPhones wear like iron and are supported for years. Their resale value puts Android to shame, but after two or three users, the price is affordable by practically anyone - and they still have a lot of life left and an ecosystem to back them up. Why do you think Apple Services is growing?

Oh, and that "bailout"? Apple gave Microsoft stock for that. Which they cashed out on way too early. Same with Xerox back in the 80's.

Still, keep your head buried up to your shoulders in the sand. Ignore that freight train sound bearing down on you. What you don't know can't hurt you, right? /s