Investing in Apple?
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- insomnie
Is is wise to invest in apple right now?
- monospaced0
wait until after the earnings report after the bell today
- hahamrghost
- chances are if they miss even by a tiny fraction (high expectations all around) the price will dropmonospaced
- haha?monospaced
- talks of a split and inclusion in the DJIA as wellmonospaced
- mono wants it all for himselfmrghost
- as much as I can afford, I have an buy order at $290. I'm just trying to help insomnie outmonospaced
- I'll vouch for mrghost and say i thought you were taking the piss too.HAYZ1LLA
- NOT AT ALL!monospaced
- I can't even see how you would think that... :/monospaced
- i see what you meant, shit does get wacky around the earnings reports but...>mrghost
- nobody here is going to buy enough for it to matter anywaymrghost
- has nothing to do with how much anyone buys...it has to do with living up to analyst expectationsmonospaced
- if you have a large order you can only buy a certain amount as the price increasesmrghost
- mrghost0
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- Raniator0
I would say no.
- monospaced0
if it goes below 290, buy some
- vitamins0
It would be wiser to invest 5 years ago. Analysts are projecting it to go up to 350+. I wouldn't buy now.
- I snagged a shit-ton at 96 last year, lowering my previous average of 184monospaced
- there will be swingsmonospaced
- NICE, wish I did the same.insomnie
- don't talk to mevitamins
- monospaced0
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is expected to report EPS of $4.03 vs. $2.77 a year ago. Last time out AAPL had a positive surprise of 13.96% and over the last month analysts have raised their expectations for the about to be reported quarter by 2.08%
Because the expectations are so freakin' high for AAPL right now, unless they hit this mark the stock will fall. It's a pattern I've been watching for years. Days like today are a great potential days to buy because there is a good chance they will come short by a fraction of a percent.
- On the flip side, they could bust the numbers and the stock will rise and you'll kick yourself for not buying at 325monospaced
- SrSamaurai0
if you have extra money floating around i would buy BIDU today for earnings thursday
- It already went up close to 4% today. You think it would go higher by Thursday?vitamins
- i think it goes into the 100 teens after earnings
SrSamaurai - How sure are you? What's your source? Got a link?vitamins
- well now it is up 6.2% and it broke up above Fly On The Wall .com data for resistance above 104.39 which means it will have a hard time going lower than 104.39 so pick a little up todaySrSamaurai
- when apple mentions all the chinese using iphones today bidu will skyrocket don't buy apple today insomnie buy BIDUSrSamaurai
- formed0
It is hype now, just like gold, imho. But that doesn't mean it/they won't go higher.
Long term, they'll have to perform perfectly to continue. But so far they are, and have emerged as what, almost the largest market cap for a US company? That's crazy!! Larger than Exxon!!
Personally, I am betting on Google. They have the proven expertise to monetize ideas and, as witnessed with Android, have the business savvy to take over existing markets.
I read a recent comparison between Android and iOS - the conclusion was that Android will be the Windows of mobile, leaving Apple as a small niche. A long way from that now, but I can see that happening. If it does, it'll leave Apple as a 'cool' toy, but missing the masses.
Oh, and yeah, I own Google shares ;-)
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I own both.monospaced - I thought about it, but learned my lesson of what "diversified" means back in the dot com bust :-)formed
- I think both are good to own for the long-term (10+ yrs) as new 'bubbles' are formingmonospaced
- Yup, I agree there, nowadays I feel less ambitious and look for good dividendsformed
- I have an extra 35k to invest. Is google a good buy now?vitamins
- Google is a great buy right now.monospaced
- it was good buy a few months ago, before the earnings report.kpl
- with Google TV just released and a whole slew of other ventures they are still a good buymonospaced
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- 4040
where the fuck is hedge when you need him?
- <<< EXACTLY!!!!flashbender
- yeah, I want to see some pie chartsvitamins
- He's here. Somewhere...duckofrubber
- JSK0
Actually before you buy it, whats your investment goal?
Apple with it's high price per share, it may not be right for you.
- kpl0
Apple had a high price per share when they were at $200.
AAPL will not act like a typical corporate stock because Apple is not a typical corporation. AAPL is the only stock I've ever seen rise after an earnings report. The iPad is the real deal.
- dbloc0
You'd be better of investing in bananas.
- Nightshade0
Invest in RRL
- ArmandoEstrada0
I remember i wanted to borrow (i was pretty broke) $10k to get stock back in 2002, when it was floating around $12-$15 a share before a stock split. Today i would have $500,000 accounting for the split. ehhhh....
- digdre0
too late man. should have bought some back in the day when they were at 70
- i_monk0
Do you want to be responsible for each suicide at their Chinese factory? Then yes.
- rogersterling0
Putting money into a stock right before the earning is called 'gambling'.
I think $270 would be a correction price if it were to go down. The upside is probably already priced in, I would estimate $320-325.
- PRECISELYmonospaced
- the usual pattern on AAPL is, sell before the earning then buy back 2 wks later.rogersterling
- That's what I was saying in my original post. Some people thought I was taking the piss. Hahamonospaced
- SRY GUYZmrghost
- I need to take a shit, monospaced, open your mouthvitamins
- yeah, that's maturemonospaced