FeedPosted Oct 21st 2009 10:30AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Apple Inc (AAPL), Newsletters, iPhone, Stocks to Buy
"Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), a holding on our recommended buy list, delivered another blowout quarter, driven by booming sales of both the iPhone and its Macintosh computers," notes analyst Geoffrey Seiler.
In his BullMarket.com advisory, he suggests, "Overall, Apple's results are nothing short of amazing." Here, he provides an in-depth analysis of the quarter, his outlook, and the reasoning behind the boost to his longer-term price target to $270 a share.
"Apple sold 7.4 million iPhones in the quarter, 7% more than the year-ago quarter, and 3.05 million Macs, a 17% year-over-year increase. The end result was that the company posted a whopping 47% increase in Q4 net income.
Continue reading Apple (AAPL): 'Nothing short of amazing'
Posted Oct 14th 2009 3:40PM by Tom Taulli (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Next big thing, Nokia Corp. (NOK), Research in Motion (RIMM), iPhone, Smartphones, Technology

In the online music world, there is a trail of dead companies. But, some have somehow found ways to not only survive -- but thrive. One is
Shazam, which builds applications for mobile phones.
This week, the firm hit 50 million users. And, it was also able to
secure venture funding from the premier VC firm, Kleiner Perkins (the other investors include Acacia Venture Partners and DN Capital). The amount was not disclosed.
What explains the success of Shazam? First of all, the company has cool technology that lets your phone hear a song and then it will figure out its name as well as the artist.
Continue reading Shazam: iPhone startup gets a slug of funding
Posted Sep 28th 2009 4:40PM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Good news, Products and services, Consumer experience, Apple Inc (AAPL), iPhone, Technology
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:
AAPL) hit another big milestone today, announcing that its App Store had hit
2 billion total downloads.
The number is pretty impressive to say the least, and will continue to rise at a rapid pace. Apple now has 85,000 applications available for download, and its services are currently being offered in 77 different countries. That number is up from the
65,000 applications that were available this past July.
Continue reading Apple reports 2 billion app downloads
Posted Sep 23rd 2009 3:00PM by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), iPhone, Technology
A new stock ticker tool for the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone may not have you hoping for a plunge, but at least it takes the sting out a little bit. This new application pairs strippers with tickers, and as the numbers tick down, items of clothing find their way to the floor. There's a different girl for each of the major indices, providing a bit of spice to international financial markets. So, whether you follow the DAX or the Dow, you won't be the only person losing his shirt when the market tanks.
Doubtless, some have no interest in watching svelte stripping women illustrate their loss of fortune. For this crowd, male strippers are available. Whether you lean toward boys or girls, whatever your sex and orientation, sometimes a helpful hottie is exactly what you need to soothe your spirit.
Continue reading iPhone app makes stock market rally disappointing
Posted Aug 31st 2009 1:40PM by Brent Archer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major movement, International markets, Apple Inc (AAPL), China, iPhone, Options, Technical Analysis
China Unicom (NYSE:
CHU -
option chain) stock is trading lower Monday even though the company announced Sunday night that it had reached a deal with
Apple (NASDAQ:
AAPL) to
sell the iPhone in China. The news was not enough to carry CHU against
the tide of falling Asian markets as an Apple spokeswomen confirmed that CHU will not be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in China. If you think this stock won't be rising too far in the coming months, then it could be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on CHU.
This morning, CHU opened at $14.00. So far today the stock has hit a low of $13.85 and a high of $14.02. As of 11:30, CHU is trading at $13.99, down 44 cents (-3.0%). The chart for CHU looks bearish and
S&P gives CHU a negative 2 STARS (out of 5) sell ranking.
Continue reading China Unicom (CHU) will sell iPhone
Posted Aug 26th 2009 3:30PM by Mark Fightmaster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Indices, Next big thing, iPhone

There was a very interesting piece written by
Karen Blumenthal in The Wall Street Journal yesterday. Blumenthal takes a look at the Beanie Baby craze and how we can all learn from the "Beanie Baby Bubble." Blumenthal has studied bubbles and has determined that there is a pattern that drives these economic phenomena - be it Beanie Babies, real estate, or "Dot Coms."
Blumenthal contends that bubbles need these characteristics: fertile ground, people getting on board, ignoring warnings, greed, and an after-party. Think about the fertile ground, when Beanie Babies first came out, there was a fertile ground. Kids, parents, and grandparents were looking for a new toy, one that could be both a cherished heirloom and a cute adornment for mantles, dressers, and the back window of Cadillacs. The ground was fertile, and this group quickly jumped on board the Beanie Baby train and pushed the prices to a point where some people would pay upwards of $100 for a $5 bean-bag animal.
Continue reading What can we learn from the Beanie Baby bubble?
Posted Jul 23rd 2009 11:40AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Newsletters, iPhone, Stocks to Buy
"Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), already on our recommended list selection, announced fiscal Q3 earnings after the bell last night that, to no one's surprise, easily topped Wall Street estimates," notes Geoffrey Seiler.
In his Bull Market.com advisory, he reviews the latest earnings report and offers his outlook for the shares -- including a boost to his price target for the stock.
"For the quarter ended June 27th, the company earned $1.23 billion, or $1.35 a share, up 15% from $1.07 billion, or $1.19 a share, a year ago. Analysts were only looking for EPS of $1.17.
Continue reading Bullish momentum boosts Apple (AAPL)
Posted Jun 29th 2009 1:00PM by Daleela Farina (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and services, Launches, Consumer experience, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Palm Inc (PALM), iPhone, Smartphones, Stocks to Buy
Normally we think of revolutionary products created by start-ups or entrepreneurial minds just out of college, but the most talked about new projects of 2009 are being produced by some of the best known companies in the world.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): With its massive online presence and a truly efficient business model, Amazon has become the largest online retailer in the world. It is now taking on a new business, web services, namely cloud computing (learn more HERE), called the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). While hosting this infrastructure and presenting e-commerce with a reasonably affordable alternative with no up-front costs, Amazon has taken an early lead in this space, with some believing its cloud computing business will one day overtake retailing. "Amazon will be like a book store that sells cocaine out the back door. Books will be just a front to sell storage and cloud computing." says Larry Dignan, Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic.
Continue reading Five blue-chip stocks with revolutionary new products
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