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FeedPosted Oct 24th 2009 10:30AM by Ted Allrich (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Comfort Zone Investing
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) just reported unbelievably good earnings in an unbelievably bad economy. Fiscal fourth quarter results were up 46% compared to the same quarter last year. Investors liked what they saw and pushed the stock over $200 a share in after market trading. How can Apple deliver great earnings while almost everyone else is struggling?
Investors can learn a lot from studying Apple and applying it to all their stocks. While it is a high tech company, it has attributes that all great companies share. Here are some of them.
Continue reading Comfort Zone Investing: Apple shows how it's done
Posted Oct 13th 2009 12:30PM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and services, Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Apple Inc (AAPL), Walt Disney (DIS), Recession
In the current economic environment, a lot of companies are cutting back costs wherever they can in hopes of boosting earnings, but entertainment giant Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is taking a different approach and spending in hopes of boosting its sales.
Disney is hoping that by completely revamping its retail stores that it will be able to lure in more customers, keep them longer, and encourage more sales. In order to make the best of their new marketing direction, they have enlisted the aid of one of the greatest (in my opinion) retail designers out there, Steve Jobs.
Continue reading While others are cutting back, Disney is spending
Posted Oct 5th 2009 5:00PM by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), FedEx Corp (FDX), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Oracle Corp (ORCL)
Those with aspirations of unfettered wealth look for clues everywhere. From top schools to unique talents, they build profiles of what it takes to become absurdly wealthy ... as though the process can be blueprinted. Well, if you're looking for answers, the
Forbes 400 list is a great place to start. If anyone has mastered the art of making money, it's this collection of billionaires. They have the answers, and you are ready to learn.
A look at the lives of the Forbes 400 implies that the most important attribute is the ability to sift through ambiguity. Contradictions abound, meaning that shades of gray hold the answer to your burning desire for riches. Should you go to a great school? Well, yes ... but only if you're going for an MBA and plan to work for a major financial firm. But, you can still go to an Ivy League school if you're not studying finance but join Skull and Bones. Of course, dropping out of Harvard can be a great way to launch a career in the technology field.
It's tricky. There are no easy answers. But, the road to billions is littered with the corpses of aspiring magnates who thought it wouldn't be difficult. So, don't just read the seven attributes after the jump. Understand them. Read them twice. Then, your future financial situation will be assured.
Or, you can just do one of those chain e-mails and wish for wealth.
[Thanks, Forbes and MSNBC]
Continue reading Seven characteristics of the rich and famous: A blueprint to uber-wealth
Posted Sep 10th 2009 3:20PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Technology

This is a well-wish for Apple CEO
Steve Jobs, recovering after a liver transplant required following complications from a form of pancreatic cancer.
(Note: I don't own Apple's shares: never have, never will. I own corporate and municipal bonds, and real estate.)
Here's wishing Jobs a speedy, full recovery. Jobs is an American icon, an innovator extraordinaire, and a symbol of all that's good about the United States, commercially and technologically.
Continue reading May Steve Jobs live to be 120
Posted Jun 5th 2009 8:20AM by Paul Foster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Options
Apple (NYSE: AAPL) is recently trading up $2.94 to $146.68 in pre-open trading. The WSJ reported Steve Jobs is ready to return to AAPL helm. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2009 will be held on June 8-12 in San Francisco. AAPL June and July option implied volatility of 40 is below its 26-week average of 54, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.
NASDAQ 100 (NASDAQ: QQQQ) overall implied volatility at 28; 26-week average is 35.
Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com
Posted Feb 13th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), PepsiCo (PEP), Research in Motion (RIMM), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), Palm Inc (PALM), Contl Airlines'B' (CAL)

Today was almost as fitting as you could get for a Friday ahead of a 3-day weekend. It felt quiet and directionless, despite a huge late-day recovery just the day before. It was as if the markets had no serious direction ahead of a long weekend even though the stimulus package essentially looks like a done deal and even with banks halting all foreclosure activities for a brief period of time.
Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 7,849.13 -83.63 (-1.05%)
S&P 500 826.70 -8.49 (-1.02%)
Nasdaq 1,534.36 -7.35 (-0.48%)
10YR T-NOTE 2.88% (+0.12%)
Top Analyst UpgradesContinue reading Closing Bell: Market mixed, Palm rating raised, Microsoft to open retail stores, and Pepsico signals earnings growth
Posted Jan 22nd 2009 8:40AM by Jonathan Berr (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the bell, Apple Inc (AAPL), eBay (EBAY), Market matters, Economic data

U.S. stock markets are headed for a lower opening as investors await data on jobless claims and housing starts in December. Investors are also awaiting the expected confirmation of Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary, despite his admission that he failed to pay some taxes.
The housing market is expected to show little signs of improvement.
Bloomberg News says "U.S. builders probably broke ground in December on the fewest houses since record-keeping began as sales and credit dried up, economists said before a government report today. "
Many economists had predicted that the housing market would bottom out this year. Others, such as the pessimistic Nouriel Roubini of NYU, are arguing that the economy is in much worse shape. He expects losses from U.S. financial institutions will hit
$3.6 billion.Shares of
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:
AAPL) may jump after the maker of the iPod and iPhone reported better-than-expected
quarterly results yesterday. Investors had been spooked by concerns about Chief Executive Steve Jobs' health and weakening consumer spending. The enthusiasm for the company may be tempered by an SEC investigation into how the company disclosed information about Jobs' health.
Conversely,
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:
EBAY)
posted disappointing results. Growth in the company's core auction business continues to slow as consumers show a preference for purchasing fixed-price items -- if they are in a mood to buy at all. The online auction giant, which already is in Wall Street's dog house, further angered investors by giving disappointing earnings guidance. Pressure may build on the company to boost its share price.
Posted Jan 21st 2009 5:30PM by Peter Cohan (RSS feed)
Filed under: Management, Apple Inc (AAPL)
Poor Steve Jobs! He recently asked a Bloomberg reporter: "Why don't you guys leave me alone?" In addition to having some vague health problems which require him to take a leave of absence from his position as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO, Apple's disclosure about Jobs's health is now under review by the SEC. Unfortunately for Jobs, the SEC cannot treat the CEO of a public company the same as it might an actress, such as Greta Garbo, who famously said, " I want to be left alone."
To bring any case, the SEC would probably have to show Apple tried to benefit by withholding information about an unambiguous diagnosis. In other words, it looks like there may be some legal wiggle room for Apple in the way they communicated Jobs' health challenges.
But after months of rumors, a few weeks ago Jobs said he would remain CEO while seeking a "relatively simple" treatment for a hormonal imbalance. Nine days later, Jobs said he would take a five-month medical leave after learning his health issues were "more complex."
Meanwhile, Apple is scheduled to report earnings after the market closes this afternoon.
Peter Cohan is President of Peter S. Cohan & Associates. He also teaches management at Babson College and edits The Cohan Letter. He has no financial interest in the securities mentioned.
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