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AAPL is getting "einhorn"ed as we speak

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtrad...ed-shares/

Higher highs and higher lows on increasing volume. Just needs a little "news" spark like this to get it to pop.

Not denigrating anyone here but do you all look at corporate strategies?

Apple has typically been a technology/marketing leader. They don't typically provide the best technology (e.g. forefront), but know how to design and "package" (sell) it well.

It seems since Jobs died, they've shifted more to squeezing more out of the existing market - making cheaper equivalents of past products is a good example (iPad mini, recent announcement on cheaper iphone, etc). This is a huge strategic shift, as many people had always anticipated periodic new technology/new version announcements, which typically pushed existing users to upgrade.

Bears on notice. $485 ish to close gap. Strong hold here plus weekly momentum and a $550 close on the monthly puts 660 in scope.

Quote from barnz008 : Bears on notice. $485 ish to close gap. Strong hold here plus weekly momentum and a $550 close on the monthly puts 660 in scope.

are you playing this stock at all? options or shares?

Quote from barnz008 : Could try a spec long here for a gap fill to ~$485 with stop below the 25 hr MA. Keep a few lottery tix for a volume reversal to the upside.

Quote from rrc06 : are you playing this stock at all? options or shares?

Filled at like $453.

Let's see what she does next week.

Quote from barnz008 : Filled at like $453. Let's see what she does next week.

good catch. I am still waiting on O to get back to the high 30s so I can buy next allotment

Quote from rrc06 : good catch. I am still waiting on O to get back to the high 30s so I can buy next allotment

Word, me too. The others that reported this week did well. Was hoping they'd dump AGNC and I could catch a falling knife. MTGE crushed it just now.

Right to target and rejected. Coil up, try again. Must be because its "manipulated."

Quote from barnz008 : Filled at like $453. Let's see what she does next week.

Market is not liking Timmy's comments

Quote from rrc06 : Market is not liking Timmy's comments

Who, Cook? I don't pay attention to the news.

People getting into fist fights trying to buy iphones.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Ap...ut_id25844

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/big...7.html?l=1

I find this mildly entertaining. A lot of these funds are levered on their positions so if they get called and have post while trading too thin, they'll dump. And since AAPL became a hedge fund "hotel" hang out during the hard run north, it suffered the same hard run south as these guys bailed on millions of shares.

It's just so funny (sad?) that retail gets caught up in it every single time, managing to convince themselves the company has nothing but upside for X, Y, Z reasons. Yet, at the end of the day, the big money doesn't give a shit about any of it - they only care about their +/-. Same story, different stock.

Quote from barnz008 : http://finance.yahoo.com/news/big...7.html?l=1 I find this mildly entertaining. A lot of these funds are levered on their positions so if they get called and have post while trading too thin, they'll dump. And since AAPL became a hedge fund "hotel" hang out during the hard run north, it suffered the same hard run south as these guys bailed on millions of shares. It's just so funny (sad?) that retail gets caught up in it every single time, managing to convince themselves the company has nothing but upside for X, Y, Z reasons. Yet, at the end of the day, the big money doesn't give a shit about any of it - they only care about their +/-. Same story, different stock.

Yup. When do you think AMZN is due? Talk about deteriorating fundamentals and accelerating metrics....