AAPL looking strong in pre-market.

lovemyipad - 13 February 2012 12:25 AM

Phoebear611 - 12 February 2012 09:17 PM

lovemyipad - 12 February 2012 07:32 PM

Hmmmmm….

AAPL Institutional Ownership

Can you elaborate on “hmmmmm….” because I’m not sure what epiphany we are suppose to have from this? Is it up or down significantly than afb thought? Or what exactly is one to interpret from this? Thanks.

One last question - why is there a presumption on this Board that at the end of every quarter the funds have to show they hold AAPL? That makes no sense to me.

Hmmmmm = I’m mulling this over…care to do the same?

RE: end of quarter…google “window dressing”

If it made sense to me I would have - the information wasn’t really explaining much to me by way of influencing the stock movement either way.  I do agree that the definition of institutional on these sites is not always clear.  As stated before - ETFs are institutional but yet one of the biggest sources of retail investors = so it gets very convoluted when trying to extract theories or trends.

The term “window dressing” as I am certain everyone on this board already knows is mostly used when one buys to boost the quarter end mark—but in truth—it means anything that you do to make the portfolio look better to the end client—so selling may indeed count but not sure it would in this case—which is why Greg’s comments confused me.

Back to the institutional holdings - I’m not really sure what conclusions we can draw from it right now that can help us. I suspect we have all seen the thrust to being pennies for $500 in overnight has been seen by all.  What is the thought on AAPL piercing $500?  If indeed we do - do we stay above or does the tide wane? Has anyone read the tea leaves lately and care to share?

Lastly - congrats to the longs - and a toast to all of us who held hands as the stock flirted down in the mid 300’s .... it was scary….and was only a very short time ago….over the weekend I looked at my year end statement….can’t believe how far we’ve come.

Greece burns ...  World markets celebrate.

I’m not much of a technician, but I’ll bet that it reaches $500 before it goes to $749.  Just a guess, though. 

lovemyipad - 12 February 2012 07:32 PM

Hmmmmm….

AAPL Institutional Ownership

I have just created a new thread for this discussion: AAPL Institutional Ownership

Lots of action on the legal front, with Apple going after the flagship Android 4.01 phone. The excellent Florian Mueller lays out Apple’s case, which he describes as the patent equivalent of The Four Horsemen of the Apolcalypse:

http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2012/02/apple-requests-us-preliminary.html

Good Morning Boys and Girls

I will post this before going back to bed.  I did manage to transfer a little cash 2 weeks early and bought a few shares at 499.

Right now it appears we may hit 500 in PM, which would signal a strong move in regular session.

Good Luck to all.

I know a lot of you are anti-CNBC, with good reason.  I’m watching this morning just for the surge past $500 and Greece.

It’s hard to imagine being as shameless as these people are in changing their tune on a dime.  In the back of their minds, somewhere, they must realize that some guileless sheep are losing their shirts based on their cavalier coverage.

Apple was just another stock, weeks ago.  They said.  Today it’s an unstoppable juggernaut.  They say.  The truly amazing part to me is their apparent lack of embarrassment, short memories, and complete inability to feel shame in a job done poorly.

StillLong - 13 February 2012 09:15 AM

I know a lot of you are anti-CNBC, with good reason.  I’m watching this morning just for the surge past $500 and Greece.

It’s hard to imagine being as shameless as these people are in changing their tune on a dime.  In the back of their minds, somewhere, they must realize that some guileless sheep are losing their shirts based on their cavalier coverage.

Apple was just another stock, weeks ago.  They said.  Today it’s an unstoppable juggernaut.  They say.  The truly amazing part to me is their apparent lack of embarrassment, short memories, and complete inability to feel shame in a job done poorly.

I do watch CNBC and I hear you.  It really is incredible…only the weatherman can do his job longer by getting so much wrong!
To be honest - good or bad - CNBC does influence a segment of the population and if for no other reason, I think it is important to know why a stock may move.  It helps in making my decision if I think it is moving on nonsense or something real. That being said, as has been mentioned in so many posts, we all need to make our own informed decisions based on our personal risk profiles.

AAPL just hit $500

500!!!!

StillLong - 13 February 2012 09:15 AM

I know a lot of you are anti-CNBC, with good reason.  I’m watching this morning just for the surge past $500 and Greece.

It’s hard to imagine being as shameless as these people are in changing their tune on a dime.  In the back of their minds, somewhere, they must realize that some guileless sheep are losing their shirts based on their cavalier coverage.

Apple was just another stock, weeks ago.  They said.  Today it’s an unstoppable juggernaut.  They say.  The truly amazing part to me is their apparent lack of embarrassment, short memories, and complete inability to feel shame in a job done poorly.

They’re entertainers. Not analysts. Not journalists. Their job is to keep eyeballs tuned in.

Prazan - 13 February 2012 09:31 AM

StillLong - 13 February 2012 09:15 AM

I know a lot of you are anti-CNBC, with good reason.  I’m watching this morning just for the surge past $500 and Greece.

It’s hard to imagine being as shameless as these people are in changing their tune on a dime.  In the back of their minds, somewhere, they must realize that some guileless sheep are losing their shirts based on their cavalier coverage.

Apple was just another stock, weeks ago.  They said.  Today it’s an unstoppable juggernaut.  They say.  The truly amazing part to me is their apparent lack of embarrassment, short memories, and complete inability to feel shame in a job done poorly.

They’re entertainers. Not analysts. Not journalists. Their job is to keep eyeballs tuned in.

Yeah - I know.  They just screen it like they’re so serious.  I look at them all like the person on the reality show you’re supposed to hate.  I’m just venting.  Their lack of guts is sickening to me.  At least make a gutsy call and say it’s going to come back when it’s down - or vice versa.  That said, they’re making the ridiculous statement right now that a single Samsung phone could be a competitor.  There’s a reason we never see numbers on a single specific Android handset reported.

$502+  That didn’t take long

Prazan - 13 February 2012 09:31 AM

StillLong - 13 February 2012 09:15 AM

I know a lot of you are anti-CNBC, with good reason.  I’m watching this morning just for the surge past $500 and Greece.

It’s hard to imagine being as shameless as these people are in changing their tune on a dime.  In the back of their minds, somewhere, they must realize that some guileless sheep are losing their shirts based on their cavalier coverage.

Apple was just another stock, weeks ago.  They said.  Today it’s an unstoppable juggernaut.  They say.  The truly amazing part to me is their apparent lack of embarrassment, short memories, and complete inability to feel shame in a job done poorly.

They’re entertainers. Not analysts. Not journalists. Their job is to keep eyeballs tuned in.

And they have no skin in the game - since they are prohibited -  which is why they can be so off the cuff.