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Post by jeffolie on Sept 10, 2013 11:31:58 GMT -6
Apple: 5s & 5c, smartphone & indexes domination my jeffolie view: Often my threads, posts refer to my prediction that smartphones would dominate tech ... already most phones sold are smartphones featuring 'data plans' accessing the internet, cloud server systems ... while PCs fade slowly as market share replaced in part by smartphones, tablets and phablets
Apple manipulated the POLITICS MATTERS by significant American campaign contributions resulting in Obama rewarding Apple with interventions overturning regulatory decisions, rules so that Apple gains a significant financial advantage in America only against android, Samsung competition
Today Apples resembles a fallen growth stock $200 below its highs now about over the $500 mark and evaluated by stock analysts, the street sales pitch as a 'valuation' play based on a modest price to earnings ratio, dividend, etc.
Today Apple presents a post Steve Jobs phone with the S attached signifying Steve without any shame in exploiting the dead former CEO ... plus tomorrow Apple presents a cheap, China priced phone with the C attached signifying a low cost, cheap "China' version.
Apple dominates stock indexes even now with the 12% weighting on the NASDAQ plus significant weighting in the S&P 500 index in addition to remaining the most held by Dollar measures in Hedge Funds ... Apple's price performance still impacts indexes despite its significant decline.
=================================== Apple…new product launch cause “DIFFERENT RESULTS” this time? 09/10/2013 blog.kimblechartingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/applenewproductatresistancesept10.jpgIn less than an hour, Apple will unveil its new iphone product. How will the stock react is the key question? The upper left chart was produced on 10/10/12, at the time of the iphone 5 announcement. At the time of the iphone 5 announcement Apple was facing a 30-year resistance line and was trading above $600 per share (iphone 5 post here) The last time a major product announcement took place the 30-year resistance level one out as Apple fell a couple of hundred dollars in price. Now Apple is facing falling resistance and its 38% Fibonacci resistance level (of the $300 decline in price). Will it be different this time??? Will the stock rise after the announcement? Stay tuned! blog.kimblechartingsolutions.com/
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 10, 2013 13:18:17 GMT -6
Despite Apples heavy weight on the indexes and it's almost 1.75% decline, the market rose and pushed up into the gap on the S&P between 1680 and 1686 12:20 about 40 minutes before the close: Dow 15,175 +111 0.74% Nasdaq 3,725 +20 0.53% S&P 500 1,683 +11 0.68% GlobalDow 2,288 +27 1.20% Gold 1,365 -22 1.56% Oil 107.30 -2.22 ======================================== Sept. 10, 2013 Apple lifts wraps on iPhone 5S, 5C Company says iOS 7 update will launch Sept. 18 with new devices CUPERTINO (MarketWatch) — Apple Inc. lifted the wraps on two new iPhones on Tuesday, adding the iPhone 5S to its high-end lineup and introducing a new, less-expensive design called the iPhone 5C. Apple AAPL -1.75% made the announcements at an event at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The company is hosting other events in Europe and China to tout the expansion of the iPhone — the lineup of which now includes the company’s first attempt to design a device specifically for lower-cost segments. “In the past, when we’ve announced a new iPhone, we’ve lowered the price of older iPhones. We’re not going to do that. This year, we are going to replace the iPhone 5,” Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook told the crowd at the Apple event. Apple’s shares were trading down 1.5%, at $498.99 as the company concluded its iPhone event. The stock has jumped nearly 20% in the last two months, but remains down nearly 7% for the year-to-date. The iPhone 5C is aimed primarily at emerging countries and markets like China, where Apple has lacked an entry-level smartphone that can compete with similar offerings from rivals like Samsung. Apple had less than 7% share of smartphone sales in China during the first half of 2013, according to data from IDC. The iPhones will go on sale on Sept. 20, and pre-orders for the iPhone 5C will be taken starting on Sept. 13. The 5C will cost $99 for a 16-gigabyte model, and a 32GB device will cost $199. Taking a cue from the iMac of more than a decade ago, the 5C will come in multiple color options: blue, white, pink, yellow, and green. Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller called the iPhone 5S “the gold standard” for smartphones, noting that in addition to coming in gold color, it will also be available in silver and black. “[It’s]The most forward thinking phone we’ve ever created,” Schiller said. The 5S will come in three models, a 16GB version for $199, a 32GB model for $299 and a 64GB device that will cost $399. All the prices for both the 5C and 5S include a two-year wireless carrier contract. One of the features that stood out for the iPhone 5S is Touch ID, a fingerprint-reading sensor embedded into the device’s home button. The technology will let the phone’s user unlock the phone and make purchases in the iTunes store. The company also said it will launch its new iOS 7 operating system on Sept. 18. The update will be available for the iPhone 4, 4S, and iPhone 5, and the iPad 2, iPad with retina display and the iPad Mini. IOS 7 will also work with the 5th generation iPod Touch www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-lifts-wraps-on-iphone-5s-5c-2013-09-10?dist=countdown
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 10, 2013 17:31:04 GMT -6
the market jumped ... apple became 'apple sauce' declining 2.3%
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 11, 2013 7:07:01 GMT -6
the market jumped ... apple became 'apple sauce' declining 2.3% Sept. 11, 2013, 8:56 a.m. EDT Apple cut by UBS, Credit Suisse, Bank of America Stories You Might Like •U.S. stock futures drop as Apple weighs •Did Apple just kill the John Hancock? NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Apple Inc. /quotes/zigman/68270/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL -4.48% fell 4.5% as the company was downgraded by three major banks on Wednesday in reaction to the prior-day unveiling of its new iPhone models. Apple shares were cut to a neutral rating from buy by UBS, which also decreased its price target to $520 from $560, according to Fly on the Wall. UBS analysts said the price of the iPhone 5C would face competition from Android devices, which are 40% to 50% cheaper, in markets like China, according to the report. The iPhone 5C is priced at $733 without a contract in China. Apple shares were downgraded to a neutral rating from outperform by Credit Suisse on pricing concerns and were cut to a neutral rating from buy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, according to Fly on the Wall. J.P. Morgan warned about the price of the 5C model but maintained its overweight rating and price target of $494.64. "We think the dual-launch could be a neutral to negative event for the stock in the near term. The lower-priced iPhone 5C may not be priced low enough, in our view, which could limit incremental penetration of the midrange smartphone segment," wrote Mark Moskowitz, an analyst at J.P. Morgan. www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-cut-by-ubs-credit-suisse-bank-of-america-2013-09-11?link=MW_home_latest_news
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 11, 2013 8:31:41 GMT -6
the market jumped ... apple became 'apple sauce' declining 2.3% AAPL Plunges To Pre-Carl Icahn Levels: More iBonds Time? 09/11/2013 Plastic phones, a gold cover, and no China Mobile deal seems to have disappointed more than a few AAPL investors this morning. Downgrades are a plenty but we await confirmation from Carl Icahn's twitter account of what to do next as the price of the stock has just fallen below his initial tweet level. www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2013/08-2/20130911_aapl3.jpgOh well, perhaps now that Apple's conversion to a Wall Street darling is complete (despite the downgrades by UBS, BofA, Credit Suisse and JPM) it is time for even more iBonds to reclaim the largest bond issuer ever title from Verizon... www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-11/aapl-plunges-pre-carl-icahn-levels
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 11, 2013 8:33:57 GMT -6
$ 466.90
Change -27.74 -5.61%
Volume Volume 14.49m
Sep 11, 2013 10:32 a.m.
Real time quotes
Previous close $ 494.64
466.90 Change -27.74 -5.61%
Day low Day high
$464.81 $473.69
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 11, 2013 13:05:07 GMT -6
Apple.. Eiffel Tower and Wave 3 down about to have BIG impact? 09/11/2013 blog.kimblechartingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/applesoapoperasequencesept11.jpgThe above 4-pack are all Apple charts, reflecting its on going "Soap Opera" with key highs and lows at important resistance and Fibonacci levels. The Power of the Pattern shared that Apple was up against key resistance that lead to at least a 60%+ decline each time they were hit over the past 30-years. (see post here) Last year Apple looked to be forming an Eiffel tower pattern (See post here) Yesterday the Power of the Pattern shared that Apple stock had fallen hard on the introduction of the iphone5 and Apple has best hope its different this time! (see post here) Remember, its "not the odds of an event happening that is key, its the impact if it does!" Is the jury still out, if Apple has formed an Eiffel tower pattern? Yes! Could Apple be embarking on an "Elliott Wave 3 Down" in the lower right chart above? To early to tell, yet it could be! Again, its not the odds of the Eiffel and Wave 3 down that is key, its the impact to Apple if it is! If the Eiffel and Wave 3 patterns are correct (which is NOT PROVEN at this time), Apple will end up much lower in price and with 80%+ of investors bullish Apple (Apple bulls at resistance) that could be a little frustrating! blog.kimblechartingsolutions.com/
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 16, 2013 11:25:17 GMT -6
As The Worm Turns (Cellphones) Well well look what's hitting Apple this morning...
But shares of Apple Inc. AAPL -2.44% slipped nearly 2% at the opening bell. The Wall Street Journal reported that China Telecom Corp. was cutting back on subsidies of the iPhone that suggests users will have to pay more upfront for the iPhone 5S than those who bought the iPhone 5 last year. smiley "Subsidies" are "market-speak" for screwing you sideways, up, down, forward and backward. This, incidentally, is one of the points I went into in Leverage, because it's so pervasive in the US market. In fact it's so outrageous here that when T-Mobile basically got rid of it in response AT&T and Verizon doubled down on the financial game they serve up on their customers -- oh yes, you don't have a "contract" now but you get to pay for the device anyway at full ticket over time and the service price remained the same, which means that in effect the carrier managed to get another $500 out of you or thereabouts (on top of the nearly-double-the-actual-price over two years they were already getting!) What I don't quite understand is how you can be a low-information person to the degree of getting buttraped to the tune of about $1,000 a year for your cellphone and yet you come back and give a nice kiss to the company that just screwed you. But this is indeed what the American Sheeple do. Well, so far. China appears to have a different idea. Perhaps the Chinese are just a bit more-educated than the American Sheeple -- that is, they managed to stay awake in 5th grade and can actually perform basic 4-function arithmetic in their head. Some day perhaps that will come here to America and level the playing field a bit as the games won't work anymore. If we were to then see a cold, hard look at the market impact of firms like Apple playing "sales quota w/penalty clause" games with an eye toward whether there's a Sherman Act problem in there (especially when looked at in the light of the market power of Verizon and AT&T combined!) then we might see progress. I won't hold my breath on this one, however, as the impetus to actually see movement here isn't the government -- it's the American Idol patron waking the hell up and saying "Heh wait a second, you said I was only going to get the tip!" market-ticker.org/============================================ Sept. 16, 2013 Apple tops decliners in S&P 500 Apple down; China Mobile reportedly trims subsidy SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Apple Inc. extended losses, the worst performer in the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq on Monday, in the wake of a report that a major Chinese carrier was offering a smaller subsidy for the new iPhones. Decliners Apple AAPL -2.17% fell 2.3%, declining for a second session. China Telecom Corp. CHA +2.97% , one of the Chinese telecom companies offering the iPhone in China, is apparently making customers pay more upfront for the iPhone 5S compared with the iPhone 5, The Wall Street Journal reported. Meanwhile, in the U.S., the delivery day for iPhone 5C is still Friday, while for iPhone 5 last year, delivery was pushed back by two weeks in the first three hours after it became available for preorders, said Brian White, an analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald. “However, we believe the iPhone 5 had significant supply constraints at the launch date last year due to the new aluminum unibody enclosure that was difficult for suppliers to manufacture at first, while our research has not uncovered any supply constraints around the iPhone 5C,” White said in a note. The stock hit a golden cross last week, formed when a short-term indicator moves above a longer-term indicator, which suggests the stock could move into bull-market territory soon. www.marketwatch.com/story/boise-sohu-surge-premarket-after-deal-news-2013-09-16================================================= www.marketwatch.com/kaavio.Webhost/charts/big.chart?nosettings=1&symb=AAPL&uf=7168&type=2&size=2&sid=609&style=1013&freq=1&time=8&rand=1934863062&ma=1&maval=50&lf=2&lf2=4&lf3=0&height=444&width=579&mocktick=1
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 17, 2013 0:00:11 GMT -6
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 17, 2013 0:04:56 GMT -6
Apple: name to fingerprint database How easily could this become a surveillance, police tool ... very easily
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 23, 2013 8:30:01 GMT -6
Sept. 23, 2013 Apple reports blowout sales of iPhone 5S, 5C SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Apple Inc. said Monday morning that it sold 9 million units of its new iPhone 5S and 5C models over the weekend, adding that its results for the September quarter will now come in at the high end of its previously issued forecast. The news gave a boost to shares of Apple AAPL +4.15% , which were up 3.9% at $485.39 in morning trades. Stuart Jeffrey of Nomura, who has a neutral rating on Apple’s shares, noted to clients that the results “clearly suggests to us that Apple executed at the high end of its expectations, which we view as impressive given the extent of changes implemented in iOS 7.” In a statement prior to the open, the company said sales of the iPhone 5S and 5C models hit 9 million in the first three days after the devices went on sale Friday morning. Many analysts had projected sales in a range near 6 million for the launch weekend; Apple sold more than 5 million units of the iPhone 5 during its opening weekend last September. Apple also said more than 200 million devices are now running on the new iOS 7 operating system that was also released last week. The company did not specify how many units each version sold; this was the first time Apple launched two new iPhone models at the same time. It did say demand for the 5S has exceeded initial supply, with many online orders scheduled to be shipped “in the coming weeks.” Bill Choi of Janney Capital wrote in an early note that “indications are that most customers bought the high-end 5s, as early adopters tend to buy the most advanced products. However, we believe that sales of the 5c might be better than expected.” Brian White of Cantor Fitzgerald wrote that the strong opening weekend sales bode well for the 5C — given that supply was constrained on the 5S. “In our view, the criticism of the iPhone 5C as being too expensive versus expectations and thus demand would be muted were proven wrong with today’s strong weekend sales that required strong demand for the iPhone 5C because the iPhone 5S had limited availability,” White wrote in a note to clients. Apple also did not break down sales by geography. This was the first iPhone launch to include China, which analysts believe gave a boost to the launch numbers. The launch weekend also included 10 other markets, including the U.S.
“While it is hard to determine how quickly supply will ramp to meet robust demand, we are very comfortable Apple can meet or exceed our iPhone unit estimates,” Brian Marshall of ISI Group wrote in a Monday note to clients. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple said it now expects revenue for the fourth fiscal quarter — which ends Saturday, Sept. 28 — to come in near the high end of its previously estimated range of $34 billion to $37 billion. Gross margins for the quarter are now expected to come in near the high end of the estimated range of 36% to 37%. www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-reports-blowout-sales-of-iphone-5s-5c-2013-09-23===================================== my jeffolie view: remains that Apple no longer can be considered a growth stock and at best features a bounce in a death spiral that will continue into the upcoming Greater Depression ... the technical gap filled today as observed in the lower chart
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 30, 2013 7:31:26 GMT -6
Can Cook & Icahn push Apple past this 30-YEAR resistance? 09/30/2013 For 30-years parallel lines (A) above have created great price points to buy Apple at (2) and sell it at (1) in this monthly closing price chart (left chart). As we close out the month of September, Tim Cook and Carl Icahn are meeting today to discuss Apple's future business plans (Cook/Icahn Meeting) On the day of the Cook/Icahn meeting Apple is... kissing the underside of 30-year resistance and is facing the 38% Fibonacci retracement resistance level at (3) in the above chart. Resistance is Resistance until broken!!! A break of these lines would be VERY GOOD news for Apple, from a technical point level! Can these two kingpins engineer a breakout of these key resistance levels? This is one interesting soap opera!!! (Apple Soap Opera) blog.kimblechartingsolutions.com/========================================
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