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AAPL is a steal

4phun

2008-01-24, 10:33 pm

On Jan 23, 11:04 pm, larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
> 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote in news:3286e2ec-41fc-4f28-9fb8-
> 8af1b6b22...@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
>
>
> More like banker manipulation than anything technical. This is a scam
> running from the banker houses.
>
> Same old crap. Create panic and drive the price down. Start buying up
> shares, quietly, a little at a time to maximize shares before someone
> notices and the prices go back up. Bankers got quite rich in 1929, you
> know. Their families are still living off the cash and gold stolen from
> the people.

Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 04:45 PM EST -- Apple Stock Quote:
135.60 (-3.472, -2.5%)
Experts say Apple well-insulated against market chill; AAPL is a steal
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 09:00 AM EST

"Usually, on days when Apple Inc. (AAPL) reports earnings, giddy
investors have a chuckle about the company's famously conservative
forecasts and proceed to load up on the stock--confident that Apple's
closely guarded pipeline of new products will keep sales and profits
on the rise. But in a reflection of the gloomy mood on Wall Street
over the prospect of a recession, investors found little to laugh
about in Apple's latest forecast. After the company said earnings in
the March quarter would come in 14% below analysts' expectations, the
share price fell more than 11%, to $137.93," Peter Burrows reports for
BusinessWeek.

"Yet on closer inspection, there are signs that Apple can not only
weather an economic contraction but emerge stronger than ever. Most
important is the strength of its Mac business. Sure, Apple sold a few
million fewer iPods than analysts expected, but Mac sales were
scorching--particularly the desktop iMac, whose sales grew 53% in a
market that expanded just 10%," Burrows reports.

Burrows reports, "There's little question how Apple executives feel
about the company's prospects. During a conference call for analysts
and shareholders, Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said: "I
couldn't be more confident in what we're doing."

"Strength in the PC business is much more of a positive than slightly
disappointing iPod sales are a negative... There's a silver lining in
the iPod sales numbers as well. While the 22.1 million units were 2
million to 3 million shy of consensus expectations, Apple met Wu's
revenue target for its famous MP3 line. That means the shortfall was
mostly for Apple's cheapest, least profitable product, the iPod
Shuffle, says Wu. So while consumers normally opt for cheaper models
in nervous economic times, Apple's customers clearly see the value in
the company's swankiest products. That's good news for Apple's well-
rehearsed iPod strategy: Bring out a headline-grabbing gizmo at a high
price and spend the next few years milking demand by maintaining that
price for new high-end models while bringing out cheaper models to
reach thriftier shoppers," Burrows reports.

Burrows reports, "Apple is likely far more prepared for an economic
downdraft than most other tech companies. Sure, many consumers may put
off purchases of the latest iPod or iPhone if the recession hits hard,
but Mac sales should hold their own, says Harvard Professor David
Yoffie: 'Apple sells to the least price-sensitive part of the market.
While no company is immune from a recession, Apple is a little less
vulnerable.' Needham & Co. analyst Charles Wolf puts it another way:
'I think this is an outrageous buying opportunity. It's not a cheap
stock, but you're getting a company that can grow at 25% a year for
who knows how many years, at 25 times earnings. To me, that's a steal--
recession or no recession.'"

Much more in the full article here.
http://www.businessweek.com/technol...0122_786382.htm

larry

2008-01-24, 10:33 pm

4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:75707698-87a3-4bbb-89f3-
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> 135.60 (-3.472, -2.5%)

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080124/microsoft.html?.v=4

This news, today, will even help stop the blood letting at AAPL....

Thanks, Bill....(c;

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=NOK&x=0&y=0

This news will also help the SELLphone sector as Nokia blows through the
roof rising over 12% just TODAY! Nokia, now selling 40+% of the SELLphones
across the planet, and making the number ONE Amazon computer seller, the
Nokia N800 Linux Internet Tablet last Christmas, hits the nail right on the
head, yet again with its silly ideas of OPEN SOURCE LINUX operating systems
attracting hundreds of programmers to work for free by giving them deeply
discounted toys to play with in exchange for really cool programs.

Not everyone's stock is losing its XXX in telecom this week.....

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