Buying Apple January 18 calls at $225 ahead of earnings
You may remember a pre-earnings trade that I advocated a few quarters back with Nvidia (NVDA) and a couple of other stocks. Well, I'm putting it on again today ahead of Apple's (AAPL) quarterly report now scheduled for October 30. I'm adding the January 18, 2019 call...
Video: Apple’s Most Important iPhone Ever
JIM’S VIDEO: I still own an Apple iPhone 5, and every year I look at the new models, and their ever higher prices, and I say, “No, not yet.” That reaction was even stronger this year when Apple announced its prices for the new top-of-the-line iPhone XX Max would begin at $1099, and go up to $1499.
Apple fails to convince Wall Street on growth in hardware revenue at September 12 product announcement
Apple (AAPL) introduced two new models of its top of the line iPhone X, the iPhone Xs and the iPhone Xs Max, plus a new phone, the iPhone XR, an update on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8, plus a new Series 4 version of its Apple Watch today, September 12. Wall Street, which...
Tech stocks lead market higher on Apple effect
Apple (AAPL) shares are up strongly today--ahed 2.35% as of 2:30 p.m. New York time--in anticipation of the company's big product launch event tomorrow September 12. And Apple has taken the rest of the technology sector with it--helped by a bounce from the recent sell...
The two minor–but very important–flaws in Apple’s great quarter
If Apple (AAPL) hadn't climbed to become the first $1 trillion company by market cap, these flaws probably wouldn't be worth talking about. But when investors and traders have driven a stock's valuation up to these levels--in clear anticipation that someone not too...
Saturday Night Quarterback (on a Sunday) says, For the week ahead expect…
...one more week of this technology driven, upward trend in the U.S. market as we head into the first tech earnings report with Netflix (NFLX) on Monday, July 16. Wall Street analysts are expecting huge earnings growth from the tech stocks that led the market upward...
Notes You Need for May 4: Apple and Buffett, Argentina again, more from Musk and Tesla, Buffett and IBM, earnings growth exceeds expectations, U.S. rig count, return of FAANG
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A representative item resembles this from today: “11:40 a.m.: Warren Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway has completely sold all its shares of IBM. At the end of the fourth quarter, Berkshire Hathaway held 2.05 million shares of IBM.”
Apple beats on earnings; iPhone sales of 52.2 million slightly below consensus of 52.3 million units
It wasn't a big beat and iPhone sales weren't wildly above consensus, but such was the fear and skepticism surrounding Apple (AAPL) that shares rose 3.61% in trading after the earnings announcement. The company reported earnings of $2.73 a share, five cents a share...
Tech wrecks U.S. stock market again today
After a week when plunging prices for chip makers made it hard for the U.S. indexes to make much headway, even after earnings beats from companies such as Netflix (NFLX), today the software and advertising technology stocks joined in the rout. That sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 down 0.85% to 2668. Apple (AAPL) continued its role as heavy for the week falling another 4.1%.
Energy and financials can’t hold up the market
Worries about smart phone and chip demand hit stocks hard today–and a rise in commodity prices, while good for commodity producers raised fears of higher inflation. As of 3 p.m. New York time, the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index was off 0.79% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lower by 0.43%.
Notes You Need for April 3: Declines in household net worth, Brazil elections, Apple, INTC, Eurozone manufacturing, TSLA, F, GM
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A representative item resembles this from today: “11:20 a.m.: Yesterday Bloomberg reported that Apple (AAPL) is planning to use its own chips in its Mac computers as early as 2020. Those computers currently run on Intel (INTC) chips and Apple is the source of about 5% of Intel’s revenue. The change would replace the only  major processor components designed by a company other than Apple from Apple’ products line and would give Apple control of the timelines for introducing new models rather than relying on Intel’s schedule for new processors.”
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