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The United States of Apple

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:56 am
by Gumby

Re: The United States of Apple

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:12 am
by MachineGhost
Market cap weighting is such baloney.  An identical situation occured with financial earnings before the blowup.

MG

Re: The United States of Apple

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:24 pm
by KevinW
I really have to hand it to Apple's marketing department.  There was a week or so before Jobs passed when Apple was the largest company by market cap.  They're bigger than GE, AT&T, Chevron, etc.  They are extremely litigious and have draconian EULA terms.  Yet somehow they're perceived as the think-different, counterculture, anti-corporate, underdog.  What can I say; hand it to marketing!

Re: The United States of Apple

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:28 pm
by MediumTex
KevinW wrote: I really have to hand it to Apple's marketing department.  There was a week or so before Jobs passed when Apple was the largest company by market cap.  They're bigger than GE, AT&T, Chevron, etc.  They are extremely litigious and have draconian EULA terms.  Yet somehow they're perceived as the think-different, counterculture, anti-corporate, underdog.  What can I say; hand it to marketing!
Apple is like a sausage factory that produces electronic gadgets.

Re: The United States of Apple

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:08 pm
by Gumby
MediumTex wrote:Apple is like a sausage factory that produces electronic gadgets.
Well, I think Foxconn is the actual factory. Apple just makes the recipe.

Re: The United States of Apple

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:44 pm
by MachineGhost
Gumby wrote:
MediumTex wrote:Apple is like a sausage factory that produces electronic gadgets.
Well, I think Foxconn is the actual factory. Apple just makes the recipe.
I can't wait until its time to short Apple....

MG

Re: The United States of Apple

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:42 pm
by clacy
MachineGhost wrote:
Gumby wrote:
MediumTex wrote:Apple is like a sausage factory that produces electronic gadgets.
Well, I think Foxconn is the actual factory. Apple just makes the recipe.
I can't wait until its time to short Apple....

MG
I just bought AAPL puts today, but I'm sure I'll be early.