chinacat
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Post by chinacat on Jan 21, 2017 9:21:56 GMT -8
Yesterday's pin clinched the third green week in a row, as relatively meager as it was, and six out of seven. I am not expecting much movement in the coming week unless there is serious leakage before next Tuesday's earnings call. It is also possible that there may be some figures, or at least guesses, regarding China sales before their upcoming New Year holiday.
I am not an accountant, and don't even play one on TV, so I will not presume to predict the effect of Apple's $1B lawsuit against Qualcomm. If I were a trader, however, one would think Intel should benefit in some way.
I keep hoping that Apple will announce new iMacs in February, as our current two year old unit is one of the worst we have ever owned. Perhaps some day I will show my dark side and relate the farcical experience when I took it in for evaluation last year.
After a brutal winter last year, we in Boston are grateful for what has been a relatively mild and storm free one so far. Now I hope that I haven't jinxed us.
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Post by tuffett on Jan 21, 2017 9:36:41 GMT -8
I take Apple's action against Qualcomm as postivie news that they have more confidences in other suppliers (eg Intel) or even better, are perhaps developing and are close to releasing an in-house version. Rumour has it that iOS11 will finally have group FaceTime calling. Welcome news and long, long overdue. Made a nice premium on the $120 calls I sold last week
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Post by bud777 on Jan 22, 2017 9:44:12 GMT -8
There is an interesting article in Politico about how the brain reacts to lies www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/donald-trump-lies-liar-effect-brain-214658Please do not take the article as a political statement. I am only interested in what it says about how we process information. What caught my attention here was how well this explains the pervasive beliefs about Apple. It implies that the pervasive FUD attacks of the past 10 years work, despite there obvious inconsistencies. I am afraid that Google and Samsung understood this all along. This explains the parrot like response I get from brokers when I ask their opinion about Apple. All the memes are repeated... failure to innovate, to dependent on one product, we have all heard them ad nauseam, but what has been a puzzle was that when you refute these, it doesn't change opinions. Again, please do not see this as a political post. If it helps, just substitute Hillary every time the article says Trump. But do read it. I think this has real implications for how we should view Apple as an investment.
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Post by hledgard on Jan 22, 2017 12:08:33 GMT -8
Fascinating article. Really thoughtful. Although the writer does not really support Trump, his view is tempered by good facts and sound judgement. His characterization of Trump is excellent.
The parallel with Apple is interesting. I find it is impossible to change anyone's mind on Apple, pro or con.
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Post by sponge on Jan 22, 2017 12:36:08 GMT -8
Went to Traget last night. Only 1 Apple Watch Series 2 in stock.
They only get 1-8 every few days. Salesman said they could sell much more if they had stock.
Not sure why Apple can't produce more almost 5 months after intro.
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chinacat
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Post by chinacat on Jan 22, 2017 12:39:08 GMT -8
Caveat: We have TiVo, record just about everything we watch, and almost never watch commercials. However...
I just saw the latest (only?) Pixel TV commercial. If TBWA/Chiat/Day has not yet filed a copyright suit, then they must really believe in the adage "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Apologies to those for whom this is old news.
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Post by Mav on Jan 22, 2017 22:25:16 GMT -8
Spam snippet of hopefully upcoming TL;DR post
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