But I Digress... - The Mac Is The Smartest OS? Not For Everyone

The Mac Is The Smartest OS? Not For Everyone November 10th, 2000 Two weeks ago, we looked together at the Mac OS and briefly, the theories of Howard Gardner, Professor of Education at Harvard University. Today, I am going to flesh out those original thoughts, and present you with an entirely different way of looking…

Volatile Week Ends on a High Note, But Apple's Stock Languishes

The much weaker than expected gross domestic product in the third quarter means the stock markets wonit have to worry about the Feds raising interest rates again in November. Meanwhile, as the great earnings and growth at JDS Uniphase (JDSU) sink into investorsi collective consciousness, the recent panic selling in the optical networking stocks seems…

The Dow Rallies, but the Nasdaq Rolls Over and Apple Declines

The talk among traders is that last weekis rally must have been too much to hold for many tech stocks. Meanwhile, investors are trading in sympathy with every negative earnings announcement. Perhaps more important are the accumulating signs of economic slowdown, which have many observers forecasting that the Nasdaq will be stuck in a trading…

Bulls Regain Control in Stock Markets As Apple Disappoints

Investors may not care for the slowing growth at Apple, but itis going to be difficult for Wall Street to punish the stock price much more. Fred Anderson, Appleis CFO, reported that Apple has $4 billion in cash and $800 million in investments, which means the companyis cash and investments, with the debt subtracted, is…

Apple Continues Plunge, But Slows The Descent

Apple sank 7/16 to close at 21 3/4 on volume of 10,666,900 shares. This is still 2 1/2 times normal volume before Apple announced its warnings earning, though once again volume is slowing. Apple announced that Mitch Mandich, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, will be retiring in December of this year. The Mac Observer covers…

QuickTime Live! Speakers Announced

Keynote speakers for the second-annual QuickTime? Live! conference on October 9 ? 12 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California include: Philip Schiller, Apple?s vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing When: Tuesday, Oct. 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Frank Casanova, Apple?s director of QuickTime Product Marketing; award-winning filmmaker and director David…

The Nasdaq Falls as Panic Grips Apple's Investors

Brokerage firm downgrades began to roll in this morning. Investors and analysts were rushing to disassociate themselves from the Apple catastrophe, in a wave of selling and downgrades of the likes rarely ever witnessed for a major corporation with eleven robust quarters under its belt. Investors wondered whether Appleis sales shortfall., in conjunction with other…

AAPL Slips Below $50 Per Share As the Quarter Wraps Up

Itis never a good sign when the big cap technology stocks begin to break through formerly robust support levels, but thatis what going on this month in the stock market. Today, it was Yahoois (YHOO) turn to break through support on fears the company might not meet earnings expectations. Shares of Yahoo! fell 12 1/16…

AAPL Gets Kicked Lower on Unfounded Fears

For the first time in the eurois short existence the central banks of Japan, England, the US, Canada and the European Union intervened in currency markets to support the euro, which climbed several cents against the dollar. On Wednesday, the euro sank to all-time lows of 84.38 cents and 90.04 yen. The surprise concerted intervention…

Dow Trends Higher While Tech Stocks, Apple Included, Take a Fall

A Reuters article noted that investors are in a cautious mood, "Bullish comments from one of Wall Streetis most influential market watchers, Abby Joseph Cohen, failed to rally the market. Investorsi worries that high oil prices and a weak euro will bite into corporate profits are "overdone" and will be "short-lived," according to Goldman Sachsi…

Viva La France! Tomorrow is Mac OS X Public Beta Day!

Ciscois stock closed below its $60 support level at $58 7/8 per share on twice normal volume. Wall Street has been watching Ciscois stock as a proxy for the Nasdaq, todayis break down bodes ill for the broader tech stocks according to conventional wisdom. Robert McTeer, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said…

Tech Stocks Bounce and Apple's Stock Soars

PC stocks bounced back after IDC said, "unit volume for the worldwide PC market should climb to 33.4 million in the third quarter, a 18.5 percent jump from the year-ago period, " according to a CBS MarketWatch article. IDCis Bruce Stephen was quoted as saying, "The consumer market will once again propel global PC growth…

High Volume Break Out Rally Boosts AAPL

Money that has been sidelined for months is just now beginning to return to market and as before the technology stocks are leading the way higher. Mark Jakob, a former employee of Internet Wire was arrested today for the Emulex (EMLX) hoax that last week crashed the stock intraday until the fraud was revealed. AP…

The Dow Shrinks but the Nasdaq and Apple Continue Higher

Apple continued to rally 5/16 to close at 59 1/2 on high volume of 5 million shares for the eighth day in a row. Yesterday, an ON24 audio report said Salomon Smith Barney analyst Richard Gardner, after meeting with Appleis management, reiterated his buy rating on Apple, with a price target of $70 per share.…

OS X and Salomon Smith Barney's Positive Comments Power AAPL

An ON24 audio report said Salomon Smith Barney analyst Richard Gardner, after meeting with Appleis management, reiterated his buy rating on Apple, saying the company is one of his two top picks in the PC industry, the other is Gateway. Gardner said that Appleis growth is 3 times the industry average, second only to Dellis.…

The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - All Aboard The AAPL Express!

All Aboard The AAPL Express! August 28th, 2000 Wall Street woke up last week to discover AAPL is a value play, something Apple investors have known since 1997. A clever analyst recently noticed that Apple’s P/E ratio is about half the industry average while Apple’s revenue growth, even at low-ball estimates, is equal that of…

Here Comes the Fed! Apple's Stock Climbs Slightly

The stock markets are really dull this time of year and will remain so until September when everyone returns from vacation. Tomorrow when the Fed announces its interest rate decision at 2:15 EDT there could be some unusual volatility due to the low summer volume combined with large hedge fund trades on the news. Appleis…

Nasdaq Sinks But Apple Eeks Higher

Steve Jobs will appear on CNBC this afternoon at 5:45 EST to talk about Pixaris (PIXR) earnings, announced this afternoon at $0.16 per share, better than analystsi forecast of $0.14 per share for the second quarter. Revenues increased to $18.3 million from $13.5 million a year ago. Apple gained 1/4 to 47 3/4 on volume…

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